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JCF Grants
The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ (JCF) honors legacy donors through Restricted Endowment Fund grants. Thanks to the generous support of Congregation B’nai Israel of Basking Ridge, including both a Legacy and Technology fund, we are honored to award additional grants over the next several years.

Applications for FY2027 grants are open from April 20-May 28

All interested organizations are invited to join us for a Zoom info session on Thursday, May 7, at 12:00 noon ET.
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LOCAL Greater MetroWest NJ GRANTS

JCF's Grant Review Committee is now accepting applications for one-year grants for programs to enhance and transform our local Jewish community. This application is open to agencies and synagogues with a focus on serving the Jewish Community of Greater MetroWest NJ and remainder of Somerset County.

JCF is looking for impactful programs that address one or more of the following:

  • Care for older adults, special consideration for the financially vulnerable/needy (Up to $20,000)
  • Programming, classes, curriculum, technology and projects with a focus on Jewish Education (Up to $15,000)The following are ideas to explore:
    • Professional Development for Jewish Educators
    • Immersive Jewish learning experiences
    • Religious School Education
    • Holocaust /Combatting Antisemitism Education
    • Technology improvements for Jewish Education; including Teacher Tech Training, Hardware, Software
  • Engagement initiatives with a focus on securing new membership/participation for your synagogue (Up to $15,000)
The deadline to apply is May 28, 2026. Decisions will be announced in late-July.
Multiple grants will be awarded per category. We will accept one application per organization. 
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 $11,500)
  • Israeli engagement in cultural activities in Ofakim and Merchavim (Up to $10,000)
  • Resettlement assistance for Olim (Up to $3,000)
  • To provide scholarships for Ethiopian Jews in Israel (Up to $3,500)
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.
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 Milton and Syd Riegel Charitable Fund
Abraham & Clara Radeen Restricted fund Mimi Hirsch Fund
Congregation B'nai Israel Legacy Fund Minnette G. Kessler Memorial Endowment
Congregation B'nai Israel Tech Ed Fund Nathan Friedman Memorial Fund
Daisy T. Blum Memorial for Resettlement in Israel Nathan M. Becker Endowment
Daniel G. Feldberg Memorial Fund P Nadler Enrichment Program Endowment Fund
David & Kate Loseff Memorial Fund Prime High School in Israel Fund1
Fran Brody Memorial Fund Rhoda Rosenbach Memorial Fund
Fried-Saginaw Family Mission Endowment Fund Rosalind Black Begman Fund
George and Frances Levin Endowment of Ofakim Merchavim Rose Rachlin Fund
Harold and Sally Wovsaniker Fund Rose Yawitz Memorial Fund
Harriette & Sol Koved Fund Send a Kid to Israel Fund (SKID)
Harry J. Levy Memorial Fund for Indigent Seniors Seymore St. Lifer Fund
Irving Sachar Memorial Fund Shapiro Family Fund
Jerome and Harriet Lowengrub Endowment for Jewish Needy Supply Fund for the Needy
Joseph Starr Memorial Fund Therma G and Ralph Wechsler Endowment
Libby A. Sharpe Memorial Endowment Fund William and Betty Lester Endowment
Louis L. and Ruth Ruffman Zeman Endowment for Youth
Mary Goldberg Memorial Fund

Contact
Yaffa Karp
Associate Executive Director

(973) 929-2982
ykarp@jfedgmw.org

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