OUR IMPACT 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Taking Care of Needs (Vulnerable Populations & Urgent Needs) ...... 1 Local Agencies Hebrew Free Loan ...... 2 Jewish Family Service ...... 3 Jewish Senior Life ...... 4 JVS ...... 5 Overseas American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) ...... 6 Federation Community Needs Programs Community-Wide Security ...... 7 Real Estate / Community Infrastructure ...... 8 Building A Vibrant Future (Jewish Identity and Community) ...... 9 Local Agencies BBYO ...... 10 Jewish Community Center ...... 11 Jewish Community Relations Council ...... 12 Tamarack Camps ...... 13 Hillel On Campus State University Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan ...... 14 Hillel of ...... 15 University of Michigan Hillel ...... 16 Jewish Day Schools Akiva Hebrew Day School ...... 17 Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy ...... 17 Hillel Day School ...... 17 ...... 17 Yeshiva Gedolah ...... 17 Yeshivas Darchei Torah ...... 17 Overseas Jewish Agency for (JAFI) ...... 18 World ORT ...... 19 Federation Engagement Programs Israel & Overseas ...... 20 JFamily ...... 21 NEXTGen Detroit ...... 22 Women’s Philanthropy ...... 23 Federation Programs Adult Jewish Learning ...... 24 School Services ...... 25 Special Needs Education ...... 26 Our Message Today ...... 27-28 Get in Touch ...... Back Page TAKING CARE OF NEEDS

Vulnerable Populations and Urgent Needs

As a major funding source for social service agencies in our community, Federation helps address the critical needs of vulnerable populations including seniors, families in crisis, the un- or underemployed and individuals with special needs. Through the Annual Campaign and other sources, Federation provides our Community Service Agencies with millions of dollars each year.

1 Local Agencies

Hebrew Free Loan

Since 1895, Hebrew Free Loan (HFL) has served Michigan’s Jewish community by providing interest-free loans to individuals for a variety of needs. Through donations from generous individuals and foundations, HFL helps Jewish community members with living expenses, medical and dental needs, college, adopt children, establish businesses, enjoy a summer camp experience, celebrate weddings and address emergency situations.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Loan portfolio of $7.66 million representing • Growing the loan pool to address economic Federation Funding 6,289 loans for vital living needs and education. and life cycle needs of Jewish community members. FY 2015-16 • William Davidson Jewish College Loan Program (2014-15 school year): 188 loans and grants • Offering students an interest-free loan so they Annual Campaign / provided totaling $1,500,000. are not stifled by student loan debt. In fact, the popularity of the William Davidson Jewish Challenge Fund • Since 2012, HFL’s Marvin I. Danto Small College Loan Program has increased the need Business Loan Program has provided more than for more funding to support student loans. $1.45 million to 60 small businesses in interest- • Caring for the elders in our families as they $153,693 free loans for start-up and expansion costs age. This can be expensive and the money across Michigan. isn’t always there. HFL is focused on making • HFL provided nearly $300,000 in loans to sure that there are financial resources in the families that needed to make home repairs after community to help people who may need a the August 2014 flood. loan to cover expenses associated with care for a senior.

2 Local Agencies

Jewish Family Service

Jewish Family Service (JFS) provides a wide range of social services to community members of all ages and backgrounds. Each year, JFS assists roughly 12,000 individuals with case management, mental health and counseling services, healthcare navigation, emergency assistance, Holocaust Survivor and older adult services, volunteer programming and much more.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Clients receiving counseling: 1,034 • Ensuring that the infrastructure, programs and Federation Funding services are in place to serve the large older • Hours of in-home support services: 78,377 adult population in our community today, FY 2015-16 • Meals On Wheels delivered: 27,491 tomorrow and well into the future. In particular, the agency requires annual funding to cover Annual Campaign / • Transportation riders: 1,038 (29,082 rides) mental health services, aging in place supports and transportation. Challenge Fund

• Helping individuals and families in crisis. JFS requires funding for case managers and $2,735,422 emergency financial assistance.

• Making appropriate investments in technology to allow for Web-based counseling, self-help resources and online communities. Additional funding is needed for technology to allow the agency to serve more people and bring down its costs.

