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grants
Jewish Community Foundation Awards $200,000 to Organizations Supporting Pittsburgh Shooting Victims, Survivors
New grant program will extend Jewish camp outreach
For some children, attending Jewish summer camp is a quintessential part of growing up Jewish.
Jewish groups praise security grants, despite major cuts
Jewish groups praised the Obama administration and Congress for $10 million in new homeland security grants while noting that the allocation was nearly halved from last year.
Jewish Community Foundation awards $1 million in grants to Israeli nonprofits
The Los Angeles Jewish Community Foundation has awarded a total of $1 million in grants to five Israel-based organizations to support programs aimed at spurring economic development in Israel, offering Jewish education for officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and job and entrepreneurship training for Jewish- and Arab-Israeli women.
Jewish Community Foundation seeks proposals for cutting edge grants
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (JCFLA) is currently accepting proposals for its 2012 Cutting Edge Grants Initiative, which offers funding to organizations developing innovative programs that serve the Jewish community in Los Angeles.
Mazon doling out $3 million in grants to fight hunger
Mazon said it has awarded more than $3 million in grants for 2011 to agencies dedicated to fighting hunger.
Tuition grants, endowments to benefit day schools
More than half the students in Los Angeles Jewish day schools receive financial aid to pay tuition, which runs between $12,000 and $30,000 per year. And with both tuition and the number of students requiring aid expected to continue climbing, BJE: Builders of Jewish Education is partnering with local donors and national organizations both to alleviate the immediate crisis and work toward long-term solutions for lowering the cost of Jewish education.
Congregations offering loans and grants to lure young families
They were looking to move anyway, said Stephanie Butler. And the $50,000 incentive being offered by Temple Emanu-El in Dothan, Ala., to young Jewish families willing to relocate helped tip the scales. “We never would have looked at Dothan if not for this program,” she said.