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. |
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| 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 |
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| ICC Israel Advocacy - Creative and innovative ongoing Israel advocacy initiatives. |
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| 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 |
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| Darmstaedter Holocaust Education Initiative – Hillel initiatives that raise awareness of the Holocaust on campus. |
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| The grant pool for individual programs is now closed. |
Individual programs: maximum of $1000 |
Individual programs may commemorate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust memorial day, or undertake another significant educational program. Program must raise awareness of the Holocaust on campus and among campus opinion leaders. |
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| Ongoing review through June 1, 2007 for cabaret programs only. |
Cabaret program: maximum of $2000 |
Cabaret program must involve students and faculty in a performance that revives the music of the Holocaust era and celebrates the spiritual resistance of the Jewish community. Cabaret materials are available from aperlman@hillel.org. |
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| Bronfman Strategic Engagement - Student run initiatives that reach a broad range of students and advance Jewish values. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| Must be submitted by Friday, October 17, 2008. |
• 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.
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