Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute

In the 8^th- 9^thgrade program, JYPI's original series of seminars, approximately 25 teens allocate some $25,000 to nonprofit organizations. Each teen contributes $500 which is then matched by JYPI and pooled together, enabling such substantial donations. Teens visit or hear reports from local, national and international organizations. Afterward, they review written grant proposals before making their funding decisions. Teens are given the opportunity to nominate additional organizations as well.

October 2006 - May 2007 8th and 9th Grade Program

$8,000 to Hebrew Free Burial Society to repair and maintain a Jewish cemetery for indigent Jews in the Greater Washington Area.
$8,000 to Operation Understanding DC for a Summer Journey through the south for Jewish and African American teens. oudc.org
$7,920 to The Israel Project to fund two “Intellicopter” tours. These two-hour guided helicopter tours give members of the international media a view of Israel 's security needs. theisraelproject.org
$5,625 to The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to send two Russian camp counselors to Capital Camps, as well as to purchase playground equipment for an Israeli kindergarten serving Ethiopian immigrants. shalomdc.org
$5,000 to Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency services agency, to provide blood bag supplies that are needed for the MDA National Blood Service Center in Ramat Gan . afmda.org
$5,000 to Northern Virginia Jewish Community Center to hire an Israeli Volunteer Shaliach (emissary) to lead Israel-focused programs for Jews of all ages throughout Northern Virginia. jccnv.org
$3,500 to Beth El House, a shelter for homeless women and children, to purchase a playground set.
$3,000 to Micah House to help homeless women save funds for housing micahhouse.org
$2,580 to The Children's Inn at NIH to help to create a teen program to foster hope, confidence and acceptance among the teens (patients and/or siblings) at the Inn . childrensinn.org
$2,500 to DC JCC's Behrend-Adas Israel Senior Fellowship to sponsor senior trips to local theaters, museum and gallery exhibits. dcjcc.org
$1,500 to Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program to purchase and install an electric lift that will allow more people to participate in the organization's programs. nvtrp.org
$1,375 to Atlas Performing Arts Center to support a free family dance program in Northeast Washington . atlasarts.org
$1,000 to Great Strides Therapeutic Riding Program to provide therapy, through horseback riding, to individuals with mental disabilities. greatstrides.org
$1,000 to City Kids Wilderness Project to fund a white water rafting trip and a partial teen scholarship. citykidscamp.org
$1,000 to Hope House to help DC kids with fathers in far away prisons stay in contact. hopehousedc.org
$1,000 to Bread for the City, which provides vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with comprehensive services including food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. breadforthecity.org
$1,000 to Family and Child Services of Washington D.C., which gives underprivileged youth the opportunity to go to sleep away camp. familyandchildservices.org

October 2005 - May 2006 8th and 9th Grade Program

$8,000 to Manna Food Center to open a satellite site in Wheaton, Maryland, for food distribution to county residents at risk for hunger. mannafood.org
$7,500 to Seeds of Peace to send an Israeli teen, a Palestinian teen and an Egyptian teen to the Seeds of Peace summer camp program. seedsofpeace.org
$7,000 to D.C. Hunger Solutions to support their programs to reduce hunger and promote education, nutrition and healthy child development. dchunger.org
$5,000 to Jewish Women International to support a children’s library in a local shelter for victims of domestic abuse. jwi.org
$5,000 to Children of Abraham to support a peace education seminar series for educators and community leaders in Israel. childrenofabraham.org
$4,000 to Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center to fund a new program that will introduce alternative medicine therapies to senior summer program participants. isabellafreedman.org
$2,500 to Community Partners to provide services to seniors who need transportation and home health aides. communitypartners.org
$2,000 to Food & Friends to provide home-delivered nutritious meals, counseling and compassionate support to seriously ill people in the Washington metropolitan area. foodandfriends.org
$1,000 to CASA of Montgomery County to provide court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children. casamontgomery.org
$1,000 to Community Ministry of Montgomery County to support a wide range of services to low-income families and individuals. communityministrymc.org
$1,000 to Montgomery County Association of Hearing Impaired Children to support their work promoting positive learning environments for hearing-impaired children.
$1,000 to W.O.L.F. (“Wolves Offered Life & Friendship”) to support rescue and sanctuary for captive-bred wolves and for public education about wolves in the wild. wolfsanctuary.net
$1,000 to Shanta Foundation to help build a school facility for children in a village in Myanmar (Burma). shantafoundation.com

