Federation understands that action is essential during this time of crisis and supports the need for immediate grassroots community initiatives to address the war in Israel, solidarity, and rising antisemitism. For this reason, Federation is leveraging MicroGRANTS as a community tool to self-organize around advocacy, antisemitism, and express solidarity with Israel.
Given the urgency of these requests, we have adjusted the criteria to include immediate asks for funding for Israel/Advocacy related events (removing the 4-week in advance criterion for these specific events) with a 2-3 business day turn around for review.
The criteria of these events include:
• Community events in solidarity with Israel (vigils, rallies, marches, campaigns etc.)
• Combating antisemitism (talks, workshops, teachings etc.)
• Promoting the hostages safe return (advocacy related initiatives)
These criteria would only be for a short window of time, allowing people to access funds immediately during this time of crisis.