Recent Grants

Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.

July - September 2009

Ayeka (Efrat, Israel): $35,000 to support Jewish spiritual adult-education groups in Denver and Boulder. The Central Fund of Israel serves as fiscal sponsor.
ayeka.org.il

Beth Nehamah Hospice (Aurora): $49,220 to support startup costs for palliative care, training for staff and a database to track donations.
bethnehamah.org

The Children's Hospital Foundation (Aurora): $500 at the direction of one of the winners of Rose Community Foundation’s 2009 Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card Contest.
imaginethemiracles.org

Hazon (New York, NY): $35,600 to support a new Jewish food movement in the greater Denver area, including Jewish community supported agriculture groups and participation in the Hazon Food Conference.
hazon.org

Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East, University of Denver (Denver): $2,000 to support a film series about Tel Aviv, Israel.
isime.org

Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado (Erie): $10,000 for a new website and to support the Jewish Family Tree workshop series.
jewishgen.org/jgs-colorado

Kabbalah Experience (Denver): $72,480 to support resource development, marketing and student relations for this education program.
kabbalahexperience.com

Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (Denver): $45,250 to support the PJ Library, providing free Jewish children’s books to young Jewish families.
jccdenver.org

April - June 2009

Hillel of Colorado (Denver): $53,100 to support staff and board activities during an executive leadership transition.
hillelcolorado.org

Jewish Funders Network (New York, NY): $2,500 to support the activities of this national association that promotes thoughtful philanthropy among Jewish funders.
jfunders.org

Moishe House (Santa Barbara, CA): $28,250 to establish a Moishe House in Denver, providing Jews in their 20s with Jewish programs in a residential setting.
moishehouse.org

Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (Denver): $301,792 over three years to sustain and expand Shalom Baby and Shalom Family programs which welcome, educate and connect parents of young Jewish children.
jccdenver.org

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): $22,800 to provide grants to Limmud Colorado participants for projects that promote new approaches to Jewish learning.

Muhammad Al-Hussaini- To create workshops and lectures for Jews to explore Islamic texts relating to Jewish-Muslim relations.
Wendy Aronson and Tamara Pester*- To hold informal Shabbat services for childless younger Jews in Denver.
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav*- To support a monthly opportunity to learn about and practice Jewish meditation.
Boulder Jewish Community Center - To expand a Jewish parenting series for Jewish and interfaith families. boulderjcc.org
Boulder Jewish Community Center - To fund an interactive art education program for all ages.boulderjcc.org
Ami Dayan* - To discount admission to the play Conviction, followed by presentations and discussions about the expulsion of Jews from Spain.
Ketriellah Goldfeder* - To support a monthly gathering of Jewish women in Boulder to celebrate Rosh Chodesh.
Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity - To support a film series featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in Israel. jewishmosaic.org
Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity - To bring together Jews interested in social justice and progressive activism. jewishmosaic.org
Kehillath Aish Kodesh - To provide a free Passover Seder for Jewish families with young children in the Greater Boulder area. boulderaishkodesh.org
Menorah: Arts, Culture, and Education at the Boulder JCC - To support a program exploring the experience of “hidden” Jewish populations through art, film and community interaction. boulderjcc.org
Isabella Morozova* - To support a film series in the Denver area to connect Russian and American Jews.
Tamara Parker* - To create a monthly all-ages reading group to examine Yiddish texts and culture, and Jewish history.
Karli and Danny Sherwinter* - To support the Chavurah Brunch Club, a monthly gathering of young Jewish parents in Boulder for self-led learning sessions.
University of Colorado, Jewish Studies program and CU Art Museum - To support two workshops in Boulder about art from the Jewish Diaspora and from three Holocaust survivors.
colorado.edu/jewishstudies
colorado.edu/cuartmuseum

* indicates that Limmud Colorado serves as fiscal sponsor.
limmudcolorado.org
rcfdenver.org

University of Colorado at Boulder, Program in Jewish Studies (Boulder): $24,500 for MoVeRs: Jewish Mavericks, Visionaries and Rebels, an educational and cultural program.
colorado.edu/jewishstudies