The New Israel Fund provides grants to organizations that make Israel a more just, equal, and democratic society.
NIF has provided more than $345 million to more than 950 organizations since our establishment in 1979. Ranging from large grants to organizations like our flagship grantee, the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), to small grants to community organizations working on social change at the local level, our grantmaking procedure is rigorous, transparent, and based on collaborative partnerships with our grantees.
Whether grantees receive core grants from NIF or donor-advised funding, they are all legally recognized and registered nonprofits in Israel. Additionally, every grantee must meet NIF’s funding guidelines and undergo regular evaluations for effectiveness and consistency with NIF’s overall strategic priorities.
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NIF identifies key groups to receive support from our core budget; these organizations are advancing priorities like building a shared society or defending human rights (see NIF’s issues). Organizations receiving grants from NIF’s core budget are listed below under the heading “Core Grants.”
Funders may also choose to make “Donor Advised (DA) Grants,” which they can recommend we use to support specific organizations. This allows NIF to support a wider circle of organizations that meet our criteria and fall within our areas of focus and helps to further develop and strengthen progressive civil society in Israel. These grants are listed below under the heading “Donor Advised Grants.”
For Core Grants, the data below represents the amount authorized for the reporting year. For reasons connected to the schedule of our grant payments, this figure may differ from the amount paid to a grantee in the reporting year. Both amounts are listed in NIF’s financial reports, which you can find here.
2022 Emergency Grants
| Emergency Grants | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Adva Center A policy analysis center producing critical analyses of public policy from the perspective of equality and social justice. The grant is to cover the salary for a researcher that is examining the effects of the climate crisis on vulnerable populations. |
$10,000 |
| Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) ACRI promotes the universality of human rights through precedent-setting litigation, human rights education, public outreach, and advocacy. The grant supports work to present to the public the full array of threats to democracy posed by the new government. |
$20,000 |
| Association of Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) Provides assistance to Ethiopian immigrants in absorption, education, housing, and the preservation of Ethiopian culture and tradition. The grant supports work to continue raising awareness about police brutality, as the trial of the police officer who fatally shot Solomon Teka nears its conclusion. |
$10,000 |
| Gan Levinsky Library The grant is for a campaign to oppose the segregation of children of asylum seekers and refugees in Tel Aviv schools. |
$10,000 |
| March for Equality The grant is to support a nationwide march for equality between the periphery and central Israel. Half the funds were allocated to garnering support for the march from Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel. |
$10,000 |
| Rabbis for Human Rights Works to protect human rights in the Occupied Territories and create awareness of the issue, and to promote social and economic justice within Israel. The grant to set up a mini site that compiles real-time reports of settler violence during the olive harvest. |
$10,000 |
| The Masorti (Conservative) Movement The Masorti Movement works to create a pluralistic, egalitarian, inclusive approach to Jewish life in Israel. The grant is to support the movement following the end of its core grant from NIF and the shuttering of the U.S.-based foundation that raised funds for it. |
$10,000 |
2021 Core Grants
| Palestinian-Israeli Society | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Alsirag: Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev Arab Villages Advocates for recognition of unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev and services for residents, and empowers leaders of these villages to become their own advocates. |
$40,000 |
| The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) Represents the needs and interests of Arab citizens of Israel on issues of planning, land, housing, and development. |
$70,000 |
| Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights Strengthens democracy and human rights in the field of spatial planning and housing policies in Israel and in Area C of the West Bank. |
$70,000 |
| The National Committee for Heads of Arab Local Authorities (NCHALA) NCHALA advocates for Palestinians in Israel vis-à-vis legal status, planning, economic strategies, social development, educational vision, self-determination, and culture. The grant supports work to advance the implementation of Government Resolution 922, specifically to ensure equitable national budgetary allocations to Palestinian Israeli local councils and municipalities, and to assist them in accessing funds allocated by the government. |
$40,000 |
| The Galilee Society – The Arab National Society for Health, Research and Services The Galilee Society works to improve the health and environmental conditions of Palestinian citizens of Israel. The grant helped fund a conference on young Palestinians in Arab society in Israel that focused on education, identity, religiosity, military and national service, culture, employment, and other topics. |
$6,000 |
| Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Conducts litigation and advocacy efforts by and for Arab citizens of Israel to ensure the rights of this community. |
