Each year, Natan members pool their charitable contributions and make all of Natan's funding decisions collectively.

Natan supports entrepreneurial organizations with annual operating budgets under $1.5 million that demonstrate an innovative approach to addressing the challenges facing Jews around the world.

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Advancing Inclusiveness in the North American Jewish Community Supporting organizations that are revitalizing the mainstream Jewish community by making it a more tolerant and welcoming place for groups that have traditionally been marginalized, including women, intermarried families, gays and lesbians, and racial/ethnic minorities.

Board Discretionary Grants Natan's board makes a few discretionary grants every year to organizations whose missions resonate with board members and that advance Natan's strategic agenda. Applications are by invitation only.

Core Grantees Supporting a highly selective group of organizations that Natan has funded for more than three years. Core Grantees are those organizations most closely aligned with Natan's grantmaking mission. Their exceptional leadership develops programs with significant and measurable impact, and they have the potential to transform the field in which they are working.

Economic Development in Israel Supporting innovative ideas, especially in the Negev, that strengthen a local or regional economy, provide vocational training for residents in strategically important fields, attract new residents to a region, or economically empower existing residents – and, ideally, that incorporate principles of environmental sustainability into their economic development programs. Natan is particularly interested in supporting organizations and programs that will eventually generate broadscale economic development in fields that are strategically significant for Israel’s economy.

Economic Empowerment of Jews in North America Supporting innovative approaches for giving North American Jews in socioeconomic need the tools and guidance to lift themselves out of economic hardship.

Emerging Models of Jewish Connection Supporting new methods for building Jewish networks and communities and for creating new access points to Jewish experience and education in North America.

Jewish Peoplehood Natan's Jewish Peoplehood grants support innovative organizations that build connections between young Jews across national, ethnic, denominational, and ideological borders; that foster a sense of mutual responsibility between Jews; that emphasize the Jewish People's collective responsibility to heal the world; and/or that grapple with the special role that Israel plays in contemporary Jews' identity.

Birthright Israel NEXT/Natan Birthright Israel NEXT inspires Taglit-Birthright Israel trip participants and their peers to expand their connections to the land and people of Israel, to deepen their personal commitments to Jewish life, and to find or form a community where Jewish responsibility, learning, and celebration thrive. NEXT and Natan have teamed up to provide micro-grants (up to $10,000) to young Jewish adults who are creating grassroots programs for their peers relating to Jewish life and Israel.