We give Jewish communal organisations the opportunity to enhance the Jewish education and professional expertise of its personnel.
This will be done through devising and implementing high quality professional development training programmes for their staff and volunteers. The programme will have a strong Jewish learning component at its core and participants will be expected to develop stronger Jewish fluency.
The aim of the programme is to enhance the breadth and depth of educational programming within the community, incorporating quality Jewish content, Jewish materials and vocabulary in their activities.
If you have not applied to the Foundation before, please contact Daniela Greiber at d.greiber@rothschildfoundation.eu to discuss your proposal before submitting an application.
Before beginning your application, please read the Application Guidance below or download it as a PDF.
You can also download a sample application form and a step-by-step ‘Guidance to submitting an application online’.
Some applicants might have issues downloading the budget form within the application – please download a copy and save to your desktop from here.
Please check our closing dates for further information.
Most grants in this programme are between £15,000 – £40,000 per year and our maximum length of support is generally 3 years.
We usually fund only up to 70% of the project budget and would require matched funding of at least 30% of the cost of the project. In rare cases, we will fund a more significant proportion of the costs. We are very unlikely to fund 100% of a project and applications requesting this are likely to be rejected.
We favour proposals that include multiple funding sources, as well as clear evidence of institutional commitment to the initiative in the form of gifts in kind and other forms of financial commitment.
MULTI-COUNTRY: We welcome applications from pan-European organisations, and organisations serving several communities in a European region. This includes Scandinavia and the Baltics, international organisations with a European affiliate. We are unable to accept applications from other FSU countries.
SINGLE COUNTRY: Applications from organisations serving one country are welcome from the following: Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and UK.
The organisation’s activities must be deemed charitable under UK charity law and includes organisations which are either not-for-profit or publicly funded. For more information, please consult the UK’s Charity Commission website and its list of Charitable Purposes.
Proposed projects can be a new initiative or an upgrade of an existing programme. If you are looking to improve an existing programme, the budget and narrative should reflect how the funds requested will be allocated to new activities aimed at strengthening the Jewish knowledge and delivery skills of the participants.
Proposed projects should target professionals and volunteers in Jewish community and informal educational settings.
Eligible costs include the following:
We support a wide variety of projects at different stages of development, including stand-alone initiatives and new aspects of an existing project. However, we do not fund retroactively. This means we will not consider a request for funding for an activity that has already happened or is scheduled to happen while the application for funding is being considered.
In-kind contributions can total up to 15% of the project budget and may include:
In-kind costs must be included in the Expense Items and Income Sources sections of the budget. Please provide an explanation of your ‘in-kind’ costs in the Budget Explanation section including a breakdown of salaries.
Proposed projects should focus on the Professional Development section of the application form and they can also include optional plans for programme implementation.
The Programme Implementation section of the application form is not compulsory as it might not be relevant in every case. However, applications should demonstrate how the skills, knowledge and tools the participants acquire through professional development engage their audiences in Jewish life and learning in the programme implementation. Your application can include budget allocation for this follow up programming. If programme implementation does not apply to your project, leave that section blank.
Professional Development Section (Training):
Examples include, but are not limited to:
OPTIONAL
Programme Implementation Section (Activities):
As a result of the above professional development programme, your application may outline a plan of Jewish-content based activities to be delivered to wider audiences in the community.
The range of examples listed below offer ideas that may also work in your organization. We do not expect to see a replication of these programmes in your application, but they may inspire you to think creatively about enhancing Jewish content in your organization and community.
Please make sure you have submitted the following with your application. If it is not included, your application cannot be considered. If your application is successful, you will be required to submit further documentation once you receive your Grant Letter and Agreement.
Translations: For documents not originally written in English please include an English translation. This does not need to be an official translation, but it must be clear and accurate. Documents in a language other than English that are not accompanied by an English translation will not be processed.
Financial summaries: If financial documents are very long, please provide a translation summarising the main income and expenditure included in your financial statements and organisational budget. This document should be no longer than 10 pages.
Please upload your translated/summarised document against the same upload title you use for the original document. This means you may have two documents saved under each upload title.
Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe is committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment, where people are respected and valued. We expect those we work with and support to do the same. Organisations should actively prevent harm, harassment, bullying, abuse and neglect in the workplace and everyone in the organisation must play an active role in ensuring a duty of care to staff members, volunteers, participants and donors.
Specifically, we expect all grantees to:
You can find further information on safeguarding here:
Your organisation must provide proof of its charitable status or status as a not-for-profit or publicly funded organisation. This may be a UK charity number where applicable, or a copy of the relevant portion of the organisation’s statutes, confirming its non-profit, charitable or public (government-funded) status.
If you are in the process of obtaining charitable status, please be aware that no payments will be made to your organisation until you have achieved this status. Additionally, if your organisation is awarded a grant but fails to secure charitable status within 3 months of having been notified of the award, the grant will be cancelled.
Open access is a fundamental part of our mission to increase access to European Jewish heritage and culture. Any Foundation-funded project should enable free access to educational resources resulting from the project. The Foundation expects a collegial and generous attitude towards sharing material with other professionals, organisations and communities.
Applications can only be submitted via our online application process. We do not accept applications by mail or email.
Please use the Apply Now button at the bottom of the grant category page to begin your application.
The first time you login, you will need to create an account with an email and a password. Please keep a note of your login information as you will need it to access your application form on future visits.
Once you have set up your online account you can access it below.
Please add mailuk@grantapplication.com to your safe senders list to ensure you receive all communications from our online application system.
When completing the application form, make sure to switch your web browser language settings to English if necessary.
You should expect notification via email letting you know whether your application has been successful or unsuccessful. For Spring grant rounds you will receive confirmation in late July or early August. For Autumn grant rounds you will receive confirmation in early January.
If your application is approved, you will receive an official Grant Offer Letter together with an Award Agreement which you will need to e-sign and return with the necessary supporting documentation.
Please ensure you add adobesign@adobesign.com to your safe senders list to ensure you receive all our communications.
If you have not applied to the Foundation before, please contact Daniela Greiber at d.greiber@rothschildfoundation.eu to discuss your proposal before submitting an application.
For any other information including technical support please contact info@rothschildfoundation.eu
Please make sure you submit your application by the deadline date which you can find here.