Allison Tombros Korman

Allison Tombros Korman, Founder and Executive Director of the Red Tent Fund

Allison Tombros Korman is an accomplished public health professional with extensive experience in strategic leadership, program and association management. She is the founder and executive director of the Red Tent Fund, an abortion fund steeped in Jewish values.1

Career Background

• Former Senior Operations and Strategy Director at the DC Abortion Fund (April 2022-December 2023)3
• Inaugural Executive Director of the Red Tent Fund, launched in May 202414
• Longtime reproductive health educator and activist1

Founding the Red Tent Fund

Korman launched the Red Tent Fund as a reaction to the anti-Israel hate prevalent among abortion activists, especially after the Oct. 7th Hamas attacks in Israel.1 She created the fund in May 2024 to allow Jews to be open about their Judaism while continuing to support abortion rights, a cause deeply important to them.1

The fund aims to provide a safe space for Jewish abortion rights supporters who felt alienated by the growing antisemitism in the movement.1 However, the fund has faced backlash, with some abortion activists accusing it of being a "Zionist" project that caters to funders rather than abortion seekers.1

Korman resigned from her position at the DC Abortion Fund in December 2023 after facing extreme antisemitism in the workplace following the Oct. 7th events.25 She documented her decision in an essay for Tablet Magazine.1