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GOAL I: JEWISH LIFE AND VALUES To extend the presence and influence of the values of tolerance, social justice (tzedec) loving kindness (chesed), mutual respect, and ethical behavior within the Jewish world both to enhance Jewish life and to assist in the promotion of a more just society. |
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Objective 1: Leadership and Organizational Culture To promote a leadership and organizational culture within key Jewish institutions that reflects these values. |
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Children of Abraham Interfaith Outreach Project New Haven, CT |
To support a capacity-building grant for this new Muslim organization dedicated to promoting interfaith dialogue with Jewish, Christian and other religious groups by leading panels at religious institutions; developing a mosque guide for hosting interfaith events; producing website features on interfaith dialogue; and lobbying and guiding American mosques towards more open encounters with non-Muslims. The dialogue will focus on combating hate speech, clarifying misperceptions, finding common ground, and enhancing civil society through interfaith efforts. |
$45,000 Total [$25,000 Jewish Life, $20,000 Interprogram] |
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FJC Fifty Large New York, NY |
This founding grant will support the infrastructure - particularly the staffing - necessary to create Fifty Large - a collective of philanthropists in their 30's and 40's who will make Jewish funding available to support innovation and change. It seeks to be a philanthropic source supporting a new generation's expressions of Jewish meaning and value, and to do so self-consciously with an ethical philosophy. The collective of Fifty Large will be made up of 12 convening partners, each of whom contributes $50,000. They will be people who have accomplished remarkable things in their own careers in the entertainment, technology, and entrepreneurial realms, at a relatively young age. As leaders in their own fields, they will be individuals who love to challenge assumptions and spearhead change. Fifty Large will seek to unleash creativity and foster experimentation both within the group and in all it supports. | $90,000 |
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Initiative on Ethics in Philanthropy New York , NY |
To further develop the Jewish Funders Network's capacity to provide Jewish philanthropists with opportunities to explore and strengthen their philanthropic activity, and to understand the ethical bases of philanthropy. |
$150,000 |
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Joshua Venture San Francisco, CA |
This grant will support recruitment, training, program development and infrastructure for the second cohort of Joshua Fellows - 8 emerging Jewish social entrepreneurs between the ages 21-35. The program provides seed capital, entrepreneurial training, mentorship, technical assistance and Jewish learning in order to strengthen a new generation of ethical leaders who are launching innovative projects and organizations that contribute to a vibrant, just and inclusive Jewish community. This cohort will contain several fellows whose projects relate to social justice and/or environmental protection. They will be chosen for their values and ethical outlook, as well as the appropriateness of their project. The first cohort has already begun to make their opinions and passions heard in a wide variety of Jewish circles. NCF was one of the three funders who created this organization. | $125,000 |
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Objective 2: Jewish Spirituality To promote a Jewish spirituality and practice that reflects these values. |
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Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi Legacy Project Philadelphia, PA |
To support the gathering, editing, and disseminating of Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi's work so that it is more readily available to Jews in the Jewish Renewal, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative and Orthodox movements as well as to unaffiliated seekers. Reb Zalman is a leading teacher of the neo-Hassidic theology and practice that is beginning to have an enormous influence on American Judaism. He is aging now and his life task is to disseminate his teachings as widely as possible. | $20,000 |
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Makor Or San Francisco, CA |
This grant will support the work of Makor Or, the congregation's contemplative center - to continue its intense work on Jewish spirituality with a core group of congregants and to bring the model to at least three other synagogues and havurot. Over the prior three years the program has attracted new members, has enriched the practice of prayer and study in the congregation, and has clearly demonstrated that a serious meditation program can enhance the life of a mainstream Conservative synagogue. We have urged Rabbi Lew to use this exit grant to encourage the formation of new meditation centers in three locations, and to write and talk extensively about Makor Or and its contribution to the spiritual life of Beth Shalom. | $45,000 |
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Accord, NY |
To support the integration of meditation into contemporary Jewish life. |
$75,000 |
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Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, Inc. Makom at the JCC New York, NY |
This grant will support new and continuing contemplative programs at Makom, the Center for Mindfulness in this brand new, highly innovative Jewish Community Center (JCC). The grant will support staff, guest speakers, workshop leaders to conduct Makom's programs: classes, retreats, workshops, daily meditation, public programs that link contemplative practice to Jewish life and Jewish values, and training opportunities for communal and mental health professionals. It is well placed to attract Jewish meditators who would not attend a synagogue program and it is sufficiently mainstream to attract more affiliated Jews who are eager to explore the contemplative traditions of Judaism. It is also a site where contemplative practice can be brought into the world of Jewish communal leadership development, and can be a resource for the Jewish Healing movement. This JCC is a strategic location for a meditation center -- as a leader in the JCC movement it will influence other centers. | $120,000 |
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Institute Ltd.
