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Grantmaking

We are currently accepting grant proposals for our East Bay Request for Proposals!

Empowering and Engaging Jews of Color in the East Bay:

Established in partnership with the Rodan Family Foundation, grants up to $50,000 will be made to leaders, organizations, and partners for Empowering and Engaging Jews of Color in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. Please review our Request for Proposals document. Please join us at our informational Zoom webinar on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm PST for more information. You may contact our Program Officer, Gabi Kuhn, at gabi@jewsofcolorinitiative.org with any questions.

Grantmaking

We are laser focused on advancing opportunities for Jews of Color to be leaders in the Jewish community.  A strong field of Jewish institutions and networks requires investment in forward-thinking and effective organizations and leaders.  Our grantmaking is ongoing, and while we do not accept unsolicited grant applications or proposals for funding we welcome inquiries from domestic-based, domestic-focused organizations, programs or practitioners that develop, advocate for and/or advance Jews of Color within the Jewish community.

Please note we prioritize funding those organizations and efforts demonstrating experience with and capacity for Jewish racial diversity, and intentionally developing and nurturing environments in which our multiracial Jewish community can thrive.

What Our Grantmaking Supports:

Fostering a sense of shared identity

Community aligned around a common purpose and a set of core values

Developing, refining and reinforcing standards of practice

Improving practices through a lens of justice and equity

Documenting and advancing the knowledge base

Expanding our understandings of the Jews of Color community

Building and nurturing leadership and grassroots support

Investing in influential leaders and exemplary organizations that support Jews of Color

Cultivating an environment that is focused on funding and supporting progressive policy

Enabling policy environments that support and encourage justice and equity

Use the icons next to each area of grantmaking above as a key to see what area each of our grantees has fulfilled.

2019 – 2020 Grants

  • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

    Providing academic tutoring for a JOC rabbinical student

  • Jews in All Hues

    Creating a webinar on the impact of COVID-19-fueled racism on Chinese-American Jews

  • Carolina Jews for Justice

    Expanding reach to North Carolina JOCs to connect with their JOC caucus

  • Jewtina y Co.

    Producing a limited series podcast on the lived experiences of Latino Jews in the U.S.

  • People of Color Havurah Network

    Building a national network of havurot for Jews of Color

  • Foundation for Jewish Camp

    Identifying participation and experiences of Jews of Color in Jewish camp programs as a cornerstone for expanding and improving JoC youth inclusion

  • Global Purpose Approach

    Supporting “Courageous Conversations for Change Shabbat Dinners,” community dinners fostering conversation and social change among Black and Brown Jews of Color living in the South

  • Habonim Dror North America

    Hiring a JOC youth consultant to incorporate a racial justice lens into educational programming

  • Hazon

    Supporting participation in a national convening of Jews of Color involved in Jewish Outdoor Food, Farming, and Environmental Education (JOFEE)

  • JDC Entwine

    Backing participation in JDC Entwine’s “Inside Brazil” trip, followed by JOC-facilitated programming in the U.S.

  • Urban Adamah Fellowship

    Increasing involvement of JoCs in a fellowship for young adults to integrate urban organic farming, mindfulness practice, social action training, and progressive Jewish learning and living

  • Jewish Entertainment Network LA

    Producing an episode centering Modern Orthodox Jews of Color in their web series Soon By You

  • Keshet, Shabbaton

    Advancing the inclusion of JoC queer youth in Shabbaton retreats through programmatic and institutional changes

  • ALEPH, Earth-based Judaism

    Providing scholarships and travel subsidies for Jews of Color to enroll in a 3-year online certification program in Earth-Based Judaism, with a goal of JoC representing at least one-third of the cohort

  • Ammud: The JOC Torah Academy

    Offering stipends for JOC educators and class fees for students

  • JOIN for Justice

    Developing a fellowship that ensures a pipeline for Jews of Color to become leaders in social justice organizing

  • Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, JOC Caucus

    Continuing and further diversifying a thriving Jews of Color affinity group that builds leadership capacity, community, and relationships

  • Mitsui Collective

    Supporting wellness and resiliency-building through nature-based retreats led by and for Jews of Color

  • Detroit Jews for Justice

    Supporting a JoC Organizer and Diversity Educator to build connectivity among Jews of Color in Detroit and serving as an inclusivity educator to local congregations

2018 – 2019 Grants

  • Carolina Jews for Justice

    connect with and network Jews of Color throughout North Carolina to the Jews of Color Caucus of Carolina Jews for Justice.

  • Ammud

    the goal was to organize an in-depth four to five meeting planning process for the Jews of Color Torah Academy (JOCTA). JOCTA is a container for Jews of Color to learn, grapple, and grow as individuals and as a community.

  • Amanda Ryan

    the project documented and archived stories from Latinx Jews in the United States, placed stories of Latinx Jews within theoretical frameworks, expanded scholarly research on Jews of Color, including Latinx Jews, and publicly share the research.

  • Hazon

    Jews of Color in the Jewish Outdoor, Food, Farming, and Environmental Education (JOFEE) space were convened at the 2019 JOFEE Network Gathering to organize and collaborate specifically around shared identity and experiences as Jews of Color.

  • Hillel International

    this program focused on Jews of Color Hillel professionals and students to strengthen experiences and relationships by offering support, as well as cohorting and networking Jews of Color in the community.

  • Jewish Social Justice Roundtable

    the project provided Jews of Color on staff at their affiliated organizations with an experienced coach.

  • Union for Reform Judaism

    through mentorship, focused professional development, and growth, as well as professional opportunities, advance the experience of the JewV’Nation Fellowship’s Alumni.

  • Avodah

    the goal was to strengthen the experience of Jews of Color in the Avodah network by offering support, as well as building cohorts and intentional networks for/of Jews of Color in the community.

  • Edot HaMidwest

    the project will engage Midwest Jews of Color, funders, and community organizations, beginning with three focus cities and adding additional cities in the future.

2017 – 2018 Grants

  • Bend the Arc, Selah Cohort 15

    a best-in-class leadership program for Jews of Color that provides training for leaders, new tools to enhance personal vision and facilitate organizational change, and the opportunity to learn with innovative and inspiring Jewish social change leaders.

  • Dimensions

    a national nonprofit training and consulting organization specializing in diversity and inclusion led by Yavilah McCoy, focusing on leadership development – facilitating a cohort of Jews of Color working at the intersection of critical conversations, racial justice and working with Allies.

  • Courtney Parker

    a national educational leader and program designer partnering with Dimensions to develop program modules supporting the training of a cohort of leaders who are Jews of Color.

  • Jews in All Hues

    led by Founder and Executive Director Jared Jackson, focusing on organizational development.

  • The Jewish Multiracial Network (JMN)

    represented by Board Chair Tamara Fish, bringing together more than 100 Jews of Color for the Second National Jews of Color Convening, with a focus on deepening leadership skills and building institutional capacity.

  • The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) & JewV’Nation Fellowship Jews of Color Cohort

    with April Baskin, focused on a successful leadership development program for visionary Jewish leaders that includes educational seminars, cohort relationship building, individualized coaching, and intensive in-person retreats

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