Here is a sampling of recent grants from unrestricted community funds, donor advised funds and designated funds. Grants are listed by area of interest.

Arts and Culture | Children and Families | Education | Elderly | Israel Connection
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford | Social Justice | Special Populations

Arts & Culture

The Bushnell
Capital Campaign

Charter Oak Cultural Center
Anne Frank House exhibit

Connecticut Public Television
Support for local public TV and radio stations

Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies
People of the Books exhibition

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Early Hartford Jews program

New Britain Museum of American Art
General charitable purposes

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Educational programs and exhibits

 

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Children & Families

Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Inc.
General charitable purposes

Camp Ramah in New England
Summer camp operations

Chai Lifeline
Adeline S. Zucker Chai Family Center

Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford
Bennet A. Rothstein Child Services Program

Mandell Jewish Community Center
Climbing Wall at Camp Shalom

Greater Hartford YMCA
Moderate Voices for Progress program

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Education

 

Commission on Jewish Education
Jewish Learning Connection

 

Local Area Hillels
Shabbat and holiday dinners

 

Say Yes to Education, Inc.
Ethiopian Jews in Israel

 

Solomon Schechter Day School
Scholarships

 

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy
Eighth Grade Israel Trip

 

University of Hartford
Hartford Art School

 

Watkinson School
Ribicoff/Head Scholar Award

 

Yachad
Teen Tzedakah Leadership Institute

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Elderly

Federation Homes
Special events and entertainment

Hebrew Home & Hospital
Home Care Rehabilitation

Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford
Caregiving and emergency assistance for low-income seniors

Mandell Jewish Community Center
Silver Sneakers

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Israel Connection

 

American Friends of The Hebrew University
Stem cell research project

 

American Joint Distribution Committee
Parents & Children Together project in Afula/Gilboa

 

The Counseling Center for Women
Training professionals

 

Hadassah
Medical research

 

Jerusalem Foundation
Women Cooking Up a Business initiative

 

MASORTI Foundation for Conservative Judaism
Kehillat Shalhevet Hamaccabim Synagogue

 

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Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

Chai – The Center for Jewish Life

 

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Social Justice

 

Anti-Defamation League
General charitable purposes

 

Commission on Jewish Education of the Jewish
Community-Wide Teen Mitzvah Day

 

Esalen Institute
Marks-Walton Fund for Peace and the Environment

 

Jewish Community Relations Council
House of Abraham

 

JFACT Fund
Holocaust Education Workshops

 

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
General charitable purposes

 

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Special Populations

Connecticut Institute for the Blind
Innovative solutions, programs, services and advocacy

HARC
Inclusion support, education and advocacy

Jewish Association for Community Living
Day trips for residents

Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford
Autism Spectrum Program

UJA Federation of New York
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund

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