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2016<br />

ACHIEVING IMPACT<br />

TOGETHER<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

ANNUAL<br />

REPORT


PARTNERS IN<br />

BUILDING COMMUNITY<br />

A message from our CEO<br />

ERIC<br />

PHOTO<br />

When I came on board in August 2016 as<br />

Federation’s new CEO, I was already full of<br />

admiration for our Atlanta Jewish community — its<br />

long noble history and its tremendous track record<br />

of local and overseas impact. Yet, even after a dozen<br />

years living in and engaging with Jewish Atlanta, I’ll<br />

admit, I saw our community through a limited lens. I<br />

only knew a small slice of the agencies, institutions<br />

and programs that make it so remarkable.<br />

These past few months have broadened my<br />

perspective and deepened my appreciation. I’ve had<br />

the pleasure to reach out across our community and<br />

meet the people who lead and love Jewish Atlanta.<br />

My personal conversations with our rabbis,<br />

volunteers, agency heads, older adults, teachers,<br />

students, and hundreds of “just Jews” who are the<br />

fabric of our community, make me even more<br />

excited about what we can accomplish together.<br />

“This report is not simply about<br />

what Federation accomplished in<br />

fiscal year 2016; it’s a celebration of<br />

the community partnerships that<br />

help us fulfill our mission.”<br />

This report is not simply about what Federation<br />

accomplished in fiscal year 2016; it’s a celebration<br />

of the community partnerships that help us fulfill<br />

our mission. It shares stories about how our<br />

agencies change, improve and uplift people’s lives.<br />

It documents how we’ve allocated funds and been<br />

good stewards of your philanthropy. It honors the<br />

role every agency and program plays, from the<br />

biggest to the smallest, to make Jewish Atlanta a<br />

place we’re proud of and a place our children will<br />

want to call home.<br />

Eric M. Robbins, President and CEO


PARTNERS IN COLLABORATION<br />

An intergenerational program involving The Weber School, NORC, The Marcus Jewish<br />

Community Center of Atlanta, StoryCorps and Federation shines a light on what’s<br />

possible through collaboration.<br />

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVE<strong>LO</strong>PMENT<br />

Investments in formal and informal education build leadership across our<br />

community. This is how we plan for a community where our kids will want to stay!<br />

PARTNERS IN ENGAGEMENT & INNOVATION<br />

The Jewish world is changing, and so are the strategies for reaching out to engage<br />

our community. Big ideas find support at Federation.<br />

PARTNERS IN CARING & INCLUSION<br />

Meeting human needs and opening our arms to everyone is the heart of what we<br />

do. We are here to help in powerful ways.<br />

PARTNERS IN ISRAEL & OVERSEAS<br />

Caring for and empowering Jewish people worldwide takes us to amazing places.<br />

Federation partnerships help amplify our overseas impact.<br />

PARTNERS IN SHARED SERVICES<br />

As community conveners, Federation leads, protects and advocates for every Jew in<br />

Metro Atlanta. Through shared services, we handle things no institution should have<br />

to handle alone.<br />

PARTNERS IN PLANNED GIVING<br />

Federation does more than fundraise; it is a custodian of community resources.<br />

Read how Atlanta Jewish Foundation elevates personal philanthropy and helps<br />

our community thrive.<br />

3-4<br />

5-6<br />

7-8<br />

9-10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13-14<br />

PARTNERS IN IMPACT 15-16<br />

The allocations process is a genuine partnership engaging all of our partner<br />

agencies and programs. More than 100 volunteers from across the community<br />

spend months assessing the impact of every program.<br />

FEDERATION AND THE JEWISH FUTURE 17<br />

We are setting the stage for transformational change as we rethink the ways<br />

Federation can best serve our 21st-century Jewish community.


