Guiding Principles
The Foundation's grant program supports opportunities that enhance Jewish continuity and deepen Jewish identity, enabling the Jewish community to keep its commitment to the Jewish people of British Columbia and Israel. Grants can be made only to agencies with a Canadian registered charitable tax number. All grant requests must be for single year funding.
Criteria
In awarding grants, consideration will be given to the following factors:
- There is a demonstrated need for and clear benefits from the project or program for which the grant is requested.
- The project or program has a relationship to Jewish concerns and purposes and has the potential to benefit the Jewish Community, locally, nationally, or internationally.
- There is an expectation that an ongoing source of funding will be available to carry out the project or program on a regular basis if it is to be continued after the grant period.
- Priority may be given to proposals likely to have the broadest Jewish Community significance.
- Priority may be given to projects or programs undertaken collaboratively between two or more institutions serving the Greater Vancouver area.
- Proposals which appear to duplicate existing community services
and programs may receive a lower priority.
- Pilot projects and creative initiatives
- Projects that build community partnerships and benefit a broad spectrum of the community
- Capital projects
- 100% of a project's cost
- Operating expenses
- Deficit/debt reduction
- Israel projects with no direct impact on or connection to the Greater Vancouver Jewish community or not partnered with an agency of the Greater Vancouver Jewish community
- Commercial endeavours, including those with Jewish content
- Endowment funds
