Cutting Edge Grants 2.0

Applications are encouraged in the following areas:

• Combatting Antisemitism
• Fighting hostility, prejudice or stereotypes toward the Jewish community
• Inter and intra-group dialogue
• Educational programs
• Health & Wellbeing
• Mental health education, prevention, and services
• Promoting personal and spiritual wellbeing through Jewish culture and values
• Advancing economic equity, financial stability and/or access to essential resources (e.g. vocational support, legal aid, financial literacy, career coaching, and more).
• Reaching Diverse Audiences
• Engaging diverse audiences including, but not limited to Jews of Color, Latin-Jews, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, Mizrahi, Sephardic, Russian-speaking Jews, and more.

*While grants are not limited to the above areas, the focus area will be a factor evaluated as part of the grants criteria. 

Program Category Eligibility Criteria:

• New Model: A program that has not been previously tested in any location that is designed for the LA Jewish community, based on a thorough needs assessment. 
• LA Adaptation: A program operating elsewhere in the United States that is suitable for replication or adaptation and sustainability in the LA Jewish community. For national organizations not based in LA, it is required that 50% or more of the staff person’s time to be focused on the LA program.
• Scale Up: A cutting edge program that has operated on a small scale in Los Angeles, proven to be viable and is proposed for community-wide implementation in the L.A. Jewish community.
• Collaboration: A partnership between organizations otherwise working independently who are seeking to achieve a unified mission by developing a new program to reach a greater audience and/or provide more comprehensive resources to its current constituents.