Looking for ways to fund your outstanding ideas, projects, and initiatives? Hillel provides funding ranging from $200 to $7500 for new or innovative campus-based initiatives that advance Jewish values and reach a broad range of students. Click on the name of the grant for more detailed criteria.

Student Initiated Grants (see below)
Staff Initiated Grants (see below)

Outstanding Student Initiatives - Student run initiatives that advance Jewish values and reach a broad range of students.
Deadline	Grant Amount	Specific Criteria	Apply
Must be submitted at least 30 days in advance of the project and more than two months before the last day of classes for the academic year.	$1500 - $7500	• Must advance a Jewish value: Social Justice (Tzedek), Jewish Learning, Spirituality, Israel, or Jewish Peoplehood • Broad student reach aimed at impacting campus culture • Strong interactive and experiential components • Long-term initiatives, projects, and campaigns rather than individual programs	Apply Online

ICC Israel Advocacy - Creative and innovative ongoing Israel advocacy initiatives.
Deadline	Grant Amount	Specific Criteria	Apply
Must be submitted at least 30 days in advance of the project.	Up to $7500	• Student initiated and implemented (no Hillel staff involvement) • Long term Israel initiatives/ projects rather than individual programs • Emphasis on impactful initiatives that change campus status quo as it relates to Israel • North American campuses only	Apply Online

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Bronfman Strategic Engagement - Student run initiatives that reach a broad range of students and advance Jewish values.
Deadline	Grant Amount	Specific Criteria	Apply
Must be submitted at least 30 days in advance of the project and more than two months before the last day of classes for the academic year.	$1500 - $7500	• Broad student reach aimed at impacting campus culture • Strong interactive and experiential components • Long-term initiatives, projects, and campaigns rather than individual programs • Must advance a Jewish value: Social Justice (Tzedek), Jewish Learning, Spirituality, Israel, or Jewish Peoplehood	Apply Online

Alternative Break Expansion - Hillel Alternative Break initiatives intended to support significant growth in the participation of Jewish students in transformative, meaningful Jewish service learning experiences.
Deadline	Grant Amount	Specific Criteria	Apply
CLOSED	• Domestic Breaks: Approx. $300/student • Intl. Breaks: Approx. $600/student • Campus Organized Hurricane Katrina Breaks: $100-$150 per student	• Grants will be awarded to campuses demonstrating growth in Alternative Breaks by 1) increasing student participation by minimum 50%, or 2) offering a campus-organized Hurricane Katrina Alternative Break. • Hillel reserves the right to withdraw or decrease grants to any campus who does not reach their participant goals within 20%. • Grants will be awarded based on a competitive evaluation process.  Priority will be given to the increase in students, not the total number of students participating.	CLOSED