Apply for Grant Funding
Our RJF Grants Committee awards grants to community organizations and provides camp scholarships to students through our Field of Interest endowment funds. See the chart below for available grant opportunities.
Spring Grants
Summer Grants
Fall Grants
A Deeper Dive into Our Grants
Spring Grant Opportunities
Sroka/Karp Memorial Fund
This fund provides need-based scholarships to children from the Richmond, VA and Tidewater metropolitan areas for Jewish overnights camps.
Mooney, Rose, and Mosey Greenberg Israel Scholarship Fund
This fund awards need-based scholarships for travel to Israel to greater Richmond, VA area students between the ages of 15-22 at the time of departure.
Spring Grant Application
Fill out the form below to apply
Summer Grant Opportunities
Karin E. and Henry S. Fine Legacy Fund
This fund supports organizations in Central Virginia which (i) provide resources and support for children and adults with special needs and their families, including but not limited to learning disabilities, autism, muscular dystrophy and arthritis; and (ii) promote the education and awareness of the issues facing children and adults with special needs and their families.
Ernst & Anne Fischer Older Adult Fund
This fund provides services not otherwise available to older adults.
Joy Kramer Memorial Fund
This fund provides services and assistance that would otherwise not be available for the treatment of learning disabilities in the Richmond metropolitan area.
Jill A. Peck Memorial Fund
This fund enriches Jewishly the lives of exceptional children through the provisions of tutorial, medical, recreational, and therapeutic assistance of any Jewish dimension, commensurate with the needs of these children.
Sylvia and Max Plotkin Memorial Fund
This fund supports programs to assist senior citizens with a preference given for day-care facilities for senior citizens who reside in their own homes or the homes of their children.
Rachel B. Banks Youth Fund
This fund provides grants to address current unmet needs of Jewish youth or to develop innovative and creative approaches to enhance the programs, services or lifestyle of Jewish youth in the Richmond, VA area.
For prior year Rachel Banks funded projects, please email your final itemized expense report and status report to liz@rjfoundation.org
Summer Grant Application
Fill out the form below to apply
Fall Grant Opportunities
Alexander Lebenstein Fund for Tolerance and Human Rights
This fund supports special opportunities that enhances the practice of tolerance, appreciation for diversity and embrace human rights. Grants will be available to support the following: For purchase of resources such as books or classrooms or workshops; for fees of speakers discussing in a charitable, educational or religious setting, tolerance, human rights and/or diversity; or; for such other programs, services or activities as may be in furtherance of the fund’s purpose.
Herbert J. and Ruth B. Rubel Holocaust Education Fund
This fund supports programming for Holocaust education, with priority given to supporting direct services to youth and educators located in central Virginia.
Brenda Zimm Oscar and Melvin Zimm Memorial Fund
This fund supports programming for Holocaust education in Richmond, VA with priority given to support direct services to local youth and educators, then to other related local activities.
Fall Grant Application
Fill out the form below to apply
RJF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Click to Apply
| Season | What It Supports | Targeted populations |
Grant Deadline | Total Amount Available |
Fund Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Need-based scholarships for Jewish overnight camps | Children attending Jewish overnight camps (Richmond & Tidewater) |
March 6, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $8,100 annually | Sroka/Karp Memorial Fund |
| Spring | Need-based scholarships for Jewish overnight camps | Children attending Jewish overnight camps (Richmond & Tidewater) |
March 6, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $3,600 annually | Mooney, Rose, and Mosey Greenberg Israel Scholarship Fund |
| Summer | Support services and awareness for disabilities | Community organizations working with individuals with special needs (Central VA) |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $3,000 annually | Karin E. and Henry S. Fine Legacy Fund |
| Summer | Services not otherwise available | Older adults |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $2,500 annually | Ernst & Anne Fischer Older Adult Fund |
| Summer | Services and assistance not otherwise available for treatment of learning disabilities | Community organizations working with individuals with learning disabilities (Richmond area) |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $4,500 annually | Joy Kramer Memorial Fund |
| Summer | Educational, therapeutic, medical, and recreational assistance of any Jewish dimension | Community organizations enriching Jewish lives of exceptional children |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $800 annually | Jill A. Peck Memorial Fund |
| Summer | Programs for seniors, especially daycare for those living at home | Community organizations supporting Senior citizens |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
|
Approximately $500 annually | Sylvia and Max Plotkin Memorial Fund |
| Summer | Innovative programs and unmet needs | Community Organizations supporting Jewish youth (Richmond area) |
June 1, 2027
Apply Now
Expense Report
|
Approximately $22,500 annually | Rachel B. Banks Youth Fund |
| Fall | Holocaust education | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
Apply Now
|
Approximately $5,000 annually | Ipson Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Holocaust education | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
Apply Now
|
Approximately $2,000 annually | Henry and Gertrude Kupfer Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Diversity, tolerance, and human rights programs | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
Apply Now
|
Approximately $1,200 annually | Alexander Lebenstein Fund for Tolerance and Human Rights |
| Fall | Holocaust education programming | Community organizations providing direct services to Youth & educators (Central VA priority) |
September 4, 2026
Apply Now
|
Approximately $3,500 annually | Herbert J. and Ruth B. Rubel Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Holocaust education programming | Richmond area (priority youth & educators) |
September 4, 2026
Apply Now
|
Approximately $1,500 annually | Brenda Zimm Oscar and Melvin Zimm Memorial Fund |
Fill out the form below to apply
