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
Seeking Teen Leaders Who...
Each 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.
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
2021 Awards Timeline
Semi-Finalist Announcements - Mid-March, 2021
Finalist Announcements - Mid-April, 2021
Awardee Announcements - Mid-June, 2021
All applicants will be notified of their status via email.
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 for the 2021 Awards are now closed.
TIKKUN OLAM
Tikkun Olam is a central Jewish precept which means “to repair the world.”