$60,000 |
| The Follow-Up Committee for Arab Education – Israel (Hirak) Works to level the playing field in education by giving the Arab sector a greater say in determining education policy in Israel, and by combating and reducing violence within schools in Arab communities. |
$75,000 |
| Tishreen: A Culture Reviving Association – Taybeh Promotes grassroots civic activism by and for the region’s Arab citizens and strengthens civil society in Taybeh and the Triangle region. |
$30,000 |
| The National Committee for Heads of Arab Local Authorities (NCHALA) NCHALA advocates for Palestinians in Israel vis-à-vis legal status, planning, economic strategies, social development, educational vision, self-determination, and culture. The Combating Crime and Violence Project entails working with government bodies to advance implementation of Government Resolution 549 to reduce violence and crime in the Arab community. |
$70,000 |
| Hasoub Hasoub works to pave the way for the next generation of Arab high-tech entrepreneurs. The grant supported a hackathon to develop innovative solutions to violence and crime in the Arab sector. |
$8,000 |
| Alrafah Association – Aman Center Reduces violence within Palestinian society through advocacy to government bodies, by raising awareness, and working with community leaders. |
$40,000 |
| Kayan – Feminist Organization Works to address the root causes of gender-based discrimination, defend and promote the rights of Palestinian women in Israel, and ensure their integration in decision-making positions. |
$25,000 |
| Women Against Violence (WAV) – Nazareth Works to advance the rights of Palestinian-Israeli women, expand their influence on centers of power, and eliminate gender-based violence. |
$50,000 |
| Religious Freedom | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| The Masorti (Conservative) Movement The Masorti Movement works to create a pluralistic, egalitarian, inclusive approach to Jewish life in Israel. Jewish Pluralism Watch advances transparency and accountability of elected officials by monitoring and publicizing the positions of Knesset members on issues related to democracy, and religion and state. |
$45,000 |
| Women of the Wall (WoW) WoW is a group of Jewish women from Israel and around the world working to achieve the right to worship freely and publicly at the Kotel. The grant supports the hiring of a consultant to guide WoW in its contacts with the new government around implementation of the Western Wall agreement and developing a plaza for non-Orthodox prayer services. |
$6,000 |
| IRAC: Israel Religious Action Center through Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism Advances religious diversity, defends freedom of religion, and works to create a broadly inclusive Israeli democracy based on the principles of social justice and equality. |
$50,000 |
| Be Free Israel (Israel Hofsheet) Advocates for an Israel that practices cultural and religious pluralism, protects civil rights, and upholds the principles of democracy. |
$69,600 |
| Israel Women’s Network (IWN) IWN advances gender equality and women’s rights, and raises public awareness of these issues while advancing reform in policy and legislation. The grant supports the position of a lobbyist working to advance policy changes and laws within the Knesset and government ministries regarding women’s rights, focusing primarily on the exclusion of women, the gender pay gap and workplace discrimination, and violence against women. |
$40,000 |
| Havruta – Religious Gay Community Havruta advances community empowerment and promotes greater acceptance of LGBTQ individuals in Jewish religious society. The grant supports a project by Havruta, Bat Kol, and Shoval – three LGBTQ groups working with religious Israelis – to provide support and educational activities for LGBTQ+ ultra-Orthodox individuals. |
$10,000 |
| Mavoi Satum (“Dead End”) Provides legal and emotional support to women who have been refused a Jewish divorce (get) and seeks solutions to the problem of divorce refusal in Israel. |
$3,700 |
| Anshey Chayil through the Society for Advancement of Education of Jerusalem The grant supports the creation of a beit midrash for ultra-Orthodox rabbis who espouse progressive values and are affiliated with the New Haredim movement. |
$30,000 |
| Haredim Mamlachti’im (New Haredim) through the Jerusalem Intercultural Center A group of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community members with a progressive outlook working to enhance women’s rights and promote core curriculum and higher education within their community. |
$40,000 |
| The Tikun Movement for Social and Cultural Change in Israel Promotes moderate traditional Jewish perspectives in support of religious tolerance, shared society, and social justice. |
$25,000 |
| Safeguarding Human Rights and Democratic Infrastructure | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Ha’Migdalor, Breaking the Silence & The Forum for Regional Thinking through Oranim College This joint project will create a pilot educational program on the occupation for pre-military academies and other educational frameworks for young people. |
$20,000 |
| Haqel: Jews and Arabs in Defense of Human Rights Haqel is an Israeli/Palestinian interfaith human rights NGO working to defend human rights and increase awareness and commitment to human rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The grant supports a 24/7 hotline to provide immediate legal aid vis-à-vis settler actions and violence, and army actions that harm the local communities. |
$10,000 |
| Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice) Torat Tzedek works to protect human rights, focusing in particular on enabling Palestinian farmers to access their lands and protecting them while doing so. The grant supports an initiative to protect Palestinian shepherds in the Jordan Valley from settler and Israeli military violence. |
$5,000 |
| Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) Collects soldiers’ testimonies in order to raise public awareness of the consequences of the occupation. |
$50,000 |
| B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Supports human rights monitoring in the territories and intervenes on behalf of individuals whose rights have been violated. |
$20,000 |
| Emek Shaveh Works to defend cultural heritage rights and to protect ancient sites as public assets that belong to members of all communities, faiths and peoples, and oppose the use of archaeological sites to dispossess disenfranchised communities. |
$30,000 |
| Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement Advocates for the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. |
$18,000 |
| Ir Amim Works to render Jerusalem a more equitable and sustainable city for Israeli and Palestinian residents, and to help secure a negotiated resolution on the city, through reporting, advocacy and public education, to re-orient the public discourse. |
$50,000 |
| MachsomWatch: Women for Human Rights and Against the Occupation Monitors IDF checkpoints in the West Bank and educates the Israeli public about the effects of the occupation. |
$25,000 |
| Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) Provides medical services and works to effect policy change with regard to human rights and the right to health care for Palestinians in the occupied territories, prison inmates, asylum-seekers, and other residents of Israel. |
$45,000 |
| Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights Seeks to protect human rights in the occupied territories by collecting and disseminating information, conducting legal advocacy, and public outreach. |
$40,000 |
| The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) PCATI works to protect all citizens and residents, in Israel and in the Occupied Territories, from torture and ill-treatment at the hands of Israeli law enforcement and investigatory authorities. The Project to Reduce Police Violence at Demonstrations works to enhance and safeguard freedom of protest by reducing police violence against demonstrators through legal action, advocacy, dissemination of information, and training. |
$30,000 |
| BaShaar – Academic Community for Israeli Society BaShaar works to defend and strengthen institutions of higher education in Israel. The grant supported the establishment of a hotline for university lecturers and students whose freedom of expression has been violated or threatened. |
$7,700 |
| Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) NCF supports cultural, educational, and social activities that promote cooperation between the Jewish and Bedouin populations in the Negev. The grant supports NCF’s Freedom of Protest Coordinator in the south, who provides support for activists for Bedouin rights. |
$16,000 |
| Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Adalah conducts litigation and advocacy efforts by and for Arab citizens of Israel to ensure the rights of this community. The grant supports the position of Freedom of Protest Coordinator in the north and the Triangle. |
$30,000 |
| Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) ACRI promotes the universality of human rights through precedent-setting litigation, human rights education, public outreach, and advocacy. ACRI’s DocoRights Project assists and supports activists in defending their right to protest. |
$30,000 |
| Mossawa Center: The Advocacy Center for Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel Mossawa promotes the economic, social, cultural, and political rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and the recognition of this community as a national indigenous minority with national, cultural, and historical distinctiveness. The grant supported legal aid for Palestinian citizens of Israel who were arrested or suffered police brutality following the intercommunal violence in May 2021, as well as those who were fired from their jobs for joining a general strike in the Arab sector. |
$10,000 |
| Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) Provides legal aid to human rights defenders, including nonviolent protesters against the occupation, Bedouin citizens, LGBTQ activists, and Ethiopian-Israelis. |
$88,650 |
| Mehazkim Mehazkim is a progressive digital movement working to promote the values, ideas and solutions of the Israeli left. FakeReporter monitors social media and messaging applications for hate speech, incitement, and disinformation and that has helped ban extremists from such platforms. |
$70,000 |
| Privacy Israel Works to safeguard citizens’ digital rights by focusing on online privacy, data harvesting by the government and social media platforms, and online freedom of expression. |
$50,000 |
| The Clinic on Human Rights in Cyberspace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Aims to accumulate knowledge about the application of cyber law in Israel, which will serve as the basis for academic research and proposed reforms. |
$30,000 |
| Elifelet – Citizens for Refugee Children Elifelet provides programs to ensure the safeguarding, education, and wellbeing of asylum-seeker children. The grant supports the creation of Community House – a hub providing a variety of services for multiple organizations serving the refugee and migrant population. |
$8,650 |
| ASSAF – Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel ASSAF works to advance the rights of asylum seekers and provides assistance programs. The grant supports a joint lobbyist working in coordination with the major refugee rights organizations to promote a fair and humane policy for asylum seekers in Israel. |