New York , NY |
To support Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, an innovative two-year-old rabbinical school for pluralistic Orthodox rabbis. |
$140,000 |
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Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Philadelphia , PA |
To enable the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College to develop the theological and the communal connections between Jewish spirituality and social justice work, and to train and support a cadre of rabbis who can foster social justice activism. |
$80,000 |
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Synagogue 2000 Los Angeles, CA |
This grant moves us from general to project support. The project is Developing Synagogue 2000's Social Justice, Jewish Journey Groups and Spiritual Leadership Training Modules. With this grant synagogue 2000 (S2K) staff will create training and curricular models on synagogue based social synagogue justice programming, as well as a systemic process to integrate social justice into the fabric of synagogue life. S2K will also develop training modules to cultivate spiritual leadership in the people who lead these initiatives. The goal is to create synagogues that are deeply engaged in social justice initiatives that have an impact on the wider community but also touch deeply the life of the individual congregants through the methodology of Jewish journey groups. Strengthening synagogue leadership is a vital component of this project and the training modules on spiritual leadership will be used in a variety of settings, including the Boston Federation's Leadership Development Institute, courses for rabbinic students and S2K clergy retreats. |
$150,000 Total [$85,000 Jewish Life, $65,000 Interprogram] |
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Objective 3: Social and Economic Justice, Stewardship of the Earth To promote these values by strengthening the capacity of Jews and the Jewish community to engage with major issues of social and economic justice and stewardship of the earth. |
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New York , NY |
To support the International Jewish College Corps, a seven week experience for college students that weaves together in-depth exploration of international development, study of social justice in a Jewish context and humanitarian service in Central America, Africa and Israel. |
$60,000 |
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Amos: The National Jewish Partnership for Social Justice General Support New York, NY |
To support AMOS as they close their office on September 30, 2002. This grant will enable the staff to complete work with the current partners, perform necessary functions of dissolution and develop an evaluation report for their Board and Funders in preparation to merge with another organization. | $20,000 |
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Chicago , IL Presidential Authority Grant |
To support a regional working conference--to bring together church, immigrant, labor, farm, civic, legal, academic and community leaders to learn about and address issues, concerns and impacts related to the corporate meatpacking and poultry processing industry in the Midwest and Plains states--resulting in the development of a regional Leadership Network to assist churches, synagogues and communities in a long-term process of developing community-based responses to this industry, and will approve and advance a document incorporating principles of operation for this industry in the region. |
$95,000 Total [$65,000 Interprogram,$10,000 Environment, $10,000 Health, $10,000 Jewish Life] 1 Year |
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Hillel : The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Washington , DC |
To support Tzedek Hillel , an initiative that encourages Jewish college students to engage in social justice activities. |
$150,000 |
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San Francisco , CA |
To support programs to expand publication and distribution of the ethnic press and periodicals that focus on environmental and other social justice issues. |
$250,000 Total [$100,000 Environment,$85,000 Interprogram, $25,000 Arts and Culture, $25,000 Health, $15,000 Jewish Life] |
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The Jewish Coalition for Service New York , NY |
To support a network of service programs with the goal of increasing the Jewish community's participation in quality service initiatives. |
$50,000 |
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Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Economic Justice Initiative Boston, MA |
To enable the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC) to deepen it's work on: (1) increasing the involvement in the Boston Tzedec Community Fund, a partnership between JCRC and The Shefa Fund to facilitate Jewish investment in community economic development; (2) increasing Jewish community involvement with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, a broad-based coalition promoting affordable housing; (3) recruiting synagogue members to advocate for the Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard, an income level that accurately reflects the financial needs of working families to sustain themselves in Massachusetts. |
$50,000 Total [$25,000 Jewish Life, $25,000 Interprogram] |
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Jewish Council for Public Affairs New York , NY |
To support the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) in its first year of a four-year period of organizational expansion. |
