Adamah in partnership with the JEWISH SOLAR CHALLENGE (JSC), has awarded Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition members a record-breaking $1 million for carbon reducing projects.
Organization Awardees
Adamah North American Climate Loans – Funded Anonymously
- Camp Avoda, Needham, MA
- Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
- Or Shalom, Vancouver, BC
Adamah LA Sustainability Fund – Funded by Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles and Robert De Leon & Susan Mattisinko
- American Jewish University, Brandeis, CA
- Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa, Los Angeles, CA
- Hillel Hebrew Academy, Beverly Hills, CA
- Hillel UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Kol Ami (WeHo), West Hollywood, CA
- Shalom Institute, Westlake Village, CA
- Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
Adamah Orange County Climate Grant Fund – Funded by Robert De Leon & Susan Mattisinko
- Merage JCC, Irvine, CA
Adamah US Solar Grant Fund – Funded by Rob Frier
- Beth David Reform Congregation, Gladwyne, PA
- Beth Israel Congregation, Ann Arbor, MI
- Beth Jacob Congregation, Mendota Heights, MN
- Congregation Am Tikvah, San Francisco, CA
- Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
- Hillel Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- Mt. Zion Temple, St. Paul, MN
- Temple Beth Shalom of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
- Temple Kol Ami, Scottsdale, AZ
- West Suburban Temple Har Zion, River Forest, IL
- Zumwalt Acres, Sheldon, IL
Jewish Solar Challenge – Supported by Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles
- Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa, Los Angeles, CA
- Temple Emanuel, Newton Center, MA
- The Temple, Atlanta, GA
- Congregation Sons of Israel, Nyack, NY
- Westchester Torah Academy, New Rochelle, NY
- Congregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, CO
- Bet Torah Synagogue, Mt. Kisco, NY*
- Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, Boston/West Roxbury, MA*
- Temple Emanuel of South Hills, Pittsburgh, PA*
*Coalition membership application in progress
Adamah NY Climate Action Fund – Funded by UJA New York
- Central Synagogue – Beth Emeth, Rockville Centre, NY
- CSAIR, Bronx, NY
- Great Neck Synagogue, Great Neck, NY
- Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY
- Pleasantville Community Synagogue, Pleasantville, NY
- Temple Beth Am of Northern Westchester, Yorktown Heights, NY
- Yeshiva University, New York, NY
Since 2023, Adamah’s Climate Action Fund has awarded $1,846,533 ($1,276,593 in interest-free loans and $569,940 in matching grants).
Combined there are 79 projects being implemented by Jewish organizations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 3851 metric tons annually, the equivalent of 50 tanker trucks’ worth of gasoline. This amounts to a savings of approximately $1,307,740 a year in operating expenses.
The next deadline for applications to Adamah’s Climate Action Funds is April 16, 2026.
Adamah’s partnership with the Jewish Solar Challenge’s $50,000 matching solar grants, brought meaningful funds to current Coalition members and opened the door to new organizations. JSC recipients will join the Coalition if they are not members already, and Adamah will support them with the broad range of Coalition resources in taking meaningful climate action beyond solar. This year six JSC awardees were already members, and Adamah is excited to welcome three new members to the Coalition.