3 Jewish Senior Life

Jewish Senior Life (JSL) provides residences for older adults, helping them age with dignity, whether they remain in their own homes or need a communal residence that provides support and community in a dynamic and engaging way. JSL is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older adults through the provision of personalized, high-quality programs and services that maximize independence and embrace Jewish values.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Residents in West Bloomfield and • JSL offers a meal program to ensure that its Federation Funding Oak Park facilities: 816 residents get proper nutrition and to facilitate socialization. The program provides kosher FY 2015-16 • Individuals in Brown Adult Day Care food so that its facilities are able to serve all Program (JSL site): 115 ’ religious food requirements. Kosher food, Annual Campaign / • Residents receiving catered meals: 900 however, is more expensive than non-Kosher food. Finding an ongoing resource to fund its Challenge Fund • Holocaust Survivors receiving food program, which requires significant annual support services: 135 financial support, is a top priority for JSL. $484,578 • JSL also wants to make sure that all of its residents can afford proper medical care. Identifying additional dollars to help their residents cover costs for dental or optical care and adaptive equipment is another priority for the agency.

4 Local Agencies

JVS

JVS helps people meet life challenges affecting their self-sufficiency through counseling, training and support services in accordance with the Jewish values of equal opportunity, compassion, responsibility and the steadfast belief that the best way to help people is to make it possible for them to help themselves. JVS offers a broad spectrum of human services including career development, employment assistance, vocational rehabilitation, case management and specialized services to seniors, affordable housing and financial education and coaching programs. Federation Funding Impact Snapshot Current Priorities FY 2015-16 • Individuals Served (Career Counseling • Ensuring that there are proper programs & Job Placement): 3,909 and services for people with disabilities. As Annual Campaign / governmental funding for initiatives that • Individuals Served (People with support people with disabilities shrinks, JVS Challenge Fund Disabilities): 1,468 is seeking a funding source which will enable • Individuals Served (Seniors): 759 the agency to continue to offer this population $1,302,381 skill building and job assessment, training and placement; adult day and activities programs and adult day care.

• Programs that support the un- and underemployed are critical for those who currently are not in the workforce yet they are also costly since they require intense staffing to keep individuals engaged in their job search. Keeping these programs running so that our 5 community has the best chances to land gainful employment is a key priority for JVS. Overseas

American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

The JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization, working in more than 70 countries and Israel to rescue Jews at risk, to bring relief to Jews in dire need and to renew Jewish community in areas where it has not been allowed to flourish.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • The JDC provided home care, food and • Responding to the basic living needs of Jewish Federation Funding medicine to over 149,000 older adults across the older adults and children living in poverty Former . throughout the Former Soviet Union. FY 2015-16 • 32,000 children in the FSU and in Central • Support for ”inclusion programs” that assist “Core” Funding Europe received food, clothing, medicines, Israeli Jews with special needs. medical procedures, as well as support for those with special needs and for families in distress. • Reducing unemployment and bringing traditionally disenfranchised Israeli populations $6,876,130 • JDC’s Centers for Independent Living promoted into the workforce (e.g. Haredi and Israeli Arabs). social change among more than 8,000 Israelis with disabilities, linking them to peer networks, the job market and other independent living training programs.

• JDC’s TEVET employment initiative, in partnership with the Israeli government, coached, trained and/or employed over 92,000 chronically jobless Israelis.

6 Federation Community Needs Programs

Community-Wide Security

Providing a safe and secure environment in our Jewish agencies and schools and on our campuses is a core responsibility of the Jewish Federation. The Community-Wide Security team brings a wide range of professional security and law-enforcement experience to this critical work, and is charged with overseeing security operations throughout the community, hiring and managing personnel, establishing protocols, training and providing emergency response when necessary.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Leads a coordinated school security initiative that • Continually upgrade tools and technology as Federation Funding includes awareness and training, facility security better resources become available and threat and on-site security coordinators at Federation’s environments change. FY 2015-16 Jewish day schools. • Establish a community-wide security and Annual Campaign / • Offers a wide variety of community-based emergency communications program for Jewish training, a community-wide security conference, organizations throughout the community. Challenge Fund a number of seminars and table-top exercises. • Lead community-wide volunteer security ‘eyes • Provides special-event security for high profile and ears’ program. $228,600 community events including the JCC Maccabi Games, Pitch for Detroit, the Stand with Israel • Find an ongoing source of funding to support rally and the Menorah Lighting in the D. the community security program.

• Coordinates and works closely with other security partners including the FBI, Homeland Security and local law enforcement agencies.

