AJFCA
Creating Meaningful Opportunities for Older Adults in the Provision of Agency Services
$45,500
This program involves the recruitment, training, and utilization of adults over 55 in agency programs and services either as paid staff or as volunteers. The project focuses on the fact that many people over 55 will be looking for meaningful work and volunteer opportunities in the not too distant future. AJFCA will train agencies in the best ways to use this large pool of dedicated people and will create the national marketing efforts needed to attract older adults as volunteers and staff. 

Hillel
Campus Israel Fellows Initiative
$80,000
A cadre of 21 Campus Israel Fellows on 94 campuses across North America are helping to educate students about Israel, while enabling young Jews to build a personal connection with Israel through contact with an Israeli peer. Israel Fellows are all IDF veterans.  Fellows recruit students for Taglit-Birthright Israel and MASA long term programs in Israel and engage them in Jewish life and as Israel ambassadors upon their return to campus.

JCCA
Expansion of GesherCity
$65,500
GesherCity is an outreach program that bridges young Jewish adults in their early 20’s and 30’s to the Jewish community and to each other by providing access to personal and professional networks and information resources. GesherCity is a website but it works through and is housed in local JCCs.

JCPA
Israel Advocacy Initiative
$80,000
IAI is co-sponsored with UJC, provides educational and advocacy guidance, mini-grants to 13 communities, briefings, research, speaker training, and campus education initiatives. The IAI plays a critical role in strengthening the capacity of the federation/CRC system to effectively advocate on behalf of Israel. The IAI runs advocacy workshop modules for college and high school students to help them better advocate for Israel by building solid relationships.

JESNA
Professional Development Resource Center
$45,500
JESNA has established an online Professional Development Resource Center and through this grant will provide additional content such as annotated literature review on best practices, material on compensation and benefits and educator recognition, peer process for program and resource reviews and evaluative feedback and significant interactive elements.

JTA
Video Coverage Project
$65,500
JTA launched a video coverage project, aimed at providing high-quality Jewish video news content on the Web. In responding to the growing demand for online video content, JTA is meeting this need by providing compelling videonews content that is entertaining, informative and enriching. JTA is producing and publishing on-location video news reports, supplementary video to support article content, and a weekly news round-up geared toward younger viewers. This content can be found on the JTA Web site and, in some cases, shared with other Jewish Web sites. JTA is also promoting this content widely on the Web and in other places where younger Jews are to be found.