BJE Impact Microgrant Application 2017

BJE Impact Microgrant Application 2017 - 2018

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.

Organization Name

Organization Description (Brief 2- 3 sentence description of your organization.)

Website

Contact Person

Email Address

Phone Number

Please describe in 3-5 sentences the service learning program this grant will support, and how this program fits into your larger educational goals and programming for teens.

Amount Requested?

What is the date of your program that these funds will be used for?

How will the funds be used (i.e., for a bus? Fees to the service organization? Etc.)? Please include a description of how these funds will either allow you to expand on an existing program or create a new program.

What is the full budget for this program?

What are the ages and approximate number of teens who will be served by this program?

Please describe in 3-5 sentences the Jewish learning that will frame your service project (please note that a BJE Impact service learning educator may be in touch to help deepen and/or build this).

Please describe in 3-5 sentences the reflection program that will help your teens make meaning of your service project. We define reflection programs as an activity or program that allows participants to reflect, debrief, and make meaning out of the experience (please note that a BJE Impact service learning educator may be in touch to help deepen and/or build this).

Thank you for your application! You will be contacted shortly regarding the status of your application.

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