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Manuela<br />

Aliza


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PARTNERS IN COLLABORATION<br />

What can happen when teens and older adults break through<br />

age boundaries?<br />

Aliza Abusch-Magder is an active<br />

Weber School sophomore who takes<br />

vocal lessons, lifts weights and loves<br />

to write. Manuela Bornstein is an<br />

82-year-old Holocaust survivor from<br />

France. Their worlds are far apart, but<br />

thanks to a project called Ageless<br />

Interaction, the two are now friends.<br />

As Aliza tells it, “I first met Manuela<br />

in the kitchen of the JCC, cooking a<br />

meal together. Our relationship<br />

brings together so many things I care<br />

about — family, feminism, history.<br />

Manuela’s family lived in Paris during<br />

the Nazi occupation, and she wore a<br />

yellow star to school. Through a<br />

series of incredible accidents, or<br />

maybe miracles, her family was<br />

smuggled to the south of France and<br />

survived the war. Manuela was nine<br />

years old and had no idea she was<br />

fleeing danger. While in hiding, her<br />

mother had a son, so they left Paris<br />

as four and returned as five. That was<br />

another miracle. Manuela is a role<br />

model for me and I’m excited to see<br />

where our friendship goes.”<br />

“I love the happiness in these young<br />

people, and how they express<br />

themselves,” Manuela reflects. “Too<br />

often our friends are similar to us<br />

in age and experience. I have grown<br />

from knowing Aliza.”<br />

This priceless encounter would not have<br />

occurred without input from a non-profit<br />

called Ageless Interaction, and the vision<br />

of Janie Walker, Federation’s NORC<br />

Coordinator. What can happen, Walker<br />

wondered, if high school students and<br />

Jewish older adults meet through<br />

hands-on activities like cooking at the<br />

JCC? What if they really break through<br />

age boundaries and share their most<br />

personal stories? Ageless Interaction<br />

brought six different community<br />

organizations together — the MJCCA, the<br />

Atlanta History Center, StoryCorps, The<br />

Weber School, the Cuba Family Archives<br />

of The Breman Museum, and the Meyer<br />

Balser NORC. Together they shaped<br />

powerful intergenerational experiences<br />

for Weber School students and seniors<br />

from around our community.<br />

Each of the Ageless Interaction<br />

conversations was recorded by<br />

StoryCorps and is now preserved at the<br />

Cuba Family Archives and at the Atlanta<br />

History Center.<br />

Federation is proud to support projects<br />

like Ageless Interaction that build<br />

bridges of understanding in our<br />

community.<br />

“Since my return less<br />

than a year ago to<br />

Jewish communal<br />

professional work, I’ve<br />

been struck by the<br />

significant<br />

collaborations that are<br />

happening among<br />

Atlanta’s Jewish<br />

institutions.”<br />

—Faye Dresner, CPO,<br />

Jewish Family &<br />

Career Services<br />

& & & &


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PARTNERS IN EDUCATION<br />

& LEADERSHIP DEVE<strong>LO</strong>PMENT<br />

Why invest in Jewish education? Because today’s children are tomorrow’s Jewish community<br />

leaders. We support formal and informal education opportunities across Metro Atlanta<br />

including Jewish camps, day schools, and all kinds of learning programs, because the return<br />

on investment for future Jewish identity and involvement is simply undeniable. We grow and<br />

nurture leadership across the age spectrum and connect talented emerging leaders to our<br />

agencies so that they can guide and grow our community with skill and confidence.<br />