October 2004 - May 2005 8th and 9th Grade Program

$6,000 to Food & Friends to support food and packaging costs to provide home-delivered, nutritious meals to thousands of ill people in Washington, D.C. foodandfriends.org
$6,000 to Kulanu to assist the Ugandan tribe of Abayudaya, who have been practicing Judaism since the early 1900s, providing them with protein and hygiene materials for students, a water tank for the community, and seed money to build a guesthouse. kulanu.org
$6,000 to Jordan River Village to send seriously ill Israeli and Arab children to summer camps in the United States until their own camp facility is completed in 2006 jordanrivervillage.org
$5,720 to AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps to fund metro and bus passes, enabling AVODAH participants to travel to and from their jobs without tapping into their already slim subsistence stipends avodah.net
$5,500 to St. Luke’s House to support the Career Transition Program, which helps high school juniors and seniors with severe emotional disturbances graduate from high school and make the transition to further education or the work force stlukeshouse.org
$5,000 to Save a Torah to fund the repair of a Torah rescued from Zamosc, Poland, which will be donated to a community in need of a Torah saveatorah.org
$4,280 to Shalom Center School, which enhances and nurtures Jewish family life of the Russian Jewish community in the Washington Metropolitan area. JYPI will pay for rent, salaries and other administrative expenses at the school
$1,500 to Capital Camps and Retreat Center to make the camp more accessible to the campers in their Special Needs Program capitalretreat.org
$1,000 to Cure Autism Now, an organization dedicated to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research, outreach and education (a youth-nominated proposal) cureautismnow.org
$1,000 to Am Echad, which provides financial support for the 100,000 elderly Jewish men and women living in Russia (a youth-nominated proposal) amechad.org
$1,000 to Koby Mandell Foundation to support programs that provide emotional, physical, and spiritual healing that create a network of support for families in grief (a youth-nominated proposal) kobymandell.org
$1,000 to Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) which promotes road travel safety through education and advocacy (a youth-nominated proposal) asirt.org
$500 to ZAKA which is the dominant rescue, life saving and recovery non-governmental organization in Israel, working alongside law enforcement and emergency personnel in responding to incidents of terrorism, accidents or disasters (a youth-nominated proposal)
$500 to the Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW) which facilitates the rescue and adoption of homeless domestic animals, mainly dogs and cats, and places them in loving and stable homes (a youth-nominated proposal) paw -rescue.org

October 2003 – May 2004 8^th- 9^th Grade Program

$6,000 to ELEM/Youth in Distress to assist Israel's alienated, adjudicated and troubled youth to return to the mainstream and become productive citizens. Grant will support a staff member providing terrorism-related trauma counseling for youth elem.org
$6,000 to Jewish Foundation for Group Homes for equipment for the Sensory Stimulation Room, a space where residents can enhance their non-verbal communication skills, relax, be entertained and interact with one another jfgh.org
$4,500 to Behrend Builders' Young Builders' Program affiliated with DCJCC giving teens and young adults opportunities to do repairs and renovations in the low-income community. Grant will cover the costs of supplies, transportation and salaries enabling volunteers to service more homes and agencies
$3,500 to Operation Understanding, DC to support expenses during a one-month summer Civil Rights Journey for this leadership program bringing African American and Jewish high school students together to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination oudc.org
$1,000 to JDC for the Meitiv Lunch Program in Argentina providing meals to needy children in Jewish schools of Buenos Aires (a youth-nominated proposal) jdc.org
$1,000 to Operation Embrace to serve victims of terror in Israel (a youth-nominated proposal) operationembrace .org
$1,000 to Packages from Home to provide packages to Israeli soldiers (a youth-nominated proposal) apackage fromhome.org
$1,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for a program linking patients with volunteers who have experienced similar situations (a youth-nominated proposal) leukemia-lymphoma.org