$54,000 |
| The Aguda – The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel The Aguda strives to improve the LGBTQ community’s standing in Israel and to achieve equal rights and security. The grant supports a joint lobbyist working in coordination with 15 LGBTQ organizations to advance the rights of Israel’s LGBTQ community and present a unified voice on issues affecting the community. |
$44,500 |
| Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH) JOH provides direct services for the LGBTQ community, and works to make Jerusalem a more pluralistic and equal city. The grant helped support the Open House’s legal battle to compel the Jerusalem municipality to provide it with court-ordered funding. |
$10,000 |
| The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants The Hotline protects the rights of refugees, migrant workers and victims of human trafficking. The grant supported legal representation and assistance for asylum seekers from Eritrea to appeal the rejection of their asylum requests. |
$5,000 |
| The Movement for Freedom of Information Promotes transparency in public institutions and encourages the public to make use of its right to government-held information. |
$45,000 |
| Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) Promotes the universality of human rights through precedent-setting litigation, human rights education, public outreach, and advocacy. |
$400,000 |
| Maavarim – Israeli Trans Community Empowers and supports members of the trans community, facilitating both personal and social change. |
$3,100 |
| Rabbis for Human Rights Works to protect human rights in the Occupied Territories and create awareness of the issue, and to promote social and economic justice within Israel. |
$34,650 |
| Shared Society and Combating Racism | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| IRAC: Israel Religious Action Center through Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism IRAC advances religious diversity and defends freedom of religion in Israeli society, and works to create a broadly inclusive Israeli democracy based on the principles of social justice and equality. The Racism Crisis Center provides support for victims of discrimination and hate crimes, collects data on racism, and raises awareness. |
$50,000 |
| Tag Meir (Light Tag) through 12 Heshvan A coalition comprising over 50 organizations from across the religious-secular spectrum, which works to combat “price-tag” attacks and hate crimes. |
$65,000 |
| Association of Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) Provides assistance to Ethiopian immigrants in absorption, education, housing, and the preservation of Ethiopian culture and tradition. |
$30,000 |
| Tebeka – Equality & Justice for Ethiopian Israelis Advances the rights of Ethiopian-Israelis by providing free legal services, facilitating their integration within Israeli society, and cultivating a new generation of leaders and legal scholars. |
$30,000 |
| Keshet NGO – Mitzpe Ramon Keshet supports local initiatives and projects in the areas of community and education, culture, environment and sustainability. The grant supported the drafting of a guide for use by the Ministry of Social Equality to determine how to incorporate tourism in Arab communities into a socioeconomic development plan. |
$6,000 |
| Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) & Combatants for Peace A joint Israeli-Palestinian organization of families who have lost loved ones in the conflict, PCFF promotes reconciliation and an end to the conflict. CfP brings together Palestinians and Israelis who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence to build the social infrastructure for ending the conflict and the occupation. The grant supports the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day ceremony, which features bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families committed to dialogue, reconciliation, and nonviolence. |
$5,000 |
| Givat Haviva – The Center for a Shared Society Givat Haviva works to build an inclusive, socially cohesive society by engaging divided communities in collective action to advance an Israeli democracy based on mutual responsibility, civic equality, and a shared vision of the future. The grant helped Givat Haviva to provide refuge for 15 families from Ashkelon during the spring 2021 escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. |
$8,000 |
| EVE: Independent Theatre Makers Association EVE is an independent theater and performance art creators organization working to enhance art in Israel and cultivate independent Israeli creation and creators. The grant supported a conference in Ramle on investing in culture in the “mixed cities” and in the Palestinian community in Israel. |
$10,000 |
| Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel Hand in Hand builds inclusion and equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel through a network of bilingual, integrated schools and communities. The grant supported joint public vigils by Arab and Jewish citizens, and a conference of Hand in Hand employees and community members in the wake of the spring 2021 events. |
$5,000 |
| CallActiv!t An artistic and cultural movement of Ethiopian-Israeli women changemakers that centers the voices of black people in Israel. |
$30,000 |
| Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality Endeavors to create a shared space for Jewish and Arab residents of the Negev through the establishment of bilingual, integrated schools and a vibrant shared community. |
$5,000 |