$150,000 Total [$112,500 Jewish Life,$25,000 Environment, $12,500 Interprogram] |
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Faith Based Community Organizing New York, NY |
To support the Jewish Fund for Justice (JFJ) to expand its Faith Based Community Organizing Initiative which brings synagogues into interfaith coalitions in their communities while strengthening their internal social action committees. Working with at least 9 previously uninvolved synagogues, JFJ staff members will promote awareness of, and facilitate participation in, local faith-based community groups in strategic metropolitan areas through education, training, peer-to-peer advocacy by JFJ's Clergy Talk Force, and targeted grantmaking. The grant also includes $20,000 to transition out of our support for the national Jewish Social Justice Network, which provides resources, skills exchange, networking and collaborative projects, and technical assistance. |
$100,000 Total [$50,000 Jewish Life, $50,000 Interprogram] |
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Jobs with Justice Education Fund Washington , DC |
To strengthen the capacity of local JwJ coalitions to improve access to quality health care. |
$300,000 Total [$150,000 Health,$50,000 Arts and Culture, $50,000 Interprogram, $50,000 Jewish Life] |
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Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty New York , NY |
To support the Council to commission, publish and disseminate The 2002 Report on Jewish Poverty in New York City. |
$50,000 |
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Philadelphia , PA |
To support the Tzedek Economic Development Campaign that encourages American Jews nationwide to invest in low-income community development. |
$75,000 |
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Objective 4: Interfaith To promote communication, understanding and partnerships between Jews and peoples of other faith traditions through programs that focus on shared values and common goals. |
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Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal Eleven Days in September: Remembrance, Reflection and Renewal Philadelphia, PA |
Together with the National Council of Churches, Sojourner Magazine, the Maryknoll Center for Global Concerns -- as well as Muslim and African-American clergy members -- the Shalom Center will initiate Eleven Days in September as a framework for reflecting on the role of the United States in the world, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. | $25,000 |
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Promoting Civil Literacy in a Global World Brookline, MA |
To support Facing History and Ourselves which offers training, follow-up support and resources to middle and high school educators to help reach their students in innovative ways with lessons about tolerance, social justice and civic responsibility. Through new research and development efforts on issues of religious and cultural identity, their goal is to enhance their program staff members' and their teachers' capacities to respond to new global challenges. These efforts include working with scholars and teachers to re-tool existing resources, creating and piloting new classroom resource materials, and disseminating these resources via their website and through programs and follow-up services with teachers. | $75,000 |
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New York , NY Presidential Authority Grant |
To support educational outreach for The Islam Project-Muslims, a segment of PBS's Frontline series that will promote an understanding of Islam s many facets, and relationship to other major religions. |
$75,000 |
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Planning Grant for Building a Coalition of Americans New York, NY |
To develop and begin to implement an action plan for organizing a constituency for a just peace in the Middle East - a loose coalition of Jewish groups, Arab-American organizations, Christian leaders and business leaders. A new configuration of forces is now needed to serve as a counterbalance to the growing influence of the conservative alliance. This group - its members acting alone and in concert - will form a strong domestic political base for promoting a deep, sustained, pro-active US engagement in the Middle East to the Administration and Congress. Coalition partners will be those who understand the unique role America can play, and those who anticipate a peaceful, political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. | $45,000 |
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Jewish Council on Urban Affairs Interfaith Coalition Work Chicago, IL |
To support the Interfaith Initiative for Social Change which will bring together the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) with members and leaders of Chicago's Muslim, Christian, African American, and Latino communities to work on issues of shared concern, such as labor, housing, the criminal justice system, racial and religious discrimination and economic development. Together these groups will advocate for positive change in the accountability of society's leadership and demand greater support from these leaders in promoting social and economic justice for all of society's members. |
$40,000 Total [$20,000 Jewish Life, $20,000 Interprogram] |
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Joint Venture Pluralism and Joint Venture Environment Washington, D.C. |
