Grant amounts listed were paid in 2005. Future funding [denoted in italics] for multi-year projects is contingent upon fulfillment of the terms of the grant and review by the Fund.
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Promoting Diversity
- Institute for Jewish and Community Research - $60,000
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For Bechol Lashon, a project to provide programs for the multi-racial Jewish community, nurture existing Jewish communities of color and improve the relationship between Jews of color and the broader Jewish community.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2004],
$60,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 09/28/2004 through 09/27/2006
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Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay - $50,000
To support the expansion of Building Jewish Bridges, an outreach program for intermarried families. Bridges has been effective in working with individuals, families and synagogues, providing Taste of Judaism classes, and individual consultation with those seeking to explore Jewish choices.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005], $30,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 09/14/2005 through 09/13/2007
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Judah L. Magnes Museum - $35,000
In support of 'Acting Out,' an exhibit that explores the work and creative partnership of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, two lesbian artists who were involved in the resistance against Nazism. This grant will also enable the Magnes to develop new partnerships with community and academic institutions that recognize and embrace the diversity of the Jewish community.
Grant Amount:
$35,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 04/05/2005 through 04/04/2006
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National Foundation for Jewish Culture - $5,456
To support a campus tour in the Bay Area of the film "Trembling Before God," which explores the challenges for gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews.
Grant Amount:
$5,456 [2005]
Project Dates: 08/23/2005 through 08/22/2006
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Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation - $20,000
For its 2005 Peacemakers Camp, which brought together Bay Area Jewish and Arab participants for informal and facilitated conversations, recreation, and group-building activities. Diverse and strongly held opinions about the Middle East have created divisions within the Jewish community and between Jews and other communities. The camp provided an opportunity to explore these differences in a positive manner.
Grant Amount:
$20,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 08/23/2005 through 08/22/2006
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Union for Reform Judaism - $59,000
In support of the continuation and expansion of Project Welcome, an outreach program to the intermarried and unaffiliated in Northern California
Grant Amount:
$59,000 [2003],
$59,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 10/24/2003 through 01/10/2006
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Union for Reform Judaism - $59,000
For the continuation and expansion of Project Welcome, an outreach program to the intermarried and unaffiliated in Northern California. In its first two years, Project Welcome has been successful in building a strong foundation for intermarried individuals and couples in the Bay Area through Judaism classes, trainings to encourage more welcoming synagogues, and young adult programming.
Grant Amount:
$59,000 [2005], $35,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 09/14/2005 through 09/13/2007
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Creative Expression
A Traveling Jewish Theatre - $45,000
To support work by this 25-year-old ensemble theater company to build community partnerships with Jewish and non-Jewish organizations as it plans its future productions.
Grant Amount:
$45,000 [2004],
$45,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 09/27/2004 through 09/26/2006
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American Jewish World Service - $50,000
For activities for the 200 Bay Area AJWS alumni returning from overseas experiences with tremendous commitment to educate others about the connections between American Jewish communities and communities of need abroad. AJWS will convene alumni meetings, provide leadership training, develop local program partners and launch alumni-led campaigns to involve the Jewish community in critical international issues, such as the campaign to end the Darfur genocide.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2006
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B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation - $30,000
For a second year of support of Camp Kessem, an all-volunteer program organized by Stanford students, that provides the only camp in Northern California for children of a parent with or in recovery from cancer. The week-long camp is free and open to all children regardless of religion or race.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2004],
$30,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 04/02/2004 through 04/01/2007
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InterfaithFamily.com Inc. - $40,000
For hiring an administrative director at this leading on-line resource for interfaith families that encourages a more welcoming community for intermarried families.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2004],
$40,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 12/20/2004 through 12/19/2006
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Israel Center - $5,000
Fiscal Sponsor:
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
For Israel in the Gardens, the largest annual Jewish community event in Northern California. This free event seeks to build community, foster connections, and inspire increased Jewish involvement.
Grant Amount:
$5,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 06/03/2005 through 06/02/2006
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Jewish Community Center of Northern Alameda County - $88,000
Fiscal Sponsor:
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
To strengthen the managerial capactity of the newly expanded JCC. This grant will enable the JCCNAC to hire an Associate Director to improve its management and program capacity and to develop programs and services in its newly expanded service area. The JCCNAC serves a significant number of families in the East Bay, providing senior and youth services, creative opportunities for Jewish learning, and programs that meet the diverse needs of the Jewish community.
Grant Amount:
$88,000 [2005], $60,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 07/01/2005 through 06/30/2008
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Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - $27,000
Fiscal Sponsor:
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
For the 21st Annual Jewish Music Festival, a vibrant, multicultural celebration of the Jewish experience. The Festival explores what it means to be Jewish in a multicultural world through creative programs that challenge stereotypes and foster partnerships with the larger community. This year's festival focused upon the intersection of Jewish and Latino music.