• Acts as a resource for Federation and its partners, providing consultation, security assessments and assistance with security grant preparation.

7 Real Estate / Community Infrastructure

The Jewish Federation’s Real Estate Services Department oversees much of the real estate for its agencies throughout the community, as well as the Federation building. Providing strong management, maintenance and security is essential for the well-being of these organizations, as well as for the community itself.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • This portfolio includes over 2,300,000 square • For the first time in our history, we have feet on 1756 acres throughout the community, remained in place and continue to use our and has 41 sites with more than 300 facilities, rather than building new ones as buildings including office buildings, schools, we moved further out. As a result, most of apartments, camps, adult day care centers, our buildings are now several decades old or community centers and theaters. more, raising vital maintenance challenges. Sustained funding for capital needs is • Through generous donations, United necessary to ensure that our community’s Jewish Foundation real estate assets have infrastructure remains well-maintained, safe been upgraded including a new building and secure. for Yeshivat Akiva—The Farber Day School and plans for a new building for the Jimmy Prentis Morris communal facility in Oak Park (formerly the JCC).

• Federation’s Real Estate Department has begun the process of consolidating the facilities management and maintenance functions of a number of our agencies. This will improve the quality of management and services, provide better value and address 8 critical deferred maintenance needs. BUILDING A VIBRANT FUTURE

Jewish Identity and Community

One of Federation’s most important roles is preserving our community by connecting and engaging the Jews of all ages and backgrounds. Through the funding that Federation provides to BBYO, Tamarack Camps, our local campus Hillels and the Jewish Community Center, we help Jews build and strengthen their individual Jewish identities.

9 Local Agencies

BBYO

BBYO is a trans-denominational Jewish teen movement serving teens from grades 6-12. BBYO’s mission is “More Jewish Teens, More Meaningful Jewish Experiences.” The organization seeks to provide Jewish teens with positive and meaningful experiences, leadership training and development and innovative social justice programming, all of which are infused with Jewish values.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • BBYO sponsors a variety of educational, social, • Engaging teens in sixth through eighth grades Federation Funding social justice and leadership trainings and events so that they start to have meaningful Jewish that help teens build their individual Jewish experiences earlier in life. FY 2015-16 identities. As an example, for the past several years BBYO has held its “Hunger is not a Game” • Reviewing its programs and making changes Annual Campaign / event, which features an exclusive screening when necessary to ensure they are high quality, of the Hunger Games movie and also serves diverse in nature and promote the intellectual, Challenge Fund as a food drive. In addition, BBYO’s Regional emotional, physical and spiritual growth of its Convention attracts hundreds of local teens who members. $70,088 raise thousands of dollars each in tzedakah. • Offering robust community service opportunities to members so that teens learn that giving back to one’s community is an important Jewish value.

10 Local Agencies

Jewish Community Center

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Metropolitan Detroit enriches Jewish life by promoting Jewish unity, ensuring Jewish continuity and supporting well-being within the Jewish and general communities. The agency offers a variety of programming focused on the arts, culture, education, sports, health and fitness for children, teens, adults, seniors and families.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Through the JCC’s health club and wellness • Securing funding that will help it continue to Federation Funding programs, the agency offers the Jewish operate while it works to stabilize operations. community the resources to stay healthy and a FY 2015-16 place for Jews to exercise together. • Securing funding to retire the agency’s long- term debt. Annual Campaign / • The JCC provides Jewish families with a Judaism-infused child development center • Securing funding to make improvements to Challenge Fund (CDC). The CDC provides a safe and enriching Kahn and tend to deferred maintenance issues. environment for all children in the program. $1,808,259 • The JCC’s day camp gives local children the opportunity to make friends, learn new skills, build their confidence and improve their social skills.

• Book fair, film festival and shows at the Berman are just some of the many arts, cultural and educational programs that build community, connect Jews to one another and help to preserve our Jewish heritage.

