2023 Grants
The Jewish Fund is proud to announce the approval of $2.8 million new and continuation grants at our May 2023 board meeting. These grants will support a range of initiative to address the health and well-being of vulnerable and at-risk residents of metropolitan Detroit.
New Grants
| Organization | Project Name | Project Description | Grant Duration | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternatives For Girls | Whole-System Trauma Informed Care Capacity Building | To expand knowledge and practices through Trauma Informed Care training, supporting staff well-being and improving client outcomes. | 1 Year | $70,000 |
| Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS) | Families Overcoming Trauma | To help children and caregivers experiencing homelessness develop healthy coping strategies and improve family functioning by providing trauma-focused therapeutic resources. | 1 Year | $26,000 |
| Common Ground | Behavioral Health Urgent Care Clinic | To provide behavioral health urgent care services in Southeast Michigan, filling overwhelming demonstrated need. | 1 Year | $40,000 |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School | Student Vision Clinic at DCR | First year of a three-year grant of $45,000 to provide Detroit Cristo Rey students with eye exams and glasses. | 3 Years | $15,000 |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | DPSCD Immunization Program | To provide childhood, flu and COVID vaccinations to the students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District. | 1 Year | $40,000 |
| Fresh Air Society | General Operating Support | First year of a three-year General Operating Support grant of $300,000 to support the medical program at Tamarack Camps. | 3 Years | $100,000 |
| Friendship Circle | Friendship Circle Village Expansion Project | To renovate an underutilized multi-purpose room to provide additional interactive and educational experiences for students and children with special needs. | 1 Year | $118,000 |
| Hannan Center | The Hannan Center Occupational Therapy Clinic | To maintain and improve the quality of life of Hannan’s community by offering occupational therapy at the Center. | 1 Year | $60,000 |
| Hatzalah Of Michigan | Ambulance for Hatzalah Transport Operations | To support the purchase of an ambulance to transport patients for emergency care. | 1 Year | $325,000 |
| Henry Ford Health System | Enhancing Vision Rehabilitation Services in Metropolitan Detroit | First year of a three-year grant of $135,000 to provide supports to low-income patients that enable them to live fully and safely with vision loss. | 3 Years | $45,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit | Assistive Technology Support | First year of a two-year challenge grant of $99,863 to support the provision of Personal Emergency Response Systems for low-income older adults. | 2 Years | $66,575 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit | BBYO Social Worker Bridge Funding | To provide mental health support to Metro Detroit teens through a dedicated social worker position at BBYO. | 1 Year | $77,488 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | Replacing/Installing New AEDS in Jewish Detroit Congregations and Organizations | To provide life-saving equipment to the Jewish community by installing new and replacement AEDs in Jewish organizations and congregations throughout Metropolitan Detroit. | 1 Year | $235,600 |
| LGBT Detroit | LGBT Tech | To build capacity at LGBT Detroit to support the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bi and transgender individuals through technology and communication upgrades. | 1 Year | $10,000 |
| Life Remodeled-A Nonprofit Corporation | Afterschool Youth Programming at the Durfee Innovation Society | To support after-school programming at the Durfee Innovation Society, creating transformative experiences for Detroit youth. | 1 Year | $40,000 |
| Mariners Inn | Mariners Inn Open More Doors Capital Campaign | To support the Strengthening Families space in Mariner’s Inn new building, transforming the way local homeless people are cared for, valued and supported. | 1 Year | $25,000 |
| MyCare Health Center | Mount Clemens Dental Expansion | To increase dental access and utilization for non-English speaking residents, senior citizens, low-income residents and children in Macomb County. | 1 Year | $25,000 |
| Ruth Ellis Center Inc | Girls for Change | To educate and motivate female-identified Black, LGBTQ+ youth on therapy and to consider entering clinical treatment and/or develop a wellness program. | 1 Year | $15,000 |
| S.A.Y. Detroit | Expanding Wellness Services for Detroit Youth at SAY Play | To reduce health disparities and improve access to mental health wellness services for 200 Detroit youth who attend SAY Detroit’s youth development SAY Play Center. | 1 Year | $30,800 |
