Capacity Building: Partners

Supporting great people and projects in North America and Israel.

To fulfill our mission of creating healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond, Hazon supports and networks great people and projects in North America and Israel.

Since our first bike ride in 2000, Hazon has become one of the largest funders of the Jewish environmental movement. We have given away over $700,000 to more than 100 organizations and projects in grants from our bike rides and through work with community partners.  Our fiscal sponsorship program supports new organizations in early stages of development.  And we work closely with partners and cohort organizations to advance the conversation around Jewish environmental sustainability including launching Makom Hadash in 2010, a shared space for second-stage Jewish non-profits in Manhattan.

We invite you to learn about the organizations we support and support us in our work to create a healthier and more sustainable world for all.

Transformative Experiences

Thought Leadership

 Capacity Building

Mini Grants
Bike Ride Mini Grants

A portion of the proceeds from the New York Ride, California Ride, and Cross-USA Rides support small projects and organizations that are building a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community.  Grants are distributed annually to major partners and dozens of mini grantees.

Apply for a mini grant from Hazon

Past grants have included:

  • The down payment on the Adamah house and continuing support of the program
  • Funding for a garden at Camp Na’aleh, which now provides produce to the camp kitchen
  • The Israel Bike Association, which promotes active transportation in Israel
  • Roof gardens, solar panels, and other green upgrades to Jewish institutional buildings

Explore the 100 organizations supported by Hazon grants

Community Grants

With the help of local funders, Hazon provides small grants to kickstart innovative Jewish environmental projects in specific communities. Grants are currently available in Boulder and Denver, CO.

Fiscal Sponsorships
Jewish Farm School
Jewish Farm School

An organization that offers farm-based education for college students, adults and youth to promote sustainable agriculture and food systems rooted in justice and Jewish traditions.

Wilderness Torah
Wilderness Torah

An organization that revitalizes Jewish life by reconnecting Jewish traditions to the cycles of nature through land-based festivals, rites of passage, and sustainable life skills education.

Green Movement Amutah

The Green Movement Association seeks to influence public opinion and further the understanding among Israel’s diverse communities that sustainable living needs to be a part of everyday life.

StorahTelling

Through innovative leadership training programs and theatrical performances, Storahtelling makes ancient stories and traditions accessible for new generations, advancing Judaic literacy and raising social consciousness.

Other Organizational Partners
Adamah: The Jewish Farming Fellowship
ADAMAH

A leadership training program for Jewish young adults that integrates organic farming, sustainable living and Jewish learning. Adamah fellows attend The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Centerthe New York Ride and East Coast Food Conferences.

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

Arava InstituteThe premier environmental school in the Middle East, attracting Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, and Americans. Hazon’s partner on the Israel Ride.

Eden Village Camp
Eden Village Camp

A Jewish summer camp with a vision of creating a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world. Eden Village has hosted the New York Ride for two years.

The Forward

Hazon’s award winning food blog, “The Jew and the Carrot,” is now published in conjunction with The Jewish Daily Forward.

The Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership

A leading advocate for environmental change in Israel, the Heschel Center educates Israeli leadership in cutting edge sustainability techniques. Hazon’s partner on the Israel Food Tour.

The Teva Learning Alliance

Teva provides non-denominational educational for participants throughout the Jewish community. Teva provides child and family programs at the New York Ride and Food Conference.

Urban Adamah

Urban AdamahA residential leadership-training program for young adults that integrates urban organic farming, social justice work and progressive Jewish living and learning. Based in Oakland, fellows participate in the California Ride and West Coast Food Conference.

The Jewish Lens

TJL engages youth in the exploration of Jewish values, identity, and community through the combination of photography and more traditional text-based learning.  TJL provides educational programming across North America and Israel.

EKAR-logoFrom the platform of our urban farm, Ekar applies the practices of ancient traditions, customs and teachings to engage our community in the solutions to many contemporary issues.  Ekar Farm has engaged 1,000 community volunteers in growing 25,000 pounds of urban organic vegetables and has donated 90% of these vegetables (20,00 lbs) to Jewish Family Service and  hunger relief organization, feeding 2,500 people a month during their harvest season.

Jewish Organizational Cohorts
Makom Hadash

Makom HadashHazon is the anchor tenant in a residency center for second-stage Jewish non-profit organizations.

Jewish Social Justice Round Table

Hazon works with this coalition to establish a unified and powerful Jewish social justice movement.

Green Hevre

Hazon gathers with other environmentally driven organizations to further partnerships across the field.

Friends

Hazon also supports and promotes a wide variety of other environmental programs, and various institutional partners support and pilot our programs.

Environmental Programs
Institutional Partners