| The Alliance Fellowship The Alliance Fellowship works to create a network of Jewish and Palestinian Israeli leaders. The Lod Project aims to cultivate Jewish-Arab cultural initiatives, in hopes of forging strong ties among participants that could lay the groundwork for a Jewish-Arab political slate to run in the 2023 local elections. |
$80,000 |
| Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom (WAS/NS) WAS/NS is a village of Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel dedicated to building justice, peace and equality in the country and the region. The Alumni Project builds on networks of Jewish and Palestinian alumni of the WAS-NS School for Peace to increase the presence and impact of Palestinian Israelis within professional associations. |
$30,000 |
| Have You Seen the Horizon Lately through Ken Lashalom Encourages public legitimacy for the participation of Palestinian Israelis in political life and leadership through advocacy, media work, and events. |
$80,000 |
| Sikkuy-Aufoq: For a Shared and Equal Society Sikkuy-Aufuq is a shared organization of Jewish and Arab citizens, working to implement full equality on all levels between the Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel. The Arab Media Initiative works to increase the presence of Palestinian Israeli interviewees in the broadcast media on issues unrelated to the conflict, thus helping to “normalize” the presence of Arab voices in the public sphere. |
$80,000 |
| The Abraham Initiatives The Abraham Initiatives works to close the gaps between Jewish and Arab Israelis via multi-level advocacy, practice-based research, and policy development. The Media Project endeavors to expose journalists and writers to various topics related to Palestinian-Israeli society, in order to increase media coverage of these issues and make the Hebrew-language media a shared space for Arabs and Jews. |
$50,000 |
| I’lam: Arab Center for Media Freedom, Development and Research Supports advocacy efforts to ensure Palestinian citizens’ participation in and utilization of the mass media as a tool to promote social equality. |
$103,000 |
| Shared Society: Voices of Hope Grants | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Citizens Build a Community Stemming from the violence of May 2021, We Are Lod advances Jewish-Arab community activism, and aims to give physical expression in public spaces to the needs and hopes of the city’s diverse residents. |
$16,000 |
| Kulna Yafa through The Orchard of Abraham’s Children The Save Ajami project brings Jews and Arabs together to fight the eviction of hundreds of Arab families from their homes in Jaffa. |
$22,500 |
| Kulna Yerushalayim The Kulna Council initiates monthly encounters of Arab and Jewish residents of Jerusalem to discuss specific topics, such as personal security or employment, and launch Jewish-Arab collaborations. |
$16,000 |
| Eretz-Ir Startup Negev brings together university-age Jewish and Bedouin entrepreneurs with the goal of fostering a high-tech community based on coexistence and mutual respect. |
$12,500 |
| Van Leer Jerusalem Institute & the Forum for Regional Thinking The Ofek Project seeks to train Palestinian Israelis who are experts on the Middle East, Islam, and Palestinian issues to appear in the media and in academic forums. |
$22,500 |
| AMRAM: Ru’ach Ha’Mizrach Association The Narratives Navigator Project will produce a unique consolidation of narratives of different groups in Israeli society that are often overlooked, including Mizrahi Jews, Palestinian-Israelis, and immigrant communities. |
$11,000 |
| Givat Haviva – The Center for a Shared Society The Joint Residential Program for Jewish and Arab Graduates of Art Institutes is a 3-month program designed to ease the participants’ transition into the art world. This program will provide a framework for Arabs and Jews to better understand one another, and develop a cadre of young artists who can advance multiculturalism in the Israeli art world. |
$16,000 |
| Al-Rabita: League for the Arabs in Jaffa Jaffa/Yafa: Mending the Rift was established to revive the Arab-Jewish Committee for Jaffa in light of the discord in the city in 2021, and promote Jewish-Arab activities. |
$16,000 |
| Achoti (Sister) for Women in Israel and Arous al-Bahar for Women in Jaffa From the Personal to the Political, from What is Different to What is Shared brings together Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish women from Jaffa and south Tel Aviv to create a play about their experiences as women from underserved populations who have faced intercommunal tensions. |
$19,000 |
| Atid Bamidbar Developing Bedouin Tourism as a Catalyst for Good Neighborly Relations, based on Bedouin-Jewish cooperation, supports the development of Bedouin tourism, especially in the unrecognized villages, as a path to individual and community empowerment and economic development. |
$16,000 |
| Alsirag: Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev Arab Villages Coming Together to Promote Cooperation and Shared Society focuses on activities to build trust between Arabs and Jews in the Ramat Negev Regional Council area, building on the RCUV’s work over the years to improve ties between Bedouin communities and their Jewish neighbors. |
$16,000 |
| Rabbis for Human Rights A Shared Home brings young Jewish Israelis attending pre-military academies together with their Muslim and Christian Arab peers who are doing national service in the Arab sector to produce meaningful encounters that advance shared society. |
$15,900 |
| Social and Economic Justice | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) & the Negev Council PHRI provides medical services and works to effect policy change with regard to human rights and the right to health care for Palestinians in the occupied territories, prison inmates, asylum-seekers, and other residents of Israel. The joint National Priority Areas for Healthcare Initiative advances implementation of the government resolution to close gaps in health care between central Israel and the periphery. |
