Grantee Organizations by Country
In 25+ years, the Hadassah Foundation’s grantmaking has built a vibrant network of feminist organizations in Israel and the U.S. Below, view current and past grant recipients by country.
Current Israeli Grantees
Funded initiatives in Israel serve Jews and non-Jews.
Israel Women’s Network
Grant Cycle: 2024-2029
Israel Women’s Network (IWN) has been advancing gender equality and women’s rights in Israel for 40 years. Alongside its efforts to eradicate gender-based violence and to promote gender equality awareness and education in Israeli society, the IWN promotes gender equality in the workplace, in public spaces, and in government allocations of resources.
Itach Ma’aki: Women Lawyers for Social Justice
Grant Cycle: 2026-2029
Itach Ma’aki: Women Lawyers for Social Justice is an Israeli advocacy organization working to advance the status of women in Israeli public and private life. From workplaces to local municipalities to governmental bodies and the home, it is committed to furthering women’s legal rights, socio-economic advancement and representation.
Kumi-SheRise
Grant Cycle: 2026-2027
Kumi-SheRise promotes grassroots women’s leadership to rehabilitate the Israeli communities most hurt by October 7 and the ensuing war. Kumi is an initiative of Supersonas and Amutat 51, created together with the Western Negev regional cluster. The program, which recognizes the key role women play in social change and repair, identifies grassroots women leaders in the Gaza Envelope and Israel’s northern Galilee, creating facilitated groups and giving them support, skills, networks, and seed funding to help them take their volunteer projects and transform them into engines of social change — addressing real-time local needs they see within their communities and cultivating authentic local leadership for lasting impact.
Ma’at
Grant Cycle: 2026-2027
Ma’at is the only Israeli organization that helps victims of web-based sex crimes by assisting them in identifying their offenders and pursuing appropriate legal action. It issues free evidence reports for victims of sextortion, non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII), and overall sexual abuse. The victims, almost exclusively young women and teenagers, receive the reports in a way that enables them to take further action, such as approaching the police and filing a civil lawsuit.
Michal Sela Forum
Grant Cycle: 2026-2029
Dedicated to saving the lives of women trapped in violent relationships and eradicating intimate partner violence through prevention via technological and innovative defense solutions, Michal Sela Forum is building a new ecosystem of start-ups to prevent violence against women. In addition to promoting technological solutions, the organization creates systemic social change through public awareness campaigns, education, and policy change.
Current U.S. Grantees
Funded organizations in the United States must have a portion of their programming directed to the Jewish community.
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Past Visionary Partners
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COVID Response Grants
2020-2021
PHASE 1:
With a dramatic increase in calls to Israel’s domestic abuse hotlines since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the Hadassah Foundation quickly launched a COVID-19 Response Fund. The selected grant recipients were:
Association of Rape Crisis Centers: The convener of Israel’s rape crisis centers that advocates on behalf of policies that promote women’s safety and support survivors of gender-based violence.
Israel Women’s Network: An organization focused on women’s equality that is lobbying the new Knesset and national government administration to implement needed domestic violence reforms.
Kayan: A feminist movement that advances the status and protects the rights of Arab women in Israel, is translating important domestic violence information into Arabic, expanding their culturally responsive helpline, and advising local Arab-women leaders on the ways to respond to COVID-19 and the domestic violence crisis.
PHASE 2:
Jewish Women’s Collective Response Fund
The Jewish Women’s Collective Response Fund, convened and facilitated by The Hadassah Foundation, was comprised of five women’s funds – Greater Miami Jewish Federation Women’s Amutot Initiative, Israel Lions of Judah, Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta, and The Hadassah Foundation. The Collective Response Fund was created to provide sorely needed financial resources during this pandemic to Israeli nonprofit organizations that support survivors of domestic violence.
Tahel: The Crisis Center for Religious Women and Children: With 85 percent of its clientele coming from the Haredi population, Tahel provides emotional support, advice, and referrals for women and children in times of crisis.
Women’s Spirit: Providing tools, knowledge, and support for the economic independence and personal development of women survivors of violence.
MASLAN: The Negev’s Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support Center: One of nine crisis centers in Israel, offers emergency services and counseling for people located throughout the Negev region.
Past Israel Grantees
Year of most recent grant is listed in parentheses.
A Step Forward (2007)
Achoti (2008)
Adva Center (2022)
AJEEC-NISPED (2020)
Al Zahraa Organization for Women (2001)
ANU (2018)
ASLI Israel White Ribbon (2024)
Beit Ruth (2023)
Center for Jewish Arab Economic Development (2012)
Center for Women’s Justice (2021)
Citizens’ Accord Forum Between Jews and Arabs (2008)
Counseling Center for Women (2007)
Economic Empowerment for Women (2022)
The Falk Institute (2002)
Friendship League of Culture and Sport (2024)
The Haifa Battered Women’s Hotline (2002)
Hebrew University NCJW Research (2017) Institute for Innovation in Education
Isha L’Isha (2017)
Israel Association for the Advancement of Women’s Health (2003)
Israel Religious Action Center (2007)
IT Works (2018)
Jasmine (2020)
Jerusalem Intercultural Center (2015)
Kav LaOved—Worker’s Hotline (2017)
Kayan (2020)
Kol Ha-Isha (2008)
Koret Israel Economic Development Funds (2007)
Latet (2016)
Machshava Tova (2017)
Mahut Center
Mavoi Satum (2002)
Merchavim (2022)
Microfy (2018)
Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (2020)
Nivcharot (2020)
Olim Beyahad (2014)
PresenTense (2017)
Project Kesher Israel (2022)
QueenB (2026)
Rabbis for Human Rights (2013)
Shatil—New Israel Fund (2018)
SHIN (2019)
Sidreh (2015)
Supportive Community (2013)
The Taub Center (2018)
Tel Aviv University Law School (2007)
Theatre Company Jerusalem (2002)
Tishreen (2018)
The Tmura Center (2018)
Turning the Tables (2018)
Van Leer Institute, The Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (2015)
Women Against Violence (2014)
Women of the Wall (2002)
Workers’ Advice Center—Ma’an (2017)
Yedid (2018)
Yozmot Atid (2021)
Past United States Grantees
Year of most recent grant is listed in parentheses.
AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps (2015)
Challah for Hunger (2017)
District of Columbia JCC (2002)
Edith and Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst (2018)
F.E.G.S. Long Island Division (2005)
Gender Equity in Hiring Project (2025)
Hazon (2011)
Hebrew Free Loan Society, New York City (2011)
Hillel UCLA (2014)
JCC Chicago (2018)
JCC Manhattan (2003)
Jewish Community Relations Council of NY (2015)
Jewish Family & Life (2002)
Jewish Family Service of San Diego (2016)
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (2018)
Jewish Free Loan Association, Los Angeles (2011)
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (2013)
Jewish Theological Seminary (2008)
Jewish Women’s Archive (2019)
Keshet (2013)
Kamochah (2024)
Lilith Magazine (2018)
Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy (2018)
Mayyim Hayyim (2008)
McLean Hospital (2008)
Nishmah (2017)
Ohio State University Hillel (2001)
Reclaiming Judaism (2002)
Shalom Bayit (2013)
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America (2016)
Shalom Task Force (2021)
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale (2002)
St. Louis JCC/Nishmah (2017)
UCLA Hillel (2014)
Union for Reform Judaism (2006)
Women’s Sports Foundation (2007)