Annual Report 2016

Why?

2016

ANNUAL REPORT

The Jewish community needs a way to invest in a strong future.

beca The Life & Legacy program helped a dozen Jewish organizations secure endowments with a future value of $4.5 million.

Hundreds of local Holocaust survivors need our help at this time in their lives.

Our emergency campaign with partners saved inhome services for 250 survivors in need.

Children need to be inspired to embrace their Jewish identity.

All Jews deserve to be safe in the places we gather.

ause 254 local children received Jewish camp scholarships for the 2016 season.

We care for our extended family in Israel and around the globe.

We helped bring more than $1 million in Homeland Security grants to local Jewish organizations.

We enabled 615 people to strengthen their personal relationship with Israel through travel and education.

Dear Friends,

Chances are you don’t often get thanks for all you do...

Day-to-day, you run your household, keep in touch with family or friends, pay bills, take care of yourself and others – not to mention giving your all at work, volunteering, or using creativity to make the world a better place, among everything else.

As president of the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, I say, “thank you.”

Two years ago this Federation was formed through a merger of neighboring Federations.

Aligning financials, synching up missions, integrating cultures and operations is no small task.

And through it all we’ve made more of an impact caring for people in need, inspiring young people to embrace their Jewish

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• Revived the Hebrew Free Loan program providing interest-free loans to people in need • Helped 10 Jewish organizations secure 160 legacy gifts for a strong Jewish future • Sponsored joyful Jewish experiences for hundreds of young people, from identity, making the Jewish

summer camp to Israel

community vibrant for all, and

trips, and grew PJ Library

fostering connections with

by more than 30 percent

extended Jewish family in

– stoking a love of Jewish

Israel and around the world.

identity; and so much more.

We could not have done it

I look forward to all Jews in

without you.

Monmouth and Greater

In 2016, our Federation and its partners, with support from thousands of donors, accomplished a great deal: • Supported training for students to deal with anti-Semitism on college campus • Helped bring more than a million dollars to the community to improve se-

Middlesex counties continuing to learn about each other, and celebrating each other in all our diversity and commonalities.

We are fortunate we have the opportunity to strengthen the Jewish community around the corner and around the globe.

I am thankful for this and for your continued support along the way.

curity at Jewish gathering places • Stopped service cuts for Holocaust survivors who

Jeffrey B. Schwartz,

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Sponsored education and advocacy programs teaching students to stand up for Israel in high school classes, on college campuses, and beyond.

Provided a hand for hundreds of vulnerable seniors to live at home with help from Kosher Meals on Wheels, in-home counseling, and more.

Renewed our commitment to Hebrew Free Loan with interest-free loans for individuals and businesses needing a hand through a difficult time.

Supported partners dedicated to including people with special needs in Jewish life, including grants for Jewish sleep away summer camp, weekend and after-school friendship programs, and more.

Engaged interfaith neighbors, civic leaders, and community groups to improve communication on Israel relations, anti-Semitism, and other issues affecting the Jewish community.

Pictured: our interfaith clergy mission to Israel.

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Highlights

Connected with new stakeholders through new media partnerships with Jewish family website, Kveller, and new publisher of New Jersey Jewish News, The Jewish Week Media Group.

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Strengthened camaraderie and connections through a series of innovative events for professional networking and peer bonding.

Extended a lifeline to those in crisis through partners who provide emergency aid.

The Tanzman Fellowship fostered future leaders to champion social action and philanthropy at home, in Israel, and around the world.

Grew PJ Library by nearly 30 percent and introduced the new PJ Our Way program for tweens, extending the top age from seven to 11 years old.

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PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT

LEVERAGED IMPACT

Impact Why we do what we do

In addition to caring for people in need, 2016 priorities

The timeless Jewish values of tzedakah (justice), tikkun

included:

olam (repairing the world), and chesed (caring) inform

•

Investing in long-term safety and security for the

and inspire all we do as a Jewish Federation. These

entire Jewish community through new systems and

values are our reason for being. Every partner we fund,

funding sources

every program we conduct, every problem we address

•

entire Jewish community by supporting all Jewish

is driven by these ideals. They are our “Why.” They are why we seek to strengthen the Jewish community. A strong community can care for more people

organizations in fostering a culture of legacy giving •

embrace Jewish identity and bonds during their

in a collective future for generations to come. Together can do alone.

formative years •

and donors, volunteers, and professionals is our impact. It takes many forms across the spectrum of needs in Jewish life.

