Grants Archive
Click on the heading "Grantee" to view alphabetically by grantee, "Year" to view chronologically, or use the pulldown menus to filter alphabetically, by year or program area. Click on the name of the grantee or project to visit their website.
| Year | Grantee | Project | Description / Award / Location | Program Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | General Support |
To provide general support to this organization which provides social services and humanitarian relief to people in Los Angeles, Israel, and around the world. $50,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | None | |
| 1998 | Family Educator Program |
Support for a full-time community Jewish family educator and to make scholarships available to local teachers to enable them to attend a national conference on Jewish Family Education. $45,000. Phoenix, AZ. | Education | |
| 1998 | Jewish Media Fund |
Renewal of support to bring this video library of over 200 films and television programs about the Jewish experience to small communities and college campuses across the country. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 1998 | Live at the JM! |
Support for the expansion of a monthly performance series for young adults. $200,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Jewish Repertory Theater |
Marketing Initiative |
Support of a marketing initiative targeted at bringing new and younger audiences to the Theater. $100,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
| 1998 | Jewish Student Press Service |
Support for national magazine written by and for Jewish college students. $30,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Rabbinic Training Institute (renewal) |
Renewal of support for program offering post-seminary continuing education and training for congregational rabbis. $50,000. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | |
| 1998 | Support for Women of Valor, a national project to highlight the contributions and stories of Jewish women. $25,000. Brookline, MA. | Education | ||
| 1998 | "Alef...Bet...Blast-Off!" |
Support for the production of an episode of this award-winning television series for children. $75,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Annual Jewish Video Competition (renewal) |
Renewal of support for the Museum's annual Jewish video competition. $15,000 over two years. Berkeley, CA. | Arts & Media | |
| 1998 | Lights in Action |
Student Conference |
Support for national conference for organization run by and for Jewish college students. $20,000. New York, NY. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult |
| 1998 | Milkweed Editions |
Support for the publishing and free distribution of Laura E. Williams' children's book about the dangers of hatred and intolerance, both during World War II and in contemporary society. $25,000. Minneapolis, MN. | Holocaust, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Youth Organizing Project |
Support for the development of a youth organizing campaign to teach students throughout Montana about the dangers of anti-Semitism and intolerance. $20,000 over two years. Helena, MT. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Support for the establishment of the Steven Spielberg Digital Library, a project to digitize the entirety of Yiddish literature, making these titles available in perpetuity. $500,000 over five years. Amherst, MA. | Education | ||
| 1998 | Renewal of support for week-long arts and text-based winter retreats that include leadership training for high school, college age, and post-college young adults. $150,000 over two years. Cleveland, OH. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1998 | New York Foundation for the Arts |
Jewish Writers Project |
Support for photography exhibition and lecture series of Jewish writers of the twentieth century. $45,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
| 1998 | Operation Understanding Charleston |
General Support |
Support for a program based on Operation Understanding Philadelphia and D.C. $20,000. Charleston, SC. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult |
| 1998 | Renewal of support for a program in which African-American and Jewish teens meet for six months, spend a summer together traveling to U.S. sites of historic significance to both communities, and then upon their return engage in community outreach. $40,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1998 | Support for the domestic program of this first Operation Understanding program which brings African-American and Jewish teens together. $40,000 over two years. Philadelphia, PA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1998 | Support for the creation of a national summer program in which teenagers from various faiths explore how their religious traditions respond to questions of social justice. $150,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1998 | Partnership for Jewish Life |
Support for the film program at Makor, a social and cultural center in New York for Jews in their 20s and 30s. $250,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1998 | Renewal of support for their work coordinating clergy to act as a counterweight to the dominance of extreme religious voices in the public arena. $75,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Social Justice | ||
| 1998 | Support to help market "A Study of Heroes," an educational curriculum which uses the stories of real life heroes to teach young people the importance of making a difference in their own lives and communities. $10,000. New York, NY. | Holocaust, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1998 | Support for the development of an interactive image library and Jewish-subject film archive on the web. $35,000. San Francisco, CA. | Arts & Media | ||
| 1998 | Visas for Life |
Support to bring families of diplomats who rescued Jews in the Holocaust to Israel for the opening of an exhibition at Yad Vashem honoring the heroic acts of their family members. $5,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Holocaust | |
| 1998 | Somerville Community Corporation |
Support for the development of composer-lyricist Walter Robinson's theatre piece based on the biblical story of Moses using music from the gospel, soul, jazz and Jewish genres. $35,000. Somerville, MA. | Arts & Media | |
| 1998 | Spertus College of Judaica |
Support for documentary film which tells the little known story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II. $25,000. Chicago, IL. | Arts & Media | |
| 1998 | Renewal of support for this organization's work to combat religious intolerance and foster mutual understanding. $25,000. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 1998 | General support to ensemble theater company that presents works which explore the Jewish experience for diverse audiences. $25,000. San Francisco, CA. | Arts & Media | ||
| 1998 | NY Hands On Expansion |
Support for program aimed at encouraging volunteer activity among Jewish young adults in the New York region. $180,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult |
