Microgrant

Grant Categories

The Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County has identified three main areas that funding is needed to improve the lives of Jewish women and children.

Grant prospects are invited to submit proposals that relate to the following targeted areas, as well as any other areas of need that affect Jewish women and children.

1. Economic Security/Legal Reform for Women and Children

JWF will review programs addressing the economic status and legal advocacy for Jewish women and children locally, nationally, and internationally.

Each focus area targets issues of advocacy in their particular area.

This subcommittee will focus on programs that approach advocacy at the level of legal reform, policy reform, etc.

Programs for consideration may include, but are not limited to:

• Economic Empowerment
• Financial Literacy
• Legal Advocacy
• Professional Development
• Business Development
• Micro-Enterprise

2. Health and Abuse Prevention for Women and Children

JWF will review programs addressing the health and abuse prevention for Jewish women and children locally, nationally and internationally.

Programs related to protecting, promoting and educating about health will all be considered on this agenda.

Programs for consideration may include, but are not limited to:

• Domestic Violence
• Violence Against Women
• Health Education
• Screening and Prevention Programs

3. Education/Leadership Development for Women and Children

JWF will review programs addressing educational opportunities and leadership development for Jewish women and children including such skills such as negotiation and self-advocacy.

Programs for consideration may include, but are not limited to:

• Teen Mentoring
• Leadership Development
• Advocacy and Negotiation
• Community Empowerment
• Service-Learning

CONTACT INFORMATION

Process & Application

Grant Application Tips

1. Please make sure that your application is complete. Applications that are not submitted in their entirety (this includes all required attachments) by the deadline will not be considered in the current cycle.

2. Please make sure to answer all questions on the Grant Application Form. Please present your best case/argument for the program and be as specific as possible in your narrative.

3. Please make sure you spend adequate time mapping out your goals and objectives. They should be specific and measurable as well as reasonable and achievable within the funding period. In considering your objectives, you may want to ask:

• Are these objectives within the program’s scope?
• Do these objectives lay out a clear plan for creating the change your program seeks to make?

4. Please make sure you submit the Program Budget Form that details income and expenses for the proposed program and the Budget Notes. These should give a clear indication of how JWF funds would be allocated. Applications submitted without the completion of the Program Budget Form and Budget Notes will be considered incomplete and therefore ineligible for consideration during the current grant cycle.

5. If you received JWF funding from South Palm Beach County or any other JWF’s for several years prior, please indicate clear long-term plans for supporting this program/project.

• From which JWF’s did you receive funding?
• When did you receive this funding?
• How much funding did you receive?

6. The application deadline at the JWF office is 5:00 p.m. on the designated due date. An email confirmation will be sent within 2 business days.

Late applications will not be accepted.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Grants Awarded

FUNDING 2023: $138,000

March of the Living – $20,000
From March to Miriam

RALES JFS – $18,000
Rapid Response Fund

RALES JFS – $12,500
Fresh Start Expansion

LEVIS JCC SPECIAL NEEDS DEPT. – $10,000
Camp Kavod CIT Program

HANLEY FOUNDATION – $7,000
Marijuana and Vaping Prevention for South Palm Beach County Youth

HILLEL OF BROWARD & PALM ВЕАСН – $10,000
Women’s Shabbaton

JARC – $7,500
Life Skills Training Program

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPBC – $5,000
PJ Our Way and Grandparent lnitiative

LIUMI – $5,000
Women’s Wellness in the Garden JARC Collaboration

SOUTHERN NCSY – $15,000
Hate Ends Now

ADOPT-A-SAFTA – $10,000
Adopt-A-Safta

Funding 2022: $105,000

March of the Living – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Rales JFS – $12,500
Fresh Start Program

