Jewish Women's Foundation of New Jersey (JWF)

Giving Together | Granting for Change

$117,000 in Grants Awarded for 2023-2024

JWF-NJ is pleased to announce that it has awarded five large grants in its 2023-24 Spring Grants Cycle:

$25K to the Barat Foundation for Creation Nation Girls in Tech – a Newark-based project to teach girls engineering and utilization of 3D printers, arts and entrepreneurship skills; $17K to Girls Helping Girls. Period. for Period Equity and Sustainability – a project to introduce the use of menstrual cups to women and girls and provide necessary hygiene products; $25K to KinderSmile for Perinatal Health and Wellness Program at KinderSmile Community Oral Health Center Bloomfield – a project to provide free dental care to perinatal and postpartum women and educate them in the importance of oral health; $25K to Montclair State Foundation’s Global Center on Human Trafficking for The Possibilities Program—Building Human Trafficking Survivor Leadership – a project that gathers teen victims of trafficking for workshops on self-sufficiency, college and career-readiness; and $25K to Sharsheret for Customized Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Quality of Life Kits – a project that provides free, customizable support kits to women facing cancer.

Four New JWF Small Grants Awarded to New Jersey Nonprofits

Braven Inc., Helping Women Build Social Capital through Braven’s Accelerator Course, $2,500 Accelerated course to help women and girls to prepare, identify and pursue their career goals.

Homeless Solutions, Inc., Homeless Solutions Emergency Services, $2,500 Funds will be invested in our Emergency Shelter Services, specifically the essentials that keep our homeless children safe and healthy – baby diapers/wipes/formula, baby/infant clothes, and child car seats/strollers.   Our “baby closet” of basic supplies helps reduce the stress on the mothers and their family budget.

Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, Dignity Grows MetroWest Chapter, $2,500 JWF Funds will be used to purchase the Dignity Totes – containing personal hygiene products for women and girls that volunteers will put together and distribute to clients in need. 

Oasis-A Haven for Women and Children, Oasis Girl Code $1,625 Cycle of workshops for girls to build their self-esteem

The total amount awarded in this JWF Small Grants cycle was $9,125.

Four 2021/2022 Spring Grants Awarded

The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey awarded four large grants totaling $100,000 to NJ agencies working to sustain, educate and transform the lives of women and girls. The agencies and innovative programs receiving grants include:

Cornerstone, Operation Sisterhood, $10,362 A program designed to improve the health and well-being of female veterans and create camaraderie and connectedness through a program of clinically facilitated peer-to-peer support.

Jewish Family Services, Revitalizing Family Dynamics, $30,000 A program to create a culture of safety, advocacy, and respect for women and girls and spread awareness of the challenges families encounter due to high conflict relationships and divorce/separation.

Newark Beth Israel, The Women’s Wellness Pantry at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, $30,000 A project that improves the health and well-being of pregnant and new moms by addressing food insecurity and infant mortality.

Sanar Institute, Supporting Survivors of Image-Based Abuse and Trauma, $29,638 Support for women and girls that are increasingly victimized from online image-based abuse (IBA) through the Healing Pathways program, ensuring women and girls can be empowered and live a life free of violence.

JWFNJ will join other organizations at NJPAC’s “a gathering of givers: New Jersey women making an impact” on March 8, 2019

JWFNJ members have been invited to “join the conversation” on March 8, 2019 as the Women’s Association of NJPAC brings together a diverse group of New Jersey women to share their insights on the growing impact of women-led philanthropy.  A diverse panel of women who represent giving circles, local family foundations, nonprofits and corporations will share their unique insights on how investing time, talent and treasure can strengthen communities.  In addition to the Women’s Association of NJPAC, this special morning conversation is being presented by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, Impact100 Essex, and in association with such organizations as Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey, Association of Black Women Attorneys, Executive Women of New Jersey, Latinas in Business Inc., Essex-Hudson Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc.

njpac.org/gatheringofgivers