1996 Annual Report: 1996 Community Grants

1996 Community Grants

The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1996, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1996 payments of multiyear grants awarded in an earlier year.

Jewish-Arab coexistence in Israel, Abraham Fund, New York, NY, $25,000

Counseling and shelter for victims of domestic violence, Advocates, Inc., Saukville, WI, $16,100

Award for the best research paper on adolescent depression and suicide, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, DC, $20,000 over two years

Administrative assistance in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York, NY, $15,000

HeartPower! Schoolsite Program, American Heart Association, Tempe, AZ, $7,500

Greenhouse for children in grades K-6 and community theatre, Frankel TALI school, American Israel Education Fund, Troy, MI, $20,000

Leadership development scholarships for students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, American Pardes Foundation, Avon, CT, $30,000 (1996 payment)

Executive Director's Discretionary Fund, Amigos del Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, $5,000

Alternative shabbat service, Anshe Emet Synagogue of Chicago, IL, $9,000

Cummings Festival of the Arts, with Ben Sidron and the Yubal Choir of Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue of Chicago, IL, $20,000

General support, Anshe Emet Synagogue of Chicago, IL, $30,000

Peer teaching program to fight racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, San Diego, CA, $6,000

Awakening Body, Mind, and Spirit, a book project exploring ancient healing traditions through photography, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, $10,000

Free Speech and Community, a project about free speech issues in schools, museums, and libraries, Arizona Humanities Council, Phoenix, AZ, $5,600

Cancer Research Institute Facility, Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ, $150,000 over three years

Russian Elderly Program, addressing problems such as loneliness, alienation, and helplessness, Ascent Inner Dimensions of Jewish Lifestyle, Inc., New York, NY, $10,000

Teens and Tots, placing at-risk adolescents as day care interns, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY, $15,000

Celebrity Lecture Series, Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA, $5,600

General support for education/prevention information and workshops for people living with HIV/AIDS, Body Positive, Inc., New York, NY, $5,000

General support for this community-based arts institution, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, $2,000

Partnerships between community organizations and young artists, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, $3,000

Performance celebrating the 13th century Sufi poet and teacher Jalaluddin Rumi, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, $30,666

Communities of Care, after-school program for at-risk children, Valley Interfaith Project, Catholic Social Service of Central and Northern Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, $20,000

General support for programs serving the physical and spiritual needs of the dying, Chalice of Repose Project Corporation, Missoula, MT, $10,000

Chalice Philharmonica, a CD recording of music played for the dying, Chalice of Repose Project Corporation, Missoula, MT, $5,000

Taylor Project Parent Network, bringing museum programs to the projects, Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL, $15,000 (1996 payment)

Send a Kid to Camp project, to enable a child with cancer to attend Camp Rainbow, Children's Cancer Center, Phoenix, AZ, $5,000

General support for environmental exhibitions and arts programs for a diverse audience, general support, Children's Museum, Boston, MA, $5,000

Alleys Reclaimed by Kids Program, transforming public spaces through art, City Heights Community Development Corporation, City Heights, CA, $18,025

California First, a project to establish California as the first presidential primary state, CityVote, Irvine, CA, $10,000

Model classrooms in Jewish education, Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, $45,000 (1996 payment)

Rabbinic Fellowship Program emphasizing deep spiritual commitment and social action, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York, NY, $25,000

A Cable to Jewish Life, a TV show about people and issues in Judaism, Congregation Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Brooklyn, NY, $10,000

Leadership training and networking, Congregations Building Community, Windsor, CO, $10,000

Free dance programs in places of architectural interest, Dancing in the Streets, New York, NY, $5,000

Yosemite Indian Realities, a film about the three remaining indigenous people living in Yosemite Park, Dreamcatchers, San Francisco, CA, $13,100

Sacred Land Film Project, to promote protection of sacred sites and indigenous cultures, Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, CA, $10,000

Nutrition and environment program for children, The Edible Schoolyard at King Middle School, Berkeley. CA, $1,000

My Jewish Discovery Place, an exhibition in a multicultural learning program for children, Educational Alliance, New York, NY, $20,000

Residential, counseling, and education program for low-income, single mothers, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, $10,000

Emerging Artist Program, Exit Art/The First World, Inc., New York, NY, $5,000

Environmental responsibility programs for children, The Farm School, Athol, MA, $2,500

Tell the Truth and Run, a documentary on journalist George Seldes, Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

Public service announcements dealing with psychosocial issues of the AIDS epidemic, Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