October 2002 – May 2003 8^th- 9^th Grade Program

$5,500 to ELI – Israel Association for Child Protection for a one year school-based program of child abuse outreach and awareness at O.R.T. Sharet, a school of 1,367 students from 7^th to 12^th grades in Natzeret Illit, the Jewish section on the hillside above Nazareth eliusa.org
$5,500 to Operation Embrace to promote outreach activities targeted at American Jewish families in our community to educate them about the needs of injured Israeli victims of terror and their families operationembrace.org
$4,000 to the Jewish Social Service Agency, Department of Adolescent Services, to expand a social skills group for children and teens ages 5-14 in Northern Virginia who are experiencing significant problems at school and at home jssa.org
$2,400 to Brainfood, a D.C. based agency, which uses food as a tool to build life skills with area youth. This grant will enable the purchase of tool kits for students brain-food.org
$2,200 to Hillel at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. so that Jewish students may get involved in Jewish activities on and off campus where they can explore their Jewish identity by attending leadership conferences, develop a Jewish library, and purchase captioned films on Jewish topics sa.gallaudet.edu/?ID=4781
$1,400 to Heifer International which provides livestock and training to poor families in 48 countries around the world, enabling those families to feed themselves, earn income and care for their environment (a youth-nominated proposal) heifer.org
$1,000 to Am Echad, an organization founded by a Potomac, MD resident to provide services and resources to elderly or disabled impoverished Jews in St. Petersburg, Russia (a youth-nominated proposal) amechad.org
$1,000 to the Joint Distribution Committee to provide scholarships for children to attend a Jewish summer camp in Hungary (a youth-nominated proposal) jdc.org

October 2001 – May 2002 8^th- 9^th Grade Program

$8,000 to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Ethiopian Early Childhood Program in Afula to help ease the integration of Ethiopians into Israeli society and culture jdc.org
$4,000 to the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center/Behrend-Adas Israel Congregation Senior Nutrition Program for additional programs and activities for the elderly, such as theater trips and an exercise class washingtondcjcc.org/connect/behrend-adas-senior-fellowship/
$3,000 to the Shefa Fund: Tzedec Program to help provide loans and assistance to low-income individuals jewishjustice.org
$1,000 to the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Richard Anderman Shalom Chapter for additional programs between the special needs teens and "typical" BBYO teens bbyo.org
$1,000 to Am Echad for continued support of basic needs (medicine and food) for senior adults in the Former Soviet Union (a youth-nominated proposal) amechad.org

October 2000 – May 2001 8^th- 9^th Grade Program

$7,970 to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Shema V'Ezer program for children aged 6-21 with special needs, to purchase adaptive computer equipment jccgw.org
$5,000 to Yachad to support after-school computer classes at the Beacon of Light Church yachad-dc.org
$3,860 to the Jewish Vocational Services of the Jewish Social Service Agency to provide skills training for disadvantaged young adults jssa.org/services/disabilities.html
$1,300 to the Israel and Overseas Department of The Federation of Greater Washington to fund the trip of one young adult from the Former Soviet Union to Israel shalomdc.org/section.html?id=29
$870 to the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes to purchase lulavim and etrogim as well as sukkah supplies to help residents celebrate Sukkot jfgh.org
$500 to the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington for an oral history project hebrew-home.org
$500 to Suited for Change to support job training programs for unemployed and disadvantaged women (a youth-nominated proposal) suitedforchange.org

In the 10^th- 12^thgrade program, older teens meet over the course of four months to allocate some $10,000 to nonprofit organizations. Teens contribute $200 each which is then matched by JYPI and pooled together. Initiated in the Spring of 2003, two separate programs are run: one serving Northern VA, and one for Maryland and D.C.

January - May 2007 10th - 12th Grade Program

$5,000 to Life Piece to Masterpieces for a program to increase academic engagement and achievement, as well as computer literacy among low income teens. lifepieces.org
$4,500 to Jewish Council for the Aging to establish bus service between Fellowship House apartments, a group home for the elderly located in Reston, and local stores. jcagw.org
$4,000 to Yachad to support an interfaith affordable housing and community development program in conjunction with the Emory United Methodist Church . yachad-dc.org
$3,250 to Garin Ometz's Orot Chesed program to help the organization replenish its food bank, which was depleted due to additional need during War in Lebanon .
$3,250 to PeacePlayers International to operate a weeklong intensive training retreat in August of 2007 for its Israeli-Jewish, Israeli-Arab, Palestinian, and international staff. playingforpeace.org
$1,000 to Alternative House to shelter five teenagers for four full days and nights at its Emergency Shelter for Teenagers. thealternativehouse.org
$500 to Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life to help Jews make a connection between Judaism and Environmental protection. coejl.org
$500 to Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation to provide housing to the homeless in Washington . templesinaidc.org
$250 to A Home Within to help foster children build a base of emotional security through continuous connections with caring adults. ahomewithin.org
$250 to Jewish Foundation for the Righteous to help provide financial assistance to aged and needy non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. jfr.org