The gift of a Jewish education<br />

My husband and I grew up in tight-knit Jewish<br />

communities in the Northeast and Miami, both<br />

with public schools that were a good fit for us.<br />

When we moved to Atlanta, part of the culture<br />

shock was a growing awareness that public<br />

schools might not be the best option for our<br />

family here. We looked at several public and<br />

private schools and ultimately settled on The<br />

Epstein School. It has turned out to be a fantastic<br />

choice, not only for Nathan (4th grade) and Jillian<br />

(2nd grade), but for our whole family.<br />

The academics are above and beyond my<br />

expectations. And what my kids bring home<br />

about every Jewish holiday is incredible. Their<br />

Hebrew skills are impressive. Nathan happens to<br />

be great at languages, so he’s already fluent in<br />

Hebrew. In fact, the kids sometimes speak<br />

For the Skor family, Jewish day school builds identity<br />

and community.<br />

Hebrew to each other when they don’t want us to<br />

know what they’re talking about, just like my<br />

Yiddish-speaking grandparents did! But what I<br />

also love is that no matter what your level of<br />

Jewish observance, it’s a comfortable and<br />

nurturing place. Day school makes Jewish<br />

Atlanta feel like the towns we grew up in.<br />

& & & & & &<br />

&


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$20.7 MILLION<br />

RAISED IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JEWISH<br />

EDUCATION THROUGH THE ALEF FUND<br />

SINCE 2008<br />

“I was invited to join<br />

Federation’s Jacobson<br />

Leadership Institute (JLI),<br />

representing Atlanta Jewish<br />

Music Festival. It was the<br />

educational opportunity of a<br />

lifetime — like getting an<br />

236<br />

MBA in leadership.”<br />

- Bram Bessoff<br />

past president, AJMF<br />

FIRST-TIME CAMPERS WHO ATTENDED<br />

JEWISH OVERNIGHT CAMP IN 2016<br />

2,000<br />

STUDENTS IN<br />

JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS<br />

3,000<br />

STUDENTS IN<br />

JEWISH SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS<br />

& & & &<br />

&<br />

&


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PARTNERS IN ENGAGEMENT<br />

& INNOVATION<br />

Federation funds multiple and diverse portals for people to meaningfully engage with Jewish life in<br />

Atlanta. Whether it's traditional opportunities to connect through music, books, clubs, interfaith<br />

programming, or Jewish cultural events, or cutting-edge programs that break new ground, we help<br />

ensure that there are dynamic and relevant organizations to engage every generation.<br />

2,700 STUDENTS<br />

PARTICIPATE IN JEWISH<br />

STUDENT CLUBS IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS<br />

VISITORS TO THE<br />

29,944BREMAN MUSEUM<br />

IN 2016<br />

73%<br />

OF BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL PARTICIPANTS<br />

FEEL "MORE JEWISH" FOR HAVING VISITED ISRAEL<br />

When I moved into Moishe House, my Jewish life took off.<br />

It is important for the post-college group to have places like<br />

this for Jewish connection and community. Moishe House<br />

makes Jewish living effortless again.<br />

– Matt Goldberg<br />

When Rick and I learned we were moving to Atlanta from<br />

New York, we drew a circle with a 10-mile radius around the<br />

Marcus Jewish Community Center (MJCCA) and told our<br />

realtor, “This is where we need to live.”<br />

3,000<br />

– The Young Family: Michelle, Rick, Avi, Max & Noa<br />

SHABBAT MEALS<br />

ARE SERVED ON CAMPUSES EACH YEAR<br />

THROUGH HILLELS OF GEORGIA<br />

&<br />

& & BIRTHRIGHT<br />

& & &<br />

ISRAEL


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“PJ Library helped build our<br />

