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Jewish Peoplehood
Supporting innovative organizations that are building connections between young Jews across national, ethnic, denominational, and ideological borders; that foster a sense of mutual responsibility between Jews; that emphasize the Jewish People's collective responsibility to heal the world; and/or that grapple with the special role that Israel plays in contemporary Jews' identity.
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Jewgether
Modeled on the wildly popular "couch-surfing" phenomenon, Jewgether is a hospitality network that promotes and enhances relationships between Jews around the world. Founded by three students from the Technion (Israel's technology institute), Jewgether helps Jewish travelers find other Jews to host them and/or to socialize with and guide them during their travels. The website works on a membership basis: users apply to act both as hosts and as guests. Once accepted and registered, users can be approached by other users for an accommodation request or simply to get information about particular localities. Approximately 150 "Jewgetherings" (hosting and social experiences) have already taken place and the organization expects to reach 500 "Jewgetherings" by the end of 2012.
Jewgether is a new grantee in 2012 and Natan's grant, from both the Jewish Peoplehood and New Media committees, will support general operating expenses.
jewgether.org
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A Wider Bridge
A Wider Bridge's mission is to create a Jewish world in which LGBT Jews have strong Jewish identities that are nourished and deepened by relationships with Israel and its LGBT communities. Catalyzed by research that demonstrates that LGBT Jews in the US are more likely to have weak connections to Jewish life and to Israel, A Wider Bridge connects LGBT Jews to each other and to Israel through speaking tours, college programs, missions to Israel, and online offerings.
A Wider Bridge is a new grantee in 2012; funding from Natan will be used for general operating expenses.
awiderbridge.org
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Jewish Salons/Moishe House Partnership
The Jewish Salons works to connect and engage young Jews in communities around the world through cutting-edge Jewish culture and arts programming. Designed by local programmers, events provide an additional or alternate path to Jewish engagement in cities where institutional Jewish activity fails to attract the full range of young Jews. With these creative programs, The Jewish Salons hopes to revive a sense of global Jewish cultural engagement and activity.
In 2012, Jewish Salons and Moishe House will pilot a partnership that will allow Jewish Salons to leverage Moishe House's global network by holding "Jewish Salons" events in Moishe House communities, retaining the style and content of the original Jewish Salons concept.
Natan's grant in 2012 will seed the pilot year of the partnership.
jewishsalons.net  
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Moishe House
Moishe House is a dynamic, growing network of Houses throughout the world that serve as hubs for young Jewish adults, primarily aged 21-30. Moishe House provides a rent subsidy and a program budget for young Jews to live together and to create their own vision of an ideal Jewish communal space for themselves and their peers. Launched in January 2006, Moishe House now has 44 Houses across fourteen countries running hundreds of programs with thousands of participants - all designed and led by the participants themselves.
Moishe House is in the midst of phenomenal growth and now has Houses throughout North America, Europe, South Africa, Central and South America, and Asia, with young people applying to start new Houses in their communities every day. The organization is building a sustainable model of supporting Houses in particular communities with local funding.
This is the third year that Natan is supporting Moishe House with a grant for general operating expenses.
moishehouse.org
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Asian Jewish Life
Asian Jewish Life is an online and print publication that aims to create connections between Jews across Asia. By creating a contemporary creative outlet to share thoughts, ideas and Asian Jewish culture, the organization hopes to preserve the heritage of Jews in Asia, broaden the worldwide Jewish community's understanding of where Jews live and what they look like, and help build bridges between the local Asian communities, Jews, and the State of Israel.
Asian Jewish Life is a new grantee in 2012; seed funding from Natan will be used to expand the organization's operations.
asianjewishlife.org
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Toldot Yisrael
The founding of the State of Israel in 1948 is one of the seminal events in Jewish History. It is the story of famous statesmen and legendary soldiers, but also of the farmers, engineers, scientists, students and even children who re-established a permanent home in the Land of Israel for themselves and for generations of Jews to come. Toldot Yisrael is preserving these individual stories for future generations by recording the video testimonies of those who were part of this era. These unedited oral histories form an extensive archive and interactive database that will one day be used by scholars, educators, and documentary filmmakers. Recently, Toldot Yisrael launched a major program with the History Channel in Israel and the iCenter to produce short films for Israeli television and the internet utilizing testimonies from the Toldot Yisrael archives.
2012 marks Natan's fourth year of supporting Toldot Yisrael; Natan's renewal grant is for general operating expenses.
toldotyisrael.org
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Jewish Heart for Africa
Jewish Heart for Africa (JHA) brings sustainable Israeli technologies to African villages. JHA's mission is to involve young Jews in facilitating sustainable development in Africa, while supporting Israel's economy and strengthening its image around the world. Since 2008, JHA has completed 44 solar projects in Africa, bringing light, clean water and proper medical care to over 200,000 people, using Israeli technologies and supported by young Jews around the world who are inspired by the values of tzedakah and tikkun olam (repairing the world).
Natan's renewal grant for 2012 will continue to support the organization's general operating expenses.
jhafrica.org
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Paideia
Paideia: The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden is creating and nurturing a strong base of leaders for the renewal of European Jewish life in the aftermath of the the Holocaust and the fall of Communism. Its core program is an intensive year-long Jewish Studies Program that brings together teachers from North America and Israel with emerging European Jewish leaders.
In 2012, Natan will again be supporting Paideia's Project-Incubator, a 10-day "boot camp" for 25-30 innovators from around Europe. The incubator provides them with the tools and networks to launch new Jewish initiatives in their home communities. To date the Project-Incubator has launched over 120 projects across Europe.
paideia-eu.org
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PresenTense
PresenTense fosters innovation in the Jewish community by training and equipping local social entrepreneurs - usually in the 22-40 age demographic - to mobilize global communal social capital toward solving important communal challenges. PresenTense is building a global network of Jewish entrepreneurs through fellowship programs in cities throughout the world: Jerusalem, Budapest, Boston, Cleveland, DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City, Tel Aviv and New York. Programs provide fellows with the tools, mentorship, and guidance needed to create low-cost, high-impact, cutting-edge, entrepreneurial initiatives. All PresenTense programs involve local businesspeople, NGO executives and communal professionals in the training of the entrepreneurs, and the resulting network facilitates a global flow of social capital.
2012 marks the fourth year that Natan is supporting PresenTense's general operating expenses with a Jewish Peoplehood grant.
presentense.org
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The application process for 2013 grants is now closed.
Natan invites Letters of Inquiry in several grant areas in the spring of each calendar year. Select applicants are invited to submit Full Proposals; a handful of applicants are then selected as finalists to meet with Natan members in person or by online videoconference. Natan announces its grant decisions in January of the next calendar year.
Nonprofit organizations with annual operating budgets of $1.5 million or less may apply for one-year grants of up to $50,000. (Most grants fall within the $25,000-$40,000 range.) Grantees may apply for renewals beyond the initial year of funding, but Natan cannot award multi-year grants.
Requests for proposals are available while the grant committee's process is open for submissions. If you have questions regarding applications and eligibility, visit our FAQ page.
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