Rhode Island Foundation offers $50K to Jewish groups serving greater Providence area

THE RHODE Island Foundation will offer more than $50,000 in grants to Jewish community charitable organizations, synagogues and day schools from Barrington to East Greenwich through the Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund.
THE RHODE Island Foundation will offer more than $50,000 in grants to Jewish community charitable organizations, synagogues and day schools from Barrington to East Greenwich through the Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation will offer more than $50,000 in grants to Jewish community charitable organizations, synagogues and day schools from Barrington to East Greenwich through the Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund.
Groups have until June 25 to apply for funding. Eligible organizations include Cranston’s Temple Sinai and Touro Society, Barrington’s Chabad House and Temple Habonim and Temple Torat Yisreal in East Greenwich.

“We are delighted to be able partner with Jewish charitable organizations serving the greater Providence community through the Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund,” Toby Shepherd, grant programs officer at the foundation, said in a statement. “We look forward to working with eligible nonprofit organizations in their important work meeting the needs of all Rhode Islanders.”

The Rhode Island Foundation funds proposals that enrich the connection between the Jewish community and greater Rhode Island, fostering a deeper understanding of Jewish life and culture through scholarship and historic preservation, as well as providing basic human needs such as food and housing. Jewish charitable organizations that provide these services can also apply for funding to support capacity-building activities such as board development, strategic planning, nonprofit business development, fundraising or program evaluation.

Synagogues and day schools are eligible to apply only for project support, and their proposals must be non-sectarian, designed to reach beyond their own constituents. Capital requests are not eligible for funding under this grant program.

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Priority is given to proposals with clearly stated goals and objectives, measurable outcomes and a clear sustainability plan for the future. Grants have ranged from $5,000 to $25,000. Applicants to the grants must submit a detailed proposal description, a pro forma and an audited financial report for requests more than $10,000.

Last year, organizations that received funding included Camp JORI’s Performing Arts Camp program, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s effort to archive Jewish life in South Providence, Jewish Family Service of Rhode Island’s Hope, Health, and Healing program, Jewish Senior Services Agency of Rhode Island’s Jewish Eldercare program and the Shabboton Social Action Retreat, which was coordinated by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Foundation is the largest and most comprehensive funder of nonprofit organizations in the state. It awarded $34.8 million in grants in 2014 to organizations addressing pressing issues and the needs of diverse communities throughout the Ocean State.

For more information about applying for a Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund grant, visit rifoundation.org.

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