Colef Fund Grants

Colef Fund Grants is sponsored by Colef Fund of the Congregation of Moses. Supports programs addressing hunger, poverty, homelessness, literacy, joblessness, health, education, and building safe communities.

coleffund@congregationofmoses. org About the Colef Fund of the Congregation of Moses The Colef Fund supports programs locally, nationally and globally that address hunger, poverty, homelessness, literacy, joblessness, health, education and building safe communities. Our goal is to provide funds to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that encourage independence and self-determination in recipients.

The Colef Fund is guided by Jewish values of tzedakah and tikkun olam . One-year grants are awarded yearly. Mini-grants of $6000 or less are awarded on a quarterly basis.

Organizations that meet the criteria will be invited to apply through an online application process. If you would like to inquire about an application for grant funding through the Colef Fund, please email us. Thank you.

2025 Colef Fund grant recipients Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. Community Healing Centers Tzevet Mikey (Lone Soldier Empowerment Foundation) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. (JDC) The Irving S.

Gilmore International Piano Festival Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes Kalamazoo Community Foundation Urgent Relief Fund 2024 Colef Fund grant recipients Jewish Agency for Israel – Fund for the Victims of Terror Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo Jewish Agency for Israel – Wings: Emergency Care for Lone Olim Soldiers The Jewish Agency for Israel – Youth Futures in Dimona Community Outreach, Prevention, and Education Network (COPE Network) Meshi Children’s Rehabilitation Center The Irving S.

Gilmore International Piano Festival Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers for Ready Movers Program ReGrow Israel – The Farmers Fund 2023 Colef Fund grant recipients JDC – Elderly Welfare in the Former Soviet Union JDC – Emergency Aid for Ukrainians Partners in Housing Transition Yad LaKashish/Lifeline for the Old ORT America/Kfar Silver Youth Village Kalamazoo Literacy Council Jewish Agency for Israel/Victims of Terror Fund – Response to October 7 Attack 2022 Colef Fund grant recipients Disability Network of Southwest Michigan The Jewish Agency for Israel Kalamazoo Community Foundation Urgent Relief Fund Project Hope, for Ukraine relief 2021 Colef Fund grant recipients Yad Lakashish/Lifeline for the Old Trauma Recovery Associates (TRA) JDC’s Humanitarian Assistance for Elderly in FSU Countries Veterans Memorial Ramp Project (Kalamazoo Garden Council) Southwest Michigan Miracle League Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Pride Program Kalamazoo Community Foundation Urgent Relief Fund – COVID Samaritas – Emergency funds for Afghan Refugee Resettlement 2020 Colef Fund grant recipients Disability Network of Southwest Michigan Kalamazoo County Ready 4s Jewish Federation of N.

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– Lunch and Learn for Special Needs Students JDC’s Active Jewish Teens JDC’s Supportive Housing for Israelis with Disabilities Community Healing Centers Meshi Children’s Rehabilitation Center Family and Children’s Services Kalamazoo Community Foundation Urgent Relief Fund – COVID Needs Boys Town Jerusalem – COVID Needs 2019 Colef Fund grant recipients Planned Parenthood of Kalamazoo Ready to Read – Kalamazoo Public Library Read and Write Kalamazoo (RAWK) Kalamazoo Covenant Academy Jewish Federation of N.

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for JDC’s Lifesaving Food and Medicine Jewish Federation of N. A. – Project TEN Puerto Rico JDC – Children’s Initiative in Former Soviet Union countries 2018 Colef Fund grant recipients Community Healing Centers Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes Constance Brown Hearing Centers Kalamazoo Literacy Council Senior Services of SW Michigan Jewish Federation of N.

A. – Lunch and Learn Program Jewish Federation of N. A.

– ENP SPACE Program Kalamazoo County Ready 4s United Way of Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Intrepid Professional Women Network Please contact us with questions or inquiries.