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Building Partnerships
To foster rich partnerships and build secure bridges between the Jewish community and other communities.
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Abraham's Vision -
$45,000
In 2006, Abraham's Vision began taking pairs of Jewish and Muslim college students from Bay Area campuses to the Balkans. There, the student pairs spend six weeks learning about the history and effects of an ethnic and religious conflict distinct from the one occurring in Israel and Palestine. Funding from the W&EHF enables Abraham's Vision to continue to create connections between students from Bay Area colleges and high schools.
Grant Amount:
$45,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 09/30/2010 through 09/30/2011
Project Web Site: www.abrahamsvision.org
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American Jewish World Service -
$60,000
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) engages young adults in social justice, spending up to a year on projects in the developing world and then building upon those experiences at home. "Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up" is AJWS' new campaign to provide education and advocacy aimed at ending global hunger while highlighting local food security issues. With continued support from the Fund, AJWS plans to host 12 events for young adult alumni and their peers. Programs will involve service and volunteer opportunities. For example, one program assists day laborers and the homeless in applying to receive food stamps.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/02/2010 through 04/02/2011
Project Web Site: www.ajws.org
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Bay Area Organizing Committee -
$50,000
The Bay Area Organizing Committee is a coalition of interfaith congregations affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation-the largest and oldest multi-faith organizing network in America. Past support from the Fund helped the Committee increase its capacity to include three Marin and four Napa and Sonoma synagogues as members. Now with the Fund's continued support, the Committee plans a series of sessions connecting Jewish leaders and Latino immigrants as part of an immigration reform agenda plus further expansion in the East Bay.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
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Hillel Foundation for the University of California Berkeley / Berkeley Hillel -
$12,000
University of California at Berkeley Hillel provides more than 2,500 Jewish graduate and undergraduate students with social justice programming. Berkeley Hillel, with support from the Fund, seeks to transform existing service-learning Alternate Break trips into grander experiences that inspire students to take action in their local community. These efforts will extend the community partnerships fostered by social justice activities.
Grant Amount:
$12,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 09/22/2010 through 09/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.berkeleyhillel.org
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Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of California -
$50,000
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of California (CLUE) offers religious leaders and congregants of all faiths a forum through which they can help protect economically vulnerable Californians. Continued support from the Fund allows CLUE to conduct follow-up activities with congregations, expand its clergy network, grow its network of African American leaders, hold Spanish language media training for Latino clergy, and make educational presentations. CLUE will continue to convene monthly meetings in San Francisco and the East Bay for interfaith immigration committees with the aim of engaging them in local, state, and federal advocacy for reform.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.clueca.org
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Contemporary Jewish Museum -
$50,000
Since successfully completing its $77 million capital campaign and opening its doors, the Contemporary Jewish Museum has become a dynamic component of the San Francisco cultural community, pushing the boundaries of Jewish tradition. It welcomes families with free admission for those 18 and under. General operating support from the Fund bolsters the Museum's exhibitions and its education programs. An example of these programs is a partnership with the San Francisco Public Library that provides opportunities for the public to create art inspired by Museum exhibits at branch libraries.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.thecjm.org
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Interfaith Youth Core -
$60,000
Interfaith Youth Core trains and empowers young people with different religious backgrounds to work together to strengthen civil society. Building on the student organization partnerships that were created over the last two years, Interfaith Youth Core moves to deepen its presence on Bay Area campuses. The group, with the support of the Fund, will focus on UC Berkeley, USF, Mills College, and San Francisco State University.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.ifyc.org
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Islamic Networks Group -
$60,000
The Islamic Networks Group promotes interfaith dialogue, educates students about world religions, and provides schools, law enforcement, and health care organizations with cultural competency training concerning Islam. Its Interfaith Speakers Bureau recruits, trains, promotes, and evaluates speakers representing the World's major religions. Speakers address prevalent religious stereotypes with the goal of reaching at least 150 classrooms and groups. Renewed support from the Fund allows the Islamic Networks Group to convene strategy sessions, hire a speakers bureau coordinator, and update its curriculum.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.ing.org
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Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, Marin and the Peninsula -
$75,000
For many, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) serves as the go-to organization for combating antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and other intergroup prejudice. The Fund supports the JCRC's work in connecting the Jewish community to other communities as well as its most significant intergroup program, the Jewish Coalition for Literacy. This program provides weekly tutoring to 1,300 disadvantaged students from 50 public schools.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.jcrc.org
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Jewish Funds for Justice -
$85,000
Jewish Funds for Justice supports Bay Area social justice programs for Jews and other communities of faith. With support from the Fund, it will train and place Jewish, Muslim, and Christian social justice apprentices with organizing networks in San Francisco, Marin, and Oakland. Following its work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Jewish Funds for Justice will offer three service-learning trips for students and their families to the Gulf Coast in 2010.
