For the organizations who receive Staenberg Anything Grants, they’re… well, not everything, but they are an important source of funding. The Anything Grants fund 50% of projects and cover… well, anything from facilities improvements to programming; recipients must provide the remaining 50%. This year, with $50,000 to distribute from the Staenberg Family Foundation, forty-five applicants applied for over $200,00 in funding.

At the beginning of June, JEWISHcolorado announced the fourteen 2020 recipients, including Hillel of Colorado and Death Yentas, an organization dedicated to helping Jewish mourners through the grieving—and burial—process.

Congratulations to:

• BBYO – mental health awareness program

• Beth Israel Congregation – rear door renovation

• Beth Jacob High School – new heating/AC unit

• BMH-BJ Congregation – fire-proof window coverings

• B’nai B’rith Colorado – Salesforce (digital infrastructure)

• Congregation Beth Evergreen – new kitchen appliances

• Death Yentas / Kavod v Nichum – program facilitator & administrative assistant

• Denver Jewish Day School – technology upgrades, Lower School

• Ekar Farm – We Will Build This World from Love: Creating a Space for Community, a facilities improvement program

• Hillel of Colorado – website rebuild with social media integration

• Shalom Park – instituting the Eden Alternative program

• Temple Emanuel Early Learning Center – toddler playground

• Temple Sinai – Windows of the World: a STEM learning program

• The Southeast Center for Judaism, Inc. – technology upgrade for The School of Integrative Torah Education