ISRAEL $2,486,500

A. NEW ISRAEL FUND (NIF) $2,401,500

1. For general support of this organization, which seeks to strengthen democracy and promote human rights and social and economic justice in Israel. ($381,500)

2. For Shatil: The New Israel Fund’s Empowerment & Training Center for Social Change Organizations, which provides consulting, training, workshops and other capacity-building and coalition-coordinating services to more than a thousand social change organizations networks and activists, working to strengthen Israeli democracy and advance tolerance and equality for all Israelis. ($160,000)

3. For Shatil's Assistance to Ethiopian Immigrants Project, which works with leading NGOs within the Ethiopian community in Israel, and trains Israelis of Ethiopian descent to assume leadership positions in and to take responsibility for their communities. ($115,000)

4. For NIF's Palestinian Society Program (PSP), which provides grants to organizations working to promote equality and justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel. ($150,000)

5. For Shatil’s Palestinian Initiative, which augments NIF’s grantmaking to NGOs within Israel’s Palestinian communities through consulting, training and support to strengthen civil society, including decision-makers, community activists, women, intellectuals, business people and youth.  ($60,000)

6. For Shatil’s Social and Economic Justice Initiative (SEJI), which promotes innovative social and economic policies and action plans and fights the inequitable distribution of resources. SEJI provides capacity-building assistance to activists and NGOs working on behalf of low-income citizens who are facing declining social services and reduced government benefits. ($40,000)

7. For NIF’s National Budget Reform Project (NBRP), which seeks to address the lack of accountability and transparency in social, economic and financial matters, especially related to the approval process for the annual State budget. ($25,000)

8. For NIF’s Executive Leadership Transition Fund, which will support NIF's new U.S. and Israel directors as they assume new leadership roles. ($200,000)

9. 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.  NIF utilized these funds to fulfill its commitments to the following organizations ($195,000).

Adalah ($40,000), to employ a variety of legal strategies to fight for the rights and status of Palestinian Israelis.
The Arab Center for 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 for Civil Rights in Israel ($120,000), 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.

10. For NIF’s efforts to strengthen civil society and promote social and  economic justice; Recommended for:

Agenda ($30,000), which seeks to influence the way social change issues are presented in the media and improve the media-capacity of social change organizations.

Breaking the Silence ($30,000) for its project, Soldiers Speak Out, which collects, verifies, edits and publishes soldiers' testimonies about their service in the Occupied Territories, to break the silence and educate Israelis about the nature of the Occupation.

Hotline for Migrant Workers ($20,000), which works on behalf of victims of labor and sex trafficking, and unaccompanied minors and refugees, including asylum seekers, in Israel.
Merchavim ($15,000), for its national integration of 500 Arab-Israeli teachers in the Jewish-Israeli school system.

The Israel Association For Immigrant Children ($15,000), for its efforts to promote the integration of immigrant children into the Israeli educational system, and to guarantee their legal citizenship in Israel.

Yesh Din ($25,000), to create long-term structural improvement in the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through documentation of abuses, legal action and raising public awareness.

11. For NIF’s efforts to advance equal rights and opportunities for Palestinian Citizens of Israel; Recommended for: 

Al Manarah (The Lighthouse)-Association for the Advancement of the Blind in the Arab Society in Israel, which advocates for rights and accessibility to services for blind and other disabled people in Israel's Palestinian community. ($20,000)

The Association to Promote Education for Bedouin Women in the Negev Alnuhud ("reaching up/renewal") for its efforts to promote greater participation in higher education by Bedouin girls and women, and for its new programs to meet the needs of the first generation of educated Bedouin women. ($25,000)

Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights, an organization of professional urban and municipal planners, which supports the planning rights of disadvantaged communities, include the Negev Bedouin, Palestinian residents of neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, and villages in both Area C and along the route of the Separation Barrier. ($40,000)

The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development for its efforts to close economic gaps, advance fiscal empowerment of the Arab community in Israel, and promote integration among Israeli Jews and Arabs. ($20,000)

The Community of Learning Women (CLW), for its Quiet Revolution Project, which seeks to empower Arab women in the Triangle Region, through education and skills building. ($20,000)

Ma’an for its Forum of Negev Bedouin Women’s Organizations. ($20,000)
Mahapach-Tagir, for its Building Communal Educational Leadership of Israeli-Arab Women Project. ($10,000)

Mossawa Center: The Advocacy Center for Arabs in Israel, for its Social Economic Program. ($40,000)

MUNTADA: The 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. ($10,000)

NISPED for its Forum for Social Solidarity and Community Voluntarism for Young Leadership (formerly the Forum of Five Organizations), a coalition of four Arab and Jewish-Arab NGOs working to promote leadership development and volunteering frameworks for young adults ages 18-22 in Palestinian communities in Israel. ($30,000)

Sawt el- Amel - The Laborer's Voice, for its Grassroots Organizing Forum (GOF), which includes the Alternative Wisconsin Center (AWC), the Women's Platform and the newly launched Young Workers' Forum. ($30,000)

Shchenim Neighbors for preparation of a Skeleton Plan to counter imbalanced government plans by preparing plans for new Arab neighborhoods and a new Arab city in the Galilee to meet the booming housing needs of the Arab population. ($15,000)

Sidreh for its efforts to promote the development and advancement of Bedouin women in the Negev through education and business projects including the Weaving Collective. ($25,000)

A Step Forward, for its Bedouin Women-Run Community Film Production Co-op in Rahat. ($20,000)

Women Against Violence (WAV), which concentrates on policy change for the advancement of Palestinian women citizens of Israel. ($30,000)

12. For NIF’s efforts to foster peace between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East; Recommended for:

Ir Amim 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. ($25,000)

13. For NIF’s efforts to empower and improve the living conditions for Ethiopian Immigrants and Falas Mura awaiting emigration from Ethiopia; Recommended for:

Fidel: The Association for Education & Social Integration for Ethiopian Jews in Israel for the promotion of better education for the Ethiopian immigrant community, support of youth centers for Ethiopian youth at risk, training and supervision of social and educational mediators and its role as an operating partner in the Israel Center for Educational Advancement (ICEI). ($125,000)

The Israel AIDS Task Force, for its HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment: Spotlight on the Ethiopian Community (SOEC) project. ($15,000)

Israel Association for Ethiopian - Jews (IAEJ), which advocates and provides support for community empowerment initiatives to develop and implement better education and employment policies for Ethiopian-Israelis as the bases for social mobility and integration. ($90,000)

The Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI) for its Netanya Initiative, a comprehensive program implemented by ICEI and the Moriah Fund in concert with its operating and supporting partners to raise achievement levels for pupils in elementary schools with high concentrations of Ethiopian immigrants, improve instructional leadership and school management, and increase the involvement of parents in their children’s education. ($250,000)

South Wing to Zion (SWZ), which is the leading advocate for the continued immigration to Israel of the "Remnant of Ethiopian Jewry" (the Falash Mura), and which helps Ethiopian immigrants in their initial integration process into Israeli society. ($40,000)

Tebeka:  The Center of Legal Aid and Advocacy for Ethiopian - Israelis, which works to protect the legal rights of Ethiopian Israelis and to nurture a cadre of young Ethiopian Israeli leaders in the field of law. ($40,000)

B. Americans For Peace Now $25,000

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 U.S. officials, Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab states in order to enhance Israel’s security and bring stability to the Middle East.

C. National Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ) $30,000

For general support of this organization, which serves as the primary support for Ethiopian Jews in Gondar waiting to make aliyah.

D. The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) $30,000

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.