Have we solved every need? Certainly not. Are we making marked progress toward a clear set of strategic goals? We certainly are.

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Enabling more people from the heart of NJ to form meaningful connections with the people and land

Our “what” is our impact What we achieve together with support from partners

Investing in future leaders and participants of the Jewish community by inspiring young people to

who are vulnerable, do more to advance justice, invest we can achieve more than any number of individuals

Investing in the long-term financial viability of the

of Israel •

Broadening participation in a vibrant Jewish community

PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT We are a “smaller” community making bigger impact The Jewish Federation combines philanthropy, leverage, and programming to multiply its impact where needed most.

Philanthropic Impact Our approach to grant-making identifies and supports programs filling un-met needs in the Jewish community. Thousands of donors to the Federation’s annual campaign enable us to make this philanthropic impact caring for people in need, investing in the Jewish future, and more.

Leveraged impact Spending $1 to bring $100 to our community is the idea behind the Federation’s leveraging financial and human resources to meet the pressing needs in Jewish life. In 2016, leverage helped us bring more than $1 million to the community for enhanced security; it helped save services for hundreds of local Holocaust survivors; it helped generate more than 160 legacy gifts with a future value of $4.5 million; and much more.

Programmatic impact Running our own programs and supporting partners’ programs enables the Federation to directly fill service gaps and make this community more caring and connected.

THIS IS WHO WE HELP WHAT WE MAKE POSSIBLE HOW WE DO IT Investing in safety and security for the entire community Given increasingly unsettled and unsettling times, the Jewish Federation has made major investments in security preparedness in our community, with the creation of a Security Task Force and proactive training and communications with local partners and law enforcement. One result was the award of Homeland Security grants for 18 Jewish organizations from our area, totaling more than $1 million. To support 16 more organizations that did not receive Homeland Security grants, the Federation awarded its our own matching funds for security improvements.

In addition, we took part in a state-wide advocacy initiative with the Orthodox Union that resulted in additional funding for security at Jewish day schools.

Investing in a strong Jewish future Life & Legacy National studies project in 20 years, non-profit organizations will need 25 percent of operating budget from endowed funds to survive. This outlook, coupled with closings and mergers of Jewish institutions in our area in recent years, point to the sobering fact that we cannot take for granted the future of a Jewish community.

In 2016, the Federation launched the Life & Legacy program encouraging legacy giving for all Jewish organizations in the heart of NJ.

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LEVERAGED IMPACT

PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT Thanks to a matching grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the Federation – as the lead partner in the program – provided training, support, and marketing to more than a dozen Jewish organizations, as well as financial incentives to 10 core partners who achieved program benchmarks. Additionally, the Federation created a new Legacy Circle, which recognizes donors who have made legacy gifts to the Federation. If you have ever left a bequest to the Federation or another Jewish organization in Monmouth or Greater Middlesex counties, please let us know. It may qualify that organi-

summer camp for the first time. Between incentive grants and need-based camp scholarships, we helped 140 children experience Jewish summer camp.

PJ Library and PJ Our Way

zation for a financial incentive from the Life & Legacy

We became a launch community for PJ Our Way, which

program.

expands the PJ Library program to kids nine to 11 years

Inspiring young people invests in our Jewish future Joyful, immersive Jewish experiences can inspire

old. It had 215 subscribers in its first month.

We also raised the age limit for PJ Library to eight years old and topped 1,800 subscriptions – an increase of more than 450 for the year.

children and teens to embrace their Jewish identity.

Attending Jewish summer camp, for example, is one of

Kveller

the leading predictors for involvement in Jewish life as

As part of our effort to reach younger families, we have

adults. We also supported myriad programs connecting

become the sixth community to establish a local

young people to Jewish community, traditions, and

section on the national Jewish family website, Kveller.com —

peers, including:

and the first mid-sized Federation to do so. This gives

Camp In 2016, the Federation tripled its investment in grants incentivizing families with children to try Jewish

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us exposure to thousands more parents and grandparents in our area and connects them to the experiences and resources they value in raising Jewish children.