11 Jewish Community Relations Council

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) works to safeguard and advance the interests of the Jewish community and Israel through media relations, Israel advocacy and community activism. The agency provides a voice for Detroit Jewry, advocating for evenhanded media coverage of Israel and other issues that matter to the community. Major programs sponsored by the JCRC include: (1) Mitzvah Day – a volunteer program held on Christmas Day, (2) Bookstock – an annual book and media sale held in the April/ May timeframe, (3) The JCRC Activist Award – an annual fundraiser held in the May/June timeframe and (4) The JCRC Media Luncheon – a media awareness event held each December.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • The JCRC’s professional and lay leaders, • Expanding its intelligence gathering so that Federation Funding and the experts and Israeli visitors it hosts, it can effectively combat Boycott, Divestment advocate on behalf of the Jewish people and Sanctions activities. FY 2015-16 through interfaith dialogue, meetings with university officials, governmental leaders and • Expanding its presence and impact among Annual Campaign / other opinion makers and molders. state lawmakers on social justice and religious issues of concern to the Jewish community. Challenge Fund • The JCRC provides message development and media coordination to the community and its institutions. $321,108

• The JCRC coordinates the largest one day of volunteering in the Jewish community – Mitzvah Day. It is also the fiduciary and provides public relations and other services to Bookstock, which is the largest used book sale. 12 Local Agencies

Tamarack Camps

Currently in its 113th year of operation, Tamarack Camps (Tamarack) fulfills its mission by providing enriching Jewish camping experiences for children and families respectful of financial ability. The agency operates six camping facilities in addition to its teen travel programs: (1) Camp Maas (Ortonville, MI), (2) Butzel Conference Center (Ortonville, MI), (3) Charles N. Agree Outpost Camp (Wawa, Ontario), (4) Camp Kennedy (Shingleton, MI), (5) Mio Base Camp (Mio, MI), and (6) Mesick Base Camp (Mesick, MI).

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Each year Tamarack offers thousands of • Ensuring it has the proper infrastructure for its Federation Funding Jewish children, young adults, adults and campers, staff and camp visitors. It is focused on families a life-changing camp experience initiating and completing construction projects FY 2015-16 that helps them build confidence, create for adult housing, Specialty Village and Teva. lifelong friendships and build their Annual Campaign/ • Continuing to develop progressive programming individual Jewish identities. so that campers have a well-rounded summer Challenge Fund • Tamarack also offers local schools an experience. enriching and powerful outdoor education • Continuing to enhance its staff training program experience. $515,062 for all camp programs. • Last year, Tamarack served 1,246 summer campers (plus 84 Israeli campers) and 125 Bubbie-Zadie camp families.

13 Hillel on Campus

Michigan State University Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan

Michigan State University Hillel (MSU Hillel) builds Jewish life and supports the next generation of Jewish leaders on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus. It offers Judaism-inspired social, educational and religious programs and activities. The Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan (HCAM), which is administered by staff from MSU Hillel, offers Judaism-infused programming to Jewish students on smaller college campuses throughout the State of Michigan.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • MSU Hillel and HCAM are providing award • Identifying and combatting BDS activities on all Federation Funding winning social, educational, religious and college campuses in Michigan. leadership programming for Jewish students FY 2015-16 on 11 different campuses. This programming • Ensuring MSU Hillel and HCAM are staffed connects students to Judaism and the Jewish appropriately. Along with Hillel’s professional MSU Hillel: community and helps them build their staff, engagement interns, Israel fellows and individual Jewish identities. are all needed to give students well- Annual Campaign/ rounded and meaningful experiences. Challenge Fund: • On all campuses last year, more than 350 programs served 5,500+ students. $224,890 HCAM: Annual Campaign/ Challenge Fund: $52,758

14 Hillel on Campus

Hillel of Metro Detroit

Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit (HMD) serves Jewish students on six commuter college campuses in the metropolitan Detroit area. HMD’s main office is on the campus of Wayne State University in the Grosberg Student Center Building. Social and Judaism-infused programming takes place on each campus and also at additional sites within southeastern Michigan.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • HMD is providing robust social, educational, • Identifying and combatting BDS activities on all Federation Funding religious and leadership programming for college campuses in Michigan. Jewish students on seven different campuses. FY 2015-16 This programming connects students to Judaism • Ensuring HMD is staffed appropriately. Along and the Jewish community and helps them build with HMD’s professional staff, engagement Annual Campaign / their individual Jewish identities. interns and Israel fellows are needed to give students well-rounded and meaningful Challenge Fund • On all campuses last year, more than 130 experiences. programs served 800 students. $168,186

