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Jewish Women's Foundation allots $70,000
in grants for Detroit and Israel.
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Women's Foundation has filled an
he Jewish Women's Foundation
important need within our Jewish com-
of Metropolitan Detroit, a
munity. The breadth of J\XTF's grants and
grant-making and educational
the aggressive growth of its trustee base
foundation established to enhance the
reflects how well respected the founda-
lives of Jewish women and girls through
tion has become in a very short time and
philanthropy, recently approved an
how
needed its services are among
increase in the size of its 2004 grant pool
women."
and announced its 2004 grant recipi-
The 2004 allocation is the
ents.
single largest grant cycle award-
JWF trustees voted unani-
ed yet by the Jewish Women's
mously to increase the 2004
Foundation, surpassing the
grant dollars by 40 percent on
2001 grants of $50,000 more
June 9. Trustees decided to
than $60,000 in 2002 and more
increase their fourth grant cycle
than $50,000 in 2003.
from its anticipated $50,000 to
"Through financial growth
$70,000.
and the addition of new
"We are fortunate to be grow-
trustees, we hope to play an
Liss
ing and in the financial position
increasingly more significant
to support more projects than
role for Jewish women and
we anticipated to further our
girls,"
said Liss. "Our contribu-
mission of helping women in
tion
is
even more meanin
our community and in Israel,"
during this challenging econom-
said Beverly Liss, foundation
ic time in our community and
chair.
in Israel," she added.
Trustees of the Jewish
There are presently 118 JWF
Women's Foundation complet-
trustees.
ed their 2004 grant cycle by
The grant supporting Back to
awarding more than $70,000 to
Nachman
Work
Program for Orthodox
10 programs in the Detroit area
Women at the David B.
and Israel. Foundation trustees
Hermelin ORT Resource
awarded:
Center will equip Orthodox Jewish
• $8,000 to Back to Work Program
women with marketable computer-relat-
for Orthodox Women
ed job skills for successful re-entry into
• $8,000 to Hillel Jewish Women's
the employment market.
Leadership and Identity Initiative
Sponsorship of Hillel Jewish Women's
• $8,000 (the Tody Barnett Memorial
Leadership and Identity Initiative organ-
Grant) to We Are Women
ized by Lester J. Morris Hillel Jewish
• $7,900 to Girls' Services at Yeshivas
Student Center-MSU Campus will
Darchei Torah
establish a sense of Jewish pride and
• $7,200 to the Drachler Program
empowerment among Jewish women on
Alumni Institute
• $7,000 to Project Education in Israel campus while responding to expressions
of campus anti-Semitism. Initiatives will
• $6,000 to Beyond the Mirror
focus on Jewish feminism, social respon-
• $6,000 (second-year grant) to
sibility, community service, body image
Opening Windows for Widows
and intermarriage.
• $6,000 to Tzenuit
Funding for JARC's We Are Women
• $6,000 to Women Helping Women.
program,
the Tody Barnett Memorial
The 2004 grant cycle marks the fourth
JWF
grant
recipient, will work with
time the JWF has allocated dollars to
developmentally disabled women to help
programs and projects that benefit
them understand and become comfort-
Jewish women and girls. Since its 1999
able with their bodies and sexuality and
inception, the foundation has awarded
empower them to take an active role in
more than $230,000 in the Detroit area
their gender-specific health-care needs.
and in Israel to projects that further its
The
program will help them acquire
mission.
assertiveness
and personal protection
Allan Nachman, president of the
skills to avoid victimization.
United Jewish Foundation of
Support of Girls' Services at Yeshivas
Metropolitan Detroit, said, "The Jewish
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