Day School Educator Wellness Grants 2025-26

Atlanta Jewish Day School Educator Wellness Grants
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The Hirsch Legacy Fund supports highly effective nonprofit organizations in the areas of behavioral and mental health, the global Jewish community, and underserved communities. While the Fund supports work in all these areas, its primary focus has been supporting pediatric and adolescent psychiatry programs for children and their families, and the professionals serving them.
Eligibility:
Full-time, Kindergarten through 12th grade, educators (classroom teachers, art, music, P.E., media, technology spoecialist teachers, learning specialists, and counselors who currently teach students in in Jewish Day Schools in Metro Atlanta affiliated with Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

Grant description:
Educator Wellness Grants of up to $400 to be used for services and activities that allow educators to promote and support health and wellness.
- Grants of $400 will be awarded to support mental health related services.
- Grants of $250 will be awarded to support all other wellness realted services.
Examples include:
- Individual, family or group therapy
- Art, music therapy
- Mindfulness, yoga or meditation classes
- Gym membership
- Fitness/exercise classes or sessions with a trainer
- Home fitness equipment or online exercise classes
- Nutritionist or meal prep services
- Child babysitting or respite care
- Personal coaching (time management, career coaching)
- Housekeeping
Application Process

Fall cycle:

Provides grants to first-time applicants who have not previously received an Educator Wellness Grant.
- Applications should be submitted between September 1 and September 30.
- Applications will be reviewed, and recipients will be notified if their grant has been approved by October 31.
- If approved, funds will be transferred through Venmo within 2 weeks of approval from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
- Recipients are required to complete a brief post-grant survey.
Winter Cycle:

Provides grants to first-time applicants AND educators who received a grant in previous years (as funding allows).
- Applications should be submitted between November 10 and December 12.
- Applications will be reviewed, and recipients will be notified if their grant has been approved by January 9.
- If approved, funds will be transferred through Venmo within 2 weeks of approval from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
- Recipients are required to complete a brief post-grant survey.
Please note:

Recipients need to establish a Venmo account to receive payment. Please ensure the personal email and phone number on your application form matches your Venmo account email and phone number.

To apply, please complete and submit the form below.

This application will remain strictly confidential.
Name

First NameLast Name
Personal email that matches the email associated with your Venmo account. Please note, we will not be able to issue your grant if the emails do not match.
example@example.com
Phone Number that matches the phone number associated with your Venmo account.
Please enter a valid phone number.
Name of school - Professional must be currently employed by a K-12 Jewish Day School in Metro Atlanta affiliated with the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Atlanta Jewish AcademyThe Davis AcademyThe Epstein SchoolChaya Mushka Chabad AcademyTorah Day School of AtlantaThe Weber SchoolTemima
Your position - grade and subject (applicants must be full-time educators who currently teach students in Kindergarten-12th grade)
Please provide a detailed explanation of how you will use the grant to improve your quality of life and promote your mental and/or physical well-being.
If we have questions about how you plan to utilize these funds, a member of our review team will reach out via the email address listed above.
Anticipated cost of wellness services:
Please upload a W-9. Please note we will not be able to issue your grant without your W-9:

Per IRS guidelines, we are required to collect a W-9 from grantees for tax reporting purposes. You can download a blank W-9 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
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Atlanta Jewish Day School Educator Wellness Grants

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