Grantee Organizations
Hadassah Foundation programs and grants elevate and empower women and girls in leadership roles, confront gender-based violence, increase female political representation — and much more. We have awarded almost $13 million to more than 120 organizations in Israel and the U.S. We award grants in four categories; all (except Discretionary grants) are multi-year, and many provide general operating support.
Grant Categories
Visionary Partner
Exemplifying our values of building partnerships and embodying trust-based philanthropy, these unrestricted grants of $130,000 paid over five years are for mission-aligned organizations with strong track records as previous grantees.
Core Grants
For leading organizations and programs that promote gender equity in Israel or the U.S., these $80,000 grants are awarded over three years.
Sacred Spaces
Grant Cycle: 2025-2028
Sacred Spaces equips Jewish institutions with the tools, training, and guidance to prevent and respond to abuse, creating safer and more accountable communities. Working with schools, camps, synagogues, and other organizations, Sacred Spaces is building a future where abuse prevention and response are prioritized across the Jewish communal landscape, safety is an expected standard, and institutions are prepared to protect, respond, and support with integrity and accountability.
Shalom Task Force
Grant Cycle: 2025-2028
Shalom Task Force combats and prevents domestic violence while fostering healthy and safe relationships and families, particularly in the Orthodox and insular Jewish communities. The Hadassah Foundation grant will support Shalom Task Force’s Purple Fellowship and Future Community Leaders programs, which empower Jewish high school students, especially young women, to prevent intimate partner violence, promote gender equity, and lead with empathy and strength. This grant is underwritten by the Jacquie Bayley Fund for Leadership, Opportunity, and Sisterhood.
Task Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution
Grant Cycle: 2025-2028
An initiative of ATZUM-Justice Works, the Task Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution engages the government, legal community, enforcement agencies, media, and the public in systemic efforts to eradicate sex trafficking and prostitution in Israel and to ensure victims’ access to services.
Women’s Spirit
Grant Cycle: 2024-2027
Women’s Spirit works to promote the economic Independence of women survivors of abuse in Israel and strives for social change from a feminist perspective and commitment to social and gender justice. Women’s Spirit is the only NGO in Israel providing women survivors of abuse with long-term solutions to escape the vicious cycle of abuse through a focus on employment and financial empowerment. Its grant is underwritten by the Andrea Silagi Fund for Education, Advocacy and Outreach.
Yeshivat Maharat
Grant Cycle: 2024-2027
Yeshivat Maharat is the first institution to ordain Orthodox, female rabbis. Its mission — “to educate, ordain and invest in passionate and committed Orthodox women who model a dynamic Judaism to inspire and support individuals and communities” — guides each aspect of Maharat, from its classes to its programs to its staff culture.
Spark Grants
Awarded to innovative organizations in early stages of development that are addressing a gap in the field of gender equity, these grants are for $20,000 paid over an 18-month period.
Jewish Women’s Collective Response
This fund, co-created by Hadassah Foundation and Elluminate in 2024 awarded five grants of $25,000 each to support, elevate and empower Israeli women in the aftermath of October 7. Learn more about the fund here.
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Grantmaking
Our Approach
We support organizations that work through a gender lens and that are creating social change. Learn what that means and about our grantmaking practices. Read more
For Grantseekers
The Hadassah Foundation awards grants in four categories to Israeli and U.S. organizations. Learn about our grants and how to apply. Read more
Past Core Grants
Past Spark Grants
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)
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)
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)