$45,000 |
| The Israeli Association for Distributive Justice Promotes the just distribution of resources in Israel through monitoring governmental activities, advocacy efforts, and legal petitions. |
$79,000 |
| The Public Housing Forum through Forum for Immigrant Families in the North Promotes public housing in Israel by working to increase public housing stock, expand the eligibility criteria for public housing, and advocate for the fair treatment of public housing tenants. |
$80,000 |
| Hagar – The Affordable Housing Center through Tel Aviv University Advances housing research and housing policy in Israel. |
$29,000 |
| AMRAM: Ru’ach Ha’Mizrach Association Promotes Mizrahi culture and heritage, and raises awareness about racism and discrimination and about the abductions of Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan children in the 1950s. |
$38,000 |
| Adva Center A policy analysis center producing critical analyses of public policy from the perspective of equality and social justice. |
$72,000 |
| SafeWork Israel Leads the struggle to advance worker safety in the construction and other industries, and to prevent and create awareness of industrial accidents. |
$10,000 |
| Achoti (Sister) for Women in Israel Strengthens the voices of women from marginalized communities, including women of Mizrahi, Ethiopian, and Palestinian origin. |
$112,000 |
| Kulna – Young Adults in Yerucham (Tzeirim BeYerucham) A home for culture and education in the tradition of the Jews from Muslim countries, working to create a connected and just society. |
$10,000 |
| Strengthening Progressive Power and Influence (New Initiatives for Democracy – NIFD) | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Standing Together (Omdim Beyachad) Organizes Jews and Arabs, locally and nationally throughout Israel, around campaigns for peace, equality, and social justice, in order to build power and transform Israeli society. |
$105,000 |
| Zazim – Community Action Mobilizes a base of Israelis to take action through online campaigns on the most pressing issues facing Israeli society. |
$100,000 |
| Mehazkim Mehazkim is a progressive digital movement working to promote the values, ideas and solutions of the Israeli left. The grant supports Mehazkim’s work leading the digital efforts of the Citizens’ Headquarters, a coalition of organizations working to counter right-wing attacks on civil society, promote Jewish-Arab political partnership, and conduct media campaigns for progressive issues. |
$40,000 |
| The Israeli Democratic Bloc Conducts opposition research into the funding sources and/or illegal activities of right-wing organizations and disseminates such research to the media. |
$125,000 |
| The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) ACAP represents the needs and interests of Arab citizens of Israel on issues of planning, land, housing, and development. Qadaya cultivates a new generation of Palestinian-Israeli leaders through the establishment of student activist groups at the five principal Israeli universities. |
$70,000 |
| Arava Institute for Environmental Studies Arava Institute is an environmental and academic institution dedicated to preparing future leaders from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and around the world to cooperatively solve the regional and global challenges of our time. The Partnership Project, with the Heschel Center, Arava Institute and Makom L’Shinui (Place for Change), brings together participants from six organizations to develop cross-sector cooperation and strategic thinking in the field of human rights and democracy. |
$10,000 |
| The Heschel Center for Sustainability & Makom L’Shinui The Heschel Center works to develop and implement the vision of sustainability: a just and cohesive society, a robust and democratic economy, and a healthy and productive environment for all residents. The Partnership Project, with the Heschel Center, Arava Institute and Makom L’Shinui (Place for Change), brings together participants from six organizations to develop cross-sector cooperation and strategic thinking in the field of human rights and democracy. |
$55,000 |
| Hechalutz Movement through Oranim College Hechalutz develops progressive leadership and narrative, and promotes civic engagement and responsibility. Ha’Migdalor, a joint project with the Ideational Center for Liberal Democracy, promotes progressive values and consolidates educational materials on issues including democracy, religious freedom, climate change, gender, human rights and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for programs at premilitary academies. |
$75,000 |
| Berl Katznelson Fund through the Social Economic Academy Strengthens progressive forces in Israel through the development of vision and policy, leadership development, creation of a comprehensive progressive curriculum, and the operation of diverse educational and training programs. |
$150,000 |
| Here Be Dragons through Breaking the Silence Advances long-term strategic thinking among progressive activists and organizations in Israel and promotes collaboration among them in an effort to strengthen the progressive camp. |
$50,000 |
| Morashtenu (Our Heritage): The Charter for Democracy Promotes the full-scale involvement of Russian-speakers in Israeli civil life and advances the values of democracy, human dignity, tolerance, and multiculturalism. |
$30,000 |
| The Forum for Regional Thinking Enriches Israeli public discourse by offering fresh perspectives on the Middle East that diverge from the usual security-driven approach. |
$67,500 |
