Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Celebrating 20 Years of Values in Action Our Mission

The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is dedicated to helping the Jewish people flourish by supporting programs throughout the world that spread the joy of Jewish living, giving and learning.

The foundation also provides assistance to non-sectarian charitable organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Oklahoma, especially in the areas of education, child advocacy and community service.

Message from Lynn Schusterman 1 Message from Sandy Cardin 4 Values in Action – Caring 11 Israel Engagement 12 Jewish Identity 15 Jewish Peoplehood 16 Leadership 19 Learning 20 Service 23 Grantees 26 Milestones 26 Center for Leadership Initiatives 36 Schusterman Foundation-Israel 37 CLSFF Officers and Staff 38 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

To Our Friends

At each step of the way, we have delighted in the new things we’ve learned and the new friends we’ve made. It’s been terrific to enhance our own grant- making by creating new philanthropic structures, exploring innovative methods for implementing programs, developing staff and creating the highest Twenty years ago, my husband Charlie and I took standards for operational excellence. on the challenging and exciting task of building a We also developed a new way to think about Jewish foundation to reflect our shared commitments the work we do. We no longer think of ourselves and values. Our desire was to tackle urgent problems as a local foundation with a global vision; today, while deepening our commitment to vitally we see ourselves as a global foundation with local important issues. connections. As we look beyond our 20th We wanted the work of our foundation to be anniversary, we await new challenges, lessons of the highest quality, performed by creative and and discoveries. thoughtful professionals who shared our vision and From the outset, we chose to include the word passion.We wanted to bring new and successful “family” in the name of our foundation because we strategies to the non-profit sector. We also wanted wanted this venture to be a family enterprise. We Lynn Schusterman to inspire achievement and excellence in the planned on seeing our children and their children individuals and organizations we sought to help. move our philanthropic agenda forward. 1 In the beginning, we supported those Ultimately, our hope has always been that they organizations that shared our goals of tikkun olam will inherit the responsibilities and privileges of (a Hebrew phrase meaning “to repair the world”), continuing the work of the foundation.This process Tof spreading the joy of Jewish living and learning, has already begun, and I am enormously proud of and of building community service and leadership. their contributions. During the course of our efforts, we encountered Just as the participation of our next generation inspiring individuals seeking to make the Jewish has grown, so has our understanding of the word community more welcoming, tolerant and aware of “family.”We now realize that for us, family doesn't its heritage. We gained enormous satisfaction from just mean children, siblings and parents. Over the our efforts to inspire a new level of engagement years, the word family has taken on an additional and leadership among Jewish teenagers and meaning to include the diverse and talented group young adults. of individuals and organizations we work with As we built our foundation, we very quickly every day. began supporting individuals who were healing This sense that the foundation itself is part of deep wounds in the heart of our ancestral home an extended family, a place where we share in Israel, fueling the resurgence of Jewish life in experiences and learn from each the former Soviet Union and trying to help fill other, was not something we gaps in the social safety net in our hometown of anticipated; it is yet Tulsa, Oklahoma. another unexpected Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

benefit we have derived from our philanthropic organizations that we could not give each their due. activities over the past 20 years. I hope that you enjoy this summary, and that That’s why we decided to design this report to you take the same pride we do in what we have look more like a family album than the kind of accomplished with our partners over the last 20 annual report you usually see from a foundation. years. I know that Charlie would have been When we issued our first report, it was just a thrilled at what we have achieved together. I also few months after Charlie passed away. The resulting know that if he were alive today, he would document bore his imprint and his memory. We recognize in the many faces and dreams of our filled its pages with the notes he religiously family the contours of our original vision. He jotted down and kept as reminders to himself and would welcome our fresh focus on to all of us. That report was about Charlie, and inspiring service, our investments in rightly so. campus life and our ever-expanding What you have in your hands is not about programs to support underserved Charlie – it is about his vision brought to life. So Jewish communities around the instead of notes by Charlie, captured and recorded world. In all these efforts, he would here are the thoughts and visions of the many recognize the thoughts and ideas that wonderful people and organizations with whom we he used to scrawl out on notepads have had the privilege to work over the years.To suddenly brought to life in the 2 us, it is a perfect next step in our history. This dreams and hopes of thousands of report reflects the values that shaped Charlie’s life people whom we are proud to call family. and shows how those early days continue to shape the lives of everyone we encounter. B’shalom, While our experience and resources make projects possible, it is our partners’ work that makes things happen. No matter the task – whether it is the hard work of helping a mother and her Lynn Schusterman children escape abuse, giving someone the hope and the training they need for a better future, raising a generation of future leaders, or making the synagogue a center of Jewish life and liveliness – success depends on the doing. We seek to recognize the talent and energy in individuals and organizations, and help make that talent and energy as potent as possible. Of course, as with most family albums, this report is hardly exhaustive. Over the years, we have worked with so many incredible people and