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PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT

Topped 1,800 PJ Library subscriptions, an increase of 450 Awarded more than 140 grants for Jewish summer camp More than 1,200 individuals attended Federation events More than 5,000 people attended 40+ Federation-sponsored events The Federation supported 18 partner fundraising events 300,000 copies of New Jersey Jewish News were distributed Generated more than 16,500 social media interac-

why This is

supporting the Jewish Federation is the best way to do the most good in Jewish life.

tions with 3,500 followers on Facebook, 2,400 on Twitter, and 220 on Instagram

Broadening participation in a vibrant community 2016 was an exiciting year for getting new people involved with the Jewish community. We launched an expanded series of business and professional networking opportunities, specifically engaging medical, legal, real estate, and other business professionals.

This proved a great way to connect more people in the community and further develop supportive relationships among peers.

A new virtual gathering place Jewish Week Media Group became the new publisher of the New Jersey Jewish News (NJJN), coupling its award-winning journalism and renowned feature content with in-depth news coverage of our local Jewish community. The new partnership enables us to expand distribution of the paper through new drop points and offer several specialty magazines appealing to a more diverse range of new readers.

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Israel Targeting impact to address unmet needs

To expand our impact in Israel helping under-served and vulnerable populations, we shifted overseas philanthropy. Half of our funding went to programs where we made an out-sized impact. Half supported critical needs of the global Jewish people.

We awarded grants to 12 Israeli organizations serving those living on or near the poverty line, with a concentration on children and at-risk youth diverse in ethnicity and socio-economic backgrounds as well as physical and mental abilities. We also set aside $25,000 to address needs, such as security, in Jewish communities in Western and Eastern Europe.

Tanzman Fellows visited Amit Shikum, which helps those fighting mental illness.

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Engagement and Advocacy Israel engagement and advocacy has become a sig-

other events. Additionally, we have played a key role in

nificant focus of the Jewish Federation. Sadly, many in

encouraging hundreds of people from our area to visit

our own community do not have a meaningful personal

Israel through Birthright Israel, teen Israel scholarships,

connection with the state of Israel, a fundamental concern

adult journeys to Israel, as well as an interfaith clergy

as the number and volume of Israel’s detractors in-

mission this past year.

crease. We are expanding connections between Jews in the heart of NJ and the Jewish state. We have done so by sponsoring JerusalemU educational and inspirational resources throughout our community; facilitating Israel programming at Rutgers and other schools; sponsoring an Israel film festival; participating in and promoting the Celebrate Israel parade; and numerous

Interfaith Clergy Mission to Israel The Federation conducted an Israel mission for interfaith clergy to strengthen connections between the local community and Israel, educate a diverse group of community leaders about Israel, and provide first-hand experiences to dispel biases and build understanding.

A key take-away for one minister was learning that Jews and Arabs alike want peace. “We met people … reaching across divisions to work toward justice.

Most of the 20 non-Jewish participants on the 10-day journey were first-timers to Israel. All participants emerged with a better understanding of the very complicated challenges that exist in Israel today, and the fact that reality is not one-sided.

On their first day in Israel, the group assembled on the Haas Promenade overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem for an ecumenical arrival worship ceremony.

The group also met with Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders and activists, and visited programs devoted to coexistence, such as the Jerusalem school of the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, and the Roots/Judur/Shorashim Center in the West Bank, an initiative led by Palestinian and Israeli peace activists living in the heart of the conflict.

One of the rabbis summed up the experience by saying, “We may have different faiths, but learning to grow respect for each other was the best outcome.”

Tanzman Fellows agree the best way to understand and support Israel is to visit.

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Leverage The multiplier effect One of our guiding principles is leverage – the Federation optimizes human and financial resources to bring more resources to an issue and, in doing so, makes an out-sized impact for the Jewish community.

We used leverage throughout 2016 to multiply the Federation’s impact where it was needed most.

Supporting Holocaust survivors When Jewish Family Service partners informed the Federation of a short-fall in funding for Holocaust survivors in need, the Federation could have provided some emergency funds to help fill a small portion of the gap.

