Security

May 14, 2024 – The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston is in the process of awarding $105,000 in security micro-grants to Jewish schools, synagogues, and organizations across greater Houston to provide facility enhancements that prioritize keeping our people and institutions safe. So far approximately $85,000 has been awarded to 18 organizations. At its May 8 […]

December 20, 2023 – The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston is working to expand security funding for area Jewish institutions, including the recent procurement of more than $1.6 million in national Nonprofit Security Grants and by directly offering additional security micro-grants from Federation funds.   In 2023, 11 Houston Jewish organizations obtained grants from the national […]

(May  30, 2023) – The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston led lobbying efforts in the recent legislative session in partnership with five other Texas Federations.  The lobbying efforts directly resulted in the Texas Legislature appropriating $1 million in each of the next two state fiscal years to supplement the amount of funding available for the […]

(June  13, 2022) – Thanks to the generosity of Joan and Stanford Alexander, the Federation was able to launch Houston’s Jewish Community Security Program and hire our first Community Security Director. We are pleased to announce that Alfred “Al” Tribble, Jr. agreed to join our Federation team in this position. Al will officially begin on June […]