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
Applications and Nominations for the the 2021 Awards are Now Open
ApplyEach 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
Nominations Deadline
December 18th, 2020
Application Deadline
January 8th, 2021
Our 2020 Awardee Feature Video
MEET THE RECIPIENTS
View videos from each of the four Awardee-led panel discussions from the 2020 Event:
Youth-Led Advocacy & Policy Change
Leveraging Technology as a Tool for Change
Adapting and Responding to COVID-19
Collaboration and Partnership with Community Institutions
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.”