Springboard Grant Opportunities @ Springboard

Springboard Grant Opportunities

Springboard is proud to support Chicagoland teens and teen serving organizations. Grant funds are available to inspire organizations to test out new types of programs and help them respond to pressing needs, to expose JYPs to new colleagues and learning opportunities and to help teens identify more ways to express themselves Jewishly. To learn more about any of the grants below email Springboard@juf.org.

Access Grants

Springboard Access Grants are intended to make it even easier for teens to participate in new experiences in the Jewish community by removing financial barriers to participation in new programs. Funds can be applied towards activities with a new organization or towards participation in a new program with an organization a teen is already connected with.

Open To: 8-12th graders who live in the Chicago metro area.
Range: 50% of the teen’s program cost up to $500, whichever is lower. Grant is dependent on the cost and length of the experience.
Relevant Questions: Has the teen participated in this experience before? Will this experience deepen the teen's connection with the Jewish community or inspire them to take the next step in their communal involvement?
What It Isn't For: Springboard Access Grants may not be used towards experiences in which teens have already participated.

Innovation Grants

Grants help organizations in their efforts to increase the diversity of participants in Jewish programs, explore new models of collaboration and/or experiment with new programs or new ways of offering their services.

Open To: Jewish Youth Serving Organizations
Range: Springboard will provide grants as small as $500 and as high as $10,000, and in some circumstances even more, based on the potential impact on the community. 
Relevant Questions: What makes this program different from existing programs in the Chicago area? How will this program attract a diverse group of teens?
What It Isn't For: The exact same program you've always done

PD Grants

To provide access to professional development and training programs that enhance the ability to deliver quality programming to Chicagp-area Jewish Teens

Open To: Jewish Youth Professionals and Educators in the metro area
Range: Up to 50% of the program cost, not to exceed $500
Relevant Questions: How will this experience will benefit you? Why is now the right time for you to participate in this experience? How will you demonstrate the skills you have acquired through this program or experience within your organization as well as the broader Chicago youth professional community?
What It Isn't For: Professional development grants are intended to support Chicago-based youth professionals’ in their skill building and enhancing their ability to create meaningful and positive Jewish experiences. Grants may not be used to cover training that are not relevant to work serving Jewish teens.