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

The Jews of Color Initiative is committed to making the Jewish community more equitable for Jews of Color. The grantmaking program supports early-stage, high-potential initiatives, diverse leaders dedicated to the Jewish future, and efforts that strengthen organizational capacity and sustainability.

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
• 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

Contact

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

How to Apply

Applicants should:

1. Learn about the grantmaking program - Review the overview and focus areas on the JoCI website
2. Follow the grant application guide - The website provides a guide on how to submit a grant application to JoCI
3. Submit through official channels - Applications are submitted to the JoCI (specific submission portal/email not detailed in provided content)

Application Materials

Specific required materials, narrative questions, and submission format are not detailed in the provided website content. Applicants are directed to "follow this guide on how to submit a grant application to the JoCI" on the website.

Contact for Questions

Visit jewsofcolorinitiative.org for detailed application instructions and requirements.

Additional Resources

• Grants Board available on website to share or find grant opportunities
• Resources from previous grantees available for reference