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 — 2008

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: FREDERIC BRENNER PROJECT New York, NY	$83,000
To support the creation of a dissemination plan for Frederic Brenner's 'Israel: Portrait of a Work in Progress,' to be exhibited in museums and other venues on American university campuses
AVODAH: THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS New York, NY	$25,000
To support the new program partnership for alumni of AVODAH and American Jewish World Service
BROOKLYN JEWS/ CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM Brooklyn, NY	$50,000
To support the continuation of the Next-Generation Leadership project (Year 1 of two-year $100,000 grant)
BROOKLYN JEWS/ CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM Brooklyn, NY	$15,000
To support the Annual Temple Retreat
BROTHERHOOD SYNAGOGUE New York, NY	$5,000
In honor of the memory of Judith Evans
COLUMBIA/ BARNARD HILLEL New York, NY	$15,000
To support the expansion of the Jewish Life Orientation (JelLO)
FRIENDS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL Hartford, CT	$30,000
To support the English translation and online posting of significant opinions of the 2008, 2009, and 2010 terms of the Supreme Court of Israel (over 3 years) (Year 1 of three-year $90,000 grant)
IKAR Los Angeles, CA	$50,000
To support the continuation of the Next-Generation Leadership project (Year 1 of two-year $100,000 grant)
JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL STUDIES Jerusalem, Israel	$892,500
For continued support of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and its Environmental Policy Center (Year 2 of five-year $4,700,000 grant)
MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (MEET) — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS New York, NY	$18,000
To bridge the difference in exchange between the shekel and the dollar and the subsequent loss in value of the 2006 grant
MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (MEET) — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS New York, NY	$20,600
To implement a remote audio-visual conferencing system that will allow real-time collaborations among professors, students, and business leaders at MIT, in Jerusalem, and on the West Bank
MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (MEET) — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS New York, NY	$90,577
For support of the Middle East Education Through Technology (MEET) Program (Year 3 of three-year $412,154 grant)
MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (MEET) — PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS New York, NY	$15,000
To support an effort to increase the recruitment of young women to MEET
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE New York, NY	$100,000
For operating support for the Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking (Year 10 of ten-year $1,000,000 grant)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE New York, NY	$125,000
To support marketing and public education of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, online and through conferences and lectures (Year 1 of four-year $325,000 grant)
SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL San Francisco, CA	$100,000
To support a partnership with the Jewish Heritage Video Collection to create a new Web site and portal about Jewish films
TAM INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH STUDIES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA	$5,000
In honor of the memory of Judith Evans
TEVEL B'TZEDEK — AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE New York, NY	$40,000
To support the development of a follow-up component of the social justice program in Nepal, providing Israeli participants with opportunities to work with or start their own NGOs in Israel
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Washington, D.C.	$150,000
To support the Charles H. Revson Fellowships for Archival Research at the U.S. Holocaust Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (Year 1 of four-year $450,000 grant)
Total:	$1,829,677