Hadassah Foundation Spark Grants for Early-Stage Organizations in the United States and Israel ($20,000)

The Hadassah Foundation is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for their 2025-26 Spark Grants. These general operating grants are awarded to early-stage or modest-size organizations in Israel or the United States. They seek to support innovative organizations in their early stages of development that are addressing a gap in the field of gender equity in Israel or the U.S. Jewish community and that utilize a gender lens throughout their work.

The Hadassah Foundation leads the movement to revolutionize the role, perception, and impact of all who identify as women and girls in Israel and the American Jewish community. Established in 1998 to refocus the priorities of the Jewish community through creative grantmaking, the Hadassah Foundation has awarded almost $12 million to 113 organizations.

About the Grants

The Foundation welcomes proposals from organizations that:

1. Work within the United States Jewish community or are based in Israel.
2. Utilize a gender lens throughout their work by recognizing the ways gender influences people’s needs, causes differing outcomes, and underlies various assumptions and norms. The work may occur in gender-specific (girls/women only) or multigender environments.
3. Have key initiatives that improve the status and lives of women and girls by building on their unique strengths, perspectives, and experiences.
4. Create social change by addressing the underlying obstacles that impede people’s full participation in society.
5. Display innovation, address a gap in the field, and/or focus on an emergent issue disproportionately impacting women and girls.

Summary

1. Application Deadline: July 28, 2025
2. Category: Grants Women
3. Opportunity Locations: Israel, United States
4. Eligible Locations: Israel United States
5. Sponsor Organisation: Hadassah Foundation

Eligibility Criteria for Hadassah Foundation Spark Grants for Early-Stage Organizations in the United States and Israel ($20,000)

1. This opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations in the United States and Israel with a tax-exempt status or a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status.
2. Organizations must have a budget of $500,000 or less (in U.S. dollars)
3. They must have been in existence for 10 or fewer years.
4. Proposals will also be accepted from initiatives that are independent projects of larger organizations or institutions, only if the initiative does not receive financial support (not including in-kind support) from the larger organization in which they are legally or structurally associated.

Benefits of Hadassah Foundation Spark Grants for Early-Stage Organizations in the United States and Israel ($20,000)

1. They anticipate awarding four Spark Grants of $20,000 each.
2. Grants are for general operating expenses.
3. The grant cycle is 18 months, beginning in February 2026 and ending in July 2027.

How to Apply

Hadassah Foundation will hold an optional Q&A session for prospective applicants on Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 a.m. ET

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Application Deadline

28 July, 2025

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