Grant Amount:
$85,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/02/2010 through 04/02/2011
Project Web Site: www.jfjustice.org
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Just Congregations -
$30,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Union for Reform Judaism
Just Congregations, a project of the Union for Reform Judaism, inspires and trains reform Jews to act across lines of faith, class, and race in order to address the root causes of social injustice. The Fund's grant enables Just Congregations to work with five Bay Area congregations, training leaders in organizing, helping clergy develop text-based resources, and uniting organizers in networking opportunities.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/21/2010 through 04/21/2011
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PeaceWorks Network Foundation -
$70,000
OneVoice, launched by the PeaceWorks Network Foundation, works to reduce polarization between Bay Area groups who are concerned with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Continued support from the Fund aids OneVoice in conducting a nine-day tour of Bay Area campuses to help bring conflicting sides together. This tour will offer 15 events to 800 students, present a student-led town hall meeting, and launch a blog that enables interaction between Bay Area students and youth leaders in Israel and Palestine.
Grant Amount:
$70,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.OneVoiceMovement.org
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Peninsula Interfaith Action -
$30,000
Peninsula Interfaith Action engages and unites synagogues in efforts to improve safety net programs in the community. This grant from the Fund supports programs to engage more Jews in grassroots organizing through the recruitment of an additional synagogue; by hosting a public forum to examine social services funding; and by educating and training the lay leaders on organizing committees at member synagogues.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/09/2010 through 04/09/2011
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Progressive Jewish Alliance -
$35,000
This grant supports local Jewish social justice programming and transition costs for the Bay Area work of Progressive Jewish Alliance. PJA will pilot a Jewish-Muslim service program, create programs with Muslim partners to foster mutual understanding, and continue to offer leadership and programming around marriage equality, economic justice, and immigration reform. PJA is currently undergoing a search for a new Executive Director; a portion of this grant covers costs incurred in the transition. Year Two is conditioned on a $75,000 match for new funding. This grant is a renewal of previous grants in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2006.
Grant Amount:
$125,000
[2008]
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$90,000
[2009]
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$35,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 12/11/2008 through 12/11/2010
Project Web Site: www.pjalliance.org
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Progressive Jewish Alliance -
$80,000
Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) has moved to the national forefront of the religious social justice movement over the past seven years. Continued support from the Fund will help PJA to develop programs related to its California Green & Just Guide, linking economic justice and the green movement. Funding will also help the PJA to continue its Jeremiah Fellowship and its young adult programming which focuses on ethical state budgeting, climate change, and marriage equality.
Grant Amount:
$80,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.pjalliance.org
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San Francisco Hillel -
$35,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
San Francisco Hillel serves 3,200 Jewish students at 12 colleges, including San Francisco State University, University of California San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, University of San Francisco, and City College. San Francisco Hillel finds innovative ways to reach out to unaffiliated Jewish students and to foster collaboration between organizations on these campuses. The Fund's grant supports their outreach efforts.
Grant Amount:
$35,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/07/2010 through 04/07/2011
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San Francisco Interfaith Council -
$34,000
During recent large-scale disasters communities of faith have established their position as trusted first responders, providing not only the pastoral care needed during a crisis but also food, shelter, medical care, and other critical services. The San Francisco Interfaith Council takes on the challenge of working with clergy of all faiths to ensure that they are best prepared to assist during a disaster. The Fund's grant supported a half-day planning program for clergy and faith leaders. A portion of the grant supports the Council's on-going programs that improve interfaith understanding. ($24,000 of this grant comes from the Other Grantmaking/Safety Net program. The full grant amount is shown in both program areas.)
Grant Amount:
$34,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/21/2010 through 04/21/2011
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San Francisco Organizing Project -
$55,000
The San Francisco Organizing Project trains community leaders at more than thirty congregations and schools to launch grass-roots campaigns to influence public officials on issues of common concern. With the successful recruitment of Congregation Emanu-el, the Bay Area's largest synagogue, it now counts three Jewish synagogues as members. The Fund supports the Project's on-going efforts to engage Jews in organizing and its work to educate its members about statewide budgeting issues.
