Recent Grants

Recent Grants

At its January board meeting, The Jewish Fund approved a range of grant requests focusing on The Fund’s priority areas.

OrganizationProject NameProject DescriptionGrant DurationGrant Amount
Affirmations Lesbian Gay Community Center, Inc.Affirming Youth: Expanding Counseling & WellnessTo expand counseling and wellness programming that provides safe, trauma-informed mental health support for LGBTQ+ and ally youth.1 Year$49,014
Aleph InstituteFamily Services in the Detroit Metro AreaTo provide mental health care, reentry support, and family stabilization services for Jewish individuals and families in Metropolitan Detroit impacted by the criminal justice system.1 Year$20,000
Brilliant DetroitBrilliant Minds: Expanding Peer-Led Mental Health SupportTo power Brilliant Minds in its second phase, delivering peer-led mental health support, resource connections, and culturally responsive pathways to family and community resilience.1 Year$50,000
Corktown Health/Health Emergency Assistance Of DetroitExpanding Medical & Dental Access for Underserved PopulationsTo expand access to high quality, affirming medical and dental care at Corktown Health’s new Hazel Park facility, serving low-income, Medicaid/uninsured, and LGBTQ+ priority populations.1 Year$50,000
Detroit Horse PowerScaling Equine-Assisted Learning in DetroitTo scale investments in the well-being of Detroit’s youth through expanded equine-assisted social-emotional learning programs at the urban equestrian center set to open in 2026.1 Year$35,000
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth ProgramComprehensive Evaluation ExpansionTo build a comprehensive family evaluation platform that strengthens DBG’s capacity to codify and scale whole-family supports alongside student programming.1 Year$50,000
Gesher Human ServicesExpanding Access to Psychiatric Care for Metro Detroit’s Most VulnerableTo strengthen Gesher’s capacity to fill critical gaps in psychiatric care by improving access, coordination, and long-term stability for Metro Detroiters with disabilities/mental illness.1 Year$42,020
Hannan CenterEvaluating the Integration of Telehealth and Learning Hub ModelTo improve access to telehealth, nursing, occupational therapy, and social work for older adults in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park through Hannan’s Learning Hub model.1 Year$93,014
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS)Dor Hadash General Operating Support GrantTo grow the Detroit Jewish community through education, tradition, ritual, tikkun olam (healing the world) and connection to place.3 Years$70,000
Jewish Fertility Foundation IncJFF Detroit Fertility GrantsTo expand access to financial fertility grants for Jewish families in Metro Detroit as demand has significantly increased since opening our JFF-Detroit office.1 Year$30,000
Lighthouse/South Oakland ShelterLighthouse MI’s Emergency Food ProgramsTo strengthen Lighthouse’s capacity to meet urgent food insecurity needs by providing 40,000 boxes of nutritious food to 15,000 underserved families across Metro Detroit.1 Year$15,000
Malta Medical and Dental Clinic/ Knights and Dames of The Order of MaltaRenovating for Expanded Medical, Dental and Vision ServicesTo renovate and expand our free clinic, enabling treatment of additional low-income patients, thereby improving their health, self-esteem, and quality of life.1 Year$20,000
Matrix Human Services, Inc.Youth Counseling ProjectTo provide high quality mental health care to youth and their families in Detroit’s Osborn Community.1 Year$50,000
MezuzahSignature SeriesTo cultivate intentional community, enhance Jewish life in Detroit, and ultimately move new Jewish residents to the City of Detroit.1 Year$10,000
National Council Of Jewish Women, MichiganKosher Meals on WheelsTo serve those homebound, 60+, unable to provide meals for themselves on a temporary or an ongoing basis.2 Years$25,000
New Day Foundation For FamiliesResource Navigation for Cancer PatientsTo provide a robust Resource Navigation Program which provides individualized guidance to high quality wrap-around services and organizations to help families affected by cancer.1 Year$40,000
Project Healthy CommunityRubenfire Family Wellness Program – Supporting Improved Program Coordination, SustainabilityTo support the work of a a part-time physician supervisor and medical billing company in the Rubenfire Family Wellness Program, thereby ensuring Medicaid and Medicare dollars for qualified participants.1 Year$15,000
Yeshiva Beth YehudaGeneral Operating SupportTo support YBY’s special needs program, and their mission to to serve every child with excellence, dignity, and compassion.3 Years$300,000

2026 Continuing Grants

OrganizationProject NameProject DescriptionGrant DurationGrant Amount
Crossroad of MichiganGeneral Operating SupportThird year of a $30,000 general operating support grant to support the Crossroads mission of creating stability for those living in a cycle of generational poverty.1 Year$20,000
Isaac Agree Downtown SynagogueGrowing Capacity in Building Operations and Event ManagementSecond year of a $100,000 grant to grow capacity in building operations and event management in order to meet the needs of the Metro Detroit Jewish community and our organizational partners.2 Years$50,000