How can a gift of just $1,000 have a meaningful and long-term impact on Jewish communities in Rhode Island and Israel?

This powerful effect comes from collective investment with Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund (WAEF) of the Jewish Federation Foundation. The fund has grown significantly since its 1993 inception with more than 130 membership contributions of $1,000 each. Every WAEF member has a voice in the annual grant program that supports educational, health, cultural, and social services and programs.

Since 1997, the WAEF has distributed more than $165,700 in grants to a variety of organizations in Rhode Island and overseas. In 2025, allocations totaling $10,850 were awarded to the following programs: 

Local: 

• Chabad of Southern RI -- $1,000 for Interactive Children’s Holiday Workshops 
• Community Beit Midrash of RI -- $800 for Intergenerational Learning 
• Jewish Collaborative Services -- $1,000 for Hanukkah Gifts for Seniors 
• Jewish Community Day School -- $1,000 for Social-Emotional Learning Lunch Bunches 
• University of Rhode Island Hillel -- $1,050 for "Tastes from Home: Transmitting Jewish Food Traditions from Generation to Generation” 

Israel:  

• Beit Ruth Educational and Therapeutic Village -- $1,000 for Promoting Physical and Emotional Health for At-Risk Girls Through Sports 
• ELEM -- $1,000 for Outreach to At-Risk Haredi Girls 
• Emunah -- $1,000 for "Emunat Ha’em" (Mother's Self-Confidence) 
• Ethiopian National Project -- $1,000 for Leadership Program for Girls 
• Haifa Rape Crisis Center -- $1,000 for Sexual Trauma Support Group 
• Jaffa Institute -- $1,000 for Welfare to Wellbeing 

Request for Proposals
 

The WAEF welcomes grant proposals every spring from Jewish organizations and synagogues in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and Israel whose missions fall within the purview of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. 
 

Download the RFP package
 

To be added to the RFP distribution list, email us at endowment@jewishallianceri.org.