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

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Many foundations also move from a more fluid approval process to a more formal, structured system. We have resisted making those changes.We continue to engage with a broad array of potential grant recipients because we believe that great ideas often start as small projects at the grassroots.We This sentiment, written by Charles Schusterman on also remain committed to learning from ours and one of the hundreds of notes he used to keep, others’ experiences and to avoid duplicating efforts. continues to influence us in profound ways. We try to remain focused, assess where and when Like Charles, we believe that philanthropic we can add value and avoid activities that fall success is achieved in ways similar to those outside our core competencies. employed by the best in the business world: hire the While we prefer to work alongside others, we best people, research seriously, plan thoughtfully, are also willing to go it alone. Similarly, while we implement creatively and evaluate carefully. Our appreciate the importance of planning and due foundation was built on these principles and they diligence, we realize there are situations where a remain the guiding ideals of our work.The pursuit foundation must have the flexibility to act quickly, of excellence remains our highest priority. before all available information can been collected Finding, training and empowering our team and analyzed. 4 has been a deliberate and lengthy process. Charles One such situation occurred in the summer and Lynn waited seven years before hiring their of 2006, when communities throughout northern first foundation professional, and our Washington, Israel faced a barrage of rocket fire from Hezbollah. D.C. office did not open for seven more years.An We responded immediately with emergency aid. Tadditional five years passed before Lynn created the Once combat ceased, we announced our plan to Schusterman Foundation-Israel and the Center for send hundreds of young Jewish volunteers from all Leadership Initiatives.What originally started as a over the world to help rebuild the region. one-office foundation engaged almost exclusively Just four months later, more than 550 young in grantmaking is now an enterprise that spans 11 Jewish leaders from 17 countries converged upon time zones. Israel as part of our Leading Up North program. Philanthropy is as much art as science, and we They refurbished more than 200 bomb shelters, are extremely fortunate to have talented professionals replanted acres of forest and completed scores of on our team who share a passion for and dedication social service projects that provided assistance and to our mission. reassurance to the communities and residents of As foundations grow, they understandably tend northern Israel.Thousands of lives were touched to focus on larger grants; pursuing such a strategy is and many were transformed, including those of the often seen as more efficient than continuing to review volunteers and the people they aided. hundreds of The strength of our team and their excellent smaller requests. relationships with our organizational partners ient foundation. By our participating with a non-profit a stamp of approval for others to do the same.”

enabled us to plan and implement program we initiate, we must always strive to realize Leading Up North as quickly as the the potent combination of philanthropic ideals and emergency demanded. private sector sensibilities that Charlie and Lynn We take our commitment to had in mind the day they filed our charter. collaboration very seriously. In fact, As you read through this Anniversary Report, members of our team often serve on we hope you sense the deep appreciation and boards of organizations we fund. respect we feel for the many While some see such an arrangement remarkable individuals in whom as a conflict of interest, we view board we have invested for the last service as an important investment of twenty years.Together with our time and an expression of solidarity partners, we have enjoyed much with the organizations we value. success over the years.We look We are equally committed to evaluating forward to working with them performance – of ourselves and of those we support. and others as we continue to We work with our partners to measure the success seek positive change in this of our initiatives and, more often than not, those increasingly complex and conversations lead to a stronger relationship based challenging world. on our shared experiences and perspectives. To those with whom we have had the honor Internally, we measure our and privilege of working in the past, thank you for 5 administrative efficiency, our your encouragement, partnership and advice. It is interaction with applicants and our because of your guidance and support that we are relationships with our partners.While confident about what we believe we can achieve not all of the feedback we have together in the future. received over the years has been With gratitude, and looking to the future, positive, we believe all has been helpful and made us stronger. Kol Tuv, For all of the changes we have witnessed since 1987, the founding ideals and values with which Charles and Lynn established the CLSFF have not shifted. We remain as we began: a group of like-minded people who Sanford R. Cardin share an interest and a passion for helping others President realize their full potential. Our mission remains the same, as does our commitment to excellence. Our task is not to solve every problem in every community. Rather, we must focus on opportunities where we can add the greatest value and have the deepest impact.With each grant we fund or 6 7 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Our Values in Action