Jewish family.”<br />

When you’re the daughter of a rabbi, falling in<br />

love and marrying a Gentile isn’t exactly in the<br />

script. It called for some big conversations, and<br />

I’m very lucky that Mike enthusiastically<br />

converted to Judaism and that together we’ve<br />

built a Jewish family life. Before having kids, we<br />

were active in the MJCCA’s young adult group,<br />

and we knew one day we’d send our kids to<br />

Gesher L’Torah’s preschool, but I wondered, how<br />

would we both transmit the Jewish values and<br />

traditions that were still new to Mike?<br />

Somewhere along the way I heard about PJ<br />

Library, where every month your child receives a<br />

free Jewish book or CD. Each book comes with<br />

notes about how to share the story with your<br />

child, plus activities related to the story. It means<br />

the world to me that Mike is sharing PJ Library<br />

with our three girls.<br />

It fills me up to see<br />

Mike and Maya,<br />

who’s now five,<br />

both get excited<br />

when a PJ Library<br />

book arrives. One<br />

of their favorites is<br />

Dear Tree, about<br />

the holiday Tu<br />

B’Shvat, the Jewish<br />

New Year of the<br />

Trees. Mike thinks<br />

it’s incredible that<br />

there’s an entire<br />

PJ Library brings the Stinson family<br />

together, teaching Jewish holidays and<br />

observances through stories.<br />

holiday devoted to taking care of the earth and<br />

thanking G-d for shade and fruit. These values<br />

really resonate with him.<br />

2016 INNOVATION GRANT WINNERS<br />

CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES<br />

provides volunteer opportunities and mentoring for Atlanta<br />

Jewish teens to build their leadership skills.<br />

HONEYMOON ISRAEL<br />

provides immersive trips to Israel for Atlanta-based<br />

cohorts of couples with at least one Jewish partner, early<br />

in their committed relationship, creating communities of<br />

couples who are building families with deep connections<br />

to Jewish life and the Jewish people.<br />

JCRAFTS<br />

provides holiday-related mobile programming, such as a<br />

shofar factory for Rosh Hashanah, a matzah factory for<br />

Passover, an olive press for Hanukkah and a mobile<br />

sukkah for Sukkot.<br />

IN THE CITY CAMP<br />

provides a culturally-Jewish experience for Jewish<br />

campers of all backgrounds, building Jewish friendships<br />

and bolstering identity.<br />

®<br />

& & &<br />

&<br />

IN ATLANTA<br />

Powered by Jewish Federation<br />

of Greater Atlanta


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PARTNERS IN CARING<br />

& INCLUSION<br />

Federation support helps people stay on their feet when life’s storms hit. We empower our agencies to<br />

address mental and other health needs, to enable interest-free loans for emergencies and education,<br />

and to improve self-sufficiency through vocational and career counseling. We are champions for<br />

inclusion and envision a day when everyone who wants to can feel a part of our Jewish community<br />

and has access to the things they need.<br />

212<br />

HAVE<br />

HO<strong>LO</strong>CAUST SURVIVORS LIVING IN ATLANTA<br />

BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE HO<strong>LO</strong>CAUST SURVIVOR SUPPORT FUND<br />

2,100<br />

SENIORS IN ATLANTA RECEIVE COUNSELING,<br />

HOSPICE CARE, HOUSING OPTIONS AND<br />

REHABILITATION SERVICES<br />

694<br />

JOB SEEKERS GAINED EMP<strong>LO</strong>YMENT IN 2016<br />

SUPPORT FOR OVER<br />

515<br />

ATLANTANS WITH DISABILITES<br />

AND THEIR FAMILIES<br />

&<br />

& & & & &


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"They’ve found friends, role models and Jewish mentors for life."<br />

By the time my twins Megan and Brett were 14<br />

months old, my marriage to their father was over.<br />

Their Dad isn't Jewish, and after the divorce he was<br />

pretty detached from the kids. Suddenly, I was their<br />

everything. I realized it was up to me to keep<br />

Judaism alive in my little family.<br />

Even before my divorce, I signed the twins up for PJ<br />

Library and took them to Tot Shabbat at Kol Emeth.<br />

Later on I started looking into Big Brother programs<br />

for my son. You have to be at poverty level to<br />

qualify for most of these mentoring programs –<br />

but, luckily, not for PAL, Atlanta's only Jewish Big<br />

Brother/Big Sister program.<br />

Amazing things happened the minute I met the PAL<br />

Program Manager, Carly Sonenshine, at JF&CS. She<br />

encouraged me to put both kids in the program<br />

and then matched us with our Big PALs — Bennett<br />

Ginburg for Brett, and Marni Bronstein for Megan.<br />

They take the kids to events, out for ice cream, and<br />

just have fun with them. To say my twins have<br />

bonded with them is an understatement.<br />

Bennett Ginburg, Brett Bowen, Marni Bronstein<br />

& Megan Bowen<br />

A Big PAL fills in huge gaps for a single parent.<br />

They are friends in a way a parent can never be.<br />

Brett has ADHD and dyslexia and Bennett really<br />

understands it. Megan was nervous about going<br />

to Camp Coleman next summer, and Marni<br />

handled her anxiety beautifully.<br />

Megan’s and Brett's PALs give them one-on-one<br />

time I can never provide enough of. After three<br />

years with Bennett and Marni, they've found<br />

friends, role models and Jewish mentors for life.<br />

“We cannot protect our kids from everything, so we have to let them try, and fail, and<br />

