WAEF gives grants to groups in Rhode Island, Israel, Ukraine

The Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund (WAEF) has awarded grants totaling $8,800 to the following programs for 2022:

Rhode Island

Camp JORI: professional development/staff training to support campers’ mental-health needs, $1,000

Jewish Community Day School: professional development about gender diversity, $1,000

Providence Hebrew Day School/New England Academy of Torah: social-emotional learning program for students, $1,000

University of Rhode Island Hillel: women’s leadership, engagement and programming student intern, $1,000

Israel

Ethiopian National Project: SPACE (School Performance and Community Empowerment), a program for adolescent girls, $1,500

Beit Ruth Educational and Therapeutic Village: to build social-emotional wellness and resilience in at-risk teenage girls, $800

ELI, Israel association for child protection: group therapy for sexually abused girls, $800

Haifa Rape Crisis Center: sexual-trauma support group for women, $800

Ukraine

JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee): safeguarding Ukraine’s neediest Jews, $900 (in addition to specific fundraising by WAEF)

Since 1997, WAEF has allocated nearly $136,000 to diverse organizations serving women and children in Rhode Island and overseas communities. The 2022 recipients were chosen at a meeting on May 4.

WAEF currently has more than 100 members, who each contributed $1,000 to join. The fund is invested with the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s endowment and relies on donations from new members to increase the income available to distribute each year.

Gifting a WAEF membership is a wonderful way to introduce adult children and grandchildren to community philanthropy. If you are interested in becoming a member or gifting a membership, contact Sara Masri, chief development officer, at 401-421-4111, ext. 223, or endowment@jewishallianceri.org.

CLAIRE UZIEL (cuziel@jewishallianceri.org) is the endowment/campaign operations manager at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island.