ISRAEL $2,894,725
A. THE NEW ISRAEL FUND (NIF)
1. For general support of this organization, which works to strengthen democracy and promote social justice in Israel through its primary issue areas: Civil and Human Rights, Social and Economic Justice, and Pluralism ($237,500).
2. For SHATIL, NIF's Empowerment and Training Center for social change organizations ($200,000).
3. For SHATIL to provide technical assistance through five key projects: the Assistance to Ethiopian Immigrants Project; the Conflict Transformation and Management Center; the Social and Economic Justice Initiative; the Palestinian Initiative; and the Assistance to the Former Soviet Union Immigrant Community Project ($223,148).
4. For NIF/SHATIL's National Budget Reform project, which works to ensure transparency and equal access in state budget allocations, with a particular focus on the public support budget ($22,783).
5. For SHATIL'S Palestinian Initiative (PI), a complement to the New Israel Fund's grantmaking to organizations throughout the Palestinian-Israeli community; the PI provides consulting and training support to decision-makers, intellectuals, business people, community leaders and NGO activists advancing the rights of civil society, women and youth ($230,365).
6. For NIF's Core Grants Program, which provides institution-building grants to social change organizations working to strengthen democracy and promote social and economic justice in Israel ($492,373). NIF utilized these funds to fulfill its commitments to the following organizations:
a) Civil Rights and Human Rights
Association for Civil Rights in Israel($150,000), to build awareness of civil and human rights challenges in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
Machsom Watch ($15,000), to protect the human rights of Palestinians in the territories by monitoring military checkpoints.
The Movement for Freedom of Information in Israel ($24,000), to promote compliance with the Freedom of Information Act by demanding information from government agencies, applying to the courts when necessary, and raising public awareness about the law.
Worker's Hotline($20,000), to promote the rights of disempowered workers.
Yesh Din ($20,000)), to create long-term improvement in the human rights situation in the Territories.
b) Social and Economic Justice
Hazit Hakavod (the Respect Front) ($10,000), to raise public awareness and improve policies for Israel's elderly who subsist in poverty.
The Israeli Association for Distributive Justice ($25,000), to promote the just distribution of natural resources in Israel.
Israeli Center for Social Justice ($10,000), to define social targets for the state budget in order to decrease the number of people living in poverty and reduce social gaps.
Mehuyavut/Commitment to Peace and Social Justice ($25,000), to address unemployment issues.
The Movement for Dignified Living ($20,000), to protect the rights of mortgage victim families.
c) Empowering the Ethiopian Immigrant Community in Israel
Friends by Nature -- Community Empowerment ($8,000), to strengthen Ethiopian neighborhoods and foster better integration of Ethiopian immigrants into Israeli society.
South Wing to Zion ($16,000), to bring the Falas Mora to Israel and to ease their integration into Israeli society.
c) Empowering the Ethiopian Immigrant Community in Israel
Friends by Nature -- Community Empowerment ($8,000), to strengthen Ethiopian neighborhoods and foster better integration of Ethiopian immigrants into Israeli society.
South Wing to Zion ($16,000), to bring the Falas Mora to Israel and to ease their integration into Israeli society.
d) Empowering Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Adalah -- Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel ($40,000), to employ a variety of legal strategies to fight for the rights and status of Palestinian Israelis.
Al-Ahali ($25,000), to fight for water and land rights and promote community organizing among Palestinian-Israeli farmers and others in the Negev, Triangle and Galilee.
The Arab Center fo Law and Policy ($20,000), to carry out research to improve the socio-economic status and struggle for equality of the Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Association to Promote Arab Education in Haifa ($8,000), to improve the poor quality of education and the high concentration of special-needs children in Haifa's Arab public schools.
Association to Promote the Wadi El Naim Village to have the Bedouin village of the El Azazmeh tribe recognized and relocated.
Forum of Directors of Arab Welfare Departments ($20,000), to fight social-welfare budget discrimination against Arab localities.
I'lam -- Media Center for Palestinians in Israel ($20,000), to challenge discrimination in the Israeli media, strengthen the media as a tool for Palestinian discourse in Israel and ensure the Arab public's right to appropriate media coverage.
Kayan ($20,000), to encourage social activism among women in the north and Triangle regions.
7. For NIF's program to strengthen civil society and promote social and economic justice; Recommended for:
Agenda, which seeks to influence the way social change issues are presented in the media and to improve the media-capacity of social change organizations ($36,452).
Breaking the Silence, which works with former soldiers and officers to break the silence and educate Israelis about the nature of the Occupation ($27,339);
Hotline for Migrant Workerswhich works on behalf of victims of labor and sex trafficking ($36,452);
Merchavin, specifically for its Let's Talk program, which teaches Arabic in Jewish schools, and its program for national integration of 500 Arab-Israeli teachers in the Jewish-Israeli school system ($13,670).
Yesh Din ("There is Law") -- Volunteers for Human Rights, for its work to oppose the continuing violation of Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Territories ($30,000).