Grant Amount:
$27,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 09/30/2005 through 09/30/2006
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The Ritualist - $50,000
Fiscal Sponsor:
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
To support Bay Area activities that connect unaffiliated Jews with trained lay people who perform rituals for important life milestones. Approximately 100,000 Bay Area Jews identify as Jewish but do not belong to a synagogue. Ritualist will connect these 'independents' to ritual facilitators for weddings, births, adoptions and funerals. Ritualist will also launch a monthly professional development series for facilitators and launch an expanded web site.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2006
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Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, Inc. - $50,000
To develop programs and curriculum about Jewish partisans and present them in Bay Area schools and community institutuions. The Foundation's focus on Jews who resisted oppression can instill pride amoung young Jews and foster a greater understanding between Jews and non-Jews of struggles against intolerance and genocide.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 07/01/2005 through 06/30/2006
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KlezCalifornia, Inc. - $13,000
For Klezcalifornia's third Bay Area festival of klezmer music and Yiddish culture. A one-day family-friendly program will be piloted at the Berkeley Richmond JCC in September 2005.
Grant Amount:
$13,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 06/02/2005 through 03/01/2006
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Marin Jewish Community Center - $25,000
To support CenterStage cultural programs and a collaboration with Jewish community centers in the Bay Area. The Marin JCC serves as a point of connection for many Jews in Marin and the North Bay.
Grant Amount:
$25,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 08/09/2005 through 08/08/2006
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Progressive Jewish Alliance - $70,000
In support of opening a Bay Area office of this Los Angeles-based organization, which will work with unions, immigrant rights organizations and the broader Jewish and faith communities in initiating economic and social justice campaigns in this region.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2004],
$70,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 12/20/2004 through 12/19/2006
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Progressive Jewish Alliance - $3,000
To support DAWN, a modern interpretation of Shavuot, the Jewish celebration of the harvest.
Grant Amount:
$3,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 06/03/2005 through 06/02/2006
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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival - $75,000
To support the year-round work of San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which provides a home for many unaffiliated and interfaith families; offers media arts services to local Jewish organizations; partners with other ethnically and culturally-specific organizations to foster needed intergroup dialogue, and provides a safe space to explore and discuss issues that unite and divide the Jewish community.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2005], $75,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2007
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Building Partnerships
Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy - $25,000
To support the Post 9/11 Civic Engagement Fund, a funding collaborative to provide capacity building grants to organizations serving Muslim, Arab and South East Asian communities in the Bay Area.
Grant Amount:
$25,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 08/09/2005 through 08/08/2006
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre - $50,000
To support community engagement and arts education related to the production of Brundibar, a musical fable written on the eve of World War II that serves as an allegory about the danger of fascism. Performed by children of the Terezin concentration camp, Brundibar's legacy is part of Jewish cultural history. Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak are collaborating on the first fully staged theatrical production. This award is a joint grant with the Arts program.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 09/14/2005 through 02/14/2006
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Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights - $25,000
To support outreach efforts to engage the Jewish community in working with the Coalition, which seeks to increase the capacity of immigrants to gain access to and engage in their community institutions. This grant will enable the Coalition to organize trainings and events to educate the Jewish community about the needs of immigrants, and provide trainings for its staff to better understand Judaism.
Grant Amount:
$25,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 11/01/2005 through 11/01/2006
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Jewish Community Center of San Francisco - $150,000
General operating support and strategic planning.
Grant Amount:
$150,000 [2004],
$150,000 [2005], $100,000 [2006]
, $100,000 [2007]
, $100,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 09/27/2004 through 09/26/2009
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Jewish Community Relations Council - $40,000
To support expanded outreach and marketing efforts for the Jewish Coalition for Literacy, which encourages Jewish participation in improving literacy among children in underserved Bay Area public schools. This grant will enable JCL to recruit new volunteer tutors through bookstores, literary events and community partners. By engaging the community in Bay Area public schools, this grant also supports strategies within the Fund's Education program.
Grant Amount:
$40,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 04/05/2005 through 04/04/2006
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Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay - $100,000
For immigrant and refugee services in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. This grant will support JFCS's work with refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and the former Soviet Union. In addition to providing critical health access, mental health, and family support services, JFCS connects Jewish volunteers with its clients and creates cultural celebrations and responsive programming that help to combat prejudice against vulnerable communities.
Grant Amount:
$100,000 [2005], $80,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 07/01/2005 through 06/30/2007
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Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay - $20,000
For a second year of support for Volunteer Action Center's "Community Investment Initiative," which raised funds from Jewish individuals and institutions to be used for community reinvestment and loans for low-income individuals.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2004],
$20,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 07/01/2004 through 06/30/2006
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Jewish Fund for Justice - $65,000
To support efforts to enable synagogues to participate in faith-based community organizing efforts. The Jewish Fund for Justice will provide technical assistance to local synagogues, create curriculum, organize the first national conference for clergy, and train staff of networks that are engaged in faith-based organizing about Judaism and Jewish practice. This project has great potential to engage the Jewish community with economically vulnerable communities on the issues such as affordable housing and public education while offering synagogues a new and proven vehicle to attract and retain members.
