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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1939 Club |
Scholarship Fund for Christoph Meili |
Support for the "Meili Education Fund," to enable Christoph Meili, the Swiss bank guard whose discovery and disclosure of Holocaust records led to a major settlement for Holocaust survivors, to attend university in the United States. $2,500. Los Angeles, CA. | Holocaust |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2003 | General support for this Los Angeles-based nondenominational seminary training rabbis and cantors. $35,000. Los Angeles, CA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 2004 | General Support (Renewal) |
Request for a renewal of support for the Academy. $70,000 over two years. Los Angeles, CA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 1997 | Support for trans-denominational program to support clergy, educators, and artists in the development of contemporary interpretations of sacred texts. $100,000 over two years. Philadelphia, PA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 1999 | Renewal of support for trans-denominational program supporting clergy, educators and artists in developing contemporary interpretations of sacred texts. $25,000. Philadelphia, PA. | Spirituality & Synagogue Life | ||
| 2000 | Next Generation Retreat |
Support for a retreat-based program for Jewish young adult social justice activists. $10,000. Philadelphia, PA. | Social Justice, 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 | ||
| 1995 | Support of the renovation and restoration of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. $250,000. Washington, DC. | Holocaust | ||
| 2004 | Support for the construction of the Center and its programs which emphasize increasing tolerance and opportunity for all members of Israeli society. $100,000 over four years. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1997 | C/JEEP Program - National |
Support for national expansion of program aimed at increasing mutual understanding among Catholic and Jewish high school students and educators. $500,000 over five years. New York, NY. | Tolerance & Intergroup Relations, Youth & Young Adult | |
| 2005 | Support for an exhibition celebrating 350 years of Jewish life in America. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | ||
| 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 | |
| 2008 | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee |
Israel: Portrait of a Work in Progress |
Support for photographer and anthropoligist Frederic Brenner's new effort for which aclaimed comptemporary phtographers from 10 different natinalities collectively create a portrait of Israel as a work in progress. $100,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media, Jewish Identity |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 2000 | Support for the expansion of the year-round domestic component of program that sends young adults to rural areas of the developing world. $100,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2003 | Renewal support for the domestic follow-up component of this international service program for young adults. $80,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice, Youth & Young Adult | ||
| 2004 | Support for AJWS' relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. $15,000. New York, NY. | Social Justice | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2007 | Renewal of 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 | ||
| 1997 | Coming Through |
Support for this non-profit, off-Broadway theater's production of a new play adapted from recorded interviews of the Ellis Island Oral History Project. $50,000. New York, NY. | Arts & Media | |
| 1997 | Holocaust Victim Tracing Center |
Support for program which provides tracing, information, and referral services to those searching for or wanting to know what happened to family members in World War II. $50,000. Washington, DC. | Holocaust | |
| 2001 | Support to build and expand a new center to house Yad Vashem's collection of narrative film, documentaries, and testimonies related to the Holocaust. $1,000,000 over four years. New York, NY. | Arts & Media, Holocaust | ||
| 1997 | Amos: The National Jewish Partnership for Social Justice |
Support for a study to assess the feasibility and possible strategy of a national Jewish literacy initiative. $85,000. Boston, MA. | Social Justice | |
| 1998 | Amos: The National Jewish Partnership for Social Justice |
Renewal of support to this national project to coordinate volunteers from the Jewish community to help teach kids how to read. $50,000 over two years. New York, NY. | Social Justice |