Of all the decisions to be made in philanthropy, the most difficult is not who to support; it is where to start. After all, the world is filled with suffering, injustice and want. Thankfully for all of us, it is also filled with deeply committed and talented people seeking to solve these problems. The choices can be overwhelming. 8 In 1987, when Charles and Lynn OSchusterman decided to begin their philanthropic journey, they set off without a map to guide them through the choices and possibilities. Instead, they were led by the values closest to their hearts. Their first major grant went to help build the campus of the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, then a new school devoted to educational excellence and leadership development. In a single grant, they foretold where their foundation was heading: Learning. Leadership. Israel. Jewish Peoplehood. Over the years, those values have been expressed, time and again, in grants and support for a variety of worthy causes. And during those 20 years, other values – always held dear by Charlie and Lynn – have become essential parts of our agenda: Caring. Jewish Identity. Service. This report is the story of those values brought to life – a philanthropic vision in 9 action. It is the story of the incredibly talented and committed individuals and organizations who inspire us every day and, with our support, transform lives, build communities and touch hearts. It is the story of an organization shaped by the vision of Day One and by the experiences of every day thereafter. In short, it is the story of a family – always learning, always loving and always growing. Going“ through all of this has not been easy, to say the least, but the services you provide embrace“ ” a hurting and devastated family. The only way I can describe how I feel is it felt like we were hugged when we walked through the doors.”– from a mother about Child Abuse Network Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Caring

training, awareness and advocacy in the field.That realization motivated us in 2006 to join with the B’nai Brith Residential Treatment Center to establish the Haruv Institute, an independent institution we hope will become an international center of excellence in the field of child abuse A caring society measures itself not by the wealth it and neglect. Amutah Lasova Beit Hashanti creates, but by the comfort it gives. For millennia, In Tulsa, we are building upon our longstanding Beit Lynn the values of tzedakah (righteousness) and gemilut and close relationships with the Parent-Child Big Brothers and Sisters of Oklahoma hasidim (acts of loving kindness) have guided the Center and Child Abuse Network by encouraging Chaim Sheba Medical Jewish people.We are deeply committed to the greater cooperation and collaboration among all of Center Cleveland Clinic fulfillment of those values, and honored to be part the agencies in Northeast Oklahoma that share a Community Action of that magnificent tradition. similar mission. This effort has already yielded Project of Tulsa County Community Food Bank From our headquarters in Tulsa, to our home discussions to co-develop the Children’s Village, a of Eastern Oklahoma Domestic Violence in Israel, to our many programs in the former new, seven-acre campus dedicated exclusively to Intervention Services/Call Soviet Union, we have helped our partners bring promoting the health and welfare of children living Rape Family & Children’s food, clothing, safety and dignity to those who have in our region. Services, Inc. been touched by tragedy and hardship.To such We have also worked closely with a wide range Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma recipients, even the most modest gift represents a of organizations in Tulsa that are seeking to meet Haruv Institute 11 rare kindness and a chance for a new beginning. the needs of other segments of our population.We Hospice of Green Country, Inc. Child advocacy is one of the mainstays of our helped Planned Parenthood develop their Westside Parent Child Center grant-making. Our focus has been on the needs of Clinic and continue to support the Community of Tulsa Planned Parenthood of victimized and at-risk youth.As our experience in Action Project of Tulsa County administer its Eastern Oklahoma and A Western Arkansas this area has grown, our commitment to improve nationally renowned Earned Income Tax Credit Succat Shalom: child welfare has deepened. Most recently, we joined program. Several years ago, we began what has Emergency Shelter in Jerusalem for Children New Beginnings, a public-private partnership created become an annual tradition of hosting a Valentine’s at Risk to improving early childhood programs in Israel. Day party at the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, Tkumat Arie Tulsa Area United Way For more than a decade, we have partnered and we have long partnered with the Hospice of Tulsa Day Center for with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Green Country to provide much-needed attention the Homeless University of Texas Committee (JDC) and others in Israel to develop and comfort for those in their final days. Foundation/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center effective tools and programs to prevent and treat Through these and other projects, we aspire Youth Services of Tulsa child abuse and neglect.Through our involvement to help every individual in the communities we These organizations with Succat Shalom, a residential center for abused support lead healthy and self-sufficient lives.This have received $100,000 children and their families, and Beit Lynn, an desire lies at the core of our mission, and we are or more in support from the CLSFF. emerging network of treatment facilities, we proud of the many people our partners have served became aware of the dire need for more research, and assisted over the years. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Israel Engagement

