Grants for Nonprofit Organizations
We also make direct grants to community organizations from our community funds. Our annual grants from our various community funds support a broad spectrum of projects that offer unique solutions to unmet needs. Projects we have funded have ranged from teaching 8th and 9th graders city-wide about southern Jewish experiences and history, to creating new rituals to address lifecycle events such as divorce and medical issues, to training faith leaders to respond to hate-based incidents.
Grants are awarded in each of the following areas:
Innovative and Creative
Unrestricted
Youth Impacting Houston
Elderly
Basic Needs in Houston
Israel Programming
Health & Nutrition
Supporting Community Needs
In 2024, we awarded over $227,000 through our competitive grants cycle to 30 organizations. A list of partial grant recipients includes:
- Chabad of West Houston
- Congregation Beth Shalom of The Woodlands
- Congregation Emanu El
- Goldberg Montessori School
- Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism
- Houston Friendship Circle
- Jewish Family Service
- Kehillah High
- Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, Inc.
- Yeshiva Torat Emet
Apply For a Grant
We invite all interested organizations to apply for a community grant.
Step 1:
Complete the Grant Abstract.
Step 2:
HJCF will review all abstracts and invite selected organizations to complete a more comprehensive Grant Application for funding consideration.
Step 3:
Awards are announced!
2023–2024 Competitive Grant Cycle Committee
Nicole Longnecker
Chair
- Ali Bamberger
- Zac Bodner
- Emily Freedman
- Rachel Kaufman
- Ariel Reichenthal
- David Stein
- Sam Stein
- Rebecca Weiner
