The Hadassah Foundation is pleased to announce three newly awarded grants to US.-based organizations that strengthen the leadership capacity and role of self-identifying women and girls. The following organizations are recipients of a Core Grant, which is a grant of $80,000 paid out over a three-year grant cycle:

• Fuente Latina, a nonprofit and nonpartisan media organization engaging and educating non-Jewish Hispanics worldwide about the Jewish world and Israel through mainstream Spanish-language legacy news (TV, radio, print) and digital/social media.
• jGirls+ Magazine, which brings together an online community of self-identifying Jewish girls, young women, and nonbinary teens ages 13-19 across all backgrounds. jGirls+’s programs enable teens to share their voices with the world and each other, provide space to hone their communication skills, and experiences to explore identities, talk across differences, and engage with a wide circle of peers on their own terms.
• Yeshivat Maharat, 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

A woman-led organization that incorporates a gender lens in its work, Fuente Latina is a first-time Hadassah Foundation grant recipient. The Hadassah Foundation’s previous funding to jGirls+ supported the creation of their teen editorial board model, and Maharat’s previous funding helped make their curriculum accessible to women with various professional backgrounds.

“In light of the alarming amount of antisemitism and growing social and political polarization we are experiencing, we wanted to ensure that the organizations selected for funding are meeting this particular moment,” explained U.S. Core Grants Chair Edith Ginsberg. “Emphasis was placed on empowering women and girls with the ability to influence and guide others in addressing conflict, and on strengthening networks and communities so that they can promote widespread change.”

Earlier this year, the Hadassah Foundation, which is commemorating its 25th anniversary, awarded Core ($80,000) grants to four Israeli organizations. The Foundation also awarded a Visionary Partner grant ($130,000 over five years), contributed $25,000 to the Jewish Women’s Collaborative Fund (providing emergency support for Israeli women’s organizations) and made four discretionary grants. Later this month, it will award three new Spark grants ($20,000 over 18 months) bringing the total allocated in 2024 to $795,000, the largest grantmaking year since the Foundation began awarding grants in 2000. Learn about all the Foundation’s grant recipients here.

The Hadassah Foundation leads the movement to revolutionize the role, perception, and impact of all who identify as women and girls in Israel and the American Jewish community. Established by Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America in 1998 to refocus the priorities of the Jewish community through creative grantmaking, the Hadassah Foundation has awarded almost $11 million to over 100 organizations.