Healthy For Life - 30% allocation -  This category includes programs that proactively improve health and wellness by fostering transformational change in individual or community behaviors. The ideal grant in this category would impact mind, body and spirit. We seek to provide seed money to innovative, trailblazing programs that will draw other funders as the programs become established.

Healthy Jewish Community - 25% allocation - This category includes programs that support social or human services that may be unrelated to healthcare but that foster or maintain a vibrant Jewish community. Examples include:

-Jewish education programs                                                                 -Rent                                                                                                 -Utility or car payment                                                                        -Transportation to Jewish communal social activities                              -Spiritual counseling

Areas Funded

• Programs, services, research and education that address a particular community need
• General operating costs
• Seed money for innovative programs
• Capital equipment, preferably if it serves as an integral part of a new program or enhances an organization's operations

Areas Not Funded

• Proposals that require implementation by the Foundation
• Brick and mortar costs
• Political campaigns

Grant Proposals Amounts and Judging Process:

There is neither a minimum nor a maximum for which grant proposals may be submitted. Proposals will be judged on one or more of the following criteria:

• Advances the concept of Healthy for Life
• Best meets a specific donor interest
• The significance of the healthcare need
• The benefits that result from implementing the request
• The overall impact on the community
• The number and types of people served