Written by Ruby Ong   

2012 Grants


Promoting Human Rights


Association for Civil Rights in Israel
(ACRI)
Support for ACRI’s Changing Course initiative, utilizing online/offline campaigning tools to inform and mobilize target groups in Israel on human rights issues.

Agenda - the Israeli Center for Strategic Communications
Support for the consulting, training, and media outreach programs of this center, seeking to develop the media capacity of social change organizations and sensitizing the professional media environment to social justice issues.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Support to Academy-Community Partnership for Social Change, seeking to promote the mutual commitment of institutions of higher education, students, and the community towards the advancement of social justice and human rights in Israeli society.

Hebrew University
Support for the Community Planning Network’s research, academic, and policy development activities advancing socially just policies and practices in housing and urban planning.

Institute for International Education
Support to facilitate international travel, meetings, and other learning opportunities for grantees and affiliated organizations.

Rockridge Leadership Institute
Support for the Art of Leadership for Social Change Leaders seminars, a set of intensive retreat workshops for Arab and Jewish civil society leaders working across sectoral and social change strategies.

Shatil
Support to assist grantees to develop organizational capacities promoting greater financial sustainability.

Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Support for the Economics and Society Program, working to identify the widening social and economic gaps in Israeli society and propose practical ways to reduce them.


Equality for Palestinian-Israeli Citizens


Arab Center for Alternative Planning
Support for the GIS Database Initiative.

Injaz – the Center for Professional Arab Local Governance
Support for the strengthening of the organization's strategic planning and resource development activities.

Sikkuy
Support for activities to advance civic equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel in governmental budgets, resource allocation, employment, and other key arenas of civic life.


Advancing Peace


Economic Cooperation Foundation

Support for the further development of a comprehensive database designed to inform Israeli policy makers and the public about a range of territorial issues relating to Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Ir Amim
Support for activities promoting equitable policies shaping current and future Israeli-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem.

+972
Support to advance the financial sustainability of +972, a new blog-based web magazine offering a progressive view of domestic issues and Israel’s foreign relations.

 

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