15 University of Michigan Hillel

The University of Michigan Hillel (UM Hillel) is a large, diverse Hillel with high quality programs. It supports 60+ independent student groups, spanning the full breadth of Jewish life. Each group provides opportunities for students to become involved as leaders, driving the programming and decision-making forward for their group and community. Students build leadership, engagement, and community-organizing skills that benefit them in their roles on campus, in finding employment and in life, long after they graduate.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • UM Hillel is providing robust social, • Identifying and combating BDS activities on Federation Funding educational, religious and leadership campus. programming. This programming connects FY 2015-16 students to Judaism and the Jewish • Ensuring UM Hillel is staffed appropriately. community and helps them build their Along with the agency’s professional staff, Annual Campaign / individual Jewish identities. engagement interns and Israel fellows are needed to give students well-rounded and Challenge Fund • Over the last two school years, UM Hillel has meaningful experiences. successfully combated on-campus anti-Israel activity and BDS resolutions brought before • Building its fundraising infrastructure so that $165,013 the Central Student Government. In fact, it can more effectively solicit potential donors. its strategy and tactical plan have become a • Seeking funding for a major kitchen remodel playbook for . so that it can keep up with demand for its food • 60+ student groups run programs that serve program. 3,000 students annually.

16 Jewish Day Schools

Akiva Hebrew Day School Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy Hillel Day School Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Yeshiva Gedolah Yeshivas Darchei Torah

Jewish education is a powerful thread that keeps us connected to our heritage and our community. Through support for our community’s day schools and our Federation Education Federation Funding Services, Federation keeps the fire of knowledge burning. FY 2015-16 Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Our community’s day schools provide a • Securing dollars for scholarships for families Annual Campaign/ rich and meaningful Jewish education that that cannot afford full tuition. Challenge Fund promotes a love of Torah, a love of Israel • Seeking funding that supports programs for and instills within our community’s Jewish students with special needs, extra-curricular students strong Jewish values and a quality $2,255,077 activities and enrichment programs. secular education. • Identifying funding for school upkeep, • Our community’s schools also provide students maintenance and upgrades. with an excellent foundation to become future leaders in our Jewish community.

• Preserving our Jewish community is vital and our day schools play an important role in that effort. 17 Overseas

Jewish Agency for Israel

Jewish Agency for Israel ensures the future of a connected, committed global Jewish people with a strong Israel at its center by rescuing and resettling new immigrants, connecting the global Jewish family to Israel, social activism and strengthening Jewish identity among young Israelis.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • JAFI annually enlists 10,000 -11,000 young Jews • Connecting young Jews to Israel and to their Federation Funding from around the world through its Masa Israel Jewish identity. Journey. FY 2015-16 • Connecting Israelis to the Jewish people and to • 6,800 young Jews in the FSU attended summer their Jewish identity. and winter camps last year. “Core” Funding • JAFI operates 13 Mechinot, pre-army community • Aliyah and Absorption of new immigrants. service programs, registering 470 young Israeli • Supporting vulnerable populations within $4,641,388 participants from disadvantaged areas in Israel’s Israel. periphery. • JAFI projects that it will resettle 32,500 new immigrants in Israel in 2015, including 10,000 from ; and another 13,430 are projected from the FSU, largely motivated by economic problems in Europe and the increased number of anti-Semitic events. • JAFI operates four Youth Aliyah Villages, attempting to integrate 850 seriously at-risk youth into a normative Israeli society, 300 of whom were recent Ethiopian immigrant families. 18 Overseas

World ORT

World ORT is dedicated to the advancement of Jewish and other people all over the world and provides training and education so that communities learn to be self-sufficient through the use of state-of-the-art technology.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • World ORT serves as both an umbrella • Developing “open learning spaces” in Israeli Federation Funding organization for fundraising and as a direct schools, providing students with enhanced provider in Israel and 54 other countries around opportunities to gain hands-on experience FY 2015-16 the world. while learning new technology and improving their math and science skills. Core Funding – • World ORT benefits more than 200,000 people annually through its network of schools, colleges • Operating the education programs for nine included as a and training centers. residential “Youth Villages” for at-risk children. percentage of • Improving the chances for success of the core support traditionally disenfranchised Haredi and Arab Israeli children through exposing 7th and 8th distributed to JAFI graders to science and math experiences in and JDC. university-based settings.