Instead, it conceived a com-

word-of-mouth Digital communications enabled the Federation to further leverage its messages, reaching both larger and more targeted audiences, and fostering dialogue on everything from politics to potato latkes.

munity-wide, digital campaign involving matching funds and dozens of Jewish communal organizations all working together to meet as much of the need as possible, restore cuts in services, and prevent further cuts within a tight time-frame.

The special campaign raised $175,000 within two weeks and saved services provided by our Jewish Family Service partners to survivors who need help with basic daily tasks, such as dressing, bathing, and meal

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preparation.

Investing in Holocaust, genocide, and bias education Another Federation effort helped secure a significant grant for the permanent exhibit at Chhange — the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College, and brought additional funding from the state for Holocaust survivors and Holocaust education.

Courting commitments for

networking, educational, and

the future

fundraising events. We added

Sewing seeds for security

What if you could turn a single

hundreds of new names to our

Of the 58 non-profit organizations

dollar into $15 for a more secure

email list, attracted 1,300 new

in the state of NJ that received

Jewish future? That’s what the Life

followers to our social media

Homeland Security grants in 2016,

& Legacy program accomplished in

channels, and reached 12,381 new

18 were Jewish organizations in

its first year. The program attracted

stakeholders through Kveller.com.

Monmouth and Greater Middlesex

more than a dozen Jewish organi-

counties — thanks in large part to

zations committed to cultivating

the Jewish Federation’s year-long,

endowments. In 2016, they secured

intensive work with many of the

160 commitments for legacy gifts.

Jewish organizations that applied.

This is just the beginning for the

We are thriving together

With minimal expenditures, but

Life & Legacy program. As the

Federation volunteers, leaders,

a year-long, coordinated human

heart of NJ’s lead partner for the

donors, partners, and professionals

effort involving professionals and

program — working with the Harold

sometimes think, “if only there

volunteers, partnerships with

Grinspoon Foundation — the

were unlimited dollars, obvious

public safety and law enforcement

Jewish Federation thanks the ded-

solutions, and enough hands to

bodies, training, assessments, com-

icated team members from each

meet all the needs of the Jewish

munications networks, coaching

organization who helped get the

community.” The words of the

for grant applicants, and more, the

program off to such a strong start.

Pirke Avot, The Ethics of Our Fathers, reminded us “It is not your

Federation helped bring more than $1 million in new funding to the Jewish community for security.

Cultivating involvement Perhaps one of the greatest forms of leverage the Federation brought

In a separate effort, the Federation

to bear in 2016 was engaging many

partnered with the NJ State

hundreds of new participants in

Association of Jewish Federations

Jewish communal life. Each new

and Teach NJS, an initiative of the

person creates his or her own

Orthodox Union, to parlay a modest

ripple effect of impact by making

investment in advocacy into a

the heart of NJ a more connected,

$3.75 million increase in state fund-

caring, diverse, and vibrant Jewish

ing for 150,000 non-public school

community.

students, including 41,600 students

In 2016, the Federation welcomed

in Jewish community day schools.

more than 500 new faces to

responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, but you are not free to desist from it either.”

The Federation is committed to this charge by connecting every Jew who either needs help or can help.

We are grateful to every individual and organization who helped make a difference in Jewish life this year.

Together, the Jewish community is thriving in the heart of NJ, in Israel, and beyond.

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Grants Partners & Programs

ATTRACTING EVERY JEW TO VIBRANT COMMUNITY

Israel film festival Teen theatre programs PJ Library books and events Jewish holiday celebrations for Jewishly unaffiliated Camp program for youngsters with special needs Jewish cultural and holiday programs Socialization programs for youngsters with special needs Grandparent Circle (JOI curriculum) International day of Jewish youth service

