WRJ Microgrants
WRJ Microgrants (formerly WRJ Incubator Grants) were created to inspire and enable women to create “outside the box” programs and provide new ideas for WRJ Sisterhoods. Any project or program that relates to engagement, social justice, or advocacy qualified for this grant opportunity.
This year, a women’s group was eligible for a grant to engage women around timely issues in the pursuit of social justice or advocacy, including any work related to WRJ resolutions or high-priority issues or for any program or project that promotes engagement in the areas of sisterhood/community building, spirituality, or personal enrichment and growth.
Click here to learn more about WRJ Microgrants.
This year, a women’s group was eligible for a grant to engage women around timely issues in the pursuit of social justice or advocacy, including any work related to WRJ resolutions or high-priority issues or for any program or project that promotes engagement in the areas of sisterhood/community building, spirituality, or personal enrichment and growth.
Click here to learn more about WRJ Microgrants.
Mazal Tov to These Pacific District Sisterhoods Microgrant Awardees
2024 - Women of B’nai Torah in Bellevue, WA, for their Post-Abortion Care Bag Program. Working with the Cedar River Abortion Clinic, sisterhood members learned about current reproductive right issues through a speaker, then joined together to prepare gift bags and cards of support to abortion patients. The program was promoted within the sisterhood and temple. In addition to the educational component of this program, it presented an easy social opportunity for the sisterhood women to meet and assemble the anonymous care packages. As the program progressed, other women from the community learned of the project and joined in as well.
2016 - WRJ of Temple Emanu-El, Tucson, AZ, for their Gan Project. WRJ’s grant permitted an expansion of the temple’s already successful Gan Project by adding two more raised-bed gardens and an additional season of replanting and classes for temple youth and affording the Rabbi Educator and a gardening expert to lead classes connecting Shmita principles to the garden.
2016 - Women of Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA, for their Mitzvah Bus. This program transported eighty people to several different types of social action organizations to volunteer in various capacities. At each non-profit, participants were provided with a list of volunteer opportunities with that organization for their future involvement.
2016 - WRJ of Temple Emanu-El, Tucson, AZ, for their Gan Project. WRJ’s grant permitted an expansion of the temple’s already successful Gan Project by adding two more raised-bed gardens and an additional season of replanting and classes for temple youth and affording the Rabbi Educator and a gardening expert to lead classes connecting Shmita principles to the garden.
2016 - Women of Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA, for their Mitzvah Bus. This program transported eighty people to several different types of social action organizations to volunteer in various capacities. At each non-profit, participants were provided with a list of volunteer opportunities with that organization for their future involvement.
