Below is a representative sample of our current grantmaking.

Strategic Grants

• Family Caregiving

  • COAST Caregiver Resource Center Santa Barbara, CA To deliver meaningful information and coaching to family caregivers regarding the physical, emotional, psychological, social, legal and financial challenges of caregivers.
  • Family Service Agency Santa Barbara, CA To conduct an annual caregiver awareness campaign in South Santa Barbara County, and to provide additional Caregiver Mental Health and Case Management/ Resources Support Hours to Family Caregivers
  • Family Service of Lake County Highland Park, IL To meet Caregiver needs for resources, respite, and other supportive interventions
  • Sharsheret Teaneck, NJ For the Florence & Laurence Spungen Family Foundation Family Focus® Program, which responds to the needs of the caregivers, free of charge, accessible from home, and customized for each caregiver, featuring 1-on-1 counseling, and caregiver information kits with resources that explain diagnosis and treatment

• Jewish Genetics

  • Basser Center for BRCA / University of Pennsylvania Medical Philadelphia, PA To advance care of individuals living with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, specifically by supporting Community Outreach work including the 2-day annual Basser Center Scientific Symposium “Recent Advances in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetics”.
  • Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA To expand community awareness about BRCA genetics and the importance of genetic counseling. Learn more»
  • J-Screen Atlanta, GA To create a new educational program with a focus on BRCA hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish Community
  • The Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics Chicago, IL To launch a Genetic Health Education Initiative to conduct hereditary cancer awareness and education among community members and health care professionals, emphasizing BRCA1 and BRCA2 related cancers in the Jewish community.

• Genocide

  • CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center Terre Haute, IN General Operating Support

• Shared Interest Grants

  • B’nai Tikvah Deerfield, IL Florence and Laurence Spungen Memorial Movie Series
  • Canary Foundation Redwood City, CA Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
  • Children’s Oncology Services Chicago, IL For One Step Summer Camp Program and the Legacy Building Campaign
  • Direct Relief Santa Barbara, CA Endowment Fund & General Operating Support
  • Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine Santa Barbara, CA General Operating Support
  • Erie Family Health Center Chicago, IL Support of Erie HealthReach Waukegan Health Center
  • Foundation for Jewish Camp New York, NY Camp scholarships for low-to-moderate income families that are part of the disabilities’ initiative
  • Hapi Foundation Westlake Village, CA General Operating Support
  • Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Skokie, IL Sponsorship of Tribute Pathway
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Care Manager for Jewish Family Services
  • Journey Care Glenview, IL Unrestricted grant to elevate patient care and sustain vital support systems, including integrative therapies and bereavement counseling
  • KESHET Northbrook, IL Support for GADOL Program
  • LifeChronicles Santa Barbara, CA Subsidize videotaping interviews of low-income elders & terminally ill
  • PADS Lake County Waukegan, IL Homeless Healthcare Access Program
  • Santa Barbara Village Santa Barbara, CA General Operating Support
  • The ARK Chicago, IL Support for Social Services
  • Vitamin Angels Santa Barbara, CA Life Saving Vitamins for At Risk Populations