Jews of Color Initiative Grantmaking Program (2025-2026 Cycle)

Jews of Color Initiative Grantmaking Program

Funder: Jews of Color Initiative (CA, US)
Website: jewsofcolorinitiative.org
Status: 2025-2026 grant cycle is now open

Overview

Focus Areas

Grants are organized around key themes:
• Addressing Antisemitism Through a JoC Lens - Bold, intersectional community-centered strategies to combat antisemitism, bridge divides, and challenge narratives
• Shared Identity - Fostering community around shared identity, common purpose, and core values
• Advancing Knowledge - Advancing communal knowledge about Jews of Color and illuminating diverse, intersectional experiences
• Leadership Development - Supporting diverse leaders and professional development

Geographic Scope

• Primary: California and United States
• Notable grantee locations: Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia, Cleveland, Phoenix, Portland (Pacific Northwest), Yale University

Recent Grantee Examples (2024-2025)

• Tzedek America: Building Bridges (antisemitism workshops in high schools)
• Shalom Curriculum Project (nationwide study on antisemitism education)
• Moving Traditions: Combating Antisemitism Through Kumi
• Mitsui Collective: Nexus Point (embodied healing curriculum)
• Yale University antisemitism curriculum development
• LUNAR Collective: Lunar Horizons Initiative (Asian Jewish communities)
• Jewtina y Co.: Raíces y Redes (Latin-Jewish antisemitism programming)
• Crown Heights Birth Justice Project
• Correlate JOC: Between Us (card game and cohort experience)
• The Braid: Taste of Resilience (recipe videos and Shabbat conversations)
• Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (JoC collecting efforts)
• SVARA Summer at SVARA JoC Scholars in Residence
• Keshet LGBTQ+ JoC Shabbaton
• Jewish Women's Archive (JWOC writing fellowship)
• Jewish Film Institute Peripheral Visions program
• Hillel at UCLA JoC affinity group support
• Seasons of Our Joy (8-episode docuseries)
• Recustom: JoC Makers Cohort
• Shades of Belonging (research on Jewish Adoptees of Color)
• KHAZBAR (JOCISM journal initiative)

Eligibility

• Organizations and projects focused on Jews of Color
• Early-stage, high-potential initiatives
• Diverse leaders dedicated to the Jewish future
• Efforts to strengthen organizational capacity and sustainability

Organization Type

Contact

• Website: jewsofcolorinitiative.org
• Resources available on website for application guidance