For Grantseekers
Grants To Organizations In Israel
& The United States
The Hadassah Foundation awards grants in four categories to Israeli and U.S. organizations: Visionary Partner, Core, Spark and Discretionary. (Learn more about each category below.) If you represent an organization that meets the guidelines listed below and would like to be notified about funding opportunities, please sign up for our email list.
Gender Lens and Social Change
We recognize that gender influences people’s needs, causes differing outcomes, and underlies various assumptions and norms. And we seek to promote lasting change by addressing the underlying obstacles that impede the full participation of women and girls in society. We are interested in how a program influences and brings about change in: how an issue is defined, individuals’ behaviors, increasing community engagement, policies and systems, and/or maintaining past gains in these areas. As part of this mission, we strongly encourage the active participation of women and girls in the governance of the organizations we support.
Grant Categories
The Hadassah Foundation awards grants in four categories to gender-equity organizations in Israel and the United States.
These continue our tradition of strengthening leading organizations. Nonprofits can apply for either general-operating or project-based support. Each grant is $80,000 awarded over three years. Each year two Core grants are underwritten by the Andrea Silagi Fund for Education, Advocacy and Outreach. We expect to award six Core grants in 2024. Meet our current Core grantee organizations.
These allow for increased risk-taking and appropriately sized support for newer organizations that are meeting pressing and emergent needs. Each grant is $20,000 awarded over 18 months. Each year, one Spark grant is underwritten by the Julie Morris Ner Tamid Fund. We expect to award three Spark grants in 2024. Meet our current Spark grant recipients.
These exemplify the Foundation’s values of building partnerships and embodying trust-based philanthropy by offering longer-term funding to organizations that have a strong track record as Hadassah Foundation grant recipients. Each grant is $130,000 awarded over five years, and we expect to award one Visionary Partner grant in 2024. Meet our Visionary Partner grant recipients.
These enable us to quickly provide funds to address time-sensitive activities and needs that arise. Each grant is up to $5,000 awarded in one payment. We expect to award four Discretionary grants in 2024. Meet our recent Discretionary grant recipients.
Eligibility
Organization Status: Applicants in Israel or their fiscal sponsors must have amutah or mossad tziburi status. Applicants in the United States or their fiscal sponsors must have 501(c)3 legal status.
Geography: Applicants in Israel must apply for funding for a program that takes place in Israel. Applicants in the United States must apply for a program that takes place in the United States.
Population: Programs in Israel may be directed toward all populations in Israel. Programs in the United States must have a portion of their programming directed to the Jewish community. Grants are awarded for programs that work with people of all ages.
Joint Projects: Organizations may apply independently or in collaboration.
We Do Not Fund
Capital campaigns, endowments, partisan political activities, direct services (exception is made for emergency grantmaking), individuals, or scholarships.
Process and Timetable
Our board of directors meets four times a year to vote on recommendations made by our grant committees, which are composed of current and past board members as well as staff.
In 2024, we expect to vote on Core Israel grants and Visionary Partner grants in April, on Core U.S. grants in October, and on Spark grants in December. Through a collective grantmaking process with several Jewish women’s funds, we also expect to award four additional grants to Israeli organizations this summer.
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Meet Our Grantees
Our grant recipients in Israel and the United States address a variety of issues affecting those who identify as women and girls. Learn about our current and past grant recipients. Read more