grants

"I have always felt that each of us has the obligation to be God’s partner in repairing the world. This belief guides our work at the Shards of Light Foundation."

Racial Equity & Justice

Racial Equity & Justice

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Racial Equity & Justice
West Virginia

West Virginia

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West Virginia
Israel

Israel

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Israel
Change Making Arts

Change Making Arts

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Change Making Arts
Progressive Jewish Activism

Progressive Jewish Activism

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Progressive Jewish Activism
Women’s Equity

Women’s Equity

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Women’s Equity

Grants

I am proud to support, through Shards of Light, the Isabel P Dunst Philanthropic Fund housed at the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Washington and other giving, an astonishing array of change-making projects and organizations. Thank you for taking some time to get to know them. If any of these projects or organizations inspire you, we invite you to consider supporting them as well.

* New grant recipient in 2024
* * New project funded in 2024

RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE

          • Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
            • * * Selah Multiracial Alumni Cohort
          • Elevate Leadership Equity Accelerator (Upstart Bay Area)
            • * * Omer Project
          • * Facing History & Ourselves
      •  Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
    • Jews United for Justice
      • JOIN for Justice
      • Clergy of Color Seminary Leadership Cohort
      • Seminary Leadership Project
        • *Judaism Alive
        • * * SLBC Jews of Color Inclusion Initiative
      • Moving Traditions
      • Kumi
      • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
      • * * Isabel P Dunst Lights of Action Fund
      • * Resetting the Table
      • * Scotland AME Zion Church
      • Stars that Shine
      • * Ta’amod
      • * TischPDX (Beloved Builders)
      • * * Culture Shift
      • Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ)
      • Teen Jews of Color Fellowship
      • * Women of Reform Judaism
    • * * HUC/JIRSocial Justice Internship

 

WOMEN’S EQUITY

  • * Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (DC)
    • * * The Fund for Women and Girls
  • Moving Traditions
  • Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship
  • * National Council of Jewish Women, Inc
  • * * Women’s Reproductive Health
  • National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Women’s Reproductive Health
  • * Red Tent Fund
  • Stars that Shine
  • * Women of Reform Judaism
  • * * HUC/JIR Social Justice Internship
  • Women of the Wall

CHANGE MAKING ARTS

  • Contemporary American Theater Festival
  • * Music to Life
  • The Workshop (Reboot, Inc)
  • * Shakespeare and Co

ISRAEL

  • Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
  • Kehillat Kodesh V’Chol (Holon)
  • Kehillat V’Ahavta (Shoham)
  • Kehillat Yozma (Modiin)
  • Kehillat Shaar Hanegev
  • Congregation Or Hadash | Lyon’s Center for Progressive Judaism (Haifa)
  • Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
  • Israel Policy Forum
  • Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
  • New Israel Fund
  • Women of the Wall

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Contemporary American Theater Festival

* New grant recipient in 2023
* * New project funded in 2023

RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE

  • Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
  • * *Jews of Color Mentorship Program
  • * *Network Assembly
  • Jews United for Justice
  • JOIN for Justice
  • Moving Traditions
  • Kumi
  • Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation
  • * World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)
  • * *Connections Conference
  • Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ)
  • **Jews of Color Think Tank
  • * *Teen Jews of Color Fellowship

WOMEN’S EQUITY

  • Moving Traditions
  • Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship
  • National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Women of the Wall

PROGRESSIVE JEWISH ACTIVISM

  • Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
  • Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
  • * *Jews of Color Mentorship Program
  • * *Network Assembly
  • Jews United for Justice
  • JOIN for Justice
  • Moving Traditions
  • Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship
  • Kumi
  • Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation
  • Union for Reform Judiams’s (URJ)
  • * *Teen Jews of Color Fellowship

CHANGE MAKING ARTS

  • Contemporary American Theater Festival
  • * Music to Life
  • The Workshop (Reboot, Inc)
  • * Shakespeare and Co

ISRAEL

  • Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
  • Kehillat Kodesh V’Chol (Holon)
  • Kehillat V’Ahavta (Shoham)
  • Kehillat Yozma (Modiin)
  • Kehillat Shaar Hanegev
  • Congregation Or Hadash | Lyon’s Center for Progressive Judaism (Haifa)
  • Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
  • Israel Policy Forum
  • Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
  • New Israel Fund
  • Women of the Wall

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Contemporary American Theater Festival

RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE

Bend the Arc
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
Jews United for Justice
JOIN for Justice
Moving Traditions: Kumi
The Workshop

WOMEN’S EQUITY

Moving Traditions: Kol Koleinu
National Partnership for Women & Families
Stars that Shine
Women of the Wall

PROGRESSIVE JEWISH ACTIVISM

Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
Jews United for Justice
JOIN for Justice
Moving Traditions: Kol Koleinu
Moving Traditions: Kumi
Sinai House

CHANGE MAKING ARTS

Contemporary American Theater Festival
The Workshop

ISRAEL

The Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
The Israel Religious Action Center
Kehillat Kodesh V’Chol
Kehillat V’Ahavta Shoham
Kehillat YOZMA, Modiin
New Israel Fund
Women of the Wall

WEST VIRGINIA

CASA of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University
Stars that Shine

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