19 Federation Engagement Programs

Israel & Overseas Israel and The I & O Department builds local connections to Israel, funds and implements overseas Overseas projects, and supports the Jewish people worldwide. Central to its work are missions to Israel and other overseas Jewish communities, which are among the most powerful drivers for strengthening Jewish identity, building community, and growing philanthropy. Federation’s mission program is essential in maintaining our people-to-people relationships with fellow Jews in Israel and around the world.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Missions to Israel —Every year over 900 • More people to Israel – As one of the most Federation Funding participants join Federation, agency and powerful Jewish identity-building experiences, congregational missions and exchanges growing participation in missions to Israel will FY 2015-16 between Detroit and Israel. strengthen our community as well as support our • Young Adults – We send 120 young Detroiters philanthropic work. Through a variety of initiatives, Annual Campaign/ to Israel annually as part of our Community including the Nora & Guy Barron Mission Lab, Challenge Fund Birthright program, and offer a dynamic post- Federation’s I&O Department is developing Birthright program. innovative ways to expand its programs. The Annual Campaign • Get There! Youth Travel Fund to Israel helps • Social Service Program Support – The I&O financially assist over 60 teens and young Department partners with Federation’s allocates $1,249,725 towards adults every year on travel programs. international agencies—JDC, JAFI and World Community Engagement ORT—to address critical humanitarian needs, • Partnership2Gether (P2G) – Federation efforts, which is comprised such as hunger relief in the Former Soviet partners with three communities in the of a variety of departments Union, employment training and opportunities Central Galilee in northern Israel to build including Israel & Overseas, for the Haredi Community, and assistance for significant opportunities and sustain lasting youth and families at risk in Israel. NEXTGen Detroit, Women’s people-to-people relationships. Philanthropy and JFamily. • Israel Camper Program – Federation brings 84 Israeli teens to Tamarack Camps every summer. They are hosted by over 40 local 20 families who develop lifelong relationships with the Israeli teens and their families. Federation Engagement Programs

JFamily

JFamily, Federation’s Jewish family-programming department, connects families to each other, Jewish life and the Jewish community, through engaging and enriching experiences. JFamily serves every type of Jewish family, and includes community-wide programming, such as: jbabydetroit! PJ Library, PJ Our Way, SPARC (Single Parent Alliance and Resource Connection) and the Jewish Family Education Project.

Current Priorities Impact Snapshot • Increase PJ Library enrollment from 1,800 to • The Jewish Family Education Project begins Federation Funding 2,100 targeting the unaffiliated. its 16th year with 7 Jewish Family Educators • Increase PJ Library programming and in 5 congregations and 2 agencies, impacting FY 2015-16 engagement in congregations and agencies, thousands of families annually. and at open space programming. • Berman Jewish Family Education Grants Annual Campaign / • Launch Kveller Detroit to engage our local allocated $30,000+ to fund new initiatives and Challenge Fund community. family camp for 2015-2016. • Hire a new SPARC Coordinator to increase • PJ Library reaches 1,800+ children, aged The Annual Campaign visibility, connect parents to resources and to 6 months-8 years and their families on a allocates $1,249,725 towards secure funding for the future. monthly basis, through books, newsletters and Community Engagement programming community. • Create an online program bank for Jewish efforts, which is comprised family educational programming resources. • PJ Our Way reaches 400+ children, aged 9-11 of a variety of departments years, on a monthly basis through books, reading clubs and online interaction. including Israel & Overseas, NEXTGen Detroit, Women’s • Jbabydetroit! Implemented 4 pre-natal cohort groups that have brought 46 new Detroiters Philanthropy and JFamily. (babies) into our community. • SPARC debut of “Shabbat on the Spot,” 21 delivering a free Friday night Shabbat meal to over 50 families / 170 individuals. NEXTGen Detroit

