2008 Grantees

Transformative Organizing Portfolio:

Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice/EMERJ
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.reproductivejustice.org/

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.apen4ej.org/

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.caaav.org/

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC)
Grant amount: $10,000
http://www.cypresshills.org/

Desis Rising Up and Movement (DRUM)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.drumnation.org/

Domestic Workers United (DWU)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.domesticworkersunited.org/

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.furee.org/

FIERCE!
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.fiercenyc.org/

Good Old Lower East Side/Public Housing Residents of the Lower East Side (GOLES/PHROLES)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.goles.org/

Make the Road NY
Grant amount: $30,000
http://www.maketheroad.org/

Miami Workers Center
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.miamiworkerscenter.org/

Mothers on the Move (MOM)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.mothersonthemove.org/

Movement Strategy Center
Grant amount: $10,000
http://www.movementstrategy.org/

New York Civic Participation Project (NYCPP)
Grant amount: $10,000
http://www.nycpp.org/en/index.html

New York Jobs with Justice (NYJWJ)
Grant amount: $15,000
http://www.nyjwj.org/

Vendedoras Ambulantes Movilizando y Organizando en Solidaridad (VAMOS Unidos) (Street Vendors Mobilizing and Organizing in Solidarity)
Grant amount: $15,000

Partnership Portfolio:

PICO National Network: Deepen capacity within the network to work effectively with Jewish communities and build momentum toward JFSJ’s third national congregation-based community organizing gathering, K'hilot K'doshot. PICO is working specifically in:

• Kansas City, MO
• Denver, CO
• Oakland, CA
• Berkeley, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Los Angeles, CA
• Brooklyn, NY

Grant amount: $45,000
In-kind support: $7,000
*A portion of this grant was supported by the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation
http://www.piconetwork.org/

Southwest IAF: Strengthen synagogue organizing in Los Angeles and Bay Area, cultivate new CBCO synagogues throughout the Southwest, and build momentum toward JFSJ’s third national congregation-based community organizing gathering, K'hilot K'doshot.
Grant amount: $80,000
In-kind support: $7,000
*A portion of this grant was supported by the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation
http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/iafabout/aboutwhere.htm

Ravsak: The Jewish Community Day School Network: Train and certify community day school educators to deliver service learning programs within their schools.
Grant amount: $40,000
In-kind support: $26,000
http://www.ravsak.org/

Mid-Atlantic IAF: Support efforts to engage synagogues in greater Washington, DC area synagogues to explore congregation-based community organizing (CBCO).
Grant amount: $30,000
In-kind support: $9,000
http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/iafabout/aboutwhere.htm

Progressive Jewish Alliance: Support local California group to grow and to expand its base of operations beyond California.
Grant amount: $100,000
In-kind support: $50,000
http://www.pjalliance.org/

Jewish Organizing Initiative: Explore launch of national interfaith community organizer apprenticeship initiative.
Grant amount: $15,000 planning grant
In-kind support: $25,000
http://www.jewishorganizing.org/

ASI Federal Credit Union: Identification and training of New Orleans-based entrepreneurs that are potential recipients of loans from JFSJ’s online 8th Degree microlending initiative.
Grant amount: $50,000
In-kind support: $40,000
http://www.asifcu.org/

Synagogue CBCO grants: Encourage synagogues to join CBCO networks for the first time.
Grant amount: $25,500 (divided among fourteen synagogues and one Jewish Community Relations Council)
In-kind support: $3,500
*A portion of these grants were supported by the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation

Agudath Achim: Shreveport, LA
http://www.agudath-achim.org

Beth Haverim Shir Shalom: Mahwah, NJ
http://www.bethhaverim.org/

B’nai Israel Jewish Center: Ptealuma, CA
http://www.bnaiisrael.net/

Bnai Keshet: Montclair, NJ
http://www.bnaikeshet.org/

Chapel Hill Kehillah: Chapel Hill, NC
http://www.chkehillah.org

Congregation Kol Halev: Austin, TX
http://www.kolhalev.org/

Jewish Community Relations Council: Tuscon, AZ
http://jewishtucson.org/page.aspx?ID=8288

Kol Haneshama: Seattle, WA
http://www.kol-haneshamah.org/

Reconctructionist Synagogue of the North Shore: Plandome, NY
http://www.rsns.org/

Temple Beth Am: Seattle, WA
http://www.templebetham.org/

Temple Beth Shalom: Santa Fe, NM
http://www.sftbs.org

Temple Beth Torah: Wellington, FL
http://www.templebethtorah.net/

Temple Isaiah: Los Angeles, CA
http://www.templeisaiah.com/

Temple Sinai: New Orleans, LA
http://www.templesinaino.org/

Wilshire Boulevard Temple: Los Angeles, CA
http://www.wilshireboulevardtemple.org/