disadvantaged communities throughout Israel.We also continue to be amazed by the success of the Israel Arts and Science Academy.What began in the early 1990s as an experiment in secondary education has become perhaps the leading residential high school in the country. More importantly, it has Israel is the ancient and eternal Jewish homeland, a inspired an educational reform movement focused Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation source of inspiration for all who know her history, on excellence and higher standards throughout the American-Israeli who share her dreams of peace and who appreciate Israeli educational system. Cooperative Enterprise America Israel Education the principles that continue to guide her today: We hope to strengthen the Jewish identities of Foundation democracy, freedom of expression and progress young Israelis through our support for a wide range Brandeis University EMET: Education through innovation. As we celebrate the 60th of projects: Meytarim, a network of schools that the Middle East anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, it is seeks to bridge the divide between religious and and the Truth Foundation for the more important than ever that the world understand secular students, the BINA Secular Yeshiva, where Defense of Democracies Institute for Curriculum the values for which Israel stands. It is also essential hundreds of young adults study Jewish texts stressing Services that we work to ensure her safety and security while engagement and service, the Israeli rabbinic training Israel on Campus Coalition simultaneously helping Israelis meet the demands of program at the Hebrew Union College and Beit Israel Education Fund their growing and increasingly diverse society. Morasha, which seeks to instill Jewish values Project Interchange University of Oklahoma 12 Our love for Israel and its centrality to the and Zionism in soldiers serving in the Israeli Foundation, Inc. Jewish people have figured strongly in our grant- Defense Forces. Washington Institute for Near East Policy making since the earliest days of our foundation. As a complement to our work on some of the These organizations Over the years, we have sought to deepen the most difficult social challenges facing Israel, and have received $100,000 connection and commitment to Israel through a because we believe arts and culture sustain the soul or more in support I from the CLSFF. wide variety of projects, especially those enabling and character of a nation, we support the world- people to see Israel with their own eyes. From the class Israel Museum and the Bezalel Academy of remarkably successful Taglit-birthright israel Arts and Design.We also help make it possible for program for 18-26 year olds, to teen trips, to the Israelis to enjoy the Israel Philharmonic, the work of Project Interchange, we have learned there Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Festival is no better way to learn about Israel than through and many other cultural programs. personal experience. As Jews, we pray for the peace and security of In the spring of 2006, we took our involvement Israel; it is a nation at the core of our identity. We with Israel to a new level by establishing the are proud to help our partners in Israel play such an Schusterman Foundation-Israel (SFI), to engage active role in the land of our directly in strengthening Israeli society.Though SFI shared prayers and dreams, is still young, its portfolio is extensive, tackling issues and to participate in like early childhood development, education, child its rebuilding. abuse, Jewish peoplehood, and arts and culture. The Israeli education system is complex and challenging, and often resistant to systemic change. Even so, we are impressed by the progress shown by young children enrolled in Kadima, an after-school enrichment program offered in more than 15 “I am really amazed at what a group of 20 students can do. Each day it seemed like we did an hour here, two hours there, but when I reflect on the amazing people we impacted and the impression we made on them ...” – JDC Group Participant “The biggest thing that Passport2Israel changed about me was the way I view being Jewish. I now view Judaism as not only a way to pray, but also as a culture and heritage to be proud of. I see traditions not as things that I am supposed to do, but as something I understand and want to do.” – Sandi Cohen, BBYO

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Values in Action Jewish Identity

Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and Alpha Epsilon Pi, as well as other programs which provide opportunities to students for community service, Israel engagement and culture, we seek to make Jewish life on campus as enriching and enticing as other aspects of the college experience. Jewish identity is rarely shaped by a single encounter. In the larger community, we are working with Beit Morasha of Jerusalem More often, it emerges over a lifetime of experiences. our partners at STAR (Synagogues:Transformation Birthright Israel And while there is increasing evidence that some and Renewal) to make synagogues more inclusive, Foundation B’nai B’rith Youth programs and interactions have a greater influence inspiring and inviting. Approximately 175 synagogues Organization (BBYO) than others, the process of developing a Jewish in the United States are part of the STAR Synaplex Camp Ramah Darom Congregation B’nai identity is often as unpredictable and unique as each network, each of which seeks to strengthen their Emunah Foundation individual.That is why we must be welcoming, congregation and their community by offering ELEM Foundation for Jewish encouraging and supportive whenever and wherever innovative and interactive Shabbat experiences. Camping Heeb Media, LLC an individual turns to our community. For some, especially less-affiliated American Jews Hillel:The Foundation For some people, programs that require a total as well as those Jews living in the former Soviet for Jewish Campus Life HLL commitment of time and attention are the most Union, the experience of Jewish life is relatively Hebrew Union College- successful; for others, a less intensive kind of new.We are creating ways for those Jews to see the Jewish Institute of Religion experience is best.We take a results-based view of beauty of their heritage and the relevance of their Institute of Southern 15 identity-building, and we support programs that tradition. One way we are seeking to reach new Jewish Life Jewish Federation of Tulsa employ both approaches, as long as they result in a audiences is through culture, especially emerging Jewish Outreach Institute deeper connection to the Jewish community and cultural forms.We have done so by forging Keshet Kol Haneshema Jto Jewish life. partnerships with groups like JDub Music, Heeb Moving Traditions Shalom Hartman Among the deeply immersive experiences we Magazine and the Sherwin Miller Museum of Institute support are Jewish day schools and Jewish camping, Jewish Art in Tulsa. Temple Israel The Curriculum both of which have proven to be very effective These measures reflect our view that the Jewish Initiative means of molding strong Jewish identities. Retreats community stands to benefit from a full appreciation UJA Federation System and trips to Israel also provide many participants of the diversity of the Jewish people. For us, that These organizations have received $100,000 with a strong and lasting connection to Jewish life. appreciation, begins by offering multiple gateways or more in support We also seek to reach college students as they and diverse pathways for Jews to explore their from the CLSFF. begin to explore for themselves some of the key Jewish identities and add their own unique qualities issues of their identities.Through our support of to the tapestry of our people. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Jewish Peoplehood

