The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation is proud to offer scholarships and grants with the shared purpose

of benefiting our community.

 Applications are now open and will close on April 25, 2025

(GJ Cooper Scholarship, Norman Lesh Philanthropy Award, WCPP Grant)

and May 2, 2025 (Steven & Ilana Rubin Scholarship).

The G.J. Cooper Scholarship Award

Valued at approximately $16,000, this scholarship is granted each year to support a member of the Ottawa Jewish community, between the ages of 18 and 30, who have displayed leadership qualities, and academic excellence and has an interest in the Jewish community. The award must be used for formal education or apprenticeship in the artistic, literary or social sciences.

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The Ilana and Steven Rubin Education Scholarship

This $1,800 scholarship is open to Ontario and Maritime provinces high school students and landed immigrants of three years or more, who wish to attend a post-secondary institution in Canada or Israel. Students applying for this scholarship must graduate from high school in 2024 with grades averaging between 60-79% for Grades 11 and 12 combined.

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The Norman Lesh Philanthropy Award

Now valued at $10,000, the award will be presented at the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation Annual General Meeting. The recipient(s) of The Norman Lesh Philanthropy Award must propose an idea for an innovative and creative philanthropic, entrepreneurial activity that offers the potential for ongoing benefits to the Ottawa Jewish community, or surrounding communities.

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The Women's Collective Philanthropy Program Grant

The WCPP grant, valued at a maximum of $6,000, supports initiatives that strive to expand and improve opportunities and choices in the lives of women and children in Ottawa's Jewish community and provides funding for innovative initiatives, training and education by individuals and organizations working to help women and children in our community.

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