In response to the critical need to attract, engage and retain the next generation of Jewish Detroiters, Federation developed NEXTGen Detroit, an innovative platform for transforming the community to create a vibrant home for young Jews of every background. NEXTGen Detroit serves as a connector for all things young and Jewish, helping both new and native Detroiters find meaning and build relationships in every facet of life, from social and professional to cultural, religious and communal. Since its launch in 2012, NEXTGen Detroit has emerged as a leader of young adult engagement, and is now a model for Federations across the country.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities Federation Funding • Grown Federation’s young adult donor base (21 • Continue to attract and retain young Jewish FY 2015-16 to 45-year-olds) from 1K to 3.1K in three years. professionals and families and to make moving • Increased the constituency’s contribution to the home a desirable option for those who have left. Annual Campaign / Annual Campaign from $685K in 2010 to $850K • Create life-long connections between in 2014 while educating and inspiring the next young Jewish Detroiters and Israel through Challenge Fund generation of philanthropists. Community Birthright trips, internships and • Grown participation from 1.5K to over 5K service work in Israel, opportunities with our The Annual Campaign individuals through engaging programs and Partnership Region in Central Galilee and Israel allocates $1,249,725 towards events including EPIC, Latke Vodka and Blue programming here in Detroit. Community Engagement and White Night, professional networking, • Build the next generation of Jewish leaders efforts, which is comprised Birthright and Shabbat dinners. and philanthropists and educate young Jewish of a variety of departments • Supports Detroit’s revitalization through service Detroiters on the importance of building including Israel & Overseas, and fundraising programs like Pitch for Detroit, community, identity and philanthropy. NEXTGen Detroit, Women’s Do It For Detroit and NEXTGen Volunteers. • Serve young Jewish adults from all stages Philanthropy and JFamily. • Cultivates the next generation of Jewish of life including singles, couples, interfaith leaders through programs including Entrée, families, members of the LGBT community, Encore, Elevate, Women’s Leadership and the recent grads, young professionals and those new NEXTGen Detroit Board. to the area. 22 Federation Engagement Programs

Women’s Philanthropy Women’s Founded in 1946, Women’s Philanthropy was established to engage women at a time when society Philanthropy often excluded them from decision making and leadership roles. Almost seventy years later, women have become an integral part of Federation which attracts women of all ages. Through fundraising, mentoring and networking, women are empowered to become active in their community. Women’s Philanthropy’s dynamic programming creates leaders, addresses needs and ensures a stronger tomorrow.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Roughly 20% of Federation’s Annual Campaign • Expand the number of donors, reaching women Federation Funding is raised by Women’s Philanthropy. For the at every level of the Campaign. 2015 Campaign, Women’s Philanthropy will FY 2015-16 raise $ 5.7 million from 4,500 donors. Women’s • Create new experiences to engage more women Philanthropy has a 90% donor retention rate! of all ages in order to raise awareness for Annual Campaign/ Federation’s role in taking care of those in need • TOV, Tikkun Olam Volunteers, annually and building a strong community. Challenge Fund assembles and delivers 1,000 holiday packages to senior adult residents living in non-Jewish The Annual Campaign residences. TOV plans five hands-on volunteer allocates $1,249,725 towards opportunities, attracting hundreds of volunteers Community Engagement to benefit the local community. efforts, which is comprised • Through unique travel experiences, over 120 of a variety of departments women in the Detroit Jewish Community have including Israel & Overseas, connected with global Jewish communities to NEXTGen Detroit, Women’s learn about the power of Women’s Philanthropy locally and overseas. Philanthropy and JFamily.

23 Federation Jewish Education Programs

Adult Jewish Learning

The Adult Jewish Learning (AJL) department is the address for adult Jewish education for Federation and the Jewish community. AJL partners with Federation departments, agencies, local congregations, Jewish organizations and Detroit area institutions to provide high-quality Jewish programs that reach thousands of people each year. AJL’s FedEd offers a wide-variety courses, attracting over 1,000 adult learners throughout the year, including the awarding- winning Melton program.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • In the past year, the AJL department took in • Continue to offer high quality classes and Federation Funding 1,543 registrations (representing approximately programs within Federation and throughout 900 individual students). the community. FY 2015-16 • Annually, AJL partners with over 25 different • Form new partnerships and areas of congregations, organizations and Detroit area Annual Campaign/ educational opportunities including institutions to provide quality Jewish learning additional co-sponsored programs with Challenge Fund to adults throughout the community. NEXTGen and Women’s Philanthropy which • Over 1,000 people have graduated from the include a class for newly engaged or married The Annual Campaign Melton two-year indepth Jewish studies couples and a class for new grandparents. program creating a more knowledgeable and allocates $983,402 towards committed Jewish community. • Outreach to the unaffiliated and non-donors Jewish Education which is • No person is denied the opportunity to study by offering innovative programming such comprised of a variety of in the Melton program based on the ability as a new partnerships with Michigan Opera departments including Adult to pay tuition. In the last year, $7,200 of Theater and Jewish travel opportunities. Jewish Learning, School scholarship money was given out to Melton • Create an online platform for registration. Services and Special Needs students. The majority of scholarship money Education. is raised through the “Friends of Melton” annual campaign that raises approximately $7,000 annually. Additional scholarships 24 are provided through the Susan R. Robin Memorial Scholarship fund. Federation Jewish Education Programs