Student performances and artist-in-residency programs for children in Coachella Valley, especially children of migrant workers, McCallum Theatre, Friends of the Cultural Center, Palm Desert, CA, $25,000 (1996 payment)

Support for Northwestern Memorial's Prentice Women's Hospital, Friends of Prentice, Chicago, IL, $3,000

Horticultural project in the San Francisco County Jail, The Garden Project, San Francisco, CA, $1,000

Education improvement in the Chicago school system, Golden Apple Foundation, Chicago, IL, $5,000

Harvard Law School Fund's Class of 1966 Reunion, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, $5,000

Deaf Senior Citizens Lunch Program, Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Chicago, Skokie, IL, $10,000

Scholarships for students training as rabbis or educators, Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf, Skokie, IL, $24,000

Holocaust survivors' stories on audio and video, Holocaust Oral History Project, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

Meditation and spiritual books for prisoners, Human Kindness Foundation, Durham, NC, $5,000

Speakers bureau and CD-ROM presentation on the economic importance of the arts to the community, Illinois Arts Alliance, Chicago, IL, $66,000 over two years

Insite '97, a multicultural exhibition of site-specific art planned by community and schools, Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA, $25,000

Shelter Hill Community Development Project, Interfaith Housing Foundation, Mill Valley, CA, $10,000

Establishment of a park to be operated by a consortium of ten Native American tribes, InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, Ukiah, CA, $20,000 (1996 payment)

Art Focus, a forum for Israeli contemporary visual arts, Jerusalem Foundation, New York, NY, $10,000

Femina Sapiens, an exhibition of contemporary women visual artists, Jerusalem Foundation, New York, NY. $4,000

Israel Festival, an international performing arts festival, Jerusalem Foundation, New York, NY, $25,000

Arts and music program for young people with physical disabilities, Camp Chi, Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, IL, $20,000

Harp Song, sculpture by Richard Hunt, Council for Jewish Elderly, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, $60,000 over two years

Middle East peace program at the festival, Jewish Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, $8,000

General support for Jewish learning, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY, $5,000

Rabbinical training, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY, $15,000

General support, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, $20,000

Think tank concerned with public art, the environment, and community, Judith & Howard D. Hirsch Foundation, Northbrook, IL, $2,000

Center for Environmental Studies, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, $20,000

Educational center for an environmentally and socially sustainable society, Learning Alliance, New York, NY, $5,000

Cardiac Energy Healing Project, Learning Alliance, New York, NY, $7,500

Environmental Justice and Sustainable Economy Fund's support for efforts to eliminate toxic pollutants in poor communities, Liberty Hill Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, $15,000

Economic Justice Initiative, to prepare young girls to become self-sufficient, Los Angeles Women's Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, $20,000

Visiting artists series, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD, $10,000

Hot meals for homebound people living with AIDS, Mama's Kitchen, San Diego, CA, $20,000

General support, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY, $30,000

Library restoration, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, $2,500

New computer equipment for art classes, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL, $20,000

Museum brochures, Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, La Jolla, CA, $25,000

General support for the college's galleries, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, $5,000

Retreats for at-risk youth and mentors, Mosaic--A Multicultural Foundation, Vashon, WA, $7,500

Art for Recovery program for people facing life-threatening illness, Mount Zion Health Systems, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

Family Day program for new museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, $15,000

Arte/Communidad, multicultural art project for the community, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, $20,000

Exhibitions on healing and spirituality, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, CA, $3,000

The Jew in the Lotus, a documentary about the historic meeting between Jewish delegates and the Dalai Lama, Nama Rupa Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $30,000 (1996 payment) and $58,000 over two years

Leadership program for high school and university students in Israel, Nesiya Institute, Cleveland, OH, $25,000

Summer program in Israel for young American Jews, Nesiya Institute, Cleveland, OH, $20,000

ADAM, an education organization in Israel, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $15,000

Research and writing of a liberal/Reform Jewish prayer book, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $5,000

President's Discretionary Fund, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, $7,500

General support, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, $15,000

Project in Israel for young immigrant girls from the Soviet Union who are victims of abuse, New Seed Foundation, Passaic, NJ, $20,000

Hearts of Power Peer Mentoring Program in the South Bronx, New York City Outward Bound Center, New York, NY, $5,000

After School Art Program, a community project in an underserved area, Normal Heights Community Development Corporation, San Diego, CA, $10,000

Outdoor sculpture garden, North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC, $10,000

General support for programs to keep young people out of gangs, Off the Street Club, Chicago, IL, $3,000

Replacement of vandalized computers at Jefferson Elementary School, Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers, Gahanna, OH, $10,000