Continuation Grants
| Organization | Project Name | Project Description | Grant Duration | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation | Hamtramck SEES More Continuation | Second year of a $59,205 grant of to provide eye exams and eyeglasses to visually impaired Hamtramck Public Schools students who would not otherwise be able to obtain them. | 3 Years | $18,405 |
| Freedom House Detroit | General Operating Support | Second year of a $75,000 General Operating Support grant. | 3 Years | $25,000 |
| Friendship Circle | Friendship Circle Quality Compliance Manager Position | Second year of a $128,000 grant to establish a Quality and Compliance Department to demonstrate service value and meet internationally recognized standards. | 3 Years | $60,000 |
| Gesher Human Services | Clubhouse Transition | Third year of a $222,090 grant to develop its Clubhouse, using an evidence-based model to serve adults with severe, persistent mental illness. | 3 Years | $54,5300 |
| Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS) | Building Renovation and Shared Workspace Collaboration | Third year of a $550,000 grant to support a building renovation and shared workspace collaboration, increasing access & inclusivity at IADS. | 3 Years | $50,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit | Aging at Home | Second year of a $780,000 grant supporting aging at home services, specifically in-home support and escorted transportation, that allow vulnerable older adults to age at home with dignity. | 3 Years | $260,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit | Hillel of Metro Detroit Social Worker | Second year of a $148,252 grant to support a social worker position at Hillel of Metro Detroit. | 3 Years | $74,250 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | Jewish Hospice Training Institute (JHTI) | Second year of a $450,000 grant to create the Jewish Hospice Training Institute (JHTI), to train newly hired rabbis in excellent end of life care, dramatically improving care delivery. | 3 Years | $150,000 |
| Playworks Michigan | Building the Health and Well-being of Children in the Metro Detroit Jewish Community Through Play | Second year of a $75,000 grant to support Jewish day schools in providing staff with skills, tools, and resources needed to conduct organized play resulting in improved physical and social-emotional outcomes for students. | 3 Years | $25,000 |
Teen Board Grants
| Organization | Project Name | Project Description | Grant Duration | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League | Words to Action | To educate teens and provide them with strategies, skills, and practices to respond to antisemitism utilizing the Words to Action program. | 1 Year | $6,000 |
| Birth Detroit Inc. | Birth Detroit Care: Detrot’s Black-led, community-based maternity clinic | To provide equitable access to safe, quality perinatal care in their community-based maternal health clinic regardless of ability to pay. | 1 Year | $15,000 |
| Children’s Foundation | Psychological supports for LGBTQ identifying adolescents at Hamtramck High School | To provide mental and behavioral health services to reduce psychological symptoms and risky behaviors among LGBTQ identifying Hamtramck High School youth. | 1 Year | $10,000 |
| Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program | Books Before Boxing | To support youth mental and physical wellbeing through their out-of-school time programming, including academic support, athletics and mentorship. | 3 Years | $6,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit | Safety Kid Expansion | To expand Safety Kid, a culturally informed and age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention program to include sixth to eighth grades at Detroit Jewish day schools. | 1 Year | $15,000 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | Expanding LifeLinks | To expand JHCN’s LifeLinks program, bringing supporting-palliative care to more individuals and more service to existing patients. | 3 Years | $15,000 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | Grief and Bereavement Support Pilot Program | To create a pilot program addressing the mental health impact of grief/bereavement on caregivers of older adults. | 1 Year | $15,000 |
| Malta Medical and Dental Clinic | Malta Dental 2023 Denture Support | To make dentures for low-income and uninsured patients. | 1 Year | $10,000 |
| Single Family Living | CTAP-Children Trauma After Pandemic | To protect families coping with trauma in isolation, anxiety, and grief from the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 1 Year | $8,000 |