January - May 2006 10th - 12th Grade Program

$5,000 to Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, a residential program enhancing independence and quality of life for adults with disabilities, to replace a wheelchair lift on a JFGH van jfgh.org
$5,000 to North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry to support Limudiot , an intensive after-school education program for Ethiopian-Israeli children nacoej.org
$5,000 to Community Ministry of Montgomery County to fund a program in Silver Spring, Maryland, providing job training, placement and on-the-job support for homeless adults communityministrymc.org
$3,960 to KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) to support its Sunday Sports program, which provides one-to-one recreational and sports activities for children and young adults with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities keenusa.org
$3,000 to The Benjamin Children's Library in Beit Shemesh, for provide subsidized library memberships to lower-income children, primarily from families of Ethiopian immigrants library.shemesh.co.il
$3,000 to the Herndon Free Clinic to initiate a oral hygiene for poor and uninsured immigrant children. jsfreeclinic.org
$2,100 to One Family Fund to support a Big Sister/Big Brother program that helps victims and families affected by terrorism in Israel through counseling and emotional support onefamilyfund.org
$1,000 to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to distribute food to the hungry in the DC area mazon.org
$750 to Hillel at the University of Maryland to support Shabbat 1368 an event offering a free Shabbat dinner for 1,400 students marylandhillel.org
$500 to American Jewish World Service's Darfur Action Campaign to increase awareness about the genocide in Sudan and mobilize the Jewish community to respond ajws.org/darfur
$500 to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society's Emergency Appeal to help Sudanese refugees in Chad driven out of their homes by violence in the Darfur region hias.org
$500 to Meir Panim (“A Friendly Face”) to support relief centers and soup kitchens in Israel meirpanim.org
$360 to Hazon for an educational component of the Tuv Ha'Aretz Community-Supported Agriculture Project, which connects organic farmers with local Jewish groups who collectively purchase the produce. hazon.org
$250 to To Save A Life Foundation to send toys to sick and poor children in Israel
$180 to Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington to help create an activity book to accompany the Society's exhibition, Jewish Washington :Scrapbook of an American Community jhsgw.org

January - May 2005 10th - 12th Grade Program

$5,000 to Shefa Fund to support a revolving loan fund (that works between community members and community-based banks, credit unions and loan funds) for community and economic development in low-income neighborhoods jewishjustice.org
$5,000 to Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund to support two internships for Hoop Dreams participants in the nonprofit and government sectors hoopdreams.org
$5,000 to Abraham Fund Initiatives to support the production of materials and educational aids in the Abraham Fund’s pilot program to offer an Arab language curriculum in 15 Israeli elementary schools abrahamfund.org
$2,600 to Jewish Women International (JWI) to sponsor the basic necessities of life for one child, for one year, who is living at the Residential Treatment Center for abused children in Israel jwi.org
$2,400 to Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington to allow an additional Northern Virginia elected official to join the JCRC’s 2005 Israel Leadership Mission in order to educates elected officials about the political, economic, security and social welfare issues facing the Jewish state jcouncil.org
$2,170 to the American Joint Distribution Committee to provide food and medical services for Jewish children and their families in Moldova, part of the Former Soviet Union jdc.org
$500 to "Lifeline for the Old” in Jerusalem (Yad LaKashish) which provides employment opportunities and social services to the needy elderly and disabled of Jerusalem (a youth-nominated proposal) lifeline.org.il
$500 to Allied Health and Nursing Partnership in Fairfax County, VA, to help participants attend courses and get certification in nursing, dental hygiene or radiology (a youth-nominated proposal) fairfaxcounty.gov/partnerships
$500 to Kehilat Shalom, a Conservative synagogue in Gaithersburg, MD to provide supplies for a Passover seder for Russian immigrants new to the area (a youth-nominated proposal) kehilatshalom.org

January – May 2004 10^th- 12^th Grade Program

$5,064 to Friendship's Way to expand activities at the Neighborhood Home. Grant will pay for a new Friday program that will continue improving the educational, social and physical conditions of deprived Arab and Jewish children and their families in Jaffa, Israel friendships-way.org.il
$5,064 to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Bringing the Lessons Home program partnering with the public schools of Washington, D.C.. This program allows students to learn about Holocaust history and become museum ambassadors ushmm.org
$5,000 to Yachad's Faith to Faith Community Development Program partnering with the Mount Carmel Christian Faith Center to develop affordable housing in Washington, D.C. yachad-dc.org
$3,500 to The Israel Project's Media Fellows program to fund an intern to perform research and press outreach to educate the public through pro-Israel media advocacy theisraelproject.org
$1,000 to George Mason University Hillel to fund an alternative spring break program where Jewish students are engaged in community service, leadership development and Jewish learning hillel.gmu.edu
$500 to Camp Ramah New England Tikvah Program providing Jewish camping experiences to kids with special needs (a youth-nominated proposal) campramahne.org

