Grants
Name of School or Program
Location
Purpose
Amount
PJ Library
Bay Area
Grant to support the PJ Library Family Connectors program by funding 8 family connectors who will work with 14 preschools in the Bay Area.
$70,020
1-year grant
Z3 Project
Bay Area
Grant to create a Leadership Lab program for early childhood educators at the 2024 Z3 Conference.
$29,000
1-year grant
Early Childhood Higher Education Program
Bay Area
Grant to allow 8 educators from the Bay Area to receive an MA in Jewish Early Childhood Education.
$123,200
1-year grant
Early Childhood Jewish & Israel Cultural Ambassador Program
Bay Area
Grant to fully fund the participation of 10 educators in a 17-day seminar in Israel designed to strengthen Jewish identity, nurture a connection to Israel, and cultivate partnerships among JECE educators from Israel and the Bay Area. After completion of the program, each participant receives a one-time bonus.
$134,366
1-year grant
Music by Heart
Bay Area
Grant to support the implementation of this transformative Jewish music program in 5 Bay Area preschools, providing comprehensive training for educators, enhancing connections to Jewish culture, particularly through the lens of Israel, and featuring community events and artist workshops. All families will also receive an album and e-book.
$50,000
1-year grant
Helen Diller Family Preschool - JCCSF
San Francisco
Grant to extend the preschool's program to a full day and increase capacity by up to 25-30 students.
$50,000
1-year grant
JCC Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
Grant to convert an office into an indoor learning space and improve their outdoor facility, adding up to 6 additional students; grant to fund their strategic planning for the addition of 2-4 new sites, accommodating 12-60 new students in a dessert area; grant to create round tables for educators in Sonoma County.
$75,000
1-year grant
The Grove Preschool
Tiburon
Grant to create an outdoor classroom, increasing the preschool's capacity by up to 17 students
$53,000
1-year grant
Chai Preschool
San Mateo
Grant to support the professional development of their 14 teachers and add up to 12 children to the preschool.
$50,400
1-year grant
Osher Marin JCC
San Rafael
Grant to transform underutilized outdoor areas into nature play spaces suitable for year-round use, allowing the preschool to increase capacity by up to 12 students over 3 years.
$80,000
1-year grant
South Peninsula Hebrew Day School
Sunnyvale
Grant to add more bathrooms to enable the preschool to open another toddler classroom with up to 15 additional children (doubling their toddler program to 30 children).
$100,000
1-year grant
Shalom Preschool
Fremont
Grant to create an outdoor learning space, increasing the preschool's capacity by up to 3-7 students.
$23,023
1-year grant
Sinai Nursery School
San Jose
Grant to support the expansion of the preschool's ECE program to include an infant program serving up to 9 children.
$75,000
1-year grant
Gan Mah Tov Preschool
Oakland
Grant to support renovating the outdoor space and building an additional outdoor classroom for up to 12 students.
$60,000
1-year grant
Beth El Nursery School
Berkeley
Grant to support the expansion of the preschool's ECE program to include a toddler program serving up to 8 children.
$58,500
1-year grant
Gan Outdoor Preschool
San Rafael
Grant to support reinstating the toddler program and adding up to 9 toddlers over the next 3 years.
$63,000
1-year grant
Shir Hadash Early Childhood Center
Los Gatos
Grant to support the expansion of the ECE program to include a toddler program serving up to 16 children.
$81,500
1-year grant
The Orchard
Bay Area
Grant to support the operating costs of The Orchard to provide high-quality learning opportunities for all ECE professionals in the Jewish community.
$3,000
1-year grant
Beth El Nursery School
Berkeley
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened safety concerns for students, staff, and families during the war in Israel. This contribution prevents the need to raise tuition.
$20,000
1-year grant
The Grove Preschool at Kol Shofar
Tiburon
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$20,000
1-year grant
Gan Avraham Preschool
Oakland
Grant to hire a consultant to assess the feasibility of adding a toddler/infant program to the preschool.
$1,200
1-year grant
Leslie Family Preschool
Palo Alto
Grant to renovate the preschool's outdoor area and provide professional development for staff to support children with special needs, expanding capacity to up to 14 children.
$165,528
1-year grant
Brotherhood Way - JCCSF
San Francisco
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$25,000
1-year grant
Rosenberg Early Childhood Education Center - JCCSF
San Francisco
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$25,000
1-year grant
Helen Diller Family Preschool - JCCSF
San Francisco
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$25,000
1-year grant
Temple Sinai David Pregerson Preschool
Oakland
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Isarel.
$22,000
1-year grant
Gan B'nai Shalom Preschool
Walnut Creek
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$18,000
1-year grant
Gan Avraham Preschool
Oakland
Grant to support strengthening security due to heightened safety concerns for students, staff, and families during the war in Israel. This contribution prevents the need to raise tuition.
$25,000
1-year grant
Gan Outdoor Preschool
San Rafael
Grant to support hiring a teacher to facilitate the registration of Israeli children who arrived in California during the October 7th War.
