The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2015 - Page 8
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ALLOCATES $3,365,846*
Jewish Federation
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE.
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
Faced with the responsibility and challenge of effectively distributing
funds, the 2015 Allocations Committee (see below), under the leadership
of Brad Rabinowitz and Stephanie Townsend, worked conscientiously and
tirelessly to insure a thorough and impactful allocations process.
2015 FEDERATION CAMPAIGN ALLOCATIONS $3,365,846*
*total amount net of campaign shrinkage and reserves
2015 LOCAL BENEFICIARY AGENCIES
Anti-Defamation League $1,000
Historic organization stressing civil rights issues
Birthright Israel $8,000
Young adults traveling to Israel
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization $13,500
Youth-led, worldwide organization, promoting Jewish identity and personal growth
Butterfly Project $5,000
Educates the community on the lessons of the Holocaust
Chariotte Community Agencies $9,300
Crisis Assistance Ministries, Mecklenburg Ministries, Loaves and Fishes, Hospice Charlotte,
Safe Alliance and Urban Ministries
Chariotte Jewish Day Schooi $152,000
Quality day school serving students from Kindergarten through S"" grade
Chariotte Jewish Fiim Festival $4,500
Illuminates globalJewish experiences through film
Charlotte Jewish Preschool $35,000
Quality preschool educational program and full day childcare facility
Consolidated High School of Jewish Studies $14,500
An enriched Judaic program for Charlotte-area teens
Fiorence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning $3,000
Promotes Jewish literacy through interactive 2-year comprehensive curriculum
Foundation of Shalom Park $336,747
Provides rent subsidies for Jewish agencies in Shalom Park, helping to keep operational
expenses to a minimum.
Friendship Circle $10,000
Engages special needs children with volunteers for a one-on-one experience
Hebrew Cemetery $15,700
Provides a dignified final resting place for the Charlotte Jewish community
Hebrew Cemetery Indigent Funeral Fund $7,500
Provide dignified burials for Jewish families in need
Jewish Council for Public Affairs $2,700
Serves as representative voice of the American Jewish community
Jewish Council of Lake Norman $14,000
Community programming to enrich and strengthen Jewish life in the Lake Norman area
Jewish Educational Loan Fund $5,000
Provides interest-free loans to Charlotte area college students.
Jewish Experience Fund $10,000
Subsidies for summer camps and other Jewish experience opportunities
Jewish Famiiy Services $260,000
Professional counseling, family education programs, and social services
Jewish Federation of Greater Chariotte $841,868
Federation's campaign, operational, outreach, and community relations expenses
Jewish Preschool on Sardis $22,500
Quality preschool educational program
Levine-Skiut Judaic Library and Resource Center $69,000
Promotes the advancement of lifelong Jewish education, learning and literacy
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust $8,000
Holocaust educational workshops and displays for public and private school teachers
North Carolina Hiiiel $37,000
Promotes Jewish life on college campuses across North Carolina
Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center $340,000
Enriches Jewish lives through cultural, educational and athletic programming
Shalom Park Freedom School $12,500
Embraces Jewish values and builds Jewish Identity by providing a summer enrichment
program for children of poverty in CMS schools
Supplemental Gifts and Special Distributions $115,017
Provides customized giving opportunities over and above Annual Campaign gifts,
enabling donors to maximize their giving potential and fulfill their philanthropic goals.
Includes Bernstein Leadership, Campaign Event Sponsorships, Create Your Jewish Legacy Grant,
Holocaust Exploratory Grant, Gorelick Teens to Israel, PJ Library, Mission Subsidies, Special Fund
Tikvah Chariotte $7,500
Jewish education for children with special needs
2015 ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs: Brad Rabinowitz and Stephanie Townsend
Amy Augustine
Jill Halverstam
Steve Raphael
Jill Balick
Sharyn Handelsman
David Sheffer
Gail Baron
Alison Lerner
Jason Spiegler
Doug Benson
Holly Levinson
Justin Steinschriber
Steve Cohen
Harrison Lord
Lorin Stiefel
Adrienne Gossett
JeffTurk
2015 IMPACT & INNOVATION
FUND GRANTEES
The Jewish Federation's Community Impact & Innovation Fund grants are
intended to inspire individuals, organizations, synagogues, and agencies to
provide innovative and impactful engagement opportunities for the greater
Charlotte Jewish community.
Ballantvne Jewish Center: Provide one week of Jewish winter camp and two $6,000
weeks of Jewish summer camp to children in the Ballantyne area
Chariotte Jewish Day Schooi/JETS Shutafor Curricuium: Twinning $3,600
program that partners classroom in Charlotte with classroom in Israel
Chariotte Jewish Teen Coaiition: Collaborative series to educate, engage, $3,600
and excite teens about Israel
Consoiidated High Schooi of Jewish Studies: Hebrew for Credit program $6,000
providing Hebrew High students foreign language credit at their public & private
high schools
Fiorence Meiton Schooi of Aduit Jewish Learning: Part-time Melton $14,000
Director to insure the long-term growth and continuity of this impactful Jewish
literary curriculum
Friendship Circie/ZAB'S Piace: Provide workplace training and experience
for Jewish young adults with special needs
$12,500
Hadassah/Ceiebrate the Ta Ta's: Provide free mammograms to women $3,600
who are under-insured or uninsured
Jewish Famiiv Services: Part-time social worker to serve the Lake Norman $18,900
Jewish community
Jewish Preschooi on Sardis: Expand ages of care and education to include $12,500
6 weeks to five years old by creating infant classroom
Jewish War Veterans: Video documentary of Charlotte area Jewish military $8,300
veterans
Moishe House: Provide meaningful Jewish experiences for young adults in $19,000
their 20's as they create a vibrant home-based Jewish community.
NC Hiiiei: Part-time staff person to serve Jewish college and university $15,000
students in the Charlotte area
PJ Library: Strengthen the identities of Jewish families and their relationships $10,000
to the Jewish community by offering free, high quality Jewish books and music
to families raising Jewish children ages six months through eight years
Temoie Beth Ei: Kabbaiah for Everyone: Brings Jewish mysticism into the $5,000
wider Charlotte Jewish and non-Jewish communities as a way of connecting
unaffiliated and under-affiliated Jews to Jewish learning
Temple Koi Tikvah Reiigious Schooi: Equip religious school classrooms with $5,383
Smart Boards to enhance Jewish education
ISRAEL AND OUR GLOBAL FAMILY
Israei and Overseas $861,631
Meets the needs of Jews in Israel and world-wide through
Jewish Federations of North America.
As a community, Charlotte is able to designate $318,500 of our overseas allocation
^ Aharai-Givat Olga ^ J DC: Center for Young Adults
^ Chabad Soup Kitchen ^
^ Community Shaliach ^
^ Education for Excellence ^
^ Ethiopian National Project ^
^ Gidon Association/Maksam ^
^ Hand in Hand: Jewish-Arab Education ^
^ JAEi: La'ad Holocaust Survivor Program ^ Yerucham Association
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