countries and continues to attract new support. In addition to helping the JDC build Jewish community centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg, we have assisted in the placement of Reform rabbis in Jewish communities throughout the FSU.We have also helped Project Kesher establish Jewish women’s For thousands of years, the Jewish people have groups in more than 155 communities. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee maintained a sense of unity even as we settled in In the United States, we support The Conversation, American Society for distant lands and lived among foreign cultures.This the Conference for Change, and Limmud, all of Technion/Operation Exodus commitment to our religion, our customs and our which convene Jews from diverse backgrounds to Hillel in the FSU ancestry has created a deep sense of peoplehood, exchange ideas and share perspectives on contemporary Israel Museum Israel Philharmonic sustaining us for generations.Whether we are a Jewish life.We are also committed to helping Jewish Orchestra minority in one society, or comfortably assume communities that lack substantial numbers of Jews Jewish Telegraphic Agency PANIM for Jewish positions of leadership in another, Jews throughout stay connected to each other and to national Renaissance in Israel Schusterman the world are connected as part of a global people organizations. On the regional level, our partners at Foundation Israel and inheritors of a great tradition. the Institute of Southern Jewish Life skillfully link STAR (Synagogues: Transformation and We consider the building and nurturing of many of the small and historically important Jewish Renewal) strong Jewish communities – locally, nationally and communities throughout the South by offering them World Union for Progressive Judaism 16 internationally – as central to our mission.We hope pastoral services, cultural programming and a the activities of our partners and grantees instill in common curriculum for Jewish education. These organizations have received $100,000 every Jew a sense of belonging, unified by Jewish Our definition of Jewish peoplehood spans not or more in support from the CLSFF. values and a love of Israel. only geography, but demography. We know there FInternationally, we are fortunate to partner with are many Jews who live within our communities yet several organizations that have outstanding records do not feel connected or welcome. In order to better of achievement in fostering Jewish communal understand and meet the needs of less involved and development and a sense of connection to the Jewish intermarried Jews, we support the Jewish Outreach people. For almost 100 years, the American Jewish Institute and Interfaithfamily.com.We are also proud Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has been to partner with Hillel/Open Gates and Footsteps, rescuing Jews and renewing Jewish life all over the places that help those from Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world. Since 1994, we have been working in the Jewish communities seeking to live in the wider former Soviet Union (FSU) with the community.Through our support for Jerusalem Open JDC and Hillel to link young Jews of House, we provide a safe haven for those in the GLBT the region to a heritage that had community who seek to live in Israel with dignity and been denied to them for generations, respect. In America, our partnerships with Keshet, as well as to their peers on college NUJLS and Nehirim offer young gay and lesbian campuses all around the world.The Jews a welcoming home in the Jewish community. FSU Hillel program now serves more We believe supporting these kinds of programs than 10,000 young adults each year acknowledges and responds to the diversity and in 27 locations in seven different individualism among our people, and makes our community more welcoming to all. “The guidance and assistance that we have received from JOI has been outstanding.The retreats were beneficial, not only in the knowledge that was shared, but the relationships that were formed among the participants. The camaraderie and support of the JOI staff was phenomenal. It felt that we were one big family working towards the same goals.” – JOI program participant “The experience I had at Jewish Teen Leadership Summit is one that cannot be matched. I got to learn a lot about myself as a leader and how to be more effective. I came out of this with many new ideas and techniques to bring back to my region. JTLS was an amazing experience.” – JTLS 2005 participant Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Leadership

