This year's San Francisco Jewish Women's Fund grantees, (left) Amy Berler, Danielle Meshorer, Patsy Lurie, and Julie Levine
This year's San Francisco Jewish Women's Fund grantees, (left) Amy Berler, Danielle Meshorer, Patsy Lurie, and Julie Levine

SF Jewish Women’s Fund awards $198k in grants

The San Francisco Jewish Women’s Fund has awarded grants totaling $198,000 to five organizations that focus on health, leadership development and economic security.

The four-year-old SFJWF, part of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, is dedicated to helping woman and girls in the Jewish community succeed.

The largest of the grants, $75,000, will go to Hebrew Free Loan to establish the San Francisco Jewish Women’s Loan Fund, which will provide interest-free loans and give Bay Area Jewish women additional access to capital.

The winners of the organization’s 2018 grants also include At the Well, which will receive $45,000 to support its Bay Area hub, and the Jerusalem-based Center for Women’s Justice, which will get $40,000 to support work in Israel to ensure women’s rights.

Oakland-based Ignite will get $13,000 to fund a pilot leadership program with San Francisco State’s Hillel chapter and Shalom Bayit will receive $25,000 to update and implement its “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” curriculum to stop dating violence and abusive behavior in teen relationships.