Funding Priorities

In the Washington, DC area, NNCF’s priorities include: increasing effective citizen involvement in civic affairs; education and youth development, particularly through out of school time programs; protecting the environment, especially in the Anacostia River and the Chesapeake Bay; and promoting access to health care and other services for teens, low-income, at-risk and homeless individuals.

Nationally, the Foundation provides support for science-based environmental advocacy, particularly ocean conservation and re-use/recycling; reproductive rights and access to accurate, reliable sexuality education; civic affairs including voter education; and Jewish social justice programs.

In Israel, NNCF’s goal is to help the State of Israel flourish as a Jewish and democratic state that lives in security and peace with its neighbors and that provides equal rights for all its citizens. Accordingly, the Foundation supports programs that promote a negotiated “two-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that defend the civil and human rights of all persons, and that seek to provide equal access to educational and economic opportunities for all Israeli citizens, including the Arab citizens of Israel.