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Our RJF Grants Committee awards grants to community organizations and provides camp scholarships to students through our endowment funds. See the chart below for available grant opportunities.
Fall Grants
Spring Grants
Summer Grants
A Deeper Dive into Our Grants
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.
ApplyHerbert 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.
ApplyBrenda 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.
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Spring Grant Opportunities
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.
ApplyKarp/Sroka Memorial Fund
This fund provides need-based scholarships to children from the Richmond, VA and Tidewater metropolitan areas for Jewish overnights camps.
ApplyBenjamin M. and Mondel K. Saslaw Education Fund
This fund supports educational opportunities for Jewish youth under age 19 in the Richmond, VA metro area that might not otherwise be available. Eligible uses include scholarships for students attending preschool, daycare, summer camp, congregational religious schools, the Weinstein JCC, Rudlin Torah Academy, similar institutions, group educational programs, special Jewish camps, and study programs in Israel.
Stanley* J., Sidney* S. and Irwin* A. Schapiro Education Fund
This fund fund supports the education of Jewish youth in the Richmond, VA area.
Spring Grant Application
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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.
ApplyErnst & Anne Fischer Older Adult Fund
This fund provides services not otherwise available to older adults.
ApplyJoy 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.
ApplyJill 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.
ApplySylvia 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.
ApplyRachel 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
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RJF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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| Season | What It Supports | Targeted populations |
Grant Deadline | Size of Awards | Fund Name |
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| Fall | Happiness | All yall |
Sept 18, 2029
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1,000,000,000 | Test Fund |
| Fall | Holocaust education | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
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From $500 to $3,000 | Ipson Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Holocaust education | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
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Between $400 - $2,000 | Henry and Gertrude Kupfer Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Diversity, tolerance, and human rights programs | Community organizations |
September 4, 2026
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Between $200 - $1,000 | 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
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Between $200 - $2,000 | Herbert J and Ruth B. Rubel Holocaust Education Fund |
| Fall | Apply Now | Brenda Zimm Oscar and Melvin Zimm Memorial Fund | |||
| Spring | Need-based scholarships for travel to Israel | Students between Ages 15–22 (greater Richmond) |
March 6, 2027
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From $500 - $2,500 | Mooney, Rose and Mosey Greenberg Israel Scholarship Fund |
| Spring | Need-based scholarships for Jewish overnight camps | Children attending Jewish overnight camps (Richmond & Tidewater) |
March 6, 2027
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Between $400 - $2,000 | Karp/Sroka Memorial Fund |
| Spring | Benjamin M. and Mondel K. Saslaw Education Fund | ||||
| Spring | Stanley* J., Sidney* S. and Irwin* A. Schapiro Education Fund | ||||
| Summer | Support services and awareness for disabilities | Community organizations working with individuals with special needs (Central VA) |
June 1, 2027
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Approximately $2,300 | Karin E. and Henry S. Fine Legacy Fund |
| Summer | Services not otherwise available | Older adults |
June 1, 2027
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From $1,000 to $2,400 | 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
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Approximately $1,000 - $4,100 | Joy Kramer Memorial Fund |
| Summer | Apply Now | Jill A. Peck* Memorial Fund | |||
| Summer | Programs for seniors, especially daycare for those living at home | Community organizations supporting Senior citizens |
June 1, 2027
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Approximately $500 | Sylvia and Max Plotkin Memorial Fund |
| Summer | Innovative programs and unmet needs | Community Organizations supporting Jewish youth (Richmond area) |
June 1, 2027
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From $1,000 - $15,000 | Rachel B. Banks Youth Fund |
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