serve the American Jewish community with even greater impact and inspiration. With the help of the Center for Leadership Initiatives (CLI), we are sponsoring a wide range of programs designed to strengthen leadership throughout the Jewish communal world. Over the years, we have been privileged to witness Among the events CLI is convening on our American Israel Education Foundation many examples of the transformative power of behalf are Hazon International, a biennial retreat for Center for Leadership effective leadership. senior leadership from among the Jewish organizations Initiatives, Inc. (ROI 120/Charlies) Today, a rising generation of young adults, that we support in the United States and Israel, Hazon International steeped in core values and driven by a deep Tzimtzum, a comparable program for the chief Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of connection to the social networks they are creating executives of our American partners, and Kivun, a Religion for themselves, is busy reshaping old ideas and program tailored specifically for the youngest of Jewish Funders Network Kivun building new institutions in the Jewish community the outstanding Jewish professionals who work for Professional Leaders Project and beyond. We view these emerging leaders as a our partners. All of these gatherings provide an TzimTzum vital resource, and we are deeply committed to opportunity for reflection, relaxation and the Youth Philanthropy Initiative helping them achieve their full potential both as informal exchange of ideas. social entrepreneurs and as activists in established CLI also administers the Charlie Awards, our These organizations have received $100,000 communal organizations. annual recognition and training program for or more in support 19 from the CLSFF. Through our support of the youth-led B’nai outstanding alumni of Taglit-birthright israel, and Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), we are helping working in partnership with Taglit manages ROI high school students develop leadership skills while 120, a network of young, innovative Jewish leaders Oshaping their own meaningful Jewish experiences. from around the world who share a passion and On the college campus, the programs of the commitment to the global Jewish community. American-Israel Education Foundation and the In Tulsa, our Youth Philanthropy Initiative Israel on Campus Coalition have also been (YPI) offers resources and guidance to a select impressive in their ability to train and empower group of high school students, so they can apply young people for positions of local, national and their energy and creativity to local challenges. On a international leadership. larger scale, we are helping the Tulsa Public School We are active in promoting leadership skills system to meet the standards necessary to qualify and creativity among those already preparing to for the prestigious Baldrige Award in Education. become professionals in the Jewish community. We Our expectation is that both of these programs are partnering with the Hebrew Union College - will increase awareness among Tulsa’s students of Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) and the Jewish the opportunities that await them, and will inspire Theological Seminary (JTS) to teach rabbinical them to participate in society as leaders and students how to work across denominational lines philanthropists in their own right. and discover new ways to strengthen the relationship Whether in a classroom or out in the between their congregants and their communities. world, our partners are strengthening the Through our support of the Schusterman Chair for leaders of tomorrow and enabling them to Leadership and Outreach at HUC, and the HUC- build successful organizations reflecting their JTS Schusterman Rabbinic Fellowship, we aim to values and ambitions. help rabbis use their insights and experience to Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Learning

elementary school year with the full complement of supplies their lessons require. At the collegiate and graduate levels, we are very proud of the extent to which our partnership with the University of Oklahoma has led to explosive growth at OU-Tulsa. In just seven years, Learning is the key to social mobility, self-sufficiency, OU-Tulsa has evolved from a decentralized program Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish self-respect and self-improvement. It is also a critical with an enrollment of 600 students to a multi- Education component of tolerance and acceptance. As such, faceted, campus-based institution that offers 28 Community Action Project of Tulsa County we believe a passion for education should be instilled degrees and 10 medical residency programs to Interdisciplinary Center early and sustained throughout a lifetime. Lifelong more than 1,550 students. Herzliya Limmud NY learners – those who are constantly searching for Elsewhere, our involvement in undergraduate, Meitarim Educational knowledge, listening to the viewpoints of others, graduate and post-graduate programs in Israel and Network Mizel Jewish exploring new areas of interest and challenging Judaic Studies also continues to accelerate.We Community Day School (formerly Heritage conventional wisdom – have a deeper appreciation recently created the Schusterman Center for Israel Academy of Tulsa) of the world around them, and a greater sense of Studies at Brandeis University to help serve the MyJewishLearning, Inc. Oklahoma Conference for possibility for themselves and their communities. increasing interest and need for Israel Studies Community and Justice Our foundation has long supported institutions specialists throughout the world.We are also working Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence 20 and programs that encourage learning in both to develop the field of Israel Studies through grants Oklahoma School of formal and informal settings.We sponsor such to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Science and Mathematics Partnership for Excellence efforts to help promote education in general and, (AICE) and the University of Oklahoma.At the in Jewish Education in the case of specific academic disciplines such as newly-established Israel Education Resource Philbrook Museum of Art Society for Excellence in Israel Studies and Jewish Studies, to foster enhanced Center, we hope to promote the study of modern Education/Israel Arts and L Science Academy scholarship and greater understanding in fields of Israel at the pre-collegiate level through the training Tel Aviv University knowledge central to our mission. of teachers and dissemination of educational Tulsa Ballet Theatre Tulsa Community Most of our work in general education is focused resource materials. College Foundation, Inc. on our home state of Oklahoma, and especially in To promote Judaic Studies, we created the Tulsa Global Alliance Tulsa Historical Society Tulsa. Over the years, we have partnered with a Schusterman-Josey Chair of Judaic History at the Tulsa Library Trust number of public schools, including Eisenhower University of Oklahoma and the Schusterman Tulsa Public Schools Tulsa Symphony Elementary School and Central High School, as well Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Orchestra University of Oklahoma as the Tulsa Public School system itself, to enrich the Texas.In partnership with the Foundation for Foundation, Inc. classroom experience and to provide scholarships Jewish Culture, we recently launched the Jewish University of Texas- Austin Foundation, Inc. for outstanding students. In conjunction with several Studies Expansion Project, a collaborative effort local cultural institutions, most notably the Tulsa designed to increase the number of Jewish studies These organizations have received $100,000 Global Alliance, Philbrook Museum and the Tulsa courses at American college campuses with or more in support from the CLSFF. Air and Space Center, we have supported a wide significant Jewish student populations. range of extracurricular and informal educational By promoting excellence in education at all opportunities for middle school students.Through levels, we believe our partners are helping forge a our involvement in the PASS (Partnership for the more enlightened, compassionate and dynamic Availability of School Supplies) program, we help future for our home state of Oklahoma and for ensure that every child in Tulsa begins each communities worldwide. “The changes on this campus are truly amazing.The expansion of the campus and the programs offered here was sorely needed in the Tulsa area.Our state−of−the−art technology makes the Schusterman Center the campus that other schools will strive to equal.” – Scott Childers, Oklahoma University,Tulsa, Student Association President “I definitely feel like this is one way to connect with Judaism, it’s another way to fulfill my obligation as a Jew.” – J-Serve 2005 participant Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Values in Action Service

