Strategic
Plan
JJF’s Major Grants
Target Strategies
Logic Models
JJF Annual Report
Assessment/Evaluation
Grants by Invitation Only
FAQs
Strategic Plan
The Board embraces its responsibility to sustain the values and
to expand the generous philanthropy of its founding donor.
The Board’s strategic planning process resulted in a clearly
articulated mission and discrete grant making goals designed to help
the Foundation achieve its vision.
Mission
To foster compelling, effective Jewish learning experiences for
young Jews.
Vision
More young Jews engage in ongoing Jewish learning and choose to live
vibrant Jewish lives.
Values
As a private Jewish foundation dedicated to supporting
compelling and effective Jewish learning experiences for young Jews
in the United States, the Jim Joseph Foundation values:
• Torah and the practice of its core teachings
• Importance of Jewish learning
• Recognition that Judaism is dynamic
• A strong commitment to the state of Israel
Primary Strategic Focus
The Jim Joseph Foundation’s strategic grantmaking is based on the
following interests and beliefs:
• Strong support for excellence in the education of Jewish
children and youth in the United States throughout critical stages
of their development.
• Highly qualified Jewish educators are essential to the success
of most Jewish learning experiences.
• A broad definition of educators, including day and
congregational school teachers and heads of school; camp counselors
and directors; pre-school teachers; family educators; parents;
rabbis; youth group workers, among others.
• Increasing the number of exceptionally well trained, Jewishly
literate educators who are committed to continuous learning and
dedicated to the profession.
• The importance of building upon the strength of existing
programs of education, in addition to encouraging innovative
approaches to Jewish learning.
• Supporting efforts that develop professional, volunteer, and
youth leadership.
The Foundation has chosen to focus on ages 13 – 23 in its initial
years of grantmaking, concentrating on the greater metro areas of
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Washington D.C.
In the early years, we anticipate an approximate level of 60% of
annual grantmaking will support our primary strategic focus.
Related Strategic Focus
The balance of approximately 40% of the Foundation’s annual
grantmaking for Jewish learning is not limited to, but may include:
• Grants made in partnership with other funders enabling the
Foundation to help realize its vision through leveraging its
resources.
• Grants as investments in research and development that will
inform the Foundation’s ongoing philanthropic practice and
contribute to learning in the field.
• Grants for seed funding of novel, innovative projects
furthering the Foundation’s mission.
JJF Major
Grants
Board
Approved and Expedited Grants
Target
Strategies
JJF Grant Award Portfolio Analysis,
July 19, 2009
Logic Models
American Pardes Foundation
Pardes
Educators Program Alumni Network
The Pardes Educators Program Alumni network supports alumni in their
initial years as teachers in Jewish day schools.
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization
Professional Development
Institute (PDI)
PDI is a professional development program for up to 40 high caliber,
next generation Jewish experiential educators who will engage
significant number of Jewish teens in a variety of Jewish learning
experiences while the educators pursue an executive MBA and formal
Jewish education.
Bar Ilan University in Israel
Jim Joseph Foundation
Fellows Program
A cohort of 14 Jewish educational leaders is participating in
the Jim Joseph Foundation Fellows program. This two year
professional development experience provides participants with
leadership development, enriched Jewish learning, and in-depth
training in how to build online communities of practice.
Birthright Israel NEXT
Jewish Community for the NEXT
Generation
Birthright Israel NEXT is a national initiative that trains
young adults to create fifteen Birthright alumni peer-based Jewish
communities.
Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco, Marin County and the
Peninsula
Bay Area Israel Education (BASIS)
Implementation Grant
BASIS is a comprehensive Israel education initiative for
students in grades 1-12 at eleven San Francisco Bay Area Jewish day
schools.
Facing History and Ourselves
Model schools project
in Jewish day schools in Boston and Los Angeles
A demonstration project in eight middle and high schools -- four
Jewish day schools each in the Los Angeles and Boston areas --
focused on developing model Facing History schools in the Jewish
educational context
Foundation for Jewish Camp
New Specialty Camps
Incubator
The Incubator is launching five new Jewish specialty camps in
Summer 2010.
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Senior Jewish
Educator/CEI Initiative
The Senior Jewish Educator (SJE) Program has placed a cohort of
Jewish experiential educators on ten college campuses. These
professional educators work in tandem with college-age interns who,
as “Campus Entrepreneurs,” engage peers on campus to involve them in
Jewish life.
Israel Education Resource Center (iCenter)
Development of National Israel
Education Center
The iCenter nurtures Israel educational initiatives aimed at
elementary and secondary education in collaboration with Jewish
educators working in diverse educational settings.
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore
North Shore Teen Initiative
The North Shore Teen Initiative (NSTI) supports Jewish
adolescents living in the North Shore of Boston to participate in a
variety of Jewish learning, service, and communal activities.
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin and Sonoma Counties
Initiative in Jewish Early
Childhood Education
The Early Childhood Education Initiative is an effort to
significantly increase the number of Bay Area Jewish families with
young children who take part in meaningful Jewish life and
community.
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin and Sonoma Counties
PJ Library
As part of the Early Childhood Education Initiative, the
Federation distributes Jewish books and music to families with
children from six months to 7 years in San Francisco, Marin, San
Mateo, and Sonoma Counties.
Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative (JECEI)
2009-2010 General Support
JECEI is establishing a standards-based model and brand of
Jewish early childhood education as a blueprint for pre-schools
across the United States to become portals for Jewish family
engagement, while respecting each school’s denomination, cultural,
institutional and communal uniqueness.
Moishe Foundation
Education, Expansion,
Organizational Capacity
Moishe House supports an international network of peer-led Jewish
communities for post-college young adults in their twenties.
Programming centers around home-based activities and celebrations
hosted by Moishe House residents and their peers.
New Teacher Center
Jewish New Teacher Project
(JNTP) Expansion into Baltimore and Washington DC
JNTP's initiative in the Baltimore / DC provides an intensive
mentoring and induction program for an estimated 80 new Jewish day
school teachers in 14 schools over a six year period.
JJF Annual Report
The Jim Joseph Foundation's
2008 annual report — Engaging and Inspiring Young Jewish Minds
Assessment/Evaluation
JJF Grant
Assessment profile as of July 8, 2009
Hillel Experiential
Educator Exemplars Program Self Assessment
First Year Assessment of the
Foundation for Jewish Camp JWest Initiative submitted by The
Summation Research Group, Inc.
Grants by
Invitation Only
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals. It
extends formal invitations for grants and then works closely with
the grant applicant on preparing a proposal for the Board’s review
and consideration.
Foundation professionals make a concerted effort to respond to
all inquiries. Interested grant seekers should carefully review the
contents of this web site before contacting the Foundation. We
appreciate grant seekers’ understanding that the Foundation’s
commitment to its vision and discipline in implementing goals and
executing strategy compel us to focus on funding opportunities that
align with the Foundation’s priorities.
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