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Grants
Good Neighbor
With deep roots in New York City, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund will continue a family tradition of being a good neighbor and a responsive corporate citizen with Good Neighbor Grants that support civic life and help strengthen community institutions in New York City.
Please see select illustrations of our grantmaking below:
Jewish Community Center of Manhattan
Adaptive Design Association
Groundwork
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 Jewish Community Center of Manhattan
The Laurie M. Tisch gallery at the JCC of Manhattan is a free public art space located in the lobby of the JCC. Over a thousand people of all ages pass through the doors of the JCC daily and enjoy the gallery exhibitions. While many are lovers look forward to the JCC’s ongoing exhibitions, the gallery also provides an unexpected connection to art and culture for the many people who come to the JCC for a workout, a kids’ class, a performance, or one of the myriad of other activities offered. The exhibitions primarily focus on the themes of building community, societal issues and Jewish culture.
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The JCC and the Laurie. M. Tisch Illumination Fund began a collaboration in the end of 2008 that extends the reach of the exhibitions by bringing mission-related art from the JCC to the foundation office exhibit wall. Currently, the foundation is exhibiting three works, by Israeli photographer Natan Dvir, from a series of portraits entitled 18, featuring Israeli Arabs teenagers at the cusp of adulthood. Eighteen is a critical age in Israel when all Jewish Israeli citizens are required to report to the army, while many Israeli Arabs face different decisions. These portraits offers insight into the experience of Arab teens in Israel as they work to find balance between a relatively traditional culture and a modern way of life. The project is based on a series of portraits accompanied by images of situations that reflect not only the reality of teenagers but the larger society as well. Click here to find out more about Natan Dvir
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Adaptive Design Association
The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund made its first grant to the Adaptive Design Association in the Spring of 2009. The Adaptive Design Association (ADA) ensures that children with disabilities obtain the customized equipment they need to fully participate in home, school, and community life. ADA offers training in adaptive design, builds and decorates customized equipment using commercial grade corrugated cardboard, and promotes a broad-based expansion of adaptive design services and education in schools, hospitals, and communities. The ADA envisions a day when adaptive design services are widely recognized as an indispensable resource for children and all people with disabilities and customized equipment is being produced quickly, affordably, and locally.
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Groundwork
The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund made its first grant to Groundwork in the Spring of 2009. Groundwork helps young people living in high poverty urban communities develop their strengths, skills, talents and competencies through effective experiential learning and work programs. Working with community members and institutions to provide high-quality educational programs and support services to a significant percentage of the children and families who live in the neighborhood of East New York in the Borough of Brooklyn, Groundwork can positively affect the entire community.
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