synagogue or other communal groups; service has the power to changes lives, impact communities and strengthen Jewish identity in extraordinary ways. We are pleased to be working with a diverse group of partners in the effort to promote the value of service in the global Jewish community. Through our support of J-Serve, a program managed American Jewish Service to others is a cornerstone of Jewish life, the World Service by PANIM, we are helping Jewish teens in 75 highest expression of the imperative of tikkun olam, AVODAH: Jewish communities across America volunteer alongside Service Corps the responsibility all of us bear to help repair the Center for Leadership their peers on Global Youth Service Day. At the world entrusted to us.As we are taught by Rabbi Initiatives, Inc. (Leading Jewish Coalition for Service, we are assisting Up North) Tarfon in Pirkei Avot (The Ethics of Our Fathers), Darim Online dozens of service providers expand their activities “It is not our obligation to complete the task, but Jewish Coalition and keep their alumni engaged once their service for Service neither are we free from engaging in it.” Jewish Funds for Justice has concluded. In Israel, we are working with Tevel Jewish National Fund Today, Jews the world over are taking the words b’Tzedek to bring together Israeli and some Panim:The Partnership of Rabbi Tarfon to heart; they are volunteering at for Jewish Leadership Diaspora “trekkers” together for three months and Values record rates, lending their energy and creativity to SPARK Partnership of service and study in Nepal. communities locally and globally.We applaud their for Service Inspired by the success of our Leading Up Yeshiva University commitment to service, and have dedicated ourselves Ziv Tzedakah Fund North program we decided to support a significant to inspiring even greater numbers to participate in 23 expansion of alternative winter and spring break These organizations this movement.We would like every young Jewish have received $100,000 programs for university students, enabling them to or more in support adult to consider a term of service a rite of passage, from the CLSFF. volunteer across the globe through programs run an integral part of their journey through life as by our partners, including the American Jewish Scommitted Jews. World Service, the Jewish Funds for Justice, the To realize this goal, we are working to enhance Jewish National Fund, the American Jewish Joint and multiply the opportunities for young Jews to Distribution Committee, Hillel and Yeshiva serve a diverse array of communities throughout the University. world. In each case, we hope to inspire young adults We hope the alumni of these programs to see their efforts as part of a noble tradition; we will return home transformed by want these new ambassadors of service to understand their experience, more secure in what the Sages of Torah observed so many years their Jewish identities and better ago: that to live a Jewish life, we must comfort and prepared for a lifetime of serve those who need it the most. building community at home Opportunities for service come in many forms, and around the world. and occur at different stages. It is never too early to begin teaching the importance of service to others. Whether at home, as part of the b’nai mitzvah experience for young Jewish men or women; at school, during breaks in the academic year on college campuses; or through involvement in 24 25 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Celebrating 20 Years Our Grantees