Do-It-Yourself Chanukah, a concert of Jewish folk tunes, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, $20,000

Recreation and mentoring activities, Palo Alto Young Men's Christian Association, Palo Alto, CA, $5,000

Preservation of the San Xavier Mission, Patronato San Xavier, Tucson, AZ, $10,000

General support for this resident theatre company, Pearl Theatre Company, New York, NY, $3,000

Pinat Shorashim at Kibbutz Gezer, a park dedicated to peace and the environment, P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, New York, NY, $15,000

Education improvement programs, Pencil, Inc., New York, NY, $20,000

Contemporary arts organization presenting new directions in music, dance, and theatre, Performing Arts Chicago, IL, $5,000

School youth program to create community gardens, Philanthropic Collaborative, New York, NY, $2,500

Old Glory, an exhibition of contemporary images of the American flag, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, $25,000

General support, Phoenix Symphony Association, Phoenix, AZ, $5,000

General support, Pro Kids Golf Academy, San Diego, CA $10,000

Health care services for children with long-term illnesses and disabilities and victims of child abuse, La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, Chicago, IL, $3,000

Radio program of counseling and referrals to young people, Radio Hope, Phoenix, AZ, $12,000

Protection of rain forests and their inhabitants, Rainforest Action Network, $5,000

Patient and professional education in pain studies, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL, $26,000 over two years

Scholarship Fund, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, $20,000

Training in the Rosen Method's counseling and relaxation technique in Russia, Rosen Institute, Berkeley, CA, $5,000

School improvement project, Roycemore School, Evanstown, IL, $20,000

Waldorf Kindergarten for Columbus area children, Rudolf Steiner Foundation, Chatham, NY, $10,000

Model patient-centered care module for oncology patients, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, $100,000 (1996 payment)

Nuclear waste: education and responsible policies, Safe Future Education Fund, Santa Monica, CA, $20,000

Purchase of Juan Quezada's Casas Grandes pottery collection, San Diego Museum Association, San Diego, CA, $10,334

The Conquistador, an opera about a Spanish Jew during the conquest of Mexico and his persecution during the Inquisition, San Diego Opera Association, San Diego, CA, $15,000

Trauma Center Indigent Care Endowment Fund, Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ, $120,000 over two years

Gazos Creek Forest preservation, Sempervirens Fund, Los Altos, CA, $15,000

Fight hunger project targeting industries and individuals, Share Our Strength, Washington, DC, $10,000

Building Bridges, an exhibition of works by Jewish and Palestinian artists, South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation, Boca Raton, FL, $10,000

Job training and placement and health education services for an ethnically diverse population, Herbert K. Cummings Community Center, Southwest Leadership Foundation, Phoenix, AZ, $30,000 (1996 payment)

Construction of a residential retreat building, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, $25,000

General support, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, WI, $35,000

Computer training for homeless people who sell the Streetwise newspaper, Streetwise, Chicago, IL, $15,000

Internships to work with social justice activists, Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, NY, $5,400

Urban Milwaukee School Study of Waldorf-style education, Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, NY, $75,000 over three years

Public service video for the Public School Outreach Project, Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, NY, $24,000

General support for the cultural center's innovative programming, Symphony Space, New York, NY, $35,000

Musical theatre by and for children, TADA! Theatre and Dance Alliance, New York, NY, $5,000

Therapeutic arts programs for people facing life-threatening illnesses, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA, $20,000 (1996 payment)

Support for organizations working on peace, environment, social justice, arts, and media, Threshold Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $12,600

General support to strengthen the Tibetan refugee communities in India and Nepal, Tibet Fund, New York, NY, $10,000

Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, contemplative retreats for environmental activists, Tides Center, New York, NY, $50,125

Individual environmental responsibility program, TreePeople, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, $25,000

Collaborations with major visual and musical artists, Trisha Brown Dance Company, New York, NY, $20,000

Boys Town Ukraine, the first and only Jewish orphanage in the former Soviet Union, Tzivos Hashem, Brooklyn, NY, $35,000

Exhibition of the art of Lasar Segall, University of Chicago, IL, $45,000 over two years

Supervisor of Asian Art Materials, a new position in the Department of Art, University of Chicago, IL, $35,000

Ketav: Flesh and Word in Israeli Art, an exhibition of artists using written letters, words, and texts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, $46,000

Center for Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, WI, $5,000

Youth Voice Project, helping disadvantaged teens write and record songs, Young Men's Christian Association of Seattle, WA, $5,000 a, CA, $20,000