JLF Grant Categories and Structure

 

Grants for Courageous Action, Community Leadership, and Connecting the Movement (CCC)

Grants for Courageous Action, Community Leadership, and Connecting the Movement are for organizations that are leaders in the progressive Jewish movement. These organizations make a substantial impact on our movement via a diverse set of approaches. If you see yourself as a leader in the progressive Jewish movement in some capacity, you may apply in this category. We expect this category to comprise a broad set of organizations of all sizes.

Grant Details and Qualifications

  • Organizations of any size may apply on this track

  • Grants on this track will be $15,000

  • Approximately 30 of these grants will be available, based on budget.

If JLF receives more than 45 applications that meet the standard necessary to advance to a Stage 2 application, JLF will advance no more than 55, which will include the 45 with the highest alignment with JLF’s grantmaking priorities, based on the review by our Steering Committee, and up to 10 organizations selected at-large by the Steering Committee.

Grants for Individual Artists (with Fiscal Sponsorship)

Grants for Individual Artists provide individual artists and cultural workers with more time, space, and resources to create work in service of our movements, subsidizing labor, rehearsal space, travel, materials, and administrative support.

These grants will support artists to take the time they need to deepen their impact and bring their most powerful and prophetic voices to our shared work.

Please note: Artist collectives, arts & culture organizations looking to cover general operating expenses, including the distribution of existing work, please apply through our “Grants for Courageous Action, Community Leadership, and Connecting the Movement” track.

Grant Details and Qualifications

  • Applicant must be an individual artist with fiscal sponsorship from an organization with 501(c)(3) legal status

  • Grants on this track will be $20,000

  • Two of these grants will be available

If JLF receives more than 10 applications that meet the standard necessary to advance to a Stage 2 application, JLF will advance no more than the 10 with the highest alignment with JLF’s grantmaking priorities, based on the review by our Steering Committee.

Seed Grants

Seed grants are for emergent or early-stage organizations doing experimental work to fill gaps they see in the Jewish progressive movement ecosystem, locally or nationally. The goal of these grants is to “seed” experimentation and ideation to creatively meet needs in the Jewish progressive movement identified by organizational leaders. Given the robust ecosystem oforganizations that already exists, we'll be looking for organizations that demonstrate an understanding of our existing landscape and plan to fill a real gap that exists in the Jewish community, locally or nationally.

Grant Details and Qualifications

  • Applicants must have an operating budget of under $100,000

  • Applicants must have been created or have a substantial area of their work that has emerged within the last five years

  • Grants on this track will be $5,400

  • No more than 10 seed grants will be available

If JLF receive more than 18 applications that meet the standard necessary to advance to a Stage 2 application, we will advance no more than the 18 with the highest alignment with JLF’s grantmaking priorities, based on the review by our Steering Committee.

Launchpad Grants (Invitation Only)

Launchpad Grants are invitation-only grants for small to mid-sized organizations that are ready to take the necessary steps to become more sustainable. These organizations have already demonstrated a proof-of-concept and demand for their offerings, have a stable and trusted leadership structure, are ready to take on necessary work to advance the organization, and have an organizational model that lends itself to membership and/or grassroots fundraising.

Organizations that receive Launchpad Grants will opt-in to participate in a cohort and series of learnings with other JLF grantees in the same grant category and stage of organizational life.

Launchpad Grants are invitation-only among applicants that meet the standard to advance to Stage 2 of the JLF application process. You cannot self-select this grant track.

Grant Details and Qualifications

  • Applicants must have an operating budget under $250,000, a large stakeholder base of potential donors, been in operation for at least 3 years, and have a consistent leadership team in place, with some structure, that is responsible for the operations and success of the organization.

  • Grants on this track will be $20,000

  • JLF will invite 10-12 organizations to apply for Launchpad grants and make up to 8 Launchpad grants.

  • Launchpad Grants are invitation-only for previous grantees of JLF.