Levis JCC Special Needs Dept. – $10,000
Camp Kavod CIT Program

Hillel of Broward and PB – $10,000
Jewish Learning Fellowship

JARC – $7,500
Fitness and Fun Program

PJ Library – $5,000
PJ Our Way and Grandparent Initiative

Southern NCSY – $15,000
Hate Ends Now Tour

Hanley Foundation – $5,000
Marijuana & Vaping Prevention for SPC Youth

Liumi West Retreat – $5,000
Women’s Wellness in the Garden

Am Yisrael Foundation – $15,000
Adapt-A-Safta

FUNDING 2021: $106,000

March of the Living – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Rales JFS – $13,000
Fresh Start Program

Levis JCC Special Needs Dept. – $10,000
Camp Kavod CIT Program

Hillel of Broward and PB – $10,000
Jewish Learning Fellowship

JARC – $10,000
ADAPT Project

PJ Library – $10,000
PJ Our Way and Grandparent Initiative

Southern NCSY – $5,000
Women in Action

JWF Rapid Response Fund – $18,000

JWF Micro Grant Initiative – $10,000

FUNDING 2020: $85,000

Liumi – $2,000
Delray Intentional Garden

March of the Living – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Hillel of Broward and PB – $5,000
Jewish Learning Fellowship

JARC – $10,000
Project GREEN

Rales JFS – $10,000
TARA: Teens Against Relationship Abuse

Levis JCC – $5,000
Camp Kavod CIT Program

PJ Library – $5,000
PJ Our Way

Southern NCSY – $5,000
Women in Action

Rapid Response Fund – $23,000

FUNDING 2019: $100,000

ISRAEL
Beit Issie Shapiro – $12,333
Economic Empowerment for Low Income Women and Men with Low Average Intelligence and Complex Learning Disabilities

Center for Women’s Justice (CJW) – $5,000
Let Freedom Ring-Empowering Women Against Marital Captivity

Eden Association – $12,333
Sex Education for Adolescent Girls at Risk in Southern Israel

Ethiopian National Project – $12,333
SPACE (School Performance and Community Empowerment) Holistic Girls Empowerment Program in Beer Sheva

IN OUR COMMUNITY
Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center (JCC) Special Needs Department – $5,000
Camp Kavod CIT Program for Young Adults with Special Needs

Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach – $6,550
JLF-Jewish Learning Fellowship

JARC (Jewish Association for Residential Care) – $10,000
Ability Garden Employment Training

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County – $10,000
PJ Library® and PJ Our Way™

March of the Living Southern Region (MOL) – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Ruth & Normal Rales Jewish Family Services – $6,501
Teens Against Relationship Abuse (TARA)

FUNDING 2018: $105,000

ISRAEL
Center for Women’s Justice – $10,000
Developing and Enhancing CWJ’s Legal Solutions for Empowering Women and Eliminating Get Abuse

Kol Israel Haverim – $10,000
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Working Towards a Significant Military or National Service for Girls in Science

Krembo Wings – $10,000
Support of Krembo Wings Branch in Eila

Tahel Crisis Center for Religious Women and Children – $10,000
Production of Movies to Prevent Violence Against Religious Women and Children

Yedid – The Association for Community Empowerment – $5,000
Let’s Get to Work: Financial Capability Workshops for Women Who Live on Low Incomes

Yozmat Atid – $10,000
Realizing My Business Dream: An All-Inclusive Micro-Entrepreneurship Program

IN OUR COMMUNITY
Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) – $10,000
Community Works Transition Program

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County – $10,000
PJ Library- PJ Our Way

Jewish Women’s International (JWI) – $5,000
Change the Culture (JWF South Florida Collaborative Grant totaling $20,000)

Kidsafe Foundation – $5,000
Empower Me KidSafe! Prevent Child Abuse

March of the Living Southern Region – $20,000
From March to Miriam

FUNDING 2017: $100,000

ISRAEL
American Friends of Meshi – $5,000
Communication Training Initiative

Center for Women’s Justice – $10,000
Harnessing the Power of Masses to Advance Civil Action Against Get Abuse

Kol Israel Haverim – $10,000
Cracking the Glass Ceiling- Working towards a significant military or National Service for Girls in Science

Krembo Wings – $10,000
A Youth Movement for Children with and without Disabilities Support of a newly established Kembo Wings branch in Eilat

Yedid – The Association for Community Empowerment – $5,000
Let’s Get to Work: financial capability workshops for women who live on low incomes

IN OUR COMMUNITY
JAFCO – $10,000
Young Women’s Partnership Program

Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) – $10,000
The JARC Abilities Garden’s Able Gardeners and Bubbes Program

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County – $5,000
PJ Our Way

Kidsafe Foundation – $5,000
JWF of South Palm Beach County is Keeping Kidsafe!

March of the Living Southern Region – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Yeshivat Maharat – $10,000
Leadership Development Program

FUNDING 2016: $100,000

ISRAEL – $60,000
Center for Women’s Justice – $10,000
Skills Building and Outreach Initiative for Civil Action Against Get Abuse

JobKatif: Achotenu – $10,000
Ethiopian Nurses Bridge Program

Machshava Tova – $12,500
App Development Course for Girls

Kol Israel Haverim – $12,500
Cracking the Glass Ceiling – Working Towards a Significant Military or National Service for Girls in Science

Hadassah – $15,000
From Addis Ababa Jerusalem: Eshet Chayil Family Shabbaton Retreat (2nd Year of 2-Year Funding)

IN OUR COMMUNITY – $40,000
March of the Living – $20,000
From March to Miriam

PJ Library – $5,000
PJ Our Way

JARC Florida: Employ JARC – $10,000
Employ JARC!

Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach County – $5,000
JEWELL

FUNDING 2015: $125,000

ISRAEL
Center for Women’s Justice – $10,000
Skills Building and Outreach Initiative for Civil Action Against Get Abuse

The Eden Center – $10,000
Building Bridges: Continuing Education for Abuse Prevention and Women’s Health Empowerment with Israeli Mikveh Attendants

ELI: Israeli Association for Child Protection – $10,000
Training Ethiopian Social Workers to Work with Abused Ethiopian Children And Their Families

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. – $15,000
From Addis Ababa to Jerusalem: Eshet Chayil Family Shabbaton Retreat (2 year program)

International Beit Din – $15,000
Social Media Initiative

The Israel National Museum of Science, Technology & Space Museum (MadaTech) – $10,000
Girl Powered Science

Together Beyond Words (TBW) – $10,000
Developing Women’s Leadership and Enhancing Empathy Towards the “other” in Israel through Playback Theater and TBW Group Work

Women’s Spirit – $10,000
“Opening Doors” – Preparing Battered Women for Financial Independence As They Prepare to Leave or Recently Left a Battered Women’s Shelter

IN OUR COMMUNITY
JARC Florida (Jewish Association for Residential Care) – $10,000
Café 95’s L.E.A.P. Program

March of the Living – Jewish Federation of SPBC – $20,000
From March to Miriam

Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services – $5,000
Let’s Get Healthy

FUNDING 2014: $170,000

ISRAEL
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO – $20,000
Beit Issie Shapiro’s iPad Project for Special Needs Children

CENTER FOR WOMEN’S JUSTICE – $20,000
Skills Building and Outreach Initiative for Civil Action Against Get Abuse

HILLEL – THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE – $20,000
Housing Assistance and Financial Empowerment for Former Haredi Single Mothers

KOL HAISHA – $18,690
Integration and Employment Readiness for the Ethiopian Community in Jerusalem

KOL ISRAEL HAVERIM – $20,000
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Young Women to Science

WOMEN’S SPIRIT – $20,000
Opening Doors – Preparing Battered Women for Financial Independence (as they prepare to leave or recently left a battered women’s shelter)

IN OUR COMMUNITY
HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH – $12,000
JEWELL: Jewish Empowered Women Exemplifying Leadership and Learning

MARCH OF THE LIVING – JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPBC – $18,800
From March to Miriam

