Our Funding Process

For the first time, the Jewish Federation is opening up its Community Campaign granting process to all Jewish Agencies in Western Washington and Agencies that serve Western Washington Jews. Agencies helping Jews in Israel and Overseas are also open to apply for a grant under the new fundraising model. The new model allows agencies in the community to apply for projects or programs that fulfill the goal of a specific priority area.

In the new model, agencies will apply for funding under any priority area they wish. The Planning and Allocations committee has created four new impact area work groups, which will be comprised of volunteers dedicated to evaluating the projects submitted under each priority area. These work groups will bring recommendations to the PAC to determine where funds will best be utilized and community goals achieved.

PAC uses an objective evaluation model to assess proposals and discuss and determine allocations based upon a set of select attributes.

Request for funds (full proposal)

Below you will find the Request for Funds (RFF) Applications for the FY2013 process. RFF's are due on Friday, February 10, 2012 by 3:00pm PST to Annie Jacobson at AnnieJ [at] JewishInSeattle [dot] org.

Please read our Cover Memo regarding the Request for Funds application. If you intend on using a MAC to fill out your agency's RFF, please contact Annie Jacobson at AnnieJ [at] JewishInSeattle [dot] org to ensure proper data transfer.

To download the RFF application, click on the corresponding link below and you will be redirected to our Resources page. Right click on the link on this page and "Save Link As" to the appropriate location on your computer. Do Not fill out the application in a web browser, you must download and save the application to your computer to save properly.

Helping our Local Community in Need

• Stabilizing Lives in Crisis
• Older Adults: Aged 65 and Older
• Mental Health

Strengthening Global Jewry

• Human Need/Social Services in Israel
• Human Need/Social Services Overseas
• Services to the Elderly in Israel and Overseas

Experiencing Judaism

• Jewish Early Childhood
• Formal Jewish Education
• Jewish Camping
• Jewish Teen Experiences

Building Jewish Community

• Building Jewish Identity
• Young Adults: Aged 18-35
• Adult Education

Supplemental Application Pages

• Multi-Year Grant Request Page
• Joint Proposal Application

Only agencies that have received notification of LOI approval will be allowed to submit RFF's to the Planning and Allocations Committee.

The timeline for the rest of the FY13 Grant Making Process is as follows:
February 10, 2012- Due Date for Full Allocation Requests
April 30, 2012- Agencies Notified if Passed First Review
May 17, 2012- Fed Board to Approve PAC Recommendations
May 21, 2012- Agencies Notified of 2013 Allocations

Click here to view our Letter of Intent Packet of supporting materials.
•    Letter of Intent MEMO
•    Agency Grant Making Timeline FY2013
•    New Model Outline
•    Agency Criteria
•    Multi-Year Grants
•    Frequently Asked Questions
•    Grant Assessment Attributes
•    Agreement of Agencies Receiving Grants

Click the link for the most updated version of the Frequently Asked Questions.

With questions surrounding the RFF or the new granting model, please contact Amy Wasser-Simpson at AmyWS [at] JewishInSeattle [dot] org or 206-774-2212 or Noa Ginger at NoaG [at] JewishInSeattle [dot] org (NoaG [at] JewishInSeattle [dot] org )206-774-2247.

For agencies applying for funding in Jewish Early Childhood, click to view the Early Childhood Initiative Report.