Bureau of Jewish Education — $109,860

To support camp scholarships for children from the Federation area, as well as to help cover administrative and marketing costs for the centralized scholarship application and award process for Jewish overnight camps for children from throughout the greater Bay Area. (Newhouse Fund)

Bureau of Jewish Education — $89,000

To support early childhood and special education services provided by the Bureau of Jewish Education, including the Jewish Everyday Moments in Pre-School (JEMS) program which provides intensive professional development to 18 early childhood educators from two or three Federation-area Jewish preschools in order to integrate Jewish content into everyday experiences for preschoolers and their families; to support a camp weekend for children with developmental disabilities and their families; and to support BJE staff development and consultation in the field of special education. (Kohn Fund)

Bureau of Jewish Education — $49,220

Reserve fund for a new Jewish Family Education Project initiative in early childhood education (ECE) to support the professional development and mentoring of up to 18 Jewish preschool educators to help them attain leadership positions in family education at their ECE sites. Funds will also be used to support attendance at the four-day Whizin Jewish Family Education Conference and ongoing coaching and assistance in the implementation of Jewish family education programs at their ECE sites.

Hillel at Stanford University — $10,000

To support of the Student Leadership Development Initiative to expand leadership development programs for Jewish student leaders, including scholarships for national and regional Jewish young leadership conferences and retreats and an educational dinner discussion series with nationally prominent Jewish community leaders, and to offer a Kohn Leadership Class. (Kohn Fund)

Jewish Coalition for Literacy, with the JCRC as fiscal agent — $25,000

For continued support of the Jewish Community Literacy (JCL) project and to join as a funding partner. The project has 566 volunteers now serving 1,000 students in 51 schools and after-school programs, providing a visible response from the Jewish community to the literacy crisis in the public schools. The JCL recruits, trains and supports volunteers to tutor at-risk students in kindergarten through 5th grade in San Francisco, the Peninsula, and East Bay. (Newhouse Fund)

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Club 18 — $25,000

To support the Club 18 center for teens, which provides a safe and supportive environment for teens to explore and develop their Jewish identity. (Newhouse Fund)

Jewish Community Information and Referral (JCI&R) — $21,250

To support the pilot PJ Library initiative, which will provide free monthly delivery of Jewish children’s books and music to 250 families with children ages six months to five years old.

Jewish Family & Children’s Services — $15,000

To support early childhood mental health consultation services for at-risk children, their families and educators at two Jewish preschools on the Peninsula. (Kohn Fund)

The Jewish Lens: Exploring Values & Community through Photography — $10,000

Seed funding to support teacher training for the implementation of a new curriculum exploring Jewish values and community through photography in ten local congregational and day schools serving middle- and high-school students.

Jewish Vocational Service — $105,000

To support the 2007 Kohn Summer Internship/Alumni Program for 33 Jewish college students during the summer of 2007, as well as the continuation of the Kohn Intern alumni network for Kohn program alumni. (Kohn Fund)

Lehrhaus Judaica — $34,000

Final year of seed funding to support the expansion of the Learning & Leadership program, providing six Jewish Studies seminars taught by leading Bay Area academics in Marin, the South Peninsula and the North Peninsula and/or Sonoma regions.

Middle School Trips to Israel — $38,333 over three years

A reserve grant to support a community-wide scholarship fund providing 229 need-based scholarships over a three-year period for middle school students from the Gideon Hausner, Ronald C. Wornick, Brandeis Hillel and South Peninsula Hebrew Day Schools to travel to Israel.

Stanford University — $110,000

To support scholarships and summer fellowships for Jewish Studies graduate students as well as advanced Hebrew tutorial instruction and related instructional materials for graduate students. (Newhouse Fund)

University of California, Berkeley, Jewish Studies Program — $136,000

To support the growth of the Jewish Studies program as well as scholarships, fellowships and research stipends for Jewish Studies graduate students, and to underwrite instructional expenses for courses in Yiddish. (Newhouse Fund)

University of California, Berkeley — $90,526 over three years

A three-year challenge grant to support two three-year graduate fellowships for top students from Israeli universities. This grant supports the university’s effort to enable at least 24 top Israeli graduate students to study at UC Berkeley over the next ten years, without regard to the cost of their non-resident status.