Program Areas • Grants
Jewish Philanthropy and Education
Increasing knowledge and understanding of the Jewish heritage is the goal of this program. Through the innovative use of media, policy research, and leadership training, it endeavors to enhance awareness of Jewish history and culture and to build bridges between people of diverse backgrounds.
Grants — 2011
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: FREDERIC BRENNER PROJECT
New York, NY | $95,400 |
| To support 12 apprenticeships for young Israeli photography graduates to be assistants to acclaimed international photographers during their residencies in Israel for 'Israel: Portrait of a Work in Progress' | |
| B'NAI JESHURUN
New York, NY | $20,000 |
| To support over a six-month period the work of a part-time director of Piyut North America to identify feasible pilot projects | |
| BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
Waltham, MA | $20,000 |
| To support the creation of the 'Perlmutter Institute Leadership Forum,' a luncheon series at the Brandeis University International Business School | |
| CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY — AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TAU
Tel Aviv, Israel | $10,000 |
| To support a two-month mapping survey designed to identify technical, financial, and organizational challenges facing affordable housing initiatives | |
| CONGREGATION KEHILLATH ISRAEL
Brookline, MA | $15,000 |
| To support an expanded rabbinic capacity to strengthen community outreach and learning | |
| FORTUNOFF VIDEO ARCHIVE FOR HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES
New Haven, CT | $75,000 |
| To support the digitization of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies to preserve and provide appropriate access to 4,439 video testimonies of survivors, rescuers, liberators, and witnesses of the Holocaust | |
| GESHER FOUNDATION
New York, NY | $25,000 |
| To support the production of a third season of the critically acclaimed Israeli television series 'Arab Labor' | |
| JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL STUDIES
Jerusalem, Israel | $1,035,000 |
| For continued support of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and its Environmental Policy Center
(Year 5 of five-year $4,700,000 grant) | |
| JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
New York, NY | $50,000 |
| To support the Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society, which uses the collective resources of contributors to help promote a positive shared future in Israel of social and political equality | |
| JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA
New York, NY | $100,000 |
| To support the creation of the Center for Pastoral Education
(Year 3 of four-year $500,000 grant) | |
| MA'ASE — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Karmiel, Israel | |
| To support the establishment of a Civic Service Forum of Israeli NGOs working to improve the quantity and quality of volunteer year-of-service opportunities for disadvantaged Israeli youth
(Year 2 of two-year $180,000 grant) | $90,000 |
| To renew support for the Civic Service Forum, a coalition of Israeli NGOs working to expand the quantity and improve the quality of volunteer year-of-service opportunities for disadvantaged Israeli youth | $80,000 |
| To support the NGOs of the Civic Service Forum in their enrichment programming for 75 civic service slots designated for disadvantaged Israeli youth--Arab, at risk, physically and emotionally disabled, and immigrant | $225,000 |
| MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (MEET) — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS
New York, NY | |
| To support MEET's expansion to a second hub in Northern Israel and the establishment of an alumni network (Year 1 of a three-year $525,000 grant) | $200,000 |
| To support Phase 2 of MEET's organizational growth and capacity-building to expand regionally in Israel and increase the number of participants (over 3 years)
(Year 3 of three-year $500,000 grant) | $175,000 |
| NEW ISRAEL FUND
New York, NY | $10,000 |
| To support and provide public relations material for a grassroots logistics coordinator for the Coalition for Affordable Housing in Israel | |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE
New York, NY | $60,000 |
| To support marketing and public education of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, online and through conferences and lectures
(Year 4 of four-year $325,000 grant) | |
| OPPORTUNITY FUND — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENTS
Tel Aviv, Israel | $15,000 |
| To support in partnership with the Gandyr Foundation the part-time position of manager of the Opportunity Fund for Civic Service through March 2012 | |
| STEPHEN WISE FREE SYNAGOGUE
New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support a communications specialist to coordinate the synagogue's overall communications strategy | |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Washington, D.C. | $115,000 |
| To support the Charles H. Revson Fellowships for Archival Research at the U.S. Holocaust Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
(Year 4 of four-year $450,000 grant) | |
| Total: | $2,430,400 |