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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles |
Support to help this Jewish children's museum that teaches Jewish values and ethics to children and their families travel their exhibitions. $100,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | Jewish Family and Children's Services |
Jewish Community On Line |
Support for JFCS' work with Jewish Community OnLine, the first "virtual" Jewish community on America Online. $75,000. San Francisco, CA. | Arts & Media |
| 1996 | Access/General Support |
Support for programming aimed at getting young adults involved in the Federation and for the organization's core work. $130,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | Jewish Media Fund |
Support for placement of video lending library in schools, universities, synagogues, community centers, and other institutions. $62,500. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 1996 | Support for program offering post-seminary continuing education and training for congregational rabbis. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 1996 | Annual Jewish Video Competition |
Support for an annual Jewish video competition. $7,500. Berkeley, CA. | Arts & Media | |
| 1996 | Shari's Passover Surprise |
Support for production of Shari Lewis' family program exploring the history and meaning of the Passover seder. $100,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | Support for the preservation and restoration of cinematic records of Jewish life. $75,000 over three years. Waltham, MA. | Arts & Media | ||
| 1996 | Burned Churches Fund |
Support for the rebuilding of churches which were destroyed or damaged by suspicious fires during 1995 and 1996. $100,000. New York, NY. | Social Justice | |
| 1996 | Support for the creation of a Jewish documentary film fund to provide assistance for the production of films on the Jewish experience. $647,500 over three years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | ||
| 1996 | Support for week-long arts and text-based winter retreats that include leadership training for high school, college age, and post-college young adults $90,000. Beechwood, OH. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1996 | Support for organization that provides psychological suppport for Holcaust survivors and their children in Israel. $150,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Holocaust | ||
| 1996 | Support for a program in which black and Jewish teens meet over the course of a year and then spend a summer together traveling to U.S. sites of historical significance to both communities. $50,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1996 | Support for matching grants program enabling new communities to send high school students to four-day program in Washington, D.C. focusing on public policy and Jewish values. $50,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1996 | Support for the publication and national distribution of a resource guide for Jewish Films. $15,000. San Francisco, CA. | Arts & Media | ||
| 1996 | Selfhelp Community Services |
Survivor Aid |
Support to provide social services to elderly Holocaust survivors in the New York metropolitan area. $150,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Holocaust |
| 1996 | Support for initiative to improve the marketing and public relations skills of Jewish not-for-profit organizations. $230,000 over two years. Philadelphia, PA. | None | ||
| 1996 | Support for the founding of what has become the largest repository of oral histories of Holocaust survivors, with over 50,000 testimonies collected. $3,000,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Holocaust | ||
| 1996 | General support for this organization which promotes understanding, mutual respect, and collaboration between inter-religious and inter-ethnic communities. $25,000. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 1996 | Tides Center |
Kitty Felde War Tribunal Coverage |
Support for reporter Kitty Felde's radio coverage of the Bosnian War Crimes Tribunal. $10,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Social Justice |
| 1996 | Union for Reform Judaism |
Support for fellowship program bringing college students to serve as year-long Legislative Assistants for the Religious Action Center. $70,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1996 | WNET / Educational Broadcasting Corporation |
Support for the development of an interactive multimedia CD-ROM based upon Abba Eban's landmark documentary series "Heritage: Civiilation and the Jews." $250,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 1996 | Yale University |
Support for research and publication of comprehensive one-volume reference work on the Holocaust. $100,000. New Haven, CT. | Holocaust | |
| 1995 | Support of the renovation and restoration of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. $250,000. Washington, DC. | Holocaust | ||
| 1995 | Support for Los Angeles-based interfaith program which brings rabbis to Catholic schools and Catholic educators to Jewish day schools to teach about their respective religions. $67,400. Los Angeles, CA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1995 | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee |
To help photographer and social anthropologist Frederic Brenner complete his project documenting American Jewish life. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 1995 | Support for the launch of a program to send Jewish professionals and college students to volunteer in the developing world and to assist AJWS in increasing the visibility of their work via public relations. $225,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 1995 | BBYO University |
Support for an intensive educational program to train adults who work with Jewish youth. $75,000. Washington, DC. | Youth & Young Adult | |
| 1995 | Support for production of this documentary telling the story of how residents in Billings, Montana, responded to anti-Semitism and racism within their community. $15,000. Oakland, CA. | Arts & Media, Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 1995 | Support for the publication of a book of photographs by photojournalist Edward Serotta telling the story of how a small band of Holocaust survivors and their children turned the Sarajevo Jewish Community Center into one of the most effective non-sectarian humanitarian aid organizations operating in the Bosnia war zone. $15,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
