Applications for FY2026 grants have closed.
Applications for our next grant cycle will be available this Spring.
LOCAL 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
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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
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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 Executive Director
FY26 Grantees
Local: Care for Older Adults and the Needy
Congregation B’nai Israel of Millburn
Friends of Hatzalah of West Orange–Livingston
JCC MetroWest
Jewish Family Service of Central NJ
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest CARES
Union Y (YM-YWHA of Union County)
Local: Jewish Education
Congregation Beth El
Golda Och Academy
JCC of Central New Jersey
JEC
Jewish Parent Academy
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy
Shomrei Emunah Preschool
Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim
Temple Shalom
Temple Sinai ECEP
Tri-State NCSY (Jewish Student Union)
Israel Partnership Communities
College of Management Academic Studies
Friends of Yashar LaChayal
Akim Israel
American Friends of ELEM
Jewish Responsibility, and Keeping an Eye on the Future
At Large
President