Spirituality
| Drisha Institute for Jewish Education Inc.
Leadership Development Program New York, NY |
To develop and support a new generation of women leaders in the Modern Orthodox Jewish community. |
$130,000
2 years Ref. #20105R |
| Elat Chayyim
Initiative on Meditation in Jewish Life Accord, NY |
To promote integration of contemplative practice into Jewish life through enhancement of the Jewish community's awareness of the benefits of meditation; exposing community leaders to mindfulness practice retreats; and training a cadre of leaders in skills necessary to lead both beginning and more advanced meditation practice in Jewish settings. |
$150,000
2 years Ref. #20020R |
| Institute for Christian-Jewish Studies, Inc.
National Jewish Scholars Project Baltimore, MD |
To develop and disseminate "Where Judaism and Christianity Differ," a pioneering program that includes a book of essays by prominent Jewish scholars addressing the basic themes of Christianity from a Jewish perspective, a study guide and an outreach educational campaign to be piloted in six communities and four campuses. |
$80,000
2 years Ref. #19791 |
| Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side
Makom: The Center for Contemplation New York, NY |
To establish a center for Jewish contemplative practice integrated into the program of this new JCC. |
$200,000
2 years Ref. #20044R |
| Jewish Institute of Religion - Hebrew Union College
Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education Cincinnati, OH |
To support JIR-HUC and the Central Conference of American Rabbis to develop and administer a comprehensive post-graduate rabbinical education program to create vehicles for ongoing study and discourse. |
$25,000
1 year Ref. #18300 |
| Jewish Outreach Institute
Institutional Growth and Organizational Development New York, NY |
To support two programs: (1) the expansion and development of the organziation; and (2) the Jewish connections Partnership (JCP), a project of JOI, which funds innovative programs of outreach to intermarried and/or unaffiliated Jews. |
$600,000
3 years Ref. #19979R |
| National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Inc.
Second Jewish Artists Retreat New York, NY |
To support planning, convening and follow-up of the second of five Artists Retreats for young Jewish artists, this one devoted to the "Word Performed." |
$45,000
1 year Ref. #19990R |
| Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Continuation of Spiritual Direction Program Wyncote, PA |
To support the preparation for dissemination of a training curriculum for rabbis on providing spiritual direction, as well as the education of spiritual directors to work with the RRC students. |
$130,000
2 years Ref. #19465 |
Social Justice
| American Jewish World Service, Inc.
International Jewish College Corps 2000 New York, NY |
To support a summer program for college students combining an in-depth exploration of international development, with study of Jewish texts and traditions, and hands-on volunteer work both in the developing world and in Israel. |
$40,000
1 year Ref. #20049R |
| Amos: The National Jewish Partnership for Social Justice, Inc.
General Support Boston, MA |
To create a networking and capacity-building organization to promote effective action on behalf of social justice in the Jewish community. |
$400,000
2 years Ref. #19988R |
| Jewish Family & Life Inc.
SocialAction.com Needham, MA |
To support a webzine exploring social action, social justice and Jewish life, supporting its readers in deepening the connection between Judaism and participation in repairing the world. |
$50,000
1 year Ref. #20045R |
Out of Guidelines
| Americans for Peace Now, Inc.
General Support Washington, DC |
To support the work of the largest, oldest and most influential grassroots peace movement in Israel through the promotion of a peace agenda in the United States. |
$35,000
1 year Ref. #19789R |
| Foundation for the Jewish Community
Support for The Israel Cooperative Program New York, NY |
To support the work of the Israel Cooperative Program in the areas of Jewish Pluralism and Environmental Protection. |
$62,500
1 year Ref. #20246R |
Director Initiatives
| Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia
Second Conference on Judaism and Emotional Health Ft. Washington, PA |
To support the Second Conference on Jewish Healing, with a particular emphasis on emotional health. |
$5,000
1 year Ref. #19645 |
| New Israel Fund
Institutional Development Trip Washington, DC |
To support the directors of Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Equal Opportunity in Israel, to visit the United States and meet with colleagues and potential supporters. |
$1,425
6 months Ref. #19756R |
Israel Cooperative Program
These grants represent the NCF contribution to the total grant made by the ICP. All grants to the Israel Cooperative Program are matched 71.5 to 28.5 with funds from the Dorot Foundation.