2016 Funded Programs

Teen club

CARING FOR THE VULNERABLE

Mercaz Jewish Choir concert

Holocaust survivor services

JTeen club

Emergency financial aid

Holiday programming

Mental health and case management

Information about “Jewish” diseases

Geriatric and aging-in-place services

Adult Hebrew educational program

Kosher meals-on-wheels amd congregant meals

Shabbat dinner for young people

Socialization for seniors

Israel education program for teens

Rental assistance for needy

Children’s choir

Food vouchers for needy

Getting Healthy program at synagogue

Utility assistance for needy

Drum circle

Automotive repair for needy

Israel-themed programming for families

Need-based camp scholarships

Understanding Our Families while Understanding Ourselves program

Camp scholarships for youngsters with special needs

Shabbat box program

Performance of Crossing Delancey

Transportation for homebound seniors

American Jewish Experience lecture series

Caregiver support group

Wiesenthal play

“Difficult Conversations” for older adults and their children

D. Brahinsky lecture/concert

Bereavement group

Chanukah concert

Substance abuse in the Jewish community program

A cappella performance and discussion

Candy package deliveries for needy children Senior Souls Ignited

Life & Legacy planned giving partnership with 10 agencies and synagogues

The Caring Initiative

Yom Hashoah interfaith commemoration

Hebrew free loans

Global day of Jewish learning

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Mekonen film screening and musical concert

INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION TO EMBRACE THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY

Partners

Community-wide Jewish day of volunteer service

Amit Shikum

Jerusalem U

Intergenerational volunteer project

Axelrod Performing Arts Center

Kedma

BBYO Greater Jersey Hudson River Region

Mercaz Jewish choir

Student activities on campus One Happy Camper Incentive grants for Jewish overnight camp Leadership development for teens and college students Shabbat dinners for college students Special services for students with disabilities Grants for Israel teen travel Need-based camp grants for financially strapped families

Center Players Chaim’s Pekelach Crossroads Daniel Pearl Education Center Deal Sephardic Network (DSN)

Keren Gimmel Mesorah NJ Netivot Montessori Yeshiva Reut Sderot Reuth Hospital Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva (RPRY) Rutgers Hillel

Hazamir teen choir

Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital

Rutgers Jewish Xperience - JMed

Building Masada with Legos program co-sponsored with PJ Library

Dental Volunteers for Israel

Shutaf

Eden Association

Solomon Schechter Day School (SSDS)

Leadership development class for 8th, 9th, and 10th graders Leadership development for middle school students “In Between” one man show Names Not Numbers Holocaust education program Interfaith trip to Holocaust Museum in DC Studio Theatre J program for teens and tweens FORGING STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH ISRAEL AND COMMUNITIES OVERSEAS

Free dental care for needy families in Israel Holiday celebrations and meals for Jewish American soldiers abroad Vocational rehabilitation program for people living with mental illness Counseling and support for teens living on the streets in Israel Support for at-risk teenage girls Educational support for impoverished students in grades 7-12 “Warm homes” in Tel Aviv that serve high-risk youths Assistance, aide and support to child victims during trial for family and domestic matters Educational reinforcement and mentoring to youth from underprivileged backgrounds Help for children from junior-high tutors mentored by local teachers Clubs supporting and motivating children to improve their school performance

Ethiopian National Project (ENP)

St. Peter’s Hospital

Friendship Circle

Tahel

Gesher el Noar

Weizmann Institute of Science

Hadassah Hadassah Hospital, Israel Hand in Hand (Chabad of the Shore) Hillel Yeshiva Israel Arts & Sciences Israel Humanitarian Foundation Israel National Council for the Child (INCC) Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women Jewbadours Choir Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) Jewish Community Center Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Monmouth Jewish Family Service of Middlesex Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County

Workshops for children designed to prevent abuse

Jewish Historical Society of Middlesex

Training program for vulnerable youth to become dog handlers of a canine search and rescue unit

Jewish Social Service

Wilf Transport Yachad Yemin Orde Village ZAKA Synagogues Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple Center for Jewish Life (CJL) Congregation Beth Mordecai Congregations Beth Ohr Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson Congregation Kol Am Congregation Neve Shalom Congregation Torat El Congregation Torat El JCC Freehold Jewish Center Highland Park Conservative Temple - Congregation Anshe Emeth Monmouth Reform Temple Temple Beth Ahm Temple Emanu-El Temple Temple B’nai Shalom Temple Rodeph Torah Young Israel of East Brunswick

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Leadership OFFICERS Jeffrey Schwartz, President Amy Mallet, 1st Vice President Michelle Fields, 2nd Vice President