This grant supports NCF's partnership with the Dorot Foundation, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the New Israel Fund to promote religious pluralism and environmental protection. New guidelines were developed and approved in 2002 to support work in both areas. Because tolerance and pluralism are essential to building a just and democratic society, Joint Venture/Pluralism works to increase these values within the Jewish majority by fostering diverse expressions of Jewish identity and practice; strengthening liberal elements within Orthodox Judaism; changing the legal structure that limits religious freedom; ensuring participation by immigrants, and advancing freedom of choice in marriage. The staff is also exploring opportunities to promote multiculturalism, including Arab citizens of Israel. To create a sustainable environment and safeguard the public health, the partners' Green Environment Fund works to improve water and air quality and thwart encroachment on open spaces; promote environmental justice and protect the health of vulnerable populations; strengthen and professionalize the environmental movement; and promote public participation in the planning process. | $850,000 |
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(Objectives 3 & 4) Los Angeles , CA |
To support projects including Muslim-Jewish dialogue efforts; as well as enhancing development and fundraising capacities. |
$130,000 |
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The Fletcher School Medford, MA |
To support Rabbi Marc Gopin, an expert on resolution of religious conflicts, and the Fletcher School of Diplomacy to build a program of conflict resolution in the Middle East that calls on the resources of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to heal wounds, to focus value on human life and individual lives and to pave the way for a new attempt to build peace. Gopin will work with Jewish and Palestinian leaders in Israel - both secular and religiously orthodox - to open new veins of understanding, and promote their work with their Palestinian counterparts. He will also work within the American Jewish community to evolve a coordinated strategy of evoking the most constructive actions possible to promote social relations with the Israeli Arab community and to connect with moderate elements of Palestinian, Jordanian and Saudi societies. His activities will be directed towards leaders and people of influence, and will be aimed at strengthening their capacity to participate in processes to reduce tensions, instill greater trust among the parties, and negotiate an end to the conflict. He will also work with the US Institute for Peace to promote this new mode of diplomacy. | $50,000 |
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Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Washington , DC |
To support the educational, advocacy and coalition building activities of the Religious Action Center (RAC). Multi-Program Grant--$150,000--TOTAL |
$125,000 |
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GOAL II: CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE |
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Practice To cultivate the development and teaching of contemplative practices linked to engagement with areas of concern to the foundation. |
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Center For Contemplative Mind in Society Inc. The Contemplative Net/Capacity Building Northhampton, MA |
This grant will support the Center to conduct Phase II of its Contemplative Net mapping project. Phase I discovered more than 80 organizations combining contemplative practice and social change work. Phase II will complete the research, analyze it, communicate the results to the organizations, the public and potential funders. The Center will develop training programs for organizations wishing to integrate contemplative practice into their social change work. The Center will build a network of these organizations. The grant will also support the Center to increase its skill and capacity to raise funds from new sources. |
$100,000 |
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Objective 2: Applied Contemplative Practice |
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Spiritual Activism Initiative Durham, NC |
To support the development of a leadership training program at Stone Circles - an organization that helps individuals and organizations to integrate spiritual practice with organizing for social justice. In this pilot year, they will lay the groundwork for a 5-year program of training, networking and developing the analytical content for the field of spiritual activism. They will: 1) conduct workshops and trainings in partnership with local organizations to refine their working model: 2) identify a cohort of people interested in becoming trainers and network builders; and 3) collect success stories as the basis for an intellectual analysis of the field. Their theory is that the healthier the environment for justice work, the more likely activists will stay committed over the long haul, regardless of specific institutional affiliations. When people organizing and leading efforts for change approach their role with compassion, wisdom and a reverence for human life, organizations and institutions become more life-giving places through which to serve. | $20,000 |
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Taos , NM |
To support a pilot program for leaders of social justice organizations in an effort to address the problem of fragmentation in the nonprofit sector. Multi-Program Grant--$65,000--TOTAL |
$50,000 |
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