Grants Archive
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| Year | Grantee | Project | Description / Award / Location | Program Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jewish Student Press Service |
Support to revamp and expand the website of a national magazine written by and for Jewish college students. $75,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2007 | Support for production and outreach related to the first full-length documentary film on Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a soldier, martyr and national heroine in Israel. $50,000. Berkeley, CA. | Arts & Media, Holocaust | ||
| 2007 | General Support |
Support for the first ever interdenominational Jewish education conference targeting Jews of all backgrounds and ages in Southern California. $35,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Education, Jewish Identity | |
| 2007 | Yiddish Radio Online Archive |
Support for preservation and archiving of Yiddish radio's "Court of the Air," a program that aired from 1933 - 1958. $40,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 2007 | A Partnership for Change |
Support to coordinate the Jewish component of a national interfaith anti-hunger campaign. $60,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Social Justice | |
| 2007 | New York Public Library |
Support for a national tour displaying a rare collection of more than 300 letters, photgraphs, and documents saved by Sala Garncarz Kirschner while imprisoned in a Nazi labor camp. $25,000. New York, NY. | Holocaust | |
| 2007 | Renewal of support for teen summer program which integrates civics education, service-learning, and Jewish values. $70,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2007 | Renewal of support for 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. $30,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Holocaust, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2007 | Testimony Theater |
Support for an original theater-based program which brings together Holocaust survivors and Israeli teens. $25,000. New York, NY. | Holocaust | |
| 2006 | Support for program working to foster cultural understanding between Jewish and Muslim high school and college students. $80,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Matching support to this archive housing a collection of over 10,000 titles of film and video, constituting one of the largest collections of Jewish documentary film footage in the world. $300,000 over three years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | ||
| 2006 | Support for program that trains high school students to identify areas of conflict within their school and to serve as peer educators. $30,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Support for strategic reorganization of Los Angeles-region non-demoninational Jewish youth group. $35,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Support to travel a new production of the Holocaust-era children's opera "Brundibar" with libretto byTony Kushner and set design by Maurice Sendak. $75,000. Berkeley, CA. | Arts & Media, Holocaust | ||
| 2006 | Volunteer Coordinator |
Support for new volunteer coordinator position for organization providing free legal services to people in need in Los Angeles. $50,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | None | |
| 2006 | Renewal of support for lecture series in memory of Leopold Page which brings righteous rescuers to the University. $40,000 over two years. Orange, CA. | Holocaust | ||
| 2006 | Support for community discussions focusing on issues relevant to modern-day society and inter-race relations to be aired on public radio. $20,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 2006 | FJC |
A Gift For Laughter (Renewal) |
Continued matching support for the production of a documentary film tracing the influence Jewish humor and Jewish comedians have had upon American television, film, and performance. $65,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
| 2006 | Foundation for Documentary Projects |
Let My People Go |
Support for the production of a documentary film tracing the history of the Soviet Jewry movement from the 1970s through the 1990s. $35,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media |
| 2006 | Support to distribute a curriculum kit for junior and high school students teaching about the Holocaust and the need for tolerance through the personal story of survivor Gerda Klein. $25,000. Narbeth, PA. | Holocaust, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | General Support (renewal) |
General support for organization dedicated to nurturing the spiritual development of rabbis, cantors, educators and leaders of all denominations. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | |
| 2006 | Support for program that will utilize traveling educational fellows to deliver Jewish-based curriculum to underserved or isolated Jewish communities in the South. $35,000. Jackson, MS. | Education, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Maccabi Games |
Support for the Opening Ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games in memory of the athletes slain during the Olympic Games in Munich. $7,000. Scottsdale, AZ. | None | |
| 2006 | Support for the restoration and relocation of a national monument in memory of David Berger, an American citizen and member of Israel's Olympic team who was killed in Munich in 1972. $20,000. Cleveland, OH. | None | ||
| 2006 | Maccabi Games Opening Ceremony |
Support for the Opening Ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games in memory of the athletes slain during the Olympic Games in Munich. $20,000. Stamford, CT. | None | |
| 2006 | Renewal of support for national program that uses Jewish text from "Pirke Avot" to teach values and ethics to pre-school aged children and their families. $175,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Education, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Rabbinical Student Fellowship (Renewal) |
Renewal of support for an inter-denominational summer fellowship to train rabbinical students in issues of social justice. $20,000. Chicago, IL. | Social Justice | |
| 2006 | Continued support to provide medical and emergency aid to those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust currently living in Central and Eastern Europe and the United States. $35,000. New York, NY. | Holocaust | ||
| 2006 | Support for organization working to help Jewish communal institutions become more open, accessible, and welcoming to gay and lesbian Jews. $20,000. New York, NY. | Social Justice | ||
| 2006 | Support for expansion of project to train synagogues in methods of faith-based community organizing. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Spirituality & Synagogue Life |