Grant Amount:
$65,000 [2005], $60,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2007
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Jewish Fund for Justice - $5,000
To enable Bay Area rabbis and lay leaders to attend a conference on faith-based community organizing
Grant Amount:
$5,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 02/07/2005 through 04/07/2005
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Lehrhaus Judaica - $42,000
To expand the teaching of Jewish studies in churches and parochial schools. Using the CD-Rom based Heritage curriculum, Lehrhaus is developing courses that build upon historic Christian-Judaic relations and history.
Grant Amount:
$42,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 09/14/2005 through 09/13/2006
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Peninsula Clergy Network - $85,000
For an expansion of this network of clergy and civic leaders in San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara counties. The Peninsula Clergy Network hosts discussions, provides clergy education, and technical training to promote dialogue within and across faith communities and between clergy and civic leaders. At a time when the role of faith in the public sector is under scrutiny, the Network provides a place for faith groups to voice concerns, share best practices, learn about each other's faith tradition, and, where appropriate, serve as trusted intermediaries between civic leaders and their congregants.
Grant Amount:
$85,000 [2005], $50,000 [2006]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/06/2007
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Peninsula Clergy Network - $70,000
For an expansion of this network of clergy and civic leaders in San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara counties. The Peninsula Clergy Network hosts discussions, provides clergy education, and technical training to promote dialogue within and across faith communities and between clergy and civic leaders. At a time when the role of faith in the public sector is under scrutiny, the Network provides a place for faith groups to voice concerns, share best practices learn about each other's faith tradition, and, where appropriate serve as trusted intermediaries between civic leaders and their congregants.
Grant Amount:
$70,000 [2003],
$70,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 10/20/2003 through 10/20/2006
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Peninsula Interfaith Action - $53,000
For a second year of support to engage synagogues on the Peninsula in faith-based community organizing. This type of organizing is a significant force for community change, enabling neighbors to shape policies that best meet their needs around critical issues, including education reform, economic development and access to health care.
Grant Amount:
$63,000 [2004],
$53,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 04/02/2004 through 04/01/2006
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San Francisco Organizing Project - $50,000
For a second year of support to engage synagogues in San Francisco in faith-based community organizing. This type of organizing is a significant force for community change, enabling neighbors to shape policies that best meet their needs around critical issues, including education reform, economic development and access to health care.
Grant Amount:
$55,000 [2004],
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 04/02/2004 through 04/01/2006
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The Working Group - $88,000
For the Bay Area Not In our Town Campaign, which works with communities to resond to and prevent hate crimes. This grant will create community events focused on addressing bias based on sexual identity and orientation in the Jewish and other religious comunities, develop and distribute teaching materials in public schools and document successful strategies of hate crime prevention and response for civic leaders. By linking anti-Semitism and racism with issues of sexual orientation and gender, this project seeks to support communities vulnerable to prejudice.
Grant Amount:
$88,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 07/01/2005 through 06/30/2006
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New Leadership
Bureau of Jewish Education - $22,000
For a study on the feasibility of creating a learning community for Jewish professionals working in isolation. It will provide an assessment of common needs, an analysis of similar models and preliminary recommendations, as well as a financial analysis that provides cost projects for different scenarios and an analysis of different funding models.
Grant Amount:
$22,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 02/07/2005 through 02/06/2006
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Bureau of Jewish Education - $50,000
For the creation of the Jewish Professionals Co-op, a learning community for Jewish professionals working with Bay Area based organizations with three or fewer employees. Participants will develop a supportive peer community, receive training and consulting support on organizational development best practices, be matched with a mentor, and study Jewish texts in relation to their work.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2006
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Institute for Jewish Spirituality - $25,000
To support a planning process for working with Bay Area Fellows. The Institute seeks to add a spiritual dimension to contemporary Jewish life and to renew clergy through deepening their spiritual practice.
Grant Amount:
$25,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 10/03/2005 through 04/03/2006
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Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties - $7,500
To support the Teen Philanthropy Retreat. The Bay Area Jewish community has been at the forefront of providing teens and young adults with the opportunity to become engaged in philanthropy. Participants raise funds and make collective decisions about grantmaking.
Grant Amount:
$7,500 [2005]
Project Dates: 11/01/2005 through 05/31/2006
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Capital
Jewish Home for the Aged - $200,000
This grant supports the Home's capital campaign, which will significantly upgrade its dietary center, medical clinics and research center. The Home has served a critical need in the community for over 125 years, providing high-quality medical and social support services to seniors regardless of their ability to pay.
Grant Amount:
$200,000 [2005], $150,000 [2006]
, $150,000 [2007]
Project Dates: 04/05/2005 through 04/04/2008
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Grants Prior to Current Categories
Alameda County Community Food Bank - $50,000
To support a faith-based coordinator to strengthen its presence in communities of faith and to actively promote faith-based food drives.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 10/27/2003 through 10/26/2005
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Congregation Emanu-El - $25,000
To support the operations of Congregation Emanu-El's neighborhood food pantry, which provides free groceries to Inner Richmond families
Grant Amount:
$40,000 [2003],
$25,000 [2005]
Project Dates: 10/27/2003 through 10/27/2005
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