try again and again until they ultimately succeed. Inclusion isn’t a “program,” it’s a<br />

philosophy. Programs cost money, but inclusion is a mindset that doesn’t have to cost a<br />

thing. When we open our arms and our minds to inclusion, our hearts open too.”<br />

– Sheryl Arno<br />

Founder, Ability Matters<br />

& & & & & &<br />

Friends of Yemin Orde<br />

Powered by Jewish Federation<br />

of Greater Atlanta


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PARTNERS IN<br />

ISRAEL & OVERSEAS<br />

As part of our commitment to the Jewish people worldwide, Atlanta joins other federations in<br />

contributing to a pool of funds that is distributed to three leading international partners: American<br />

Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), and World ORT. These<br />

dollars address the needs of Jewish communities in Israel and around the globe.<br />

400 PEOPLE IN CUBA<br />

ENJOY TRADITIONAL SHABBAT CHICKEN DINNER<br />

4,000<br />

AGING JEWS IN MINSK, BELARUS<br />

RECEIVE FOOD, CARE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT<br />

440<br />

CHILDREN AT RISK<br />

FROM FRANCE, NORTH AFRICA, EASTERN<br />

EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA<br />

RECEIVE SHELTER, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION AT YEMIN ORDE YOUTH VILLAGE IN ISRAEL<br />

Bringing Israel home<br />

Adult learners who have been studying together for<br />

two years through the MJCCA’s Melton program<br />

traveled to Israel and Federation’s sister city,<br />

Yokneam, to meet their counterparts — 16 adults<br />

who have followed the same Melton curriculum.<br />

Soon after, the Yokneam adults paid a reciprocal<br />

visit to Atlanta.<br />

The trips<br />

deepened<br />

friendships and<br />

created powerful,<br />

personal bonds.<br />

In Atlanta, the<br />

Israelis visited<br />

The Temple,<br />

Federation, The Breman Museum, Ebenezer Baptist<br />

Church, the Center for Civil and Human Rights,<br />

several Jewish day schools, the MJCCA, and CNN,<br />

and attended a Hawks game. They learned together<br />

with Atlanta rabbis and educators, and enjoyed<br />

home hospitality over Shabbat. Said one<br />

participant, “Kesher has connected our<br />

communities in the most intimate and human<br />

way possible. We’re not just study partners, we’re<br />

family now.”<br />

&<br />

&<br />

&


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PARTNERS IN<br />

SHARED SERVICES<br />

Federation leads, protects and advocates for the entire Jewish community. We are proud to fund<br />

these important community-wide services: community lobbyist, community grant writer, community<br />

grant evaluator, and a community security services director.<br />

“I love working with Federation. I can proudly walk into any legislative office knowing that my<br />

