The Foundation seeks to:

• engage the Jewish community in social justice efforts
• further progressive and inclusive approaches to Judaism
• promote positive relations between Jews and members of other ethnic groups

The Foundation supports policy research, education, community organizing, innovative service provision, leadership development, and dialogue.

Recent grantees include:

The American Jewish World Service gives young people an opportunity to express their commitment to tikkun olam (healing and transforming the world) through hands-on service with grassroots organizations in the developing world.

The Jewish Outreach Institute, based in New York, works to make Jewish institutions across the country more welcoming of unaffiliated and intermarried families, through research, innovative programs, and training.

The American Jewish Committee, with chapters throughout the United States and across the globe, works to combat anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred through advocacy, education, dialogue, and publications.

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The Foundation seeks to:

• address fundamental social, economic, and ethnic inequalities
• empower Israel’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations
• promote liberal and pluralistic approaches to Judaism

The Foundation supports policy research, advocacy, education, community organizing, innovative service provision, and leadership development.

Recent grantees include:

Yedid: The Association for Community Empowerment operates storefront community centers throughout Israel that assist low-income individuals to secure housing, health care, educational services, and social security benefits.

The Association for the Promotion of Negev Bedouin Women’s Education implements programs that help Bedouin girls to successfully complete high school and advance to higher education.

The Israel Religious Action Center of the Reform Movement engages in research, policy analysis, legal advocacy, and public education to promote religious freedom and equitable resource allocation for non-Orthodox Jews in Israel.

View more Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Israeli Democracy grants. Health and Mental Health  
The goal of this program is to promote quality health and mental health care for underserved individuals.  There is a geographic focus on Baltimore.

The Foundation seeks to:

• address the health and mental health needs of low-income children and seniors through sustainable programs designed to meet service gaps
• support local and national advocacy and public policy initiatives to ensure access to quality care for low-income families
• address environmental health issues

The Foundation supports innovative service provision in community-based settings; programs using evidence-based practices; and professional development.

Recent grantees include:

The Connections program of the Mental Health Policy Institute for Leadership and Training provides depression screening and treatment at community-based sites, including a re-entry center and maternal health program, serving low-income individuals in Baltimore City.

The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund advocates for the passage of Health Care for All, a universal health care plan for Maryland.

Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, a project of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing, works with medical facilities to decrease the environmental health risks associated with the delivery of health care services.

View more Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Health and Mental Health grants. Educational Opportunity  
The goal of this program is to ensure that low-income children and families have access to quality education and cultural opportunities. There is a geographic focus on Baltimore.

The Foundation seeks to:

• strengthen public education, with an emphasis on secondary education
• support local advocacy and policy initiatives that advance quality education for all
• nurture high-quality community arts programs that engage diverse audiences

The Foundation supports system-wide public school reform, human capital development, leadership development, community organizing, and innovative service provision.

Recent grantees include:

New Leaders for New Schools and Teach for America bring new talent and ideas to Baltimore City Public Schools through the recruitment, training and support of new principals and teachers respectively.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland monitors implementation of an agreement between the Baltimore City Public School System and the State of Maryland that promises Baltimore children access to an adequate and equitable education.

Art on Purpose promotes the creation and presentation of art to encourage reflection, dialogue and action on contemporary social issues and uses the arts as a catalyst for disenfranchised communities to express their interests and concerns.

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The goal of this program is to advance fundamental human rights.

The Foundation seeks to:

• advance women's and reproductive rights
• promote the right to education, particularly for adolescents and adults
• support leadership development, capacity-building and training across a range of issue areas

The Foundation's human rights work is primarily international, with a special interest in efforts that link domestic and international issues.

Recent grantees include:

The Child Marriage Initiative of the International Center for Research on Women educates policymakers about the human rights violations inherent in early marriage of girls in the developing world, and the harmful effect on their economic, health, and educational status.

ActionAid International’s “Writing the Wrongs” campaign focuses on adult literacy as a tool for empowerment in the developing world, and seeks to raise awareness of the need to invest in adult literacy.

The Fund for Global Human Rights provides financial support to local and regional human rights organizations in countries around the world.  The Fund works to identify and fill the gaps in human rights funding, and to develop strategic ways of helping human rights defenders expand the scope and impact of their work.

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