Single-Agency Grants

Amount: up to 20,000

Application limit: One per agency/synagogue

Collaborative Grants

Special consideration will be given to collaborative projects. Collaborations may be with another agency or synagogue, or they may fund new Jewish networks for business, cultural, language, or economic ties in Greater Long Beach, the country, Israel, or other parts of the world. 

Amount: Up to $40,000

Application limit: Unlimited

Application Themes

Applicants are encouraged to apply for funds to address a specific gap or obstacle related to the themes below: 

• Jewish Education: Jewish young adults, summer camp, Holocaust remembrance and understanding, finding entry into the Jewish community, and Jewish education across movements.

• Community Engagement: Tikkun Olam/Social Justice partnerships in Long Beach; outreach and Jewish understanding in the broader Long Beach community; combatting anti-Semitism; creating points of contact for non-engaged young Jewish families; involving teens.

• Jewish Pluralism: Resources for interfaith families, bridges across denominations, and building inter-generational relationships.

• Engaging with Israel and the World: Building cultural bridges, partnerships, and engagement with community groups and organizations, and incubator programs.

• Organization Research: The Long Beach Jewish Community Study focuses on the community as a whole.  Individual organizations can apply for funds to use the same dataset to commission a report on issue areas of specific interest or concern to their mission, strategic planning, or programmatic objectives.