Meet Andrawes
Andrawes was sponsored with a scholarship beginning in 2019. He is now studying at Ahlya University in Bethlehem with a concentration in Public Relations, and works with the nucleus that provides security in Manger Square.
Overview
Supporting students, families, and communities
Our direct support to Christian institutions keeps their services and thus the Christian presence and influence of key importance in the Holy Land. Our educational scholarships provide hope and opportunity, enabling young Christians and their families to secure employment, housing and healthcare and remain in the Land of Christ.
Our Impact
$5.7M+
Mission Giving Since 2009
20
Institutional Grant Recipients
14
Schools Supported
560+
Student Scholarship Recipients
Success Stories
Meet the Sponsored Graduates of Bethlehem University
Meet the recent graduates of Bethlehem University, which the Raymond Davis Foundation sponsors with student scholarships. These young women are all excelling in their career fields and spreading hope in the region.
La Salle School Furnishings
We undertook to equip the La Salle College des Freres - Beit Hanina school with new furnishings, classroom by classroom, at a cost of $2660 per room.
Charity Partners
SMOTJ-GPUSA and RDF have established charitable relationships with the following list of approved international schools and institutions, concentrated in the Holy Land, and domestic institutions which serve as charitable partner organizations. Priories or individuals may make donations to these via RDF without further action and such funds will be delivered without processing fee. (IAW the Manual of the Order, Priories of SMOTJ may only make donations to international charities via RDF; Members however may make such donations either as Templars via SMOTJ/RDF, or as private individuals in which case their donations will not be accounted for or considered as activity of SMOTJ or RDF.)
Contributions to overseas charities not on this approved list require gaining approval from both the GPUSA ExCom and the RDF Board of Directors before the institution or organization is added to the list and funds can be delivered. Absent any future establishment of an application and objective evaluation and selection process, RDF shall only deliver charitable aid to established institutions, and not to individuals.
This listing is reviewed annually and each time a new charity is proposed.
The Jerusalem Patriarchs
- Armenian Patriarchate
- Greek Patriarchate - Four Homes of Mercy
- Latin Patriarchate
- Coptic Patriarchate of Jerusalem - St. Antony’s Coptic College (HS) in Jerusalem
- Coptic Patriarchate of Jerusalem - St. Dimiana’s Coptic College (HS) in Jerusalem
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ)
- Arab American University in Jenin
- Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East (EDJME)
- Episcopal Technological & Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) Ramallah
- St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Zababdah
Bethlehem University Foundation USA
Franciscan Foundation of the Holy Land (FFHL)
- Franciscan Preservation & Restoration of the Holy Sites (CUSTOS)
Franciscan Terra Sancta School in Bethlehem
Franciscan Terra Sancta School in Ramleh
Daughters of Charity International Project Services
- Children’s Home in Bethany
- Holy Family Children’s Home (The Crèche) in Bethlehem
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan & the Holy Land (ELCJHL)
- The Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Sahour
- The Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope in Ramallah
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem Foundation for Relief & Reconciliation in the Middle East (FRRME-America)
LaSalle International Foundation
- College Des Frères School in Beit Hanina
- College Des Frères School in Bethlehem
- College Des Frères School in Jerusalem
The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR)
- Orthodox School for Girls in Bethany
- Russian Archimandrite of Jerusalem
The GEN Raymond G. Davis Templar Foundation, Inc. Endowment Fund
Christian Aid Mission, Charlottesville, VA
Sts Tarkmanchatz Armenian School in Jerusalem
- Via our Partner, St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church, Washington DC
The Iraq Christian Relief Council (ICRC)
The Sunbula Organization
The Augusta Victoria Lutheran Hospital in Jerusalem
Rosary Sisters School in Beit Hanina
Friends of Nazareth Baptist School
- Nazareth Baptist School
