show significant initiative and leadership in creating and leading a new initiative — or have considerably deepened or expanded an existing project — that embodies the values of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.
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Empowering Young Leaders
To Build A Better World
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notify me for the 2021 awardsEach Year, The Helen Diller Family Foundation Awards $36,000
to each of fifteen Jewish U.S. teens for exceptional leadership and engagement in initiatives making the world a better place.
Seeking Teen Leaders Who...
All Candidates Must Be
- Serving in a leadership role on a project aimed at repairing the world
- Aged 13-19
- Self-identified as Jewish
- Residents of the United States
- Volunteering without any compensation
2020 Awards Timeline
All Applicants Are Notified of their Status
Application Deadline - January 8th, 2020
Semi-Finalist Announcements - March, 2020
Finalist Announcements - April, 2020
Awardee Announcements - June, 2020
I am a Jewish teen leading a project to repair the world!
Apply Applications are open August through JanuaryNo nominations needed to apply.
I know a Jewish teen leading a project to repair the world!
Nominate Nominations are open July through December
TIKKUN OLAM
Tikkun Olam is a central Jewish precept which means “to repair the world.”