Deadline: 1 December 2015
The Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta is accepting Letters of Inquiry for its 2016 funding year.
The Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta expands opportunities in the lives of Jewish women and girls via effective grant-making, advocacy, and education through a gender lens. The grants provide sustainable benefits to those we serve. It empowers women to be leaders, philanthropists, and decision makers.
The fund focuses on initiatives that address the underlying factors contributing to the challenges faced by Jewish girls and women.
Values of the Fund
- repairing the world by supporting organizations and programs which promote social change for women and girls in the Jewish community.
- strive to achieve Maimonides’ highest level of tzedakah: helping someone help herself.
- priority on grants that hold the promise of long-term, transformational community impact.
- aim to be an educational vehicle for Jewish women in philanthropy and to advocate for the overall needs of Jewish women and girls
- value inclusion and active participation on the part of Trustees and strive for respect and consensus.
- value collaboration with those who share the fund’s goals and will seek partnerships and encourage coalitions.
Grants Information
- Programs may request up to $10,000 in funding,with the exception that in order to promote innovation, JWFA will consider proposals to incubate Atlanta-based pilot programs for a 2-year grant at a maximum of $10,000 per year.
- JWFA’s average grant award is $6,950.
Areas of Interest
The fund is seeking grantees who achieve social change by
- Creating long-term changes in the lives of Jewish women and girls and their communities
- Addressing underlying causes of inequity, suffering, and disenfranchisement
- Identifying and testing innovative programming solutions
- Facilitating leadership development as well as the self-empowerment efforts of Jewish women and girls
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are made only to tax-exempt organizations that qualify under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
How to Apply
LOIs must be submitted as a single PDF document by email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit The Jewish Women’s Fund.
