Mission

The Lurie Micro-Grant Program encourages Temple Israel Columbus members and staff to create innovative programs that link their own personal passions with Judaism, Temple Israel, and the Central Ohio community.

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About

Conceived in 2009 by congregants Tom and Nancy Lurie along with former Temple Israel Senior Rabbi Misha Zinkow, the Lurie Micro-Grant program started as an effort to deepen the quality of individual and family participation in Temple life and strengthen connections to the community and Reform Judaism.

By empowering congregants to generate and pursue ideas, programs and projects that improve lives, the program is the embodiment of tikkun olam, healing the world.

Our Impact

For almost 15 years, the program has provided seed funding and program support for numerous Jewish engagement projects that have benefitted both the Temple and the larger Central Ohio community. See below for some of the projects that have received funding.

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Apply for a Lurie Micro-Grant

See any good ideas working elsewhere that you would like to bring to Temple Israel Columbus? Want to do something about a current challenge or crisis and mobilize fellow congregants to make a difference? Submit a proposal for a Lurie Micro-Grant. No idea is too small.

Grants go up to $5,000. Email LMG@templeisrael.org for more information or to get started! 

Lurie Micro-Grant Programs

started with seed funding from a Lurie Micro-Grant and has now become an integral part of Temple Israel Columbus' spirituality option by offering congregants opportunities to participate in regular Jewish meditation sessions.

Jewish Meditation

started with seed funding from a Lurie Micro-Grant and has now become an integral part of Temple Israel Columbus’ spirituality option by offering congregants opportunities to participate in regular Jewish meditation sessions.
Monthly volunteers make challah and other baked goods for Jordan's Crossing Resource Center, a local organization that serves the unhoused and recovering on the West side of Columbus.

Challah for Jordan's Crossing

Monthly volunteers make challah and other baked goods for Jordan’s Crossing Resource Center, a local organization that serves the unhoused and recovering on the West side of Columbus.
This annual congregation-wide day of volunteering has seen our members serve meals to the unhoused, beautify spaces in the community, visit the elderly and local children's hospital and other meaningful activities.

Tikkunapalooza

This annual congregation-wide day of volunteering has seen our members serve meals to the unhoused, beautify spaces in the community, visit the elderly and local children’s hospital and other meaningful activities.
This organization gets nursing and retirement home residents out in the community and enjoying the outdoors by offering free trishaw rides.

Cycling Without Age

This organization gets nursing and retirement home residents out in the community and enjoying the outdoors by offering free trishaw rides.

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