In 2009 an endowment fund in the name of Fred Werner And Ursula Blumenthal of Western Australia was established by estate trustee Mr. Stuart Silbert. The grant has enabled the Archive to give scholarships to Hebrew University students so they could assist in cataloging information into archive databases. The student is also required to write a seminar paper on a subject related to the Archive.

The Blumenthal grant has also provided the Archive with the means to digitize U-Matic videos and to restore Zot Hi Ha'aretz (This Is The Land) and My People's Dream, a 1933 travelogue starring Yossele Rosenblatt.