Gandyr Foundation Profile

About Us

Gandyr Foundation was founded as a family foundation by Yehudit Yovel Recanati in 2004. Gandyr Foundation's purpose is to strengthen Israeli society, with special emphasis on support of civil society organizations that champion social causes and national values of the State of Israel.

Guiding Principles

• Support that can have a substantial and qualitative effect on the Foundation's fields of interest.
• Active involvement and guidance of supported programs to ensure a successful outcome, on a need-be basis.
• Collaborations with organizations of similar interests and promotion of cooperation among supported organizations. Principle is based on the Foundation's strong conviction that cooperation is a mandatory step in strengthening the sector itself and increasing the probability of success.

Fields of Interest in Coming Years

• Youth movements
• Programs that support young people, ages 18 to 30, in their integration into society as useful and contributing citizens
• Establishment of Israeli center for civil society

Eligible Organizations

Non-profit organizations and "companies for the benefit of society" that work in the Foundation's fields of interest, are lawfully registered, and have been in operation for at least one year.

Programs of Interest

• New programs and/or ongoing programs
• Preference will be given to projects that can benefit from the Foundation's guidance and involvement

Grant Application Procedure

The Foundation publishes a call for new applications every few months.

Step One:

Every organization that complies with the Foundation's basic requirements may send a preliminary proposal. This proposal is to be submitted on the Foundation's application form, supplied by the Foundation's offices.

Step Two:

Projects that meet Step One requirements will be further evaluated according to the following criteria:

1. Evaluation of the organization's viability and its ability to carry out the project.
2. Careful evaluation of a detailed project proposal, to be completed on project application forms that are mailed to applicants by the Foundation after the organization meets the requirements of Step One.

Support is provided for one to three years, based on professional considerations.

Upcoming application cycles are published in the Foundation's web site www.gandyr.com. Inquiries can also be sent to info@gandyr.com.

Gandyr Foundation

85 Medinat Hayehudim Street

Herzelia 46140, Israel

Tel: +972-9-9558999

Fax: +972-9-9561555

Email: info@gandyr.com

www.gandyr.com