PJ LIBRARY® – SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY – $20,000

FUNDING 2013: $121,060

ISRAEL
THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHENKAR COLLEGE IN ISRAEL, INC. – $18,000
Empowering At Risk Women Students for College Completion at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, Israel

KOL ISRAEL HAVERIM – $20,000
Cracking the Glass Ceiling – Promoting Young Women to Science

MACHSHAVA TOVA – $20,000
Enabling Disadvantaged Women to Break Out of the Cycle of Poverty Through Access to Technology

WEPOWER: AN ORGANIZATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN ISRAEL – $20,000
Developing Women’s Leadership in the Municipal Arena throughout Israel

KOL ISRAEL HAVERIM – $20,000
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Young Women to Science

WOMEN’S SPIRIT – $20,000
Opening Doors – Preparing Battered Women for Financial Independence (as they prepare to leave or recently left a battered women’s shelter)

IN OUR COMMUNITY
PJ LIBRARY® – SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY – $20,000

RUTH RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE – $8,060*
Let’s Get Healthy
*First year out of a 2-year grant

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPBC, SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT – $10,000
iPads for Autism

FUNDING 2012: $107,250

ISRAEL
ELI – THE ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION – $15,000
(2nd funding year)
Parental Supervision and Empowerment Program for Abusive or Neglectful Single Mothers

THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S JUSTICE – $18,000
Legal Education Program provides over 200 family law practitioners with information and resources on the get (Jewish divorce) refusal petitions

WE POWER – $20,000
Young Women for Future Leadership Training
Program provides women ages 22-45 the opportunities to advance in the political arena and promote women’s rights

ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT – $20,000
Empowerment Program for Teenage Girls at Risk addresses the cultural, emotional and developmental needs of Ethiopian-Israeli teens struggling to fit into modern Israeli life, through informative and culturally sensitive programs in Kiryat Bialik

HAIFA RAPE CRISIS CENTER – $20,000
Systemic Community Intervention Program to provide Jewish women and girls in Northern Israel a support system for survivors of sexual abuse in addition to prevention programs

JWF INTERNATIONAL FUNDING COLLABORATIVE GRANT IN ISRAEL – $5,000
In 2012, we will be one of seventeen foundations participating in a collaborative grant in Israel, each JWF contributing $10,000 over two years for a total of $170,000. JWFs from across the country are sharing research on issues, grantee experiences, best practices know how as well as fundraising ideas, a true think tank

IN OUR COMMUNITY
ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER – $9,250
(3rd funding year)
The SAVVY program provides Jewish teenage girls and young adults with special needs a workshop to learn self defense, social and emotional skills they need to take charge

FUNDING 2011: $135,100

ISRAEL
ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT – $14,000
Empowerment Program for Teenage Girls At Risk
Workshops covering topics such as self identity, relationships, personal responsibility and social pressure

THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHENKAR COLLEGE IN ISRAEL, INC. – $18,000
Empowerment Program for At Risk Women for College Completion
First and second year women students, a tutoring, mentoring program

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, JDC – $20,000
Women’s Health Empowerment Project
Psycho-social support, informational and educational interventions, support networks and public policy advocates

ELI – THE ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION – $15,000*
Parental Supervision and Empowerment Program for Abusive and Neglectful Single Mothers
Abused mothers acquire the skills they need to properly care for their children
*First year out of a 2-year grant

SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE – $20,000
Girls for Girls
Guidance and mentors for girls who have experienced both abuse both physically and sexually and are on the brink of dropping out of school

ISRAEL HELP AND EDUCATION CENTER – $15,000
Empowering Jewish Girls at Risk
The right programs to empower young girls and to provide them with academic programs to enable them to create a better future for themselves

IN OUR COMMUNITY
ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER – $9,600
The SAVVY program provides Jewish teenage girls and young adults with special needs a workshop to learn self defense, social and emotional skills they need to take charge

JARC – $10,000
Employment Program for Women with Disabilities
Women learn valuable skills that allow for real safety net services

HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES – $13,500
Jewish Women’s Institute for Learning and Leadership
A group of women have the opportunity to explore identities, discuss gender issues and assume leadership roles in their community

FUNDING 2010: $96,100

ISRAEL
SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE – $15,000
Girls for Girls, Serves 45 women, ages 16-23 in the Negev and Southern Israel

HAMIFAL EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOMES – $18,000
Abuse Prevention Program, Serves 401 girls, ages 11-18 throughout Israel

ISRAEL HELP AND EDUCATION CENTER – $15,000
Empowering Jewish Girls at Risk through Education, Serves 180 girls, ages 5-12 in Kiryat Gat, Israel

BISHVILAYCH WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION – $10,000
The Israel Breast Program, Your Health is in Your Hands, Serves women in Jerusalem, Israel

HILLEL, THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE – $20,000
The Latin American Jewish Young Women’s Health and Leadership Initiative, Serves 775 young women, ages 18-25 in Buenos Aires & Cordoba, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

IN OUR COMMUNITY
JARC – $10,000
Employment Program for Women with Disabilities, Serves 59 women, ages 18-65 in Boca Raton, FL

ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER – $8,100
SAVVY, and Innovative Self Defense and Self Actualization Program for Teenage Girls and Adult Women with Special Needs, Serves 15 girls and 15 women, ages 13-adulthood, in Boca Raton, FL

FUNDING 2009: $90,000
ISRAEL
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM – $10,000
Girl to Girl: Empowerment Initiative for Ethiopian Teens

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC) – $10,000
The Teen Pregnancy Empowerment Program

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC) – $10,000
The Women’s health Empowerment Program (WHEP)

BEYOND WORDS – $10,000
Finding Our Voices

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN (EEW) – $10,000
Business Incubator: Growing Women’s Micro Enterprises in Northern Israel

EL HA LEV-ISRAEL WOMEN’S MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION – $10,000
IMPACT: Full Power-Self Defense Training for At- Risk Teenage Girls

ISRAEL CHILDREN’S CENTERS, INC. – $10,000
Leadership & Empowerment Program for Girls at High Risk

ISRAEL FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION (IFPA) – $10,000
Life Skills Empowerment Experiential Workshops for Girls at Risk in “Warm Houses”

FUNDING 2008: $100,000

ISRAEL
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM – $10,000
Girl to Girl: Empowerment Initiative for Ethiopian Teens

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC) – $10,000
The Teen Pregnancy Empowerment Program

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC) – $10,000
The Women’s Health Empowerment Program (WHEP)

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC) – $10,000
Girl’s Space (A Component of the Girls on the Map Initiative)

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN (EEW) – $10,000
Access to Markets

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN (EEW) – $10,000
Business Incubator: Growing Women’s Micro Enterprises in Northern Israel

ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION (ELI) – $10,000
Outreach and Child Protection

ISRAEL FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION (IFPA) – $10,000
Life Skills Empowerment Experiential Workshops for Girls at Risk in “Warm Houses”

ISRAEL FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION (IFPA) – $10,000
A Bridge to Communication: Empowering Female Professionals From The Former Soviet Union To Become Moderators On Intimacy And Sexuality As Life Skills For Young Women

FUNDING 2007: $21,075

ISRAEL
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE – $10,000
Girls-For-Girls Mentoring Training Program (of “Girls on the Map”)

HILLEL OF BROWARD & PALM BEACH – $2,800
Hillel Haverot- Bringing Jewish Tradition to Today’s Young Women

JEWISH EDUCATION COMMISSION – $8,275
J-Gift Jewish Girls Inspired For Tomorrow

FUNDING 2006: $20,975
ISRAEL
ELI- THE ISRAEL ASOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION – $7,500
Treating child Abuse- Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence

JEWISH EDUCATION COMISSION – $5,975
J-Gift Jewish Girls Inspired For Tomorrow

NATIONAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE – $7,500
Training To Care For The Elderly