JEWISHcolorado has announced the recipients of the 2026 Staenberg Anything Grants™, awarding more than $70,000 to support one-time projects, programs, and infrastructure improvements across Colorado’s Jewish community.
“These grants are about trusting organizations to know what their communities need,” said philanthropist Michael Staenberg. “I’m proud to continue this partnership with JEWISHcolorado to help bring meaningful projects to life, and to show how smaller grants can inspire organizations and other donors to make things happen.”
Staenberg Anything Grants™, funded by the Staenberg Family Foundation and administered by JEWISHcolorado, provide one-time matching grants of up to $5,000 to Jewish nonprofit organizations statewide. The grants support projects that strengthen organizations, enhance community engagement, and expand access to Jewish life across Colorado.
“The Staenberg Anything Grants support creativity and responsiveness across Colorado’s Jewish community, and we are grateful to the Staenberg Family Foundation for its continued partnership in strengthening Jewish life statewide,” said Dr. Julie Lieber, Chief Jewish Life & Engagement Officer at JEWISHcolorado.
The 2026 Staenberg Anything Grants™ recipients, chosen by a committee of Jewish young adults involved in the Colorado Jewish community, represent a wide range of Jewish life and services, including early childhood education, campus engagement, senior care, religious life, arts and culture, and community-building initiatives.
The 2026 Staenberg Anything Grants™ recipients are CU Boulder Hillel, Ekar Farm, Har Shalom Center for Jewish Living, Hillel of Colorado at the University of Denver, The Efshar Project, Kavod Senior Life, Temple Sinai, Denver Academy of Torah, Chabad Jewish Center of South Metro Denver, Hebrew Educational Alliance, Karov Collective, the Boulder Center for Judaism, Jewish Resource Center–Chabad of Aspen, Valley Beit Midrash, The Denver Kehillah, Jewish Family Service of Colorado, and Temple Beit Torah.
Grantees were notified in late spring, and funded projects must be completed by April 1, 2027.
Staenberg Family Foundation Mission
Guided by values of the human spirit, the Staenberg Family Foundation seeks to ensure that the Jewish community, as well as local communities within the United States and internationally thrive and flourish. The Foundation hopes to impact all areas of the community by embracing organizations that create effective outcomes with innovative approaches to enhancing Jewish life.