Apply for a grant from The Miriam Fund

• Information session for applicants: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. ET

  • Register for the info session; https://cjp.zoom.us/meeting/register/4GCZdMBrTOuhsgd4ANfgfg

• LOIs open: Monday, August 3, 2026

• LOIs due: Friday, August 28, 2026, before 5:00 p.m. ET

• Notification on LOI decisions: week of November 16, 2026

• Applications due: Thursday, December 31, 2026, before 5:00 p.m.

• Notification on application decisions: April 2027

• Grant payment: July 2027

• Economic Empowerment: Women/girls are enabled to achieve economic success and have agency over financial decision-making.

• Education: Women/girls have access to knowledge and educational opportunities in order to cultivate learning and expand their possibilities in life.

• Health: Women/girls are free from disease and pain and, above all, live full, flourishing lives.

• Legal Rights: Women/girls have legal rights that enable them to thrive across education, economic empowerment, health, and personal safety.

• Personal Safety: Women/girls are free from violence and other harmful practices that undermine bodily autonomy and well-being.

Yes! The Gitta and Saul Kurlat Fund for STEM Education was established in honor of one of our earliest members, Gitta Kurlat. Gitta was the first woman partner at Rubin and Rudman, where she specialized in business law and mentored many women in and out of the legal profession. Gitta and her husband, Saul, recognized that young women needed encouragement to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With these dollars, we have been able to fund at least one STEM proposal each year that supports women and girls.

Most grants from TMF support specific projects. However, organizations with budgets under $1.5 million may apply for a General Operating Grant in lieu of a project-specific grant.

TMF provides non-financial support to its grantees, including:

• Monthly newsletters including CJP partner resources and events

• Quarterly grantee convenings

• Grant-writing workshop in Greater Boston

• Various webinars and additional resources

• Grants can be provided up to $25,000

• Organizations may only submit one application each year

• Following a first-year grant, an organization may be considered for renewal for up to two additional consecutive years

• Grantees must complete mid-year and end-of-year updates

• Projects are funded for the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30

• Current third-year grantees must take one full year off before applying again. If a grantee rolls off in June 2026, the grantee could next apply in August 2028. All other past grantees are eligible to apply at the LOI stage.

• TMF does not support capital projects, scholarships, or make grants to individuals

• LOI’s and applications must be submitted in English

• Each applying organization will be required to submit one of the following:

  • (i) For a public charity: an IRS Letter of Determination for your organization

  • (ii) If you are using a fiscal sponsor, a letter providing their full legal name, contact name, email address, and a copy of their IRS Letter of Determination

  • (iii) For a synagogue or other religious organization that does not have public charity status, a letter on letterhead signed by Rabbi or President/Chair of Board of Directors that organization is a currently operating house of worship in the Commonwealth of MA

• Please note: To more equitably review all LOIs from Israel-based organizations due on Friday, August 28, 2026, TMF will only accept applications from organizations whose overall mission or specific project proposal primarily focuses on the categories of: Health, Legal Rights, and/or Personal Safety. In the following year, for LOIs submitted in August 2027, TMF will accept only applications (specifically in our Israel category) from organizations whose overall mission or specific project proposal primarily focuses on the areas of Education or Economic Empowerment.

TMF was created to expand opportunities and strengthen pathways for self-identifying women and girls. We apply a gender lens to all grantmaking decisions, and after reviewing our funding focus, we’ve further clarified what that lens means. Moving forward, the following applications will be eligible for consideration.

Project Grants:

• Funding may support programs that apply a gender lens to advance the lives and opportunities of self-identifying women and girls. Eligible programs may also include:

  • Participants who identify as men or boys serving as allies, supporters, or learners engaging with women’s issues

  • Participants who identify as men or boys when the program is intentionally designed to meet the specific needs of women and girls, with women and girls as the primary participants

General Operating Grants:

• Funds will continue to be granted only to organizations with an operating budget of $1.5 million or less. Applicants/grantees must meet the same gender lens criteria as set forth above for Project Grants.

Current grantees are eligible to submit an application for a second or third consecutive year of funding. TMF has revised its application to simplify the process for returning second- and third-year grant applicants. This information will be distributed in the fall call for submission of full applications as returning grantees are not required to participate to submit in the LOI process. Current third-year grantees must take one year off before applying again. If a grantee rolls off in June 2025, the grantee could next apply in August 2027. All other past grantees are eligible to apply at the LOI stage.

Yes, grantees are expected to stay in touch with TMF staff throughout the grant year and submit mid-year and end-of-year evaluation updates.