Programs

Building Renovation Grants are offered to Yeshivot and day schools in the New York City Metropolitan area to help eliminate health and safety hazards and improve deteriorating school facilities. Applications for Building Renovation Grants always include contractor's detailed plans for the renovation work which are reviewed by the Foundations consulting engineer.

This fund provides scholarship assistance on the elementary school level for students with severe financial need and for recently arrived immigrant students enrolled in Jewish day schools in the New York City Metropolitan area. The scholarships are awarded to students enrolled in grades one through eight.

This fund provides enrollment incentive grants to students in yeshivot day schools in the New York City Metropolitan area who are enrolled in the first time in Jewish day schools. The purpose of this program is to help schools stabilize and increase their overall school enrollment. The participating institution usually provides a match in order to reduce the cost of tuition for the first several years of the child's enrollment in a Jewish day school.

This Fund was designed to provide interest free loans of up to $500,000 to Jewish educational institutions for the expansion of their facilities in order to provide for increased enrollment. The borrowing institution must collateralize the loan by providing either a letter of credit from a recognized lending institution or by having no more than two people set up a pledged collateralized account in a major brokerage house. If securities are pledged, a minimum of 120% of the amount guaranteed must be placed in the account. The loan is repayable monthly over a period of five years.

This fund provides aid to FIT students who are graduates of Jewish day schools or Yeshivot, or Jewish immigrants who are graduates of secular or Jewish high schools. Students are selected for the semester scholarships based on financial need, with priority given to immigrants. The scholarship includes the tuition charged by FIT, as well as up to 20% of the tuition to cover traveling and incidental expenses.

This fund provides scholarships to Jewish all day high school and supplementary high school students and enables them to further their education, thereby enhancing and strengthening Jewish secondary schooling in the New York City metropolitan area. Scholarships are based on financial need with priority given to immigrant students.

This fund was designed to provide full time Jewish educators in the New York City Metropolitan area with Cost Free Life Insurance. The amount of life insurance coverage is up to $125,000. This program is funded by the Fund for Jewish Education (sponsored by UJA Federation and Gruss Life Monument Funds).

The Medical Reimbursement Program was designed to help schools and career educators pay for the cost of medical insurance. This program is funded by the Fund for Jewish Education (sponsored by UJA Federation and Gruss Life Monument Funds).

The Pension Reimbursement Program was designed to help schools and career educators pay for the cost of their pension plan. This program is funded by the Fund for Jewish Education (sponsored by UJA Federation and Gruss Life Monument Funds).