advocacy will help and serve the most vulnerable within our community.”<br />

— Rusty Paul, Federation-supported Jewish community lobbyist<br />

In June of 2016, Federation fielded the<br />

#IamJewishATL Community Study. This<br />

pioneering market research study was funded by<br />

Federation for the benefit of all Jewish<br />

organizations in Metro Atlanta, including<br />

synagogues, schools, and agencies. While the goal<br />

was 2,500 respondents, 3,473 people responded<br />

to #IamJewishATL. The data provides critical<br />

information on what people are looking for in<br />

Jewish Atlanta, and results are being shared with<br />

community organizations in 2017 to help shape<br />

initiatives for the next decade.<br />

40<br />

Jewish venues protected over the<br />

High Holidays<br />

MORE THAN<br />

$<br />

3,000,000<br />

in Jewish education scholarships<br />

safeguarded by our community lobbyist


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PARTNERS IN<br />

PLANNED GIVING<br />

ATLANTA<br />

JEWISH<br />

FOUNDATION<br />

A service of Jewish Federation<br />

of Greater Atlanta<br />

Atlanta Jewish Foundation (AJF)<br />

Atlanta Jewish Foundation is a vibrant and trusted<br />

custodian of community resources, overseeing<br />

investments of more than $213M in assets, and<br />

providing a wide range of tools that encourage our<br />

donors to strategically craft philanthropic<br />

portfolios that achieve their goals.<br />

Through a variety of creative giving options,<br />

Atlanta Jewish Foundation helps donors customize<br />

and diversify their philanthropic portfolios, with the<br />

objective of helping them realize their own<br />

financial goals and making the world a better<br />

place. AJF enables donors to invest philanthropically<br />

– for their future, for their family, and for the returns<br />

on community that we all want to see.<br />

As experts on the needs of the Atlanta Jewish<br />

community, Atlanta Jewish Foundation has the<br />

capacity to educate and engage donors in giving<br />

opportunities of which they may otherwise not<br />

be aware. And for those who already know the<br />

causes they want to support, AJF has tremendous<br />

depth of experience in portfolio diversification<br />

and strategic management of philanthropic<br />

assets.<br />

“The way the Atlanta Jewish Foundation structures investment offerings allows for a unique partnership<br />

between Federation, its agencies, and donors. A strong mission alignment allows the Foundation to add<br />

value for every investor, in addition to delivering solid risk-adjusted returns.”<br />

— Cort Haber, Financial Advisor<br />

FACT


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OVER $213 MILLION IN ASSETS *<br />

678 FUNDS & FOUNDATIONS UNDER MANAGEMENT *<br />

*AS OF 6/30/16<br />

AJF and its donors awarded<br />

$28.7 MILLION<br />

IN GRANTS TO NONPROFITS<br />

IN 2016<br />

AJF and its donors supported<br />

824<br />

ORGANIZATIONS<br />

IN 2016<br />

“Our giving has more impact through our donor-advised fund. The fund grows in value and helps us<br />

consolidate gifts to charities outside of Federation. At the end of the year we get one letter from<br />

Federation summarizing all the donations. It’s terrific.”<br />

– Evi Resnick, fund holder<br />

JEWISH<br />

84%<br />

2016 GRANT DISTRIBUTIONS<br />

NON-JEWISH<br />

16%<br />

NATIONAL<br />

12%<br />

OVERSEAS<br />

29%<br />

<strong>LO</strong>CAL<br />

59%<br />

$14 MILLION<br />

SUPPORTING <strong>LO</strong>CAL JEWISH CAUSES<br />

IN 2016


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PARTNERS IN IMPACT<br />

Federation allocations are based on measurable indicators of impact that are reviewed<br />

annually. The allocations process is a genuine partnership engaging all of our partner<br />

agencies and programs. More than 100 volunteers from across the community spend months<br />

assessing the impact of every program and organization we fund.<br />

GRANTS THROUGH ATLANTA JEWISH FOUNDATION $28,694,257<br />

GRANTS THROUGH FEDERATION CAMPAIGNS $12,012,136<br />

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES & OTHER* $6,661,806<br />

*Includes credit card fees, reserve for shrinkage and JFNA Fair Share<br />

TOTAL GIVING<br />

$40,706,393


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GRANTS THROUGH FEDERATION CAMPAIGNS $12,012,136<br />

RESPONSE FUND<br />

JEWISH EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVE<strong>LO</strong>PMENT<br />

