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Jewish Women's Foundation Grants

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Foundation Annual Grants for Jewish NonprofitsGrants for WomenGrants for Reproductive HealthDomestic Violence Grants

Funding Amount

$413,000 (2021 allocation)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Jewish Women's Foundation Grants

Funder: Jewish Women's Foundation (independent project of JUF)

Geographic Scope: Chicago and Israel

Focus Areas:

  • Reproductive health care

  • Lifting women and girls out of poverty

  • Health, non-violence, and career development for women and girls

  • Gender equality and women's leadership

  • Child protection in Jewish institutions

  • Domestic violence prevention and support

    • Key Information:

  • Launched in 1997

  • Expands and improves opportunities and choices for Jewish women and girls through strategic grantmaking

  • Empowers Jewish women as leaders, funders, and decision-makers

  • 2021 allocation: $413,000 supporting 27 organizations

  • Includes grants through the Ellie Fund focused on reproductive health, poverty reduction, and health/non-violence

  • Participates in Jewish Women's Collective Response Fund (partnership with five foundations)

    • Recent Grantees (2021):

  • New Grants: Itach Maaki Women Lawyers for Social Justice, City For All (Israel), Jewish Women's Collective Response Fund, The Rackman Center at Bar Ilan University, Protecting Protective Mothers, Sacred Spaces Aleinu: Safeguarding Our Children

  • Renewal Grants: Adva Center, ACLU Roger Baldwin Foundation, Center for Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere, La'Ofek – Hope for the Future, and others

    • Contact: Annette Lidawer, JWF Grants Committee Chair (as of 2021)

    What Jewish United Fund actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

    Grants in 2024
    62
    Total given
    $106.57M
    Median grant
    $36K
    Range
    $5,227–$62.05M
    • By dollars: New York 62%, Illinois 37%, Massachusetts <1%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Skokie, IL.
    • 95% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
    • 65% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

    Example grants

    • Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY

      Regular campaign

      $62.05M

    • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL

      To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and…

      $36.31M

    • American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY

      General operations

      $2.14M

    • American Friends of Natal · New York, NY

      General operations

      $1M

    • Quad Project · Chicago, IL

      General operations

      $1M

    IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    jewishwomenreproductive-healthdomestic-violencepoverty-alleviation

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