The Violet Jabara Charitable Trust Grant

The Trust makes grants to organizations that work in the following countries in the Middle East: Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine (Occupied Territories), Yemen, Egypt, North Africa. Countries further afield (such as the Gulf countries, Sudan, or Afghanistan) may be considered, but will not be given priority. 

The Trust welcomes innovative ideas in the fields of:

• International Economic Development i_ncluding, but not limited to:_
  • Health
  • Environmental Issues
  • Peace Initiatives
  • Microfinance
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Education
• Reproductive Health
• Women’s Welfare and Livelihoods
• Arts and Culture

The Trust also makes grants to American organizations that promote a deeper understanding of Middle Eastern issues and culture (particularly related to the countries listed above) in the United States.

• Organizations that promote or produce, for example, films, film series, art exhibitions, blogs, or popular books are encouraged to apply.
• Of special interest is work that looks at the early diasporic experience of immigrants in the U.S. Academic research may also be funded.
• The Trust looks for non-traditional approaches to the challenge of sustainable development on the one hand, and cultural education on the other but leaves it to the grant-seeker to come up with and present those approaches.