$2,749,591<br />

ENGAGEMENT & INNOVATION<br />

$2,402,631<br />

CARING & INCLUSION<br />

RESPONSE FUND<br />

ISRAEL & OVERSEAS<br />

$3,031,015<br />

$63,000<br />

$3,491,876<br />

ISRAEL &<br />

OVERSEAS<br />

CARING & INCLUSION<br />

SHARED SERVICES<br />

$274,023<br />

SHARED SERVICES<br />

JEWISH EDUCATION &<br />

LEADERSHIP DEVE<strong>LO</strong>PMENT<br />

ENGAGEMENT &<br />

INNOVATION<br />

GRANTS THROUGH ATLANTA JEWISH FOUNDATION<br />

$1,014,451<br />

ARTS, CULTURE & SPORTS<br />

$3,327,069<br />

EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP<br />

$8,378,153<br />

CARING & INCLUSION<br />

$2,101,704<br />

JEWISH ENGAGEMENT<br />

$4,064,638<br />

SYNAGOGUES/CHURCHES<br />

$1,557,648<br />

SOCIAL ACTION<br />

$8,250,594<br />

OVERSEAS<br />

For more detailed financial data, please see the Form 990 on our website, which is published on the site each year after the tax return has been filed.<br />

JewishAtlanta.org/fiscal-transparency


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FEDERATION & THE<br />

JEWISH FUTURE<br />

Setting the Stage for Transformation<br />

With new leadership on board, and a commitment to<br />

change the way we do business, Jewish Federation of<br />

Greater Atlanta has been in a reflective mode. In<br />

addition to the accomplishments you’ve just read<br />

about, we are setting the stage for transformational<br />

change as we rethink the ways we can best serve our<br />

21st-century Jewish community.<br />

Why transformation? Because the Jewish world is<br />

already in a time of transformative change. Old<br />

assumptions about organizational affiliation and old<br />

patterns of giving and engagement are falling away.<br />

New family structures, new norms about interfaith<br />

marriage, and new ways to express one’s Jewish<br />

identity are ascendant. These changes in behavior<br />

are challenging Federations all over the country, not<br />

just our own.<br />

As the metrics by which we have traditionally<br />

measured Jewish identity and affiliation become<br />

less meaningful and less accurate, it is clear that<br />

Federations need to rethink the way we engage and<br />

embrace donors and the community. Armed with<br />

data from the 2016 Jewish Community Study, we’ll<br />

share new insights with our agencies, synagogues<br />

and partners. It will be a powerful new tool for<br />

understanding what Jewish Atlanta wants and<br />

needs.<br />

From being a stronger convener of community<br />

resources, to strengthening our ties to Israel, to<br />

thinking creatively about engaging our community<br />

in service opportunities, Federation is looking<br />

forward and imagining a transformative future.<br />

Partner with us!<br />

2017


18<br />

2016 Board of Trustees<br />

Executive Committee<br />

Howard Feinsand, Chair<br />

Joel Marks, Vice Chair<br />

Mark Satisky, Secretary/Treasurer<br />

Robert Arogeti, Past Chair<br />

Gerry Benjamin, Past Chair<br />

Betty Sunshine, Campaign Chair<br />

Eydie Koonin, Atlanta Jewish Foundation<br />

Chair<br />

Kellee Rosenberg, Community Planning &<br />

Impact Chair<br />

Belinda Morris, FRC Chair<br />

Mike Wien, Marketing Chair<br />

Carolyn Oppenheimer,<br />

Women’s Philanthropy President<br />

Avery Kastin, Under 40 Chair<br />

Chair Designees<br />

Seth Cohen<br />

Andy Deutsch<br />

Ina Enoch<br />

Renee Evans<br />

