2024 Fall Capacity Building Grants

2024 Grantmaking

Meet the Grantees • Grants Review Committee • Grants Process

Meet the Fall 2024 Capacity Building Grantees

In fall 2024, SRE Network awarded a total of $270,000 in capacity building grants to seven organizations in the Jewish nonprofit sector dedicated to fostering inclusive, welcoming workplaces where every employee can succeed and drive change.

We are grateful to the 36 organizations that applied for this funding round and are so proud to be supporting the work of the following organizations: Gather, Inc., Hebrew College, Jewtina y Co., Project Shema, ORA, SVARA, and Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ).

Note: At this time, SRE Network is undertaking a strategic assessment to evaluate the impact of our grantmaking efforts over the past seven years, and explore how we can maximize impact moving forward. We look forward to keeping our SRE community informed with the findings, and updated with next steps. If your organization is interested in applying for a future SRE Network grant, be sure to subscribe to our email list to be the first to know when we launch our next round up applications.

"We hope that the work this grant enables us to do will help us reinvest in our team and their abilities to show up as their authentic selves; feeling safe, supported, and empowered in their work."

Gather, Inc.

Gather, Inc. is a web of cities, community partners, and networks changing how Jewish life happens, one relationship at a time. We support and empower young adults, Jewish professionals, leaders, and organizations to build compelling and sustainable Jewish lives that are relevant, active, and meaningful to them and their communities.

With a 1-year grant, Gather, Inc. will reinvest in psychological safety and belonging through internal workshops, an in-person staff retreat, and coaching around culture, inclusion, belonging, and leadership.

Photos courtesy of Gather, Inc.

"We are thrilled to receive a grant from SRE, to strengthen our own organizational culture and policies, to nurture and support the well-being of our students, faculty, and staff. In a time of profound change, discord, and division, we urgently need leaders who can foster a culture of safety, respect, and equity within the Jewish community and the broader world."

Hebrew College

Hebrew College reimagines Jewish learning and leadership for a vibrant, pluralistic Jewish community and an interconnected world.

With a 2-year grant, Hebrew College will advance safety and equity across their community by training rabbinical school students on power dynamics and sexual ethics and developing online education courses and resources for those working in the field.

Photos courtesy of Hebrew College

"We are excited to receive this grant because it provides an opportunity to strengthen our foundation by prioritizing emotional intelligence within our team. This focus will enhance our ability to nurture Latin-Jewish community, identity, leadership, and resilience, ensuring we continue to grow in meaningful and impactful ways."

Jewtina y Co.

Jewtina y Co. nurtures Latin-Jewish community, identity, leadership, and resiliency.

With a 1-year grant, Jewtina will focus on strengthening its foundation by prioritizing emotional intelligence. This includes offering staff intensive training in emotional intelligence, incorporating feedback and management skills, and providing ongoing social and emotional learning opportunities to support both personal and organizational growth.

Photos courtesy of Jewtina y Co.

"We hope this grant will strengthen our workplace culture, fostering collaboration, resilience, and effectiveness. By embedding these values internally, we aim to embody the principles of justice, equity, and respect that we advocate for on a broader scale, ensuring ORA’s continued leadership in creating meaningful change within our community."

ORA

The Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) seeks to eliminate abuse from the Jewish divorce process.

With a 1-year grant, ORA’s will strengthen their organization’s culture to foster sustainable growth and impact. They will offer training to support staff and managers, and develop new policies and actions to sustain a culture of respect, inclusion, and belonging within the organization.

Photos courtesy of ORA

"We look forward to learning and growing with the support of this grant in partnership with Wild Roots to nurture a culture where our team can thrive and innovate as their full, authentic selves, while deepening the impact of our work in the broader community."

Project Shema

Project Shema is a training and support organization focused on addressing contemporary antisemitism with an emphasis on how anti-Jewish ideas and implicit biases can be carried alongside conversations about Israel and Palestine.

With a 1-year grant, Project Shema will amplify their culture to ensure psychological safety, enhance creativity, and drive community impact. They will develop policies, review existing infrastructure, create a feedback process, and offer trainings around workplace respect and communications.

Photo by Melissa Jacobs Photography

"SVARA is overjoyed to receive this grant from SRE in support of our ongoing work towards building liberatory and accessible pathways for all learners to experience the wisdom of our tradition."

SVARA

SVARA empowers queer and trans people to expand Torah and tradition through the spiritual practice of Talmud study.

With a 1-year grant, SVARA will integrate disability justice principles and accessibility practices, build a cohesive, internal framework for responding to accessibility, and build internal capacity around disability and accessibility justice.

Photos courtesy of SVARA, from SVARA's 2024 Talmud Day Camp in Philadelphia

"We believe this work will create lasting change, empower our staff and our lay leaders, and support our ongoing commitment to addressing harm in our own community and gender-based violence in the communities we serve."

Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)

Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) strengthens the voice of women worldwide and empowers them to create caring communities, nurture congregations, cultivate personal and spiritual growth, and advocate for and promote progressive Jewish values.

With a 1-year grant, WRJ will improve ethical consent in the workplace, shift its environment to reflect its recent constitutional redefinition of membership, and offer trainings for staff and lay leadership on feminist, progressive values, diversity and inclusion, and ethics

Photos courtesy of Women of Reform Judaism

Meet the Grants Review Committee

Learn About the Grants process

Learn more about SRE Network's ongoing commitment to advance a Jewish communal landscape where safety, respect, and equity efforts are properly resourced to support long-term, transformative change.

For questions, please email info@srenetwork.org.