Bernhardt Foundation seeks applications for grants 2

PROVIDENCE – Are you affiliated with a Jewish nonprofit organization in need of grant funds?  If so, you might want to consider submitting a grant request to the Helene and Bertram Bernhardt Foundation.

Established in 2005 under the wills of the late Helene and Bertram Bernhardt, the Foundation’s mission is to support nonprofit organizations, with a specific preference given to Jewish nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island and to nonprofit organizations that Helene and Bertram Bernhardt supported during their lives.  The Foundation also distributes a limited number of small grants (up to $250) to local charities that support the broader community.

Since its founding, the Foundation has distributed almost $3 million to such nonprofit organizations as Temple Beth-El, the Jewish Alliance, Jewish Seniors Agency, Jewish Family Service, Brown RISD Hillel and URI Hillel and many other agencies.

To receive the application form for the grants, contact Samuel Zurier, secretary of the Foundation, at 55 Dorrance St., Suite 400, Providence, RI 02903 or sdz@om-rilaw.com .

The deadline to submit applications for fiscal year 2016-17 is Dec. 1, 2015.