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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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&
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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 />
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&<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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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&<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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