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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jewish Student Press Service |
Support to engage in a strategic planning process for this national magazine written by and for Jewish college students. $20,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2006 | One People on Stage |
Support to develop a traveling theatrical performance based on the radio series for children "One People, Many Stories." $50,000. Chicago, IL. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2006 | Louisville Visual Art Association |
Support for development of high school curriculum and online teacher resource guide corresponding to NPR radio series "This I Believe." $50,000. Louisville, KY. | Education, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2006 | Support for museum dedicated to highlighting America's urban immigrant history. $20,000. New York, NY. | Education | ||
| 2006 | Support for exhibition focusing on Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. $50,000. New York, NY. | Holocaust | ||
| 2006 | Support to bring public school students to an exhibition focusing on seven individuals of diverse ethnic backgrounds who sought equal rights for their communities during World War II. $35,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 2006 | Support for new production of the Holocaust-era children's opera "Brundibar" with libretto by Tony Kushner and set design by Maurice Sendak. $35,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media, Education | ||
| 2006 | New York Foundation for the Arts |
Praying With My Legs |
Support for film documenting legacy of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century, who demonstrated for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
| 2006 | Support for programming focusing on teens, civics education, service-learning, and integration with Jewish values. $35,000. Washington, DC. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | Renewal of support for organization dedicated to providing the tools and space for young Jews to question and define their Jewish identity. $250,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Jewish Identity, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2006 | San Diego Natural History Museum |
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition |
Support to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls to San Diego, with specific funding for a virtual presentation of Qumran, the site where the Scrolls were found. $100,000. San Diego, CA. | Arts & Media |
| 2006 | Continued support for a national project to instruct and inspire people to record each other's stories in sound. $50,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | ||
| 2006 | Support for national expansion of program to bring Jewish theater to smaller communities for performances focusing on collaboration and discussion. $20,000. San Francisco, CA. | Arts & Media | ||
| 2006 | Union for Reform Judaism |
Renewal of support for program of the Religious Action Center in which teenagers travel to Washington DC for a weekend focusing on Jewish values and social justice. $100,000 over two years. Washington, DC. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2006 | Marketing Campaign |
Support to raise awareness of the story of Martha Sharp Cogan and Waitstill Hastings Sharp, only the second and third Americans ever honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Gentiles. $75,000. Cambridge, MA. | Holocaust | |
| 2006 | University of Southern California |
Support for research phase of planned exhibition utilizing film, photography, art, oral history, and technology to tell story of the Jews in California. $50,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Arts & Media | |
| 2005 | Albanian American Foundation |
Norman Gershman Righteous Muslims Photo Exhibit |
Grant to support "Besa," a photo exhibition documenting Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during WWII. $15,000. Ossining, NY. | Arts & Media, Holocaust |
| 2005 | Support for an exhibition celebrating 350 years of Jewish life in America. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | ||
| 2005 | Support for the domestic follow-up component of AJWS' international service program for young adults. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2005 | Atlantic Public Media |
Support for the development of a two-year long radio series for National Public Radio that invites Americans from across the ethnic, religious, and political spectrum to speak about their most deeply held and cherished beliefs and values. $50,000. Louisville, KY. | Arts & Media | |
| 2005 | Support for U.S. participants of this program that brings together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim teens from around the world to foster interfaith understanding and to teach communication skills with the objective of equipping future leaders with the tools to pursue peaceful interventions in their societies of origin. $40,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2005 | Expansion Plan |
Support to help this organization which provides an opportunity for young Jews to deepen their commitments to Jewish life and social justice expand its program to a third city. $80,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2005 | Renewal support to a national organization which provides financial assistance to elderly Holocaust survivors for housing, health care, and other basic necessities. $50,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Holocaust | ||
| 2005 | Carnegie Hall |
Support for a performance piece utilizing music, film, live actors, and personal recollection to tell the story of one of the foremost families of the Yiddish theater. $15,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 2005 | Colorado Agency for Jewish Education |
Support for the evaluation of a multimedia Jewish educational CD-ROM for children. $10,000. Boulder, CO. | Arts & Media, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2005 | Support for a year-long program which brings African-American and Jewish high school students together to explore their histories and cultures through educational programming, study tours, and social action. $40,000 over two years. St. Louis, MO. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2005 | Renewal of support for Los Angeles office of national organization that engages students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. $25,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2005 | FJC |
Persian Jewish Photography Project |
Support for photographic study of Persian Jewish community in Los Angeles. $25,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media |
| 2005 | Support for interfaith program of rabbinical students and students at Andover Newton Theological Seminary. $100,000 over two years. Newton Centre, MA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life, Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 2005 | Support for fourth annual conference. 75000. San Francisco, CA. | Jewish Identity |