8. For NIF's program to advance equal rights and opportunities for Palestinian Citizens of Israel; Recommended for :
Al Amer, for its leadership training program, Ajial (Generations) ($15,000);
Al Manarah, for its advocacy work for the realization of rights and accessibility to services for blind and other disabled groups in Israel's Palestinian community ($25,000);
The Association to Promote the Education of Bedouin Women, for its efforts to promote greater participation in higher education by Bedouin girls and women, and for its new plans to meet the needs of the first generation of educated Bedouin women ($40,000);
Bimkom -- Planners for Planning Rights, for its efforts to support the planning rights of disadvantaged communities, including the Negev Bedouin, Palestinian residents of neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, and villages in both Area C and along the route of the Separation Barrier ($55,000);
The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development for its work to close economic gaps, advance fiscal empowerment of the Arab community in Israel, and promote integration among Israeli Jews and Arabs ($27,339);
Citizens Build a Community, for its new Arab Young Adult Leadership Project (AYALP), to nurture professional leadership development in the Lod Arab community ($20,000);
The Community of Learning Women for its project The Quiet Revolution in the Wadi Ara Area and the Triangle Region ($25,000);
Ma'an for its Forum of Negev Bedouin Women's Organizations ($18,226);
Mahapach-Tagir, to build communal educational leadership of Israeli-Arab Women ($13,670);
Mossawa Center: The Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens of Israel, for its Socio-Economic Justice Program, which focuses on economic development in the Arab Community in Israel ($50,000);
MUNTADA for its Arab Forum for Sexuality, Education and Health, which seeks to break the taboos surrounding sexuality education and to promote healthy relationships to counter high risk behavior in Arab communities in Israel, including East Jerusalem ($27,339);
NISPED for its Forum of Five Organizations for Strength and Community Volunteering, a coalition of five Arab and Jewish-Arab NGOs that works to promote leadership development and volunteering frameworks for young adults ages 18-22 in the Arab sector ($18,226);
Sawt el-Amel: The Laborer's Voice, for its Grassroots Organizing Forum, which includes the Alternative Wisconsin Center and the Women's Platform ($30,000);
Shchenim Neighbors for Joint Development in the Galilee o reduce disparities in resource allocation ($18,226);
Sidreh to promote the development and advancement of Bedouin women in the Negev through education and business projects ($22,783);
Step Forward for its Bedouin Women-Run Community Film Production Co-op in Rahat (27,339); and
Women Against Violence (WAV) for its advocacy efforts to increase the number of leadership roles held by Palestinian Israeli women in public organizations and the number of employed educated Palestinian Israeli women ($40,000).
9. For NIF's program to foster peace between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East; Recommended for:
Ir Amin for its efforts to shape policy to meet the needs of both peoples sharing Jerusalem, and to minimize the damage caused by unilateral actions such as the construction of the Separation Barrier ($31,896).
10. For NIF's program to empower and improve the living conditions for Ethiopian Immigrants and Falas Mura awaiting immigration from Ethiopia; Recommended for :
Almaya: the Association for the Advancement of the Ethiopian Family and Child in Israel for its efforts to strengthen early childhood education and community empowerment for the Ethiopian immigrant communities in Beersheva and other towns in southern Israel ($36,452);
Fidel: The Association for Education & Social Integration for Ethiopian Jews in Israel, to strengthen and expand mediation, empowerment and advocacy services to the Ethiopian community ($145,808);
Fidel for the Netanya Initiative, a project to improve school and educational outcomes for Ethiopian and other children in Netanya ($250,000).
Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) for its Legal Aid Centers for Olim (immigrants) project working on behalf of Ethiopians on personal status issues such as Jewish status, age correction, and family unification, which are of particular interest to the Falas Mura community ($20,000);
Israel Aids Task Force for its education, prevention and testing activities within the Ethiopian Israeli community ($25,000);
Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews (IAEJ), for its efforts to strengthen the Ethiopian community through education and employment ($110,000);
South Wing to Zion: the Association for Ingathering and Absorption of Ethiopian Jewryo pressure the Israeli government to continue the immigration of the remaining Falas Mura from Ethiopia, and to facilitate their absorption after they arrive ($60,000);
Tebeka, for its efforts to eradicate discrimination through legal action, to strengthen legal leadership within the Ethiopian community, and to provide the community with legal advice, referrals and public education about civil rights and obligations ($50,000).
11. For NIF's program to strengthen the CIS immigrant community; Recommended for:
Israel Association For Immigrant Children, for its efforts to promote the integration of immigrant children into the Israeli educational system, and to guarantee their legal citizenship in Israel ($27,339).
For general support of this organization, which seeks to support Israel's grassroots peace movement, Shalom Achshav (Peace Now), and bolster support for peace among Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states in order to enhance Israel's security and bring stability to the Middle East.
For its Ethiopia Project, which provides nutritional, educational, religious, and vocational programs in the Gondar compound in Ethiopia for Falas Mura waiting to emigrate to Israel.
For general support of this organization, which works to end violations of human rights committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, whether committed by Palestinian or Israeli agencies or individuals.
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