Grants Awarded
Since 2000, JWF has awarded more than $4 million in grants and special allocations for projects in Michigan and Israel. Our complete grants list is below.
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Jewish Home and Aging Services
Jewish Home and Aging Services
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City/State:
West Bloomfield, MI -
Amount:
$ 7000 -
Year:
2003
Provides funding for support groups for widows who are also Holocaust survivors, struggling with their heightened and rekindled sense of loss.
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network
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City/State:
West Bloomfield, MI -
Amount:
$ 5000 -
Year:
2003
Supports the salary of a woman rabbi who will continue to increase pastoral care services to women patients.
Mavoi Satum
Mavoi Satum
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City/State:
Jerusalem, Israel -
Amount:
$ 5000 -
Year:
2003
An educational program raising awareness about the social and legal problems of “agunot”, women who are unable to obtain a Jewish divorce.
YEDID: The Association for Community Empowerment
YEDID: The Association for Community Empowerment
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City/State:
Nazareth Illit, Israel -
Amount:
$ 5000 -
Year:
2002
This program will assist and empower women in gender related advocacy and assistance fields.
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
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City/State:
Detroit, MI -
Amount:
$ 6000 -
Year:
2002
To further research into the causes and detection of certain breast and ovarian cancers in Ashkenazi Jewish women.
JARC
JARC
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City/State:
Bloomfield Hills, MI -
Amount:
$ 10000 -
Year:
2002
Offers JARC residents monthly programs designed to increase their knowledge of Judaism.
JVS Human Services
JVS Human Services
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City/State:
Southfield, MI -
Amount:
$ 5711 -
Year:
2002
Provides girls in Jewish schools interactive, hands-on activities which will help them build self-esteem and identify their unique personal styles.
Machon L'Torah
Machon L’Torah
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City/State:
West Bloomfield, MI -
Amount:
$ 3119 -
Year:
2002
A year-long series of lectures.
Single Jewish Parents Network
Single Jewish Parents Network
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City/State:
Bloomfield Hills, MI -
Amount:
$ 10000 -
Year:
2002
A long weekend at Camp Tamarack for single mothers and their children over Mothers’ Day.
Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center
Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center
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City/State:
Jerusalem, Israel -
Amount:
$ 5175 -
Year:
2002
Workshops focusing on the dynamics of sexual violence, victims’ responses to trauma, sexual violence against children and women’s empowerment in romantic relationships.
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