Jewish at Work Employee Resource Group Microgrants
Background
CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) is excited to invite applications for a limited number of microgrants (up to $500 each) for Boston-area Jewish Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to build their membership and networks through quick, accessible funding for activities and outreach. Research has found that connecting Jewish employees and creating opportunities for collaboration, celebration, and visibility are beneficial to creating spaces of safety and belonging for Jews in the workplace and preventing antisemitism. Through these grants, we are seeking to help kickstart new Jewish ERGs in additional workplaces and/or supplement support for existing Jewish ERGs to help grow this network.
What is CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism?
CCA works collectively with partners in our Greater Boston organizational ecosystem to make antisemitism socially and politically unacceptable. CCA’s vision is one where the Greater Boston Jewish community has clear and effective resources, tools, and capabilities that meet the moment and foster action against antisemitism, with members of the community feeling empowered and supported.
As part of CCA’s work, we launched the first-ever Boston-based workplace strategy to address antisemitism last year focused on bringing tools and resources to Boston’s workplaces and corporations. Building and leveraging relationships with civic leaders — including business and nonprofit leaders — CJP’s CCA is proud to be a hub for this work and partner with organizations like Project Shema to bring these trainings and tools to civic spaces so that our society can better understand and address antisemitism.
What could Jewish at Work ERG grants be used for?
To support our goal of supporting and empowering our community where they live and work, CCA is supporting Jewish ERGs with funding for a wide array of activities, including but not limited to:- Jewish holiday celebrations
- ERG membership outreach campaigns
- ERG networking events
- Cross-ERG collaboration to build allyship
Please note that through CCA’s multi-year partnership with Project Shema, CCA is already able to offset the costs for antisemitism training for ERGs and corporate leaders separately. Please be in touch by emailing CCA-info@cjp.org if this is of interest as well.
Who should apply:
Applicants should be leaders (chairs/co-chairs) of Jewish ERGs from companies or organizations located in Boston or surrounding communities that CJP serves.
*Please note that you will not be able to save and return to your application. We recommend drafting responses in Microsoft Word before submission, so you do not lose your progress. Alternatively, you can use this offline Microsoft Word version of the application.