$11,000
2-month grant
Netivot Shalom Preschool
Berkeley
Grant to support the opening of a toddler program, make modifications to the preschool, and hire a new teacher.
$100,900
1-year grant
Peninsula Jewish Community Center
Foster City
Grant to support the expansion of the PJCC’s ECE program to include infant/toddler services for up to 28 children.
$188,049
1-year grant
Gan Shalom Preschool
Berkeley
Grant to support the renovation of the preschool's yard.
$39,200
1-year grant
Beth El Nursery School
Berkeley
Grant to support the Katanchicks program to enhance family engagement and bring more students to the preschool.
$27,830
1-year grant
Cole Valley Gan
San Francisco
Grant to support the hiring of an additional assistant teacher to increase the preschool capacity by 4 students.
$40,000
1-year grant
Shalom School
San Francisco
Grant to support strengthening security measures due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$43,000
1-year grant
Sinai Nursery School
San Jose
Grant to support strengthening security measures due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$25,000
1-year grant
Gan Noe Preschool
San Francisco
Grant to support strengthening security measures due to heightened concerns for the safety of students, staff, and families during the war in Israel.
$25,000
1-year grant
Sherith Israel
San Francisco
Grant to support the opening of a new San Francisco preschool, providing an art studio/maker space and improved outdoor area to up to 75 students.
$90,000
2-year grant
Osher Marin
Mill Valley
Grant to support the opening of a new satellite preschool in Mill Valley, serving 45 students, ages 2-5 years.
$80,000
2-year grant
Gan Ilan
Lafayette
Grant to support educators completing supervisor or director qualifications, educators working with students with special needs, and educators participating in a mentorship program.
$11,360
1-year grant
Silicon Valley JCC
Los Gatos
Grant to support the rollout of no-cost transitional kindergarten, covering a teacher's salary and the development of a family engagement program.
$12,000
1-year grant
JCC Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
Grant to support the opening of a new preschool, serving up to 24 students from a "desert" area with no other Jewish preschools.
$100,000
2-year grant
Early Childhood Higher Education Program Stipend
Bay Area
Grant to support a raise in salary for preschool educators with MAs in ECE, including 9 educators who earned their MAs in the Early Childhood Higher Education Program’s first cohort and 4 additional educators.
$156,000
1-year grant
The Orchard
Bay Area
Grant to support the operating costs of The Orchard to provide high-quality learning opportunities for all ECE professionals in the Jewish community.
$5,000
2-year grant
Early Childhood Higher Education Program
Grant to allow 11 educators from the Bay Area to receive an MA in Jewish Early Childhood Education.
$138,000
1-year grant
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
San Francisco
Grant to provide year-end bonuses for all East Bay Jewish preschool educators.
$385,733
3-year grant
Temple Beth Sholom
San Leandro
Grant to renovate the preschool's second floor, allowing them to accommodate more students, and to hire the necessary teaching staff to support the additional students.
$290,000
3-year grant
Gan Chabad In The Tri Valley
Pleasanton
Grant to support the building of a new Early Childhood Education Center and offer general operating support as they launch their new preschool.
$313,000
3-year grant
Netivot Shalom
Berkeley
Grant to expand the school's daily hours and year-round availability, as well as weekly programming for families with infants.
$50,240
1-year grant
Gan B'nai Shalom Preschool
Walnut Creek
Grant to assess current opportunities to accommodate more students.
$294,500
4-year grant
Shalom Preschool at Chabad Fremont
Fremont
Grant to support renovations of their newly acquired building and offer general operating support as they launch their new preschool.
$143,000
3-year grant
Gan Avraham Preschool
Oakland
Grant to add an HVAC system to the preschool.
$100,000
1-year grant
Gan Yiladim at Chabad Contra Costa
Walnut Creek
Grant to add a classroom, increasing the preschool's capacity by 12 students.
$97,900
2-year grant
Gan Shalom Berkley Preschool
Berkeley
Grant to support the extension of daily hours of operation to better support working families.
$27,116
1-year grant
Gan Mah Tov Preschool at Temple Beth Jacob
Oakland
Grant to support infant care expansion and evaluate opportunities to increase capacity within the preschool.
$78,700
2-year grant
Temple Sinai Preschool
Oakland
Grant to hire an additional full-time teacher and purchase furniture to accommodate a new 2s classroom.
$56,000
1-year grant
Chabad of Alameda
Alameda
Grant to reach more families with young kids in Alameda with Jewish infant care/preschool.
$120,000
3-year grant
Chabad of El Cerrito
El Cerrito
Grant to support expanding programming for families with preschool-age children.
$132,000
3-year grant
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
San Francisco
Grant to the JCF to support the East Bay PJ Library Family Connectors program.
$739,438
3-year grant
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
San Francisco
Grant to support a higher education pilot for educators at Jewish preschools in the East Bay, conducted in partnership with the American Jewish University.
$598,773
4-year grant