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

TRUSTEES Maurie Backman

Eliot Spack

Sheryl Grutman

Barbara Spack

Robin Wander

Joel Krinsky

Ruth Bash

Marlene Herman

Eliot Spack

Naomi Lasky

Linda Benish

Michael Wasserman

Bernard Hochberg

Robert St. Lifer

Adrienne Ross

Linda Block

Jeffrey Schwartz

Jennifer Bullock

Roy Tanzman

Jay Fields

Murray Katz, Treasurer Cheryl Markbreiter, Secretary Keith Krivitzky, Chief Executive Officer Susan Antman, Executive Vice President

Joan Fischer Deborah Friedman

Stuart Abraham Irvin Baker

Joseph Hollander Paul Jacobson Rhoda Juskow

James Stahl Theodore J. Stahl Brenda Tanzman Roy Tanzman Ned Weiss

Cindy Gittleman

Paul Berman

Meryl Gonchar

Claire Boren

Sylvia Kirshner

Robert Weston

Sheryl Grutman

Stephen Bram

Iris Kislin

Renee Bromberg

Beth Krinsky

Phoebe Wofchuck

Marlene Herman

Arthur Cohen

Sandy Lenger

Sheryl Horowitz

Ira Dunst

Leonard Littman

Alexander Kemeny

Joan Ellen

Lee Livingston

Gloria Engel

Susan Mandell

Elise Feldman

Wendy Marks

Justin Footerman

Rabbi Bennett Miller

Arlene Frumkin

Gerald Ostrov

Maxine Macnow

Arnold Gelfman

Albert Passner

Susan Mandell

Shirley Godis

David Portman

Leslie Ostrin

Sidney Godis

Hillel Raymon

Devorah Pava

Kenneth A. Gordon

Norman Reitman

Edward Guttenplan

Rosanne Koenigson Rhonda Levy Louisa Liechtung

Ken Philmus Judy Premselaar

Corinne Gorelick

Ruth Rosenfeld Miriam Saruya

Jodi Reich

Jerry Gorelick

Lauren Reich

Ronald Grayzel

Jeremy Renna

Linda Greenfield

William Schwartz

Larry Rosen

Seth S. Gross

Gilbert Schapiro

Rabbi Ari Saks

Robert Grossman

Jeffries Shein

Francine Semaya

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LEADERS COUNCIL

Julian Hoffman

H. Lawrence Karasic

Laurie Landy

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Phoebe Wofchuck

Felice Schrager

Ben Silberstein

Ruth Ellen Weiss

Richard Wolff Lawrence Zicklin

Financial Efficiency 55%

GRANTS FOR PARTNERS’ PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

24%

FEDERATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

21%

ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDRAISING

The Jewish Federation manages nearly $20 million annually, with approximately $4.5 million in our annual operating budget and greater than $15 million in endowments. Our approach is to spend 50% or more of our budget funding partner programs and services, 25% or less on Federation-based programs, and 25% or less on administration and fundraising -- a level deemed by Charity Navigator to be appropriate and financially efficient. In 2016, we exceeded our targets on all three goals.

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Financial Resources $3,164,000

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

$447,000

DESIGNATED AND FOUNDATION GIFTS

$498,000

ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

The Jewish Federation cultivates and marshals financial resources from a range of sources to identify and address the community’s most critical needs. This chart shows total financial resources for 2016.

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Thank You The board, leader’s council, and professional staff of the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey thank all the generous donors, sponsors, volunteers, event attendees, and partners who made it possible for the Federation to change so many lives in 2016. Thank you for helping make this Jewish community vibrant and inviting for Jews of all ages and walks of life throughout Monmouth and Greater Middlesex counties.

Going from strength to strength, solving our biggest challenges, and looking to a strong and beautiful future, we are thriving together.

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Because the Jewish Federation connects the heart of NJ with Israel

Because the Jewish Federation cares for the vulnerable

Because the Jewish Federation inspires young people to embrace their Jewish identity

Why? Because the Jewish Federation makes the community more vibrant and welcoming for all

Because the Jewish Federation convenes partners to solve the most pressing issues in Jewish life