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In the latest issue of The Gender Lens, the Hadassah Foundation's newsletter, you can learn about our newest Israel grants, along with numerous updates from the field, including the recent QueenB hack-a-thon pictured here. Read it here. Didn't receive it in your inbox? Make sure to get the next one by signing up for our emails.

The Hadassah Foundation is funding $450,000 in unrestricted grants to Israeli feminist organizations. The Foundation has awarded a “Visionary Partner” grant to Israel Women’s Network (IWN), which advances women’s equality through policy advocacy, public awareness campaigns, litigation, and a hotline providing free legal assistance in four languages. One of Israel’s oldest feminist ...

The deadline for grant proposals from U.S.-based organizations is just days away: Wednesday, June 26 at 12 p.m. ET. The Hadassah Foundation plans to award two Core grants of $80,000, paid out over three years. We are particularly interested in funding organizations and programs that: empower women and girls in the American Jewish community to influence and guide others in addressing ...

Today our beloved past chair Julie Morris would have turned 81. Last year we raised over $265,000 in Julie's memory, establishing the Julie Morris Ner Tamid Fund which spreads the light that Julie shared with so many people during her remarkable life. (Learn more about the Fund here.) The Fund underwrites one Spark grant each year. This year, it also contributed $30,000 towards a Core ...

The Jewish Women's Collective Response Fund, a new effort led by the Hadassah Foundation and Elluminate, is awarding grants of $25,000 each to support, elevate and empower Israeli women in the aftermath of October 7. (The grants are in addition to the Hadassah Foundation's regular grantmaking for 2024.) The Fund — representing the commitment of a total 11 Jewish women’s organizations ...