| Mitvim: The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies Promotes new paradigms for Israel’s foreign policies, enhances Israel’s regional belonging, and advances Israeli-Arab peace. |
$55,000 |
| Zulat – Equality and Human Rights Advances civil and human rights in Israel and strengthens the progressive camp through a combination of advocacy, media work, and coalition-building. |
$50,000 |
2021 Donor Advised Grants
| New Initiatives for Democracy – NIFD | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| The Forum for Regional Thinking | $18,000 |
| Mitvim: The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies | $63,191 |
| Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy | $17,000 |
| The Movement for Progressive Israel | $16,000 |
| Shaharit | $20,000 |
| The Alliance Fellowship | $18,233 |
| Zazim – Community Action | $157,395 |
| Zulat – Equality And Human Rights | $87,372 |
| Palestinian-Israeli Society | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel | $66,772 |
| Ahed: Association of Academics for the Development of Arab Society in the Negev | $25,000 |
| The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) | $467,715 |
| Association for Promoting Education in the Arab Society | $5,000 |
| The Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status, Lakia | $112,388 |
| AWC – Arab Women In The Center | $8,143 |
| Baladna – Association for Arab Youth | $112,000 |
| Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights | $44,143 |
| Bokra Guida | $28,000 |
| Desert Stars | $20,000 |
| The Galilee Society – The Arab National Society for Health, Research and Services | $3,119 |
| INJAZ – Center for Professional Arab Local Governance | $20,000 |
| Kav Mashve | $5,000 |
| Kayan – Feminist Organization | $30,231 |
| The National Committee for Heads of Arab Local Authorities | $37,500 |
| Regional Council For Unrecognized Negev Arab Villages | $100 |
| Sidreh | $2,000 |
| Siraj – Advancing Hi-Tech in the Bedouin Community | $170,000 |
| Tamar Center | $93,280 |
| Tishreen: A Culture Reviving Association – Taybeh | $7,500 |
| Trust of Programs for Early Childhood, Family and Community Education | $110,000 |
| Women Against Violence (WAV) – Nazareth | $3,412 |
| Religious Freedom | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Association to Promote the Culture & Education in Kfar Yehezkiel | $15,000 |
| Be Free Israel (Israel Hofsheet) | $25,000 |
| Bina: The Jewish Movement for Social Change | $3,350 |
| Center For Women’s Justice | $21,250 |
| Citizens for Clean Air | $1,528 |
| Hiddush: For Religious Freedom and Equality | $3,000 |
| Hillel Israel LTD | $5,000 |
| Hillel: The Right to Choose | $20,688 |
| IRAC: Israel Religious Action Center through Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism | $130,492 |
| Kol Haneshama | $1,389 |
| Oz VeShalom-Netivot Shalom | $5,940 |
| Pelech School | $2,000 |
| Shoval | $10,000 |
| Women of the Wall | $9,489 |
| Safeguarding Human Rights and Democratic Infrastructure | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| 972 – Advancement of Citizen Journalism | $328,088 |
| The Aguda – The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel | $49,539 |
| Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research | $39,330 |
| Arteam – Interdisciplinary Art Collective | $2,000 |
| ASLI – Israel White Ribbon Organization | $7,953 |
| ASSAF – Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel | $72,364 |
| Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) | $271,768 |
| Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel | $10,959 |
| BaShaar – Academic Community for Israeli Society | $2,468 |
| Bizchut: The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities | $24,704 |
| Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) | $703,023 |
| B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories | $117,311 |
| Combatants for Peace | $40,790 |
| Elifelet – Citizens for Refugee Children | $103,561 |
| Emek Shaveh | $16,100 |
| Friends of Open House in Ramle | $15,760 |
| Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement | $69,078 |
| Haifa Women’s Crisis Center | $5,000 |
| Hamoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual | $196,503 |
| Haqel: Jews and Arabs in Defense of Human Rights | $35,915 |
| Hoshen – Education And Change | $56,350 |
| Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | $85,619 |
| Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) | $56,420 |
| Humans Without Borders | $5,000 |
| IGY – The Proud Youth Organization | $83,076 |
| IPCRI – Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information | $5,000 |
| Ir Amim | $135,845 |
| Isha L’Isha: Haifa Feminist Center | $17,030 |
| ISPRA – Israel Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association | $60,000 |
| Israel Women’s Network (IWN) | $145,823 |
| Jerusalem African Community Center | $27,082 |
| Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance | $147,528 |
| Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline | $78,918 |
| Krembo Wings | $52,789 |
| Kuchinate: African Refugee Women’s Collective | $46,848 |
| Lishma: For the Integration of People with Mental Disabilities | $30,000 |
| Maavarim – Israeli Trans Community | $7,000 |
| MachsomWatch: Women for Human Rights and Against the Occupation | $79,635 |
| Maslan – The Negev’s Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support Center | $55,599 |
| Mehazkim | $22,219 |
| The Movement for Freedom of Information | $5,000 |
| Naboth’s Vineyard (Kerem Navot) | $15,000 |
| Parents Against Child Detention through PCATI | $12,102 |
| Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) | $22,675 |
| Physicians for Human Rights Israel | $310,784 |
| Privacy Israel | $5,000 |
| The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) | $47,135 |
