Thank you for your interest in applying for a BJE Impact
Microgrant! These grants are intended to help further the work of organizations
to engage Jewish teens (ages 13 and above) in Service Learning programming.
Note, this
application should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. This is also
a rolling application, so please feel free to apply anytime during the
2016-2017 academic year. Please review the following information before
submitting an application:
We intend these grants to help support the growth of
existing programs or to fuel new ones by helping provide funding for expenses
such as buses to service projects or to cover donation/program fees to service
organizations for the cost of a large volunteer project. The maximum grant amount is $2000, though we anticipate the
average grant to be $700 (i.e., the cost of two buses for a day's service
learning program).
In order to qualify for a BJE Impact Microgrant, applicants
must:
- Serve Jewish teens ages 13 and above.
- Include all aspects of Jewish Service Learning--learning,
action, and reflection components in your program. If your program does not
currently include these components, BJE Impact will provide free
consultation/support to help build these into your service learning program.
For a description of BJE Impact's Learning/Action/Reflection approach, please read
more here.
- Share your learning/reflection programs for the BJE Impact
program bank in order benefit our collective work in the field.
- Complete a short evaluation survey following
implementation.
Following submission of this application, a BJE Impact staff
member will be in touch with you to discuss next steps.
Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative’s BJE Impact Jewish
Service Learning Microgrants, provided by BJE:
Builders of Jewish Education, is a feature of the Janet and Jake Farber
Teen Experiential Educator Network.
The
LAJTI is co-funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Jim
Joseph Foundation, with seed funding provided by the Jewish Community
Foundation of Los Angeles.