| American Friends of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense
Sheli Small Grants Program Bethesda, MD |
To support the fourth year of the Sheli Small Grants Program, co-sponsored with the CRB-Foundation, providing small grants to community-based environmental initiatives. |
$19,500
1 year Ref. # 20177R |
| American Friends of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense
KESEM: The Center for Regional Environmental Community Action Bethesda, MD |
To build a new level of citizen involvement in protecting the highly valuable coastal and inland landscape region around Zichron Yaacov, particularly through identifying and initiating specific legal actions against polluters and developers. |
$7,800
1 year Ref. # 20175R |
| American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
KESEM: The Center for Regional Environmental Community Action Great Neck, NY |
For the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel to build a new level of citizen involvement in protecting the highly valuable coastal and inland landscape region around Zichron Yaacov, particularly through establishing a network of community-based citizen groups and helping them create a region-wide vision for the area. |
$7,800
1 year Ref. # 20174R |
| New Israel Fund
Education and Activism for Transport Alternatives Washington, DC |
For Green Action to increase capacity to manage a growing membership base, expand its successful youth programs, provide skills training to develop grassroots volunteer leaders, and promote sustainable transportation. |
$8,580
1 year Ref. # 20173R |
| P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds
Sustainable Jerusalem: Forum for The Future of Jerusalem New York, NY |
For the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies' "Forum for the Future of Jerusalem" to finalize and transform the plans it has generated for creating a "Sustainable Jerusalem" into an integrated document that will represent a comprehensive plan for the City of Jerusalem, as envisioned by a broad base of the city's residents. |
$17,550
1 year Ref. # 20176R |
| New Israel Fund
Women's Leadership Program Washington, DC |
To support the second year of a project to enable the Trust of Programmes for Early Childhood, Family and Community Education to continue to develop community activism through women's leadership training in the Israeli Arab sector. |
$11,400
1 year Ref. # 20367R |
| New Israel Fund
Campaign for Marriage and Divorce Alternatives Washington, DC |
To enable the Association for Civil Rights In Israel (ACRI) to commission a comprehensive study comparing the situation in Israel with respect to religious marriage and divorce to other democratic countries with state religions. The position paper will offer options for resolving these issues in Israel and will serve as the basis for an extensive public education and media campaign. |
$7,800
1 year Ref. # 20199R |
| New Israel Fund
General Support Washington, DC |
To support the work of Panim, the only organization in Israel to advance the cause of Jewish cultural renewal on a national level, as it sets its public agenda and expands its financial base. |
$39,000
1 year Ref. # 20197R |
| New Israel Fund
Mechina National Leadership Development Program Washington, DC |
To continue support of the Mechina National Leadership Development Program at Kvutsat Reut, an urban kibbutz of religious and secular families working together to realize a vision of a pluralistic, decent Israeli society. |
$13,650
1 year Ref. # 20196R |
| New Israel Fund
General Support Washington, DC |
To support the work of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI). |
$11,700
1 year Ref. # 20195R |
| New Israel Fund
Israel Center for Contemporary Midrash Washington, DC |
To enable Midreshet Iyun, the Bet Midrash of the Masorati Movement in Tel Aviv, to develop the Israel Center for Contemporary Midrash. |
$11,700
1 year Ref. # 20194R |
| New Israel Fund
Organizational and Staff Development Washington, DC |
To enable Hamidrasha at Oranim to do strategic planning focusing on how best to meet the growing demand for their programming. |
$25,350
1 year Ref. # 20193R |
| New Israel Fund
Reaching Out To Development Towns Washington, DC |
To allow Collot at Michlelet HaNegev to expand its programs in Jewish identity to the four major southern Israeli development towns. |
$11,700
1 year Ref. # 20191R |
| New Israel Fund
General Support Washington, DC |
To support Eretz Acheret ("A Different Land"), a new magazine of Jewish culture aimed at promoting and disseminating pluralistic Israeli-Jewish culture. |
$29,250
1 year Ref. # 20190R |