School Services

Working closely with both Jewish day schools and congregational education programs, Federation plays a central role among local education providers offering strategic planning as well as a variety of professional development programs and supports. These include the Nirim program and the Seminar for Educational Excellence in Detroit (S.E.E.D.) conference for congregational school teachers.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities • Provide ongoing training to 175 • Provide in-depth teacher education through Federation Funding congregational educators through the Nirim development and implementation of teacher professional development program. certification classes. FY 2015-16 • Support 400 Jewish educators through • Recruit and train new teachers for the Jewish Annual Campaign/ annual early childhood, day school and education system. congregational teacher conferences. Challenge Fund • Increase collaboration between formal (schools) • Work with rabbis, educators, and lay leaders and informal (camps and youth groups) Jewish to enable congregations to provide improved education programs. The Annual Campaign and innovative education to 2,500 children. allocates $983,402 towards • Grow and enhance collaborations between Jewish Education which is congregational school programs. comprised of a variety of departments including Adult Jewish Learning, School Services and Special Needs Education.

25 Special Needs Education

To ensure that Jewish education is available to a wide range of diverse learners, Federation supports a variety of special needs programming. Opening the Doors, Federation’s nationally recognized inclusion program, works directly with Jewish schools to provide innovative services to enable Jewish children with learning differences to be included in a Jewish education with their peers. Through partnerships with schools and organizations, Opening the Doors provides professional development, teen training and disability conferences to 2,500 students, teachers and adults, as well as raising disability awareness.

Impact Snapshot Current Priorities Federation Funding • Receives national recognition for innovation from • Provide learning support for more diverse Slingshot Fund two years in a row. Slingshot is, “a learners by increasing breadth of service FY 2015-16 leading voice advocating for innovation in Jewish life.” of para educators, and number of students Annual Campaign/ • 24 Master educators provide learning support to receiving full-time classroom assistants special students with learning differences in 26 • Strengthen our collaborative professional Challenge Fund Jewish congregation, day and pre schools. development program with day school • In response to early childhood needs, trained Administrators through the B’Yadenu The Annual Campaign paraeducators provide individualized support to Project, which fosters ‘whole-school’ change, allocates $983,402 towards enabling all learners to be successful. students with learning differences. Jewish Education which is • Hosts professional development conferences to • Increase our branding and web presence, comprised of a variety of raise disability awareness and provide resources for to share strategies, resources, articles and success stories. departments including Adult teachers, families, and professionals. Jewish Learning, School • School Inclusion Program provides full-time • Continue professional development with the Services and Special Needs latest best practices for educators, families classroom assistants so children with learning Education. differences are included with their peers. and the community. • Provides Efshar Circle Sunday School, a Friendship • Provide more Hebrew reading and learning Circle partnership, so all children have access to a materials for diverse learners Jewish education. 26 OUR MESSAGE TODAY

The following represents our current priorities and challenges. These are the needs and issues facing our local and global Jewish community today.

Our Campaign Theme: Take Care of the Needs of Here For Good the Jewish People Here For Good is Federation’s new message. It is a simple reminder that we are here to Vulnerable Populations Urgent Needs take care of the needs of the Jewish people and build a vibrant Jewish future in Detroit, in Israel and around the world. We are Seniors School Security here for those needing help as well as those searching for connection, and we strive to Families in Need Crisis Management ensure a bright future for everyone. Individuals with Aliyah and Absorption Disabilities With your support, Federation is Combating Anti-Semitism Here For Good. Underserved Communities

Community Infrastructure

27 Build a Vibrant Jewish Future

Jewish Identity Jewish Community Philanthropy

Adult Jewish Learning Teens Annual Campaign

Jewish Schools Family Day & Congregational Endowment/Centennial

Early Childhood NEXTGen Philanthropic Funds

Special Needs Education Women’s Philanthropy Community Partnership Support

Hillel on Campus Affinities Planning & Allocations

Jewish Camping Experiences Missions

Partnership 28 GET IN TOUCH

Feel free to reach out to any of Federation’s Philanthropic Advancement professionals to assist you in any way:

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