Open Applications for Jewish Community Foundation of GMW NJ (JCF) Grants FY2026
JCF will be offering two applications for grants:
- Local Greater MetroWest NJ Restricted Grants
- Israel Restricted Grants
All applications are due Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Decisions will be announced in late July. Scroll down to read more about each opportunity and to apply.
Information Session
JCF will host an information session to answer questions and offer guidance to grant applicants.
Register below to attend session for Thursday, May 15 at noon.
Register HereLOCAL Greater MetroWest NJ GRANTS
JCF-GMW is now accepting applications for one-year grants for programs to enhance and transform our local community.
JCF is looking for impactful programs that address one or more of the following:
- Care for older adults, special consideration for the financially vulnerable (Up to $20,000)
- Programming, classes and projects with a focus on Jewish education (Up to $10,000)
- The following are ideas to explore: Israel education, professional development for Jewish educators, immersive Jewish learning experiences, and education based programming that inspires joy in Judaism.
- Care for the needy (Up to $10,000)
Multiple grants are available per category. We will accept one application per organization.
Click here to apply. Access Code for application: LOCAL26
Click here for a tutorial on how to use Foundant
Israel Restricted Grants
One-year grants will be selected that will support programs or initiatives that target one of the following purposes and up to the amount listed:
- Israeli Individuals living with developmental disabilities (Up to $10,900)
- Israeli engagement in cultural activities in Ofakim and Merchavim (Up to $9,600)
- Resettlement assistance for Olim (Up to $2,800)
- To provide scholarships for Ethiopian Jews in Israel (Up to $3,300)
This application is only open to organizations located in or serving residents of Greater MetroWest NJ's partnership communities in Israel including Ofakim/Merchavim, Arad, Kibbutz Erez, Rishon LeZion & Hurfeish.
Please note that there is only one grant available per category.
Click here to apply. Access Code for application: ISRAEL26
Click here for a tutorial on how to use Foundant
Our Funders
Restricted endowments entrusted to the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ allow us to make program grants to the community.
21st Century Fund | Mimi Hirsch Fund |
Abraham & Clara Radeen Restricted fund | Minnette G. Kessler Memorial Endowment |
Daisy T. Blum Memorial for Resettlement in Israel | Nathan Friedman Memorial Fund |
Daniel G. Feldberg Memorial Fund | Nathan M. Becker Endowment |
David & Kate Loseff Memorial Fund | P Nadler Enrichment Program Endowment Fund |
Fran Brody Memorial Fund | Prime High School in Israel Fund1 |
Fried-Saginaw Family Mission Endowment Fund | Rhoda Rosenbach Memorial Fund |
George and Frances Levin Endowment of Ofakim Merchavim | Rosalind Black Begman Fund |
Harold and Sally Wovsaniker Fund | Rose Rachlin Fund |
Harriette & Sol Koved Fund | Rose Yawitz Memorial Fund |
Harry J. Levy Memorial Fund for Indigent Seniors | Rose Yawitz Memorial Fund |
Irving Sachar Memorial Fund | Send a Kid to Israel Fund (SKID) |
Jerome and Harriet Lowengrub Endowment for Jewish Needy | Seymore St. Lifer Fund |
Joseph Starr Memorial Fund | Shapiro Family Fund |
Libby A. Sharpe Memorial Endowment Fund | Supply Fund for the Needy |
Louis L. and Ruth Ruffman | Therma G and Ralph Wechsler Endowment |
Mary Goldberg Memorial Fund | Zeman Endowment for Youth |
Milton and Syd Riegel Charitable Fund |

Contact
Yaffa Karp
Associate Director,
Center for Strategic Philanthropy
2025 Grantees
Local Older Adult and Care for the Needy Grants
Hatzalah of West Orange-Livingston: Operation Serve and Protect
JCC of Central New Jersey:"The Stories That Connect Us - What's yours?"
JCC MetroWest: Littman Memory Center
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest: Beyond Bereavement
Local Care for the Needy Grants
Bnai Keshet: MESH (Montclair Emergency Services + Hope) and Little Free Pantry
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest: Dignity Grows
National Council Of Jewish Women, Essex County Section: Period.Project at CASA Essex
Local Jewish Education Grants
Chabad of Union County: GROW After School Program
Chabad of Randolph: Eternal Wisdom
Congregation Israel of Springfield: Dor L’Dor Learning & Shabbat Morning Groups
Oheb Shalom Congregation: Rosh Hashanah in the Park
Shomrei Emunah Preschool: Shomrei Tweens at Teva
Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim: The Jewish Experience- The year of the Torah
Temple Beth Shalom: Religious School Clubs
Temple Shalom: Family Shabbats & Gil Harach
Temple Sharey Teflio-Israel: Shomrei Adamah- Keepers of the Earth
Israel Grantees
Living with Developmental Disabilities: ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran
Rehabilitation Village: Equine-Assisted Therapy Project at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran
Culture Ofakim and Merchavim: Masorti Movement: Mashav Ruach - Ofakim
New Olim: Friends of Yashar LaChayal: Soldiers in Need Fund
Scholarship for Ethiopian Jews: Rishon Lezion Foundation: Learning Scholarships for 7th-11th graders