Grant Amount:
$55,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.sfop.org
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The Working Group -
$50,000
Documentary film company The Working Group created Not In Our Town.org in order to help communities respond to and prevent hate violence. The website harnesses the power of multimedia, highlighting creative community action through video documentation, online story telling, and the convening of allies. Continued support from the Fund enables The Working Group to train organizations to better leverage site tools; to add stories of Bay Area groups confronting hate; to document stories of the local Jewish communities' efforts to fight hate; to expand its work with schools; and to improve the site's ability to interact with social media.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.theworkinggroup.org
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Zeek Media -
$6,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Foundation for Jewish Culture
Zeek is a thoughtful and thought-provoking quarterly San Francisco publication dedicated to social justice in Judaism. It elevates Jewish voices often marginalized by the organized community, involving them in the larger community. With the support of the Fund, Zeek was distributed to more than 3,000 funders, federation heads, and agency staff attending the General Assembly of the Jewish Community in New Orleans in November 2010.
Grant Amount:
$6,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 09/30/2010 through 09/30/2011
Project Web Site: www.zeek.net
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Promoting Diversity
To promote a Jewish community accepting of its diversity and better able to harness the strength that results from a diverse population.
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Bay Area Jewish Healing Center -
$40,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Institute on Aging
The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center provides support services to people living with physical or mental illnesses, to seniors in nursing homes and in isolation, and to those caring for the ill or experiencing bereavement. The Center's free and low-cost services are supported by the Fund's grant, aiding individuals and families dealing with sickness, mental illness, and grief.
Grant Amount:
$40,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 09/30/2010 through 09/30/2011
Project Web Site: www.jewishhealingcenter.org
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Charming Hostess/The Bowls Project -
$7,500
Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts
Singer and performer Jewlia Eisenberg created The Bowls Project-a performance installation featuring original music based on texts common among ancient Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Animists. A recipient of a 2007 Creative Work Fund grant, the Bowls Project will be on display at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts during the summer of 2010 with live performances and discussions.
Grant Amount:
$7,500 [2010]
Project Dates: 05/25/2010 through 05/25/2011
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Institute for Jewish and Community Research -
$55,000
The Institute for Jewish and Community Research project Be'chol Lashon provides programming that welcomes African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Latino Jews into the Jewish community. Due to intermarriage, adoption, and conversion, racially diverse Jews can be found in one in seven Bay Area Jewish households. Renewed support from the Fund enables Be'chol Lashon to launch a social media site, offer b'nei mitzvah projects that engage young people in social justice, and extend its summer camp to two weeks.
Grant Amount:
$55,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.jewishresearch.org
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InterfaithFamily.com, Inc. -
$50,000
InterfaithFamily.com serves as the central resource for people in interfaith relationships seeking information about and connections with Jewish life. Early support from the Fund helped grow the project into an independent national resource. InterfaithFamily.com now complements its online resources with local programming: trainings to help Jewish professionals work with people in interfaith relationships; content designed for clergy members; and resources for synagogues, such as best practices guidelines concerning membership.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.interfaithfamily.com
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Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -
$100,000
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) is a gathering place welcoming the entire community and the hub of San Francisco Jewish life. It is the second largest JCC in the nation, serving 4,500 participants each day. JCCSF reaches almost all segments of the community and now, with general operating support from the Fund, focuses particular attention on meeting the needs of and welcoming LGBT families and members.
Grant Amount:
$100,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.jccsf.org
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Jewish Community Center of the East Bay -
$60,000
The Jewish Community Center of the East Bay has served the diverse Jewish communities of Berkeley and Oakland for over thirty years. As the only regional JCC without a revenue-boosting fitness center, it has focused instead on building its stellar preschool, camp, senior, and cultural programs. The Fund's general operating support will help the JCC produce an expanded holiday program, a specialty camp, and a Bridge-K program.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.jcceastbay.org
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Jewish Milestones -
$90,000
Jewish Milestones pioneers an effective system of outreach to large numbers of LGBT Jews, Jews of color, and the intermarried. By providing support, referrals, and curriculum to its clients during the pivotal ceremonies of their lives, Jewish Milestones assists community members when they are most in need. The group also helps students with special educational needs to complete their b'nai mitzvah. This grant from the Fund supports Jewish Milestone's outreach to diverse Jewish families as well as their business planning to develop a fee-for-service model.