January – May 2003 10^th- 12^th Grade Program

$6,000 to Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps to help expand their program that combines anti-poverty work, Jewish study, and community building in the Washington, D.C. area. Avodah provides an opportunity for young adult Jews to live out and deepen their commitment to Jewish life and social change through a year of work in low-income communities in Washington, D.C. avodah.net
$4,400 to the Joint Distribution Committee's Meitiv School Lunch Program, which enables critical humanitarian relief to be provided in the way of a daily, hot nutritious meal to children who attend Jewish schools in Argentina jdc.org

The JYPI Alumni program has been developed to continue engaging JYPI participants in acts of tikkun olam (repairing the wolrd). The Youth Incentive Grants provide opportunities for JYPI teens to encourage local Jewish youth groups and religious schools to carry out their own community service programming. Groups propose projects that interest them and JYPI teens review and ultimately fund these proposed projects (up to $300).

2004 (Fall) Youth Incentive Grants

$250 to Adas Israel Kadima Chapter to take the 7th grade class to a homeless shelter adasisrael.org
$300 to Beth Sholom of Fredericksburg to purchase supplies for “Diapers with Dignity,” a program that will supply diapers to low-income families with babies bethsholomtemple.org
$300 to B’nai Shalom of Olney to purchase supplies for “Lay-ups for Life,” a fundraiser that will raise money to fund bone marrow testing and promote leukemia awareness bnaishalomofolney.org
$300 to Habonim Dror to buy food for a program to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving habonimdror.org
$300 to Kehilat Shalom Religious School to support programming of the new Multicultural Youth Group, aimed at building community and fighting stereotypes kehilatshalom.org
$300 to Shaare Tefila United Synagogue Youth to buy/rent supplies to run a carnival for disadvantaged children freewebs.com/stusy2005
$300 to Shaare Torah Religious School to fund a class about hunger that will include a field trip to a grocery store, where food will be purchased and donated to a food bank shaaretorah.com
$300 to Richard Anderman Shalom Chapter of B’nai B’rith Youth Organization to fund “Don’t Pass Over Our Troops,” a program where participants will learn about being in the army and make Passover care packages for Jewish troops in Iraq and Afghanistan bbyo.org
$300 to Tifereth Israel Religious School to start a Teen Mitzvah Corps that will allow teens to participate in community service projects and learn about tikkun olam tifereth-israel.org
$175 to Tikvat Israel to buy supplies for an “Animal Appreciation Day” tikvatisrael.org

2003 (Fall) Youth Incentive Grants

$300 to Beth Ami Temple Youth and Washington Hebrew Congregation Temple Youth (joint proposal) for a program to supply resources for a "Mitzvah-Thon" to combat domestic violence whctemple.org bethami.org
$249 to Ahavah BBG Chapter of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization to paint a mural at a shelter for abused women bbyo.org
$300 to Habonim Dror to make sandwiches and food bags for the homeless which will then be delivered personally by the teen participants habonimdror.org
$300 to Shaare Tefila United Synagogue Youth to facilitate a carnival for children living in shelters and other underprivileged children freewebs.com/stusy2005
$288 to B'nai Shalom of Olney Religious School to deliver flowers on a weekly basis before Shabbat to ill members of the congregation bnaishalomofolney.org

2003 (Spring) Youth Incentive Grants

$300 to Beth Ami Temple Youth for materials to work with Headstart program participants bethami.org
$300 to Richard Anderman Shalom Chapter of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization for a project with Jewish Foundation for Group Homes providing gardening supplies and toiletries for residents. bbyo.org
$300 to Shaare Tefila United Synagogue Youth to deliver Pesach packages to needy Jewish families in the D.C. area freewebs.com/stusy2005
$300 to Curly AZA chapter of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization for an anti-smoking project with local first grade soccer teams through Montgomery Soccer Inc. bbyo.org
$300 to Oseh Shalom Congregation Religious School for supplies to make pillows for the elderly in the Jewish Home and Hospital during a school trip to New York City oseh-shalom.org