Nonprofit

The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has made the most recent group of community grants from its Women's Endowment Fund. Grants from this fund are focused on programming that support the empowerment and improves the lives of women and girls in Western Washington and Israel.

This year's grants, totaling $16,000, were made to the following organizations:

As 2011 comes to a close, here are Eight Great Reasons to support your Jewish Federation!

8) Your gift helps provide vital support to thousands of people locally and across the globe, helping our extended Jewish family in need and making our community a better, brighter place.

7) You can get a nice tax deduction for your generosity!

The application process is now open for the Jewish Federation's 2012 Small and Simple Grant. These grants are awarded to a new, demonstration or one-time-only project at a Jewish non-profit organization in Western Washington or any non-profit arts and culture organization in King or South Snohomish Counties with a particular "Jewish-themed" project. These grants are capped at $5,000 for a one year period and cannot be used toward capital projects.

All applications are due by September 28, 2011 and no late submissions will be considered.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is excited to announced that YouTube sensations, a cappella group The Maccabeats, will perform at Seattle Center's Marion Oliver McCaw Hall on Sunday, September 18, 2011, to help launch the Federation's 85th year of Jewish giving in Seattle. Lorna and David Isenberg will chair the Community Celebration and Campaign Kickoff, which will also introduce the Jewish community to the Federation's new philanthropy model, a fresh direction in giving to Jewish agencies in Seattle and beyond. We will also recognize the community dedication and many years of service of Herb and Lucy Pruzan.

Register now for The Maccabeats, live at McCaw Hall on September 18th!

We are proud to announce our allocations from this year's Community Campaign. Thanks to your support, we are able to provide an increase of more than 7% in grants and allocations available to the community. We allocated funds to human needs, Jewish education, Jewish identity and community building, and to support Jews in Israel and worldwide.

The J.Team high school students made their annual grant presentations at a year-end event on June 12, 2011. This year, eight organizations will receive a total $8,600.

Organizations who received grants are: Sports For All, Ultimate Peace, Camp Scholarships, Leket Israel, FareStart, Save a Child's Heart, Treehouse, and Kiva. See below for full details.

The 28 members of J.Team evaluated proposals from ten organizations, selecting these groups to receive the funding.

Our partner Jewish Federation in Birmingham has launched a Tornado Recovery Drive to help those affected by last week's deadly storms and tornadoes. We encourage you to make a gift to support their cause. Click here and enter "Tornado Recovery" in the comments. They sent out the following report:

BJF LAUNCHES TORNADO RECOVERY DRIVE

Jewish Federations have so far raised nearly $1 million to support the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the coast of Japan on March 11.

Super Sunday is back for its second year in a row on November 14 at the Stroum Jewish Community Center, featuring a whole day of mitzvot and good deeds, nosh, prizes and community! With over 100 volunteers, Super Sunday raises hundreds of thousands of much-needed dollars in just one day for our partner agencies. In addition to the blood drive on site with the Puget Sound Blood Center, the Jewish Federation will host a bone marrow registration (a simple registration form and painless cheek swab).