NEW PROGRAMS designed to address unmet needs in the Jewish community or that offer a unique approach to enhancing the Jewish community. Preference will be given to innovative programs/projects.
PROGRAM EXPANSION offering a new component to a well-established program.
ONE-TIME ENDEAVORS that provide the Jewish community both immediate benefits and the potential for long-term enrichment
CAPACITY BUILDING which improves the overall performance, effectiveness, and financial sustainability of our local Jewish communal organizations.
The Jewish Community Foundation currently holds one annual competitive grant cycle, employing a two-step application process.
For more information about the Foundation’s application process and funding guidelines, please click here.
2012 Fund for Jewish Philanthropy Grantees
In 2012, the Jewish Community Foundation awarded more than $193,000 from our Fund for Jewish Philanthropy and Field of Interest Funds to nonprofit organizations serving the Jewish community locally and abroad. Of that amount, the committee earmarked $35,000 for the Economic Crisis Response Program, which provides monetary support to programs assisting individuals and families struggling to meet basic needs (rent, food, utilities, child care, etc.) and is working to identify and support the implementation of services/programs to address unmet social service needs in the local Jewish community that will help people return to self-sufficiency.
2012 Fund for Jewish Philanthropy Grantees Local Community –
Ahavas Torah – $10,000
Valley Eruv Project:: This is a project to design, permit, construct and maintain an Eruv (a physical perimeter that surrounds a designated area, allowing carrying outdoors on Shabbat), for the benefit of the Jewish community residing between the Eruv’s boundaries, SR-51 to the west, Loop 101 to the east, the Central Arizona Project canal to the north and the Arizona Cana to the south. The Eruv project encompasses 15 synagogues and has a perimeter of about 45 miles.
Arizona Jewish Historical Society – $3,000
The Arizona Jewish Virtual Archive Project
This project involve staking photos, documents, oral histories, video histories and other memorabilia pertaining to the Jewish community of Arizona and the role Jews have played in developing our state, and making them accessible to the public online.
The Westside Jewish Connection
An eight-month collaborative Jewish learning and social action program to bring together the Jewish population of the west and far west valley. The BJE will partner with Beth El Congregation, Temple Gan Elohim, Beth Emeth Congregation, Temple Beth Shalom and the Jewish Enrichment Center.
To support organizations offering direct stop-gap and safety net services to Jewish people in need within the Greater Phoenix area.
A year of High Tech & Higher Education
To increase staff productivity and effectiveness, staff will receive training for Hillel’s two primary software programs, DonorPerfect, a donor database, and Constant Contact, an online marketing system.
Young Adult Affiliation Program
An outreach program for young Jewish professionals and graduate students in the West Valley, who have little or no affiliation with any current Jewish communal institutions.
Start Me Up! - The Jewish Startup Fellowship
Start Me Up! involves identifying and cultivating a cadre of young leaders who can identify gaps in the Jewish community, formulate programs to fill those gaps, and successfully launch and maintain those programs. In its second year, the program involves incubating the fellows and their ideas and helping them turn them into real programs by providing mentorship, ongoing training, seed funding and overhead.
Israel:
AHAVA” Children and Youth Village
Ahava” “Eishes Chayil” Program: : The Eishes Chayil program focuses on the empowerment of girl residents, ages 6-18, from disadvantaged families, in order to improve their ability to integrate successfully into Israel society. Funding is for an additional component of their sexual abuse prevention program, which would focus on issues related to normal feminine sexuality. The program aims to improve the level of knowledge, information and emotional skills regarding sexual, physical and emotional development during adolescence for girls ages 10-18.
Crossroads Jerusalem
Crossroads:: Fresh Start Program Targeting at-risk English speaking teen immigrants in Israel who drop out of Israeli high school or are facing major educational roadblocks, this program guides each teen to an educational alternative that leads to completion of high school requirements. Program activities include educational placement, family support services, tutoring and homework assistance, GED courses, and therapeutically based case management of each teen from initial entry to graduation or completion of high school requirements.
A New Beginning – Integrating Former Haredi Women into Mainstream Israeli Society To transition and successfully adjust former Haredi women into mainstream Israel society. The program includes personal mentoring, living accommodations in hostels for younger women, rent assistance for mothers with children, and life coaching to help the women prepare for an independent and self-supporting life.
ITWorks
Youth- Empowerment Program (YEP): Focusing on at-risk youth from disadvantaged communities throughout Israel, this program is a basis for reengagement in Israel’s school system, preparation for the Bagrut (matriculation exams), entry into technological units in the army, and subsequent study for higher level careers. The program gives at risk youth a competitive advantage in the educational and professional arenas through technology training and tools for professional and social skills building.
The Leo Baeck Education Center
Ethiopian Women’s Enterprise Arts Project: This program assists Ethiopian women on the path to independently running a self-sustainable business (embroidered traditional items such as challah covers and kippot), assume an active role in improving their family’s standard of living, and empower women with the tools needed to manage their family’s income.
OROT ISRAEL
From Dependence to Independence: Targeting at-risk young people from religious, Masorti, National Religious, and ultra-Orthodox backgrounds, no longer in school and unable to find jobs, the program teaches personal skills necessary for acquiring and holding a job, and in the second year, the program helps these young adults find appropriate jobs.
Pre/Postpartum Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Program
The premise of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is that the way we perceive things affects the way we behave. This program provides intervention and support to women in Israel who are suffering from Prenatal and Postpartum illness.
Youth Clinic for Young Women in Distress
The Youth Clinic in Kiryat Malachi helps young women who need discrete, readily available, multi-disciplinary free treatment for medical, psychological and emotional disorders. Problems include eating disorders, abuse, neglect, and drug and alcohol addiction. Many of these young women are Ethiopian.
Summer Camp Inclusion Resources
To enable children with special needs to attend typical day camp programs.
Medical Supervision at Hettena Day Center
To support efforts to provide day care facilitates for children and young adults (six months to 21 years of age) who have been diagnosed with severe developmental disabilities.