Deadline: 5 February 2018
The Hadassah Foundation is currently seeking applications from United States organizations for its grants to improve the status, health, and well-being of women and girls; bring their contributions, issues and needs from the margins to the center of Jewish concern; and encourage and facilitate their active participation in decision-making and leadership in all spheres of life.
The Foundation welcomes proposals:
- For gender-sensitive, social change projects that develop the leadership skills and capabilities of adolescent girls and young women in the Jewish community. Both new and existing programs will be considered for funding.
- To create or expand gender-sensitive curricula and training programs that foster the leadership skills and capabilities of Jewish girls and young women; preference will be given to those organizations that have the capacity to provide training using this material on a regional or national basis.
Focus Areas
The Focus of this grant program is to promote Leadership Development for Adolescent Girls and Young Women, Ages 12-30, in the United States.
- Social Change: Social change philanthropy focuses on the root causes of problems, working to improve the conditions that lead to inequality. This approach is unlike traditional charity, which often seeks to ameliorate only the symptoms of societal problems—for example, by providing medicine and treatment for the sick, funds for the poor, or shelters for the homeless and battered.
- Gender-Sensitive Program: Gender-sensitive programs build on the needs, strengths, perspectives, and experiences of women and girls. They recognize that the needs of females may differ from those of males, and pay deliberate attention to gender as an important component of diversity when creating, implementing, and evaluating programs.
Funding Information
The Foundation will provide a limited number of one-year grants of up to $40,000, and, at its discretion, one multi-year grant of up to $25,000 a year for three years. Organizations may apply independently or in collaboration.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants or their fiscal sponsors must be tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be based in the United States.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Hadassah Foundation Grants.