JEF Grant Application

The Jewish Endowment Foundation (JEF) of Western Massachusetts, a division of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, has a variety of funds that provide money for grants, Jewish education, professional development, missions, social justice, and Holocaust education. Unrestricted Funds support JEF’s operations and provide grants for a variety of purposes through a grants process.

If you are an organization that has been granted JEF funding, please download the Federation partnership guidelines here and our logo here. If you have any questions, please contact marketing@jewishwesternmass.org.

Questions? Please contact Fund Administration and Grants Associate Yana Powers at ypowers@jewishwesternmass.org or call 413-737-4313, ext. 296.

Organization Name (as you prefer it to be written)*

Name of the person completing this form*

First NameLast Name

Title of the person completing this form*

relationship to the organization (ex. "President")

Email address for confirmation and follow-up*

example@example.com

Phone number for any questions*

Area CodePhone Number

Address of the organization*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Program/Event Name*

Date of Event

Date

Is this an application for*

If you chose "Other" in the question above, please explain.

Please provide a brief description (no more than 250 words) of your program. *

Target Audience (select all that apply)*

Please describe how this program or opportunity enhances the Jewish community of Western Massachusetts.*

Program flyer (if available)

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Grant amount requested ($) for this event/program.*

Anticipated total expenses ($) for this event/program (add details below in Option 1 or Option 2) *

Anticipated Income from Program (Do not include the amount you are requesting in this number).*

What other sources of funding have you received or requested?

Are other organizations co-sponsoring/collaborating on this event/program? If so, please list them.*

In one of the following two program budget sections, please include the budget for the program for which you are submitting this grant request. The budget you submit must including the following categories of INCOME and EXPENSES:

INCOME:

Participant fees
Other funding (please list sources)
Other donations (please list)
Allocations from your agency's budget
Anticipated JEF grant
Other (explain)

EXPENSES:

Organizational expenses allocation to this program:

Existing personnel cost allocations
Organizational overhead costs allocated to this program
Facilities cost allocations

Supplemental Personal Expenses:

Program specific specialist (i.e. speaker/entertainer)
Session work/group leader
Other (explain)

Supplies Expenses:

Program materials (explain)
Food
Other (explain)

Marketing Expenses:

Print materials
Advertising
Mailing costs
Other (explain)

Other Expenses 1: explain

Other Expenses 2: explain

Other Expenses 3: explain

Program Budget Option 1: Program Budget (upload file)*

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Program Budget Option 2: Program budget (list using categories listed above)

Will there be security at this program?*

If you said "Yes" to the previous question, how much be security costs be (to the best of your estimation)?

Additional Information/Comments

If awarded a JEF grant, you and/or your organization agrees to: Acknowledge the grant in all marketing materials for the program (Funding for this program was provided by the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Western Massachusetts) with the cobranded Federation/JEF logo (to be provided). Please provide at least 3 photos (provided the event does not occur on Shabbat) and a brief (fewer than 500 words) narrative about the program. An email with a link to the report will be sent to you if your request is approved.*

Yes, I agree to the requirements.Please contact me to discuss.

Signature of the person completing this form

JEF Grant Application

Program/Event Information

Program Budget