Microgrant Applications Now Open

I am excited to announce that applications are open for this year’s microgrants to fund WRJ-affiliated women’s group events focused on engagement, social justice and advocacy.

Has your women’s group been hesitant to plan an event because you didn’t have the funding available to bring it to life? If you are a WRJ-affiliated women’s group, you may be able to qualify for a microgrant to help you defray the cost of that project or program.  

Whether you have an event already planned or not, let this be your call to action! Let WRJ help you bring your program or project to life.

Starting November 14, 2024, WRJ-affiliated women’s groups are eligible to apply for microgrants ranging between $500 - $2,500, for ANY program or project that relates to engagement or social justice/advocacy.

WRJ continues to promote new programming ideas to help support our women’s groups.  To facilitate that goal, WRJ is investing in our women’s groups and, at the same time, honoring several of WRJ’s important pillars from the WRJ mission statement.  Through these grant opportunities, WRJ is working to create caring communities, promote sisterhoods, and pursue social justice.  It is truly a win-win for everyone!

Our microgrants are made possible and supported by the following grant opportunities:

• The Rabbi Marla J. Feldman Social Justice Fund provides opportunities for projects or programs in the pursuit of social justice or advocacy, including any work related to WRJ resolutions or high-priority issues.  These social justice grants would not be possible without the generous support of WRJ Past President, Sara Charney, and her husband Rick Charney, and WRJ Board Member Deborah Lelchuk and her husband, Dan Lelchuk. We thank them for making this initiative possible.
• The WRJ Engagement Fund provides grants for any program or project that promotes engagement in the areas of sisterhood, community building, spirituality, or personal enrichment and growth.  The engagement grants are made possible through the support of Joanne Fried, who created our Engagement Fund.

Your program does not have to meet both of the above criteria to apply. Programs and projects including either or both engagement or social justice activities qualify for a grant.  

Applying is simple: complete an online application that describes your project or program. Please make sure to read and review the Microgrant Guidelines on our WRJ website.

Think about what you would like to do that you may not have the current funding to support. Put a plan together and submit your grant application by June 30, 2025. You have plenty of time to plan, apply for a grant, promote, and implement a successful program.

Our goal is to offer great programming. We want you to succeed. We are excited to support your WRJ-affiliated women’s groups with grants for innovative and creative engagement, social justice, or advocacy projects/programs. Apply today and create possibility!

 If you have any questions, please contact WRJ Program Associate, Talia Blank at tblank@wrj.org.