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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | KCRW |
Support for a National Public Radio series of Jewish short stories. $25,000. Santa Monica, CA. | Arts & Media | |
| 1997 | Lights in Action |
Student Hagaddah Mailing |
Support for a student written Passover Hagaddah combining traditional Jewish text with modern student commentary that was mailed to 65,000 Jewish college students across the country. $35,000. New York, NY. | Youth & Young Adult |
| 1997 | Exiles and Emigres |
Support for museum exhibition featuring art by twenty-two of the most important European twentieth-century artists displaced by the Nazis during World War II. $100,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media, Holocaust | |
| 1997 | Support for the construction of a new Hillel building for Jewish students on the UCLA campus. $1,000,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1997 | Metivta: A Center for Contemplative Judaism |
General Support |
General support for organization dedicated to making contemplative practice and study within the Jewish tradition more accessible. $40,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life |
| 1997 | Milkweed Editions |
Support for the publication of Laura E. Williams' book about a family who hides Jews during the Holocaust. $35,000. Minneapolis, MN. | Holocaust, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1997 | National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council |
New Leaders Project - Expansion |
Support for expansion of program to identify and cultivate young Jewish leaders who will engage within the Jewish community and society-at-large. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Youth & Young Adult |
| 1997 | National Ramah Commission |
Southern Leadership Initiative |
Support for Dugma: The Leadership Development Project of Ramah Darom. $80,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Youth & Young Adult |
| 1997 | Support for the building of an interracial and interfaith alliance of organizations working agaginst racism and anti-semitism throughout the South. $50,000 over two years. New Orleans, LA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 1997 | Support for the founding of what has become the largest repository of oral histories of Holocaust survivors, with over 50,000 testimonies collected. $4,449,613. Los Angeles, CA. | Holocaust | ||
| 1997 | Support of the development and distribution of a collaborative tzedekah curriculum about charity and social responsibility for middle school students. $75,000. Milburn, NJ. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1996 | General Support |
Support for projects in Israel which work to advance co-existence, equality, and cooperation among Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens. $30,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | |
| 1996 | Talmud Circle Project |
Support for the recruitment and training of educators to teach the Talmud within community-based settings. $25,000. New York, NY. | Education | |
| 1996 | American Jewish Society for Service |
Summer Service Program for Teens |
Support for AJSS' summer program where Jewish high school students from all over the country work together to help communities in need. $45,000 over three years. Bethesda, MD. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult |
| 1996 | General Support |
Support to organization which provides free legal services to people in need in Los Angeles. $45,000 over three years. Los Angeles, CA. | None | |
| 1996 | General Support |
Support for one of the few organizations that provides cash assistance to needy Holocaust survivors living in the United States. $45,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Holocaust | |
| 1996 | Brandeis University |
Support for the establishment of an intensive summer program for Jewish teens on the campus of Brandeis Univeristy that combines academic study, the arts, social action, and the creation of a diverse Jewish community. $1,585,292 over three years. Waltham, MA. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | Earthquake Relief |
Support to help this Jewish retreat and educational center in Southern Califonia recover from earthquake damage. $100,000. Brandeis, CA. | Education | |
| 1996 | Jewish Artists Outreach |
Suppport for a program to bring Jewish artists into schools to teach about the arts and Jewish culture. $40,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | Building Campaign |
Support for the construction of a center to house major Jewish archival and research institutions within one site in New York City. $250,000. New York, NY. | Education | |
| 1996 | Jewish Family Education Initiative |
Support for a community-wide family education initiative in Miami. $100,000 over two years. Miami, FL. | Education | |
| 1996 | Capacity Building |
Support for this organization to hire an outside publicist and a "community change/organizing" consultant, and to support their fellows and adult education programs. $300,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | |
| 1996 | Support to help expand this Boston Federation program in which adults to spend one-hundred hours over a two-year period learning Jewish texts and history. $100,000 over two years. Boston, MA. | Education | ||
| 1996 | Support for the creation of a two-year rabbiniic fellowship at this synagogue renowned for its commitment to both spiritual practice and social justice. $268,000 over four years. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 1996 | Support for the publication of a 1996 report documenting areas of cooperation and conflict within Black/Jewish relations. $25,000. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 1996 | Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center |
Support for residential program using Jewish text and values to work with Jewish individuals recovering from addiction. $30,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | None | |
| 1996 | Support for program which trains rabbinical students in the issues of Jewish identity formation and institutional change. $150,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 1996 | Support to endow a post-graduate fellowship program for day school educators. $250,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Education | ||
| 1996 | Support to expand project to increase student awareness of the Holocaust on college campuses with the aim of reducing prejudice and intolerance. $60,000 over two years. Miami, FL. | Holocaust | ||
| 1996 | Jewish Children's Regional Service |
Support of scholarships for disadvantaged Jewish youth in the South. $45,000 over three years. New Orleans, LA. | None |