| Rabbis for Human Rights | $62,724 |
| Rape Crisis Center – Haifa | $1,141 |
| The Road to Recovery | $36,869 |
| The Seventh Eye | $775 |
| SHAAL Peace Now for Israel Educational Enterprises | $19,601 |
| The Social Guard | $1,000 |
| Tehila | $7,000 |
| Terrestrial Jerusalem | $3,989 |
| Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice) | $380,203 |
| Turning the Tables | $10,000 |
| Women Wage Peace | $201 |
| Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights | $58,733 |
| Shared Society and Combating Racism | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| The Abraham Initiatives | $31,631 |
| AJEEC-NISPED (Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Equality and Cooperation) | $47,500 |
| AMAL: Spoken Arabic for All | $23,000 |
| Amuta Le-Kidum Hasport Hameshutaf in Mevaseret Tzion and Abu-Gosh | $500 |
| The Arab-Jewish Community Center in Jaffa | $22,655 |
| Association of Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) | $1,050 |
| Beit Berl College | $10,000 |
| Beit Ha’Gefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center | $200 |
| Beit System Ali | $35,000 |
| Challenge: An Organization for Critical and Integrative Strategy and for Inclusively Addressing Social Conflicts | $10,000 |
| Community Council of Greater Baka | $354 |
| Emun Hatzibur – Public Trust | $9,879 |
| Friendship Village | $2,000 |
| Givat Haviva – The Center for a Shared Society | $92,932 |
| Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality | $162,853 |
| Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel | $66,450 |
| Have You Seen the Horizon Lately through Ken Lashalom | $20,000 |
| Interfaith Encounter Association | $2,074 |
| Jaffa Institute | $5,000 |
| Jaffa Theatre | $5,358 |
| The Jerusalem Intercultural Center | $83,500 |
| Katamon – Moadon Ohadim | $15,072 |
| Leo Baeck Education Center | $3,000 |
| Maayan Babustan / Ein Bustan | $398 |
| Mabat – Awareness in a Multicultural Society | $62,913 |
| Madrasa – School for Arabic Language | $30,000 |
| Mahapach-Taghir | $66,420 |
| MEET – Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow | $91,487 |
| Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality | $30,901 |
| The Orchard of Abraham’s Children | $9,500 |
| Sadaka-Reut – Arab Jewish Youth Partnership | $28,793 |
| Sikkuy-Aufoq: For a Shared and Equal Society | $134,861 |
| Sindyanna of Galilee | $10,000 |
| Standing Together (Omdim Beyachad) | $170,643 |
| Tag Meir (Light Tag) through 12 Heshvan | $82,319 |
| Tebeka – Equality & Justice for Ethiopian Israelis | $7,665 |
| Together Beyond Words | $10,000 |
| Tsofen | $259,918 |
| Two States, One Homeland | $500 |
| Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom (WAS/NS) | $8,400 |
| Social and Economic Justice | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| Achoti (Sister) for Women in Israel | $2,500 |
| Adva Center | $63,600 |
| Amutah Moshe Hess | $12,208 |
| Eretz-Ir (Tor Hamidbar) | $39,624 |
| Friends By Nature – Community Empowerment | $5,386 |
| The Fund for Social Involvement in Memory of Yehuda Tribitch | $12,500 |
| Green Course (Megama Yeruka) | $55,743 |
| Haokets | $9,000 |
| The Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI) | $616,000 |
| Itach-Maaki: Women Lawyers for Social Justice | $46,175 |
| Keren Kagan | $6,947 |
| The Social Economic Academy | $2,467 |
| Social TV | $35,000 |
| The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | $25,161 |
| Tozeret Haaretz Young Communities | $6,184 |
| Windows – Channels for Communication | $569 |
| Woman to Woman: Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women | $400 |
| Women’s Spirit | $36 |
| Other | |
| GRANTEE | AMOUNT |
| 15 Minutes – Public Transport Consumers Union | $55,181 |
| aChord Center through Hebrew University | $25,000 |
| Achva BaKerem | $19,000 |
| Adam Teva V’Din | $59,799 |
| Akim: The National Organization for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families | $15,000 |
| Arab Single Mothers Forum | $3,711 |
| Artemis Pioneer Israel Foundation | $10,000 |
| The Association for Sustainable Education | $4,583 |
| Atid Bamidbar | $3,660 |
| Center for Advancement of Peace Initiatives | $35,000 |
| The Center for Contemporary Art | $93,655 |
| Citizens for the Environment | $600 |
| Comet-ME | $1,000 |
| CoPro – The Israeli Content Marketing Foundation | $5,000 |
| Counseling Center for Women | $3,600 |
| The Democratic Voice | $20,902 |
| The Felicja Blumental Music Center | $1,383 |
| Freddie Krivine Foundation | $680 |
| Freedom Farm | $15,305 |
| Green Yad Eliyahoo | $3,119 |
| Israel Story | $8,700 |
| Israeli Center for Public Affairs (ICPA) | $125,914 |
| The Israeli Democratic Bloc | $200,414 |
| Jerusalem Cinematheque – Israel Film Archive | $13,906 |
| Jerusalem Season of Culture | $5,000 |
| The Jerusalem Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) | $1,800 |
| Jewish-Arab Community Center, Akko | $34,054 |
| Keshet NGO – Mitzpe Ramon | $5,117 |
| Kidma Anilevich | $33,641 |
| Kulna Yerushalayim | $10,500 |
| Lada’at – Choose Well | $200 |
| Leaders of the Future | $413,460 |
| Life and Environment: Infrastructure Organization for the Israeli Environmental Movement | $292,581 |
| Lissan | $10,000 |
| Makor Foundation for Israeli Films | $30,000 |
| Mavoi Satum (“Dead End”) | $39 |
| Merkaz Hashachar – Kibbutz Ketura | $2,000 |
| The Mifne Center: Early Intervention in the Treatment of Autism for the Infant and the Family | $1,000 |
| The New Fund for Cinema and Television | $12,260 |
| Pesia’s Kitchen | $15,000 |
| Shomrey Hagolan | $4,631 |
| The Summit Institute | $34,733 |
| Synthesizer | $10,000 |
| Tel-Hai College | $6,101 |
| Tevel b’Tzedek | $28,200 |
| Toshavim Mashpiim Bemodiin | $5,161 |
| Yaldei Ariel | $3,119 |
| Zalul | $8,000 |