East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation
WHAT WE DO
East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation: Grants
To apply:
A request for proposal and application will be made available to invited agencies in February 2012.
Review Process:
- Applications are submitted online.
- EBCTF board members will review each application.
- Foundation staff or board members may ask to meet with representatives of the applicant organization.
- Funding decisions will be made by the teen board members of the East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation.
Recent grants:
2011 grants
Funding Guidelines: Provide rehabilitation for people affected by violent conflict in Israel and Africa through medical care, psychological services, and educational opportunities that promote self-sufficiency.
Grant Recipients:
- HEAL Africa - $9,607 To train peer educators to aid youth in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; for new youth clubs in different areas, a supervisor for follow-up, and resources for the peer educators.
- Heartland Alliance - $8,840 for project Dukanure, a program that provides physiological care and vocational training to women who were child soldiers.
- Jewish World Watch - $10,000 to build schools for Darfuri refugees and provide essential supplies, helping children work for a better life and decreasing their chances of becoming child soldiers.
- OneFamily Fund - $10,000 Creates an interconnected community of orphans so they can spend holidays together and have others to call family; functions as a kind of support group to help heal from trauma.
Total Grants Distributed: $38,447
2010 Grants
Funding Guidelines: Address hunger by promoting sustainable agriculture and self-sufficiency in Jewish and non-Jewish communities affected by oppression.
Grant Recipients:
- Sustainable Cambodia, Inc. - $10,000 To provide funds for rural Cambodians to build a pond and cultivate gardens that will generate food and livelihood.
- American Jewish World Service, Columbia - $9,000 To support Columbians who’s main staple (fish) was displaced by a dam. The funds will help restore food security and will support sustainable agriculture.
- American Jewish World Service, Haiti - $7,600 To provide aid as part of a long-term partnership with the victims of the recent earthquake. The funds will help rebuild the infrastructure there, with a focus on sustainable agriculture and self-sufficiency.
- Friends of Ethiopian Jews - $4,000 To support a community garden for Ethiopian Israelis, where community mentors will guide others to grow food and nurture healthy nutrition for the next generation.
- Enrich the World: Seeds of Change - $3,000 To fund a community garden and a green market with diversified crops for impoverished people in Honduras.
Total Grants Distributed: $33,600
2009 Grants
Funding Guidelines: Organizations that strive to prevent malaria and water-borne diseases affecting children and youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Grant Recipients:
- Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) - $10,000 To provide funds to construct 2 water wells in rural Ethiopia, providing access to potable water, maintenance, improved sanitation, and prevention of water-borne diseases.
- Malaria No More - $6,838 To provide and distribute mosquito nets and community-based malaria prevention-education to families most at risk of malaria in Botswana, in support of the country’s goals to eliminate malaria by 2015.
- PlayPumps International - $10,000 To provide the funds for a PlayPump water system where children draw water by playing. This allows girls, who would otherwise be spending the day procuring water, to have the opportunity to get an education. The well will serve up to 2,500 people in sub-Saharan Africa.
- World Medical Fund USA - $10,000 To reduce the morbidity and mortality from malaria and bilharzia by providing nets, education, and medicine for children living in the lakeside villages of Lake Malawi.
Total Grants Distributed: $36,838