Guidelines for Jewish Communal Giving Program

The American Jewish community supports a comprehensive community social and welfare program through the Jewish Federation System.  There are however significant Jewish communal needs – local, national and international – beyond the scope and resources of the Federated Campaign system.  The purpose of this Foundation program is to support programs which address unmet needs of the community and to support the growth of a rich and diverse Jewish communal life and culture.

The grants program includes 3 principal program components:

1. Evolving Community Needs: To address priority needs of the Jewish Community which cannot be accommodated within the Federation’s annual budget.  Geographic focus will be in Baltimore.
2. Reform Jewish Programs: Strengthening the Reform and Liberal Jewish movements (and diverse Jewish communities) worldwide.  Grant activities will include professional training and support for Reform Jewish professionals and community leaders (para professionals) and program support for developing reform and liberal programming in communities without strong self-sufficient reform institutions.  Geographic focus will be in Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
3. Safety and Security: Assuring the safety and security of Jewish communities worldwide.  Includes responding to threats of anti-Semitism as well as humanitarian or political crises threatening Jewish communities.

Examples of organizations receiving Jewish Communal Giving Grants:
            World Union for Progressive Judaism
            Project Kesher
            Central European Center for Research and Documentation (CENTROPA)
            The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
            Hillel

View our 2008 Grants
View our 2009 Grants
View our 2010 Grants

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