Grant Amount:
$90,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/02/2010 through 04/02/2011
Project Web Site: www.jewishmilestones.org
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Jewish Music Festival -
$20,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
The Jewish Music Festival presents multicultural music with Jewish roots at venues throughout the Bay Area, reaching an audience of more the 4,000. It also operates a school and community outreach programs that reach 1,000 public school students. The Fund's grant supports the Festival's 26th annual presentation of multicultural Jewish music.
Grant Amount:
$20,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 09/30/2010 through 09/30/2011
Project Web Site: www.jewishmusicfestival.org
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Jewish Youth for Community Action -
$10,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Kehillah Community Synagogue and School
Jewish Youth for Community Action offers young Jews the opportunity to engage in East Bay social justice efforts. A significant number of these high-school students reflect the range of Jewish diversity, with LGBT, interfaith, and ethnically diverse participants involved. The Fund's grant supports social justice programs for current participants and alumni.
Grant Amount:
$10,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 04/27/2010 through 04/27/2011
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JIMENA -
$10,000
Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA) is dedicated to preserving Mizrahi and Sephardi culture. It shares the stories and rich traditions of displaced Jews and connects their narrative to the broader Jewish American story. This grant from the Fund supports Bay Area cultural education programs for high school students, college students, and young adults.
Grant Amount:
$10,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 12/01/2010 through 12/01/2011
Project Web Site: www.jimena.org
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Keshet -
$70,000
Working for the full inclusion of LGBT Jews, Jewish Mosaic recently merged with national grassroots organization, Keshet, adopting its name. Keshet builds on previous investments to help target the resources that address critical LGBT community needs. It offers diversity training, professional development, and consulting. Keshet collaborates with area congregations to disseminate curricula, craft inclusive language, and recruit LGBT board members.
Grant Amount:
$70,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.JewishMosaic.org
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Nehirim: GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality -
$30,000
Neherim ("brilliant lights in the rainbow") is a national non-denominational organization devoted to creating a welcoming community for LGBT Jews. With support from the Fund, the group will operate an urban retreat in San Francisco, a fourth Marin retreat, plus several on-going programs including a book club, a Torah study group, and young-adult mentoring.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/29/2010 through 11/29/2011
Project Web Site: www.neherim.org
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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival -
$75,000
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival presents a 12-week summer festival plus year-round programming to provide an inclusive and dynamic forum for exploring the Jewish experience. General operating support from the Fund helps the Festival foster meaningful conversation between a broad cross section of regional residents and the diverse Jewish community. In 2011, the Festival will expand its use of interactive media and new media.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.sfjff.org
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Legacy
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American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel -
$25,000
The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel works to fight development efforts that could impact the pristine beauty of the Haas Promenade and adjacent areas in Jerusalem. The Fund provides support so that the Society can continue to influence Jerusalem's master plan, protecting the city's historically significant beauty over the next 20 years.
Grant Amount:
$25,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
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Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties -
$1,250,000
The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties supports agencies throughout the region that connect individuals with Jewish life, culture, and social services. The Fund provides $1 million for the Federation's annual campaign and $250,000 in targeted funding to regional safety net agencies which the Federation supports: Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay, Jewish Vocational Services, the Jewish Community Free Clinic, and Shalom Bayit. These agencies provide a range of crucial services including mental health support for housebound seniors, crisis counseling, job training, free medical services, and domestic violence prevention.
Grant Amount:
$1,250,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 11/22/2010 through 11/22/2011
Project Web Site: www.jewishfed.org/
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Capital
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Magnes Museum Foundation -
$250,000
The Judah L. Magnes Museum has a respected history as a museum and as a research institution. Its holdings include the largest collection of materials about the experiences of Jews in the American West. In May 2010, the Museum signed an agreement to permanently transfer the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to a renovated facility at the University of California Berkeley. This new facility will host thousands of works of Jewish art, have a transformative effect on the study of Jewish culture, invigorate the University's strong Jewish Studies program, and draw scholars, students, visitors, and residents to study the Jewish experience.
Grant Amount:
$250,000 [2010]
Project Dates: 07/06/2010 through 07/06/2011
Project Web Site: www.magnes.org
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