Keith Greenwald<br />

Special Trustees<br />

Harry Heiman<br />

Michelle Leven<br />

Mark Rosenberg<br />

Judy Stolovitz<br />

Jennifer Tetrick<br />

Beth Arogeti, Women's Philanthropy Campaign Chair<br />

Lisa Haynor, Immediate Past Chair, Planned Giving & Endowment<br />

David Herskovitz, Audit Committee Chair<br />

Peggy Roth, Atlanta Jewish Foundation Vice Chair<br />

Elana Satisky, Immediate Past Under 40 Chair<br />

Ramie Tritt, Immediate Past Campaign Chair<br />

Woody Alpern<br />

Cherie Aviv<br />

Marcy Bass<br />

Joanne Birnbrey<br />

Ted Blum<br />

Beth Brown<br />

Steven Cadranel<br />

Noah Levine<br />

Lori Kagan Schwarz<br />

Lewis Shubin<br />

Mark Silberman<br />

Organizational Trustees<br />

Debbie Kurzweil – The Alfred & Adele<br />

Davis Academy<br />

Ian Ratner – Atlanta Jewish Academy<br />

Rabbi Peter Berg, Rabbi Joshua Heller<br />

Rabbi Paul Kerbel -<br />

Atlanta Rabbinical Association<br />

Darrin Friedrich – The Epstein School<br />

Tonia Sellers – The Felicia Penzell Weber<br />

Jewish Community High School<br />

Michael Coles – Hillels of Georgia<br />

John Perlman – Jewish Family & Career<br />

Services<br />

Steve Merlin - Jewish Home Life<br />

Communities<br />

Doug Kuniansky – Marcus Jewish<br />

Community Center of Atlanta<br />

Harold Stiefel - Temima, The Richard and<br />

Jean Katz High School for Girls<br />

Sara Robbins – Torah Day School of Atlanta<br />

Craig Frankel – The William Breman Jewish<br />

Heritage Museum<br />

Trustees at Large<br />

Lauren Abes<br />

Ronnie Agami<br />

Amy Arogeti<br />

Liann Baron<br />

Billy Bauman<br />

Vicki Benjamin<br />

David Birnbrey<br />

Tova Cohen<br />

Stephanie Covall<br />

Leah Davis<br />

Betsy Edelman<br />

Jonathan Epstein<br />

Vicki Freeman<br />

Shel Friedman<br />

Hilary Goldberg<br />

Dara Grant<br />

Lisa Greenberg<br />

Benjamin Halpern<br />

Paul Heller<br />

Trustees for Life<br />

Eliot Arnovitz<br />

Robert Arogeti<br />

Jack Balser<br />

Gerry Benjamin<br />

Henry Birnbrey<br />

Arthur M. Blank<br />

Lois Blonder<br />

S. Perry Brickman<br />

Carol Z. Cooper<br />

Jay M. Davis<br />

Larry Frank<br />

Lois E. Frank<br />

Erica Katz<br />

Jeffrey Kess<br />

Ron Kirschner<br />

Dee Kline<br />

Ross Kogon<br />

Kimberly Kopelman<br />

Mark Kopkin<br />

Debbie Kuniansky<br />

Debbie Levinson<br />

Billy Medof<br />

Susan Newman<br />

Steve Pepper<br />

Michael Plasker<br />

Carol Ratner<br />

Lynn Redd<br />

Ron Rosen<br />

Ruth Rosenberg<br />

Robert Rothberg<br />

Samantha Schoenbaum<br />

Jack I. Freedman<br />

Phyllis B. Freedman<br />

Elaine Gruenhut<br />

Jack N. Halpern<br />

Gerald D. Horowitz<br />

Betty Ann Jacobson<br />

Fred N. Katz<br />

Marty Kogon<br />

David L. Kuniansky<br />

Noah Levine<br />

Mark J. Lichtenstein<br />

Bernie Marcus<br />

Ted Schwartz<br />

Cathy Selig<br />

Karen Senft<br />

Jason Sheffield<br />

Joanie Shubin<br />

Andy Siegel<br />

Linda Silberman<br />

Michelle Simon<br />

David Skid<br />

Jodie Sobel<br />

Alana Sonenshine<br />

Tamar Stern<br />

Kimberly Swartz<br />

Arin Tritt<br />

Jordan Tritt<br />

Garrett Van de Grift<br />

Nancy Weissmann<br />

Helen Zalik<br />

David N. Minkin<br />

Arnold B. Rubenstein<br />

Arthur Jay Schwartz<br />

Linda Selig<br />

S. Stephen Selig III<br />

Marilyn Shubin<br />

Harriett Zimmerman


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