A Living Memorial to the Holocaust American Friends of Sheba Medical Center - Archive: Jewish Immigrant Culture Museum of Jewish Heritage Tel Hashomer, Inc. Arkansas Special Olympics A New Leaf, Inc. American Friends of the Hebrew University Art for U.S. Embassies A Package from Home American Friends of the Israel Free Loan Association Arthritis Foundation A Pocket Full of Hope American Friends of the Israel Museum Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, Inc. Ability Resources American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic ARZA Abraham Joshua Heschel School Orchestra, Inc. Ashalim Abraham’s Vision of Peace, Inc. American Friends of the Open University of Israel, Inc. Aspen Jewish Congregation Adopt-A-School/Partners in Education American Friends of the Rabin Medical Center Aspen Music Festival and School Ahavas Chesed, Congregation American Friends of the Shalom Hartman Institute Assistance in Health Care, Inc. AICE American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Assistance League of Tulsa AIDS Project L.A. American Friends of the Tel Aviv University, Inc. Association for the Soldier in Israel AIDS Resource and Treatment Center American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Association for Women In Communications - Akdar Shrine Children’s Hospital Israel Studies Tulsa Professional Chapter Alban Institute American Guild of Jewish Art Association of Fundraising Professionals Aleph Society, Inc. American Heart Association, Inc. Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts Aleph-Alliance for Jewish Renewal American Institute for Cancer Research Association of Small Foundations Alexander Dawson School American Israel Cultural Foundation Augusta Jewish Federation All Souls Unitarian Church American Israel Education Foundation Avoda Institute Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado American Jewish Ballet Avodah:The Jewish Service Corps Alma Hebrew College American Jewish Committee Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation, Inc. American Jewish Congress Ayalim Association Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority American Jewish Historical Society Ayecha Jewish Diversity Resources Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Alzheimer’s Association of Tulsa American Jewish Society for Service, Inc. Bayit Cham Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association American Jewish World Service Beginning With Children Foundation Oklahoma Chapter American Kidney Foundation of Oklahoma Beit Cham America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Inc. American Lung Association of Oklahoma Green Beit Hashanti America-Israel Friendship League, Inc. Country Chapter Beit Midrash of Mercaz Shimshon-Beit Shmuel American Association of the Deaf-Blind American Pardes Foundation Beit Morasha of Jerusalem American Cancer Society American Red Cross Beit Uri American Cancer Society - Tulsa American Red Magen David for Israel Bell Campaign American Committee for the Tel Aviv Foundation American Society for Handicapped Children in Israel Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Hillel Center American Committee for the Weizmann Institute American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Ben Gurion University 26 of Science Technology, Inc. Beta Alpha Psi American Diabetes Association American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Beth Hatefutsoth:The Nahum Goldmann Museum American Friends of AACI American Society for Yad Vashem, Inc. of the Jewish Diaspora American Friends of Alyn Hospital American Symphony Orchestra Beth Israel Foundation, Inc. American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro American Theatre Company Beth Yeshurun, Congregation American Friends of Beit Morasha American Turkish Society Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design American Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel American University Hillel Big Brothers & Sisters of Oklahoma (formerly BBBS American Friends of Hospice of the Upper Galilee American Zionist Movement, Inc. of Green Country) American Friends of IASA American Zionist Youth Foundation Big Brothers and Sisters of Israel American Friends of Ilan, Inc. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Inc. Bill Gold Drive for Life American Friends of Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Amutah Lasova Birthright Israel Foundation American Friends of Jerusalem Historical Institute Amutat Gvanim Black and White Charities, Inc. American Friends of Jerusalem Open House Angels in Waiting B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation American Friends of Magen David Adom Anti-Defamation League Foundation Commission B’nai B’rith Hillel of San Antonio Texas,Inc. American Friends of Melitz on Fund, Inc. B’nai B’rith International American Friends of Orr Shalom Appropriately Suited, Inc. B’nai B’rith Women, Inc. American Friends of Shalom Hartman Institute Archive: Jewish Immigrant Archive B’nai B’rith Youth Commission

Milestones

1987 1988 1989 1990

Charles and Lynn CLSFF makes its first The foundation makes As Communism Schusterman formally grant to the scholar- its first significant grant collapsed, anti- establish their family ship program at the allowing construction Semitism in the foundation. local Jewish day to commence on the Soviet Union gained school, Heritage Schusterman Campus force. CLSFF begins Academy of Tulsa, of the Israel Arts and to provide significant later renamed the Science Academy in support to Operation Mizel Jewish Jerusalem. Exodus, a program to Community Day resettle Jews from School. the Soviet Union to communities in Israel. B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Cleveland Clinic Eastern Oklahoma State College B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Lonestar Region Club Ilan in Vilinus Edmond Historical Society and Museum B’nai B’rith Youth Organization New England Region Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education Ein Prat - Academy for Leadership Kfar Adumin B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (Texas/OK) Colorado Agency for Jewish Education Eisenhower International School Foundation B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (Tulsa) Columbia Jewish Federation Elat Chayyim,The Jewish Spiritual Retreat Center B’nai Emunah Sisterhood Columbia University ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel B’nai Israel Jewish Studies Program Columbia University-Jewish Campus Life Fund Emanual Endowment Fund B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue Columbia/Barnard Hillel Emergency Infant Services B’nai Zion Foundation Columbus Jewish Federation Emergency Shelter in Jerusalem for Children at Risk Booker T.Washington Foundation Combined Jewish Philanthropies EMET:An Educational Initiative, Inc. Boston Partners in Education Commitment to Caring Emory University - Institute for Jewish Studies Boulder Jewish Community Foundation Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in Emery-Weiner School Boulder Jewish Day School America (CAMERA) Emunah Women of America Boy Scouts of America Committee for Economic Growth in Israel Energy Institute of the Americas Boys and Girls Clubs of America Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc. Eugene Field Elementary School Brandeis University Community Action Project of Tulsa County, Inc. European Union of Jewish Students Break Away:The Alternative Break Connection Community Communications Executive Service Corps of Tulsa (TESCOT) Brewster Memorial Scholarship Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation Bridges for Peace Community Health Foundation Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Broken Arrow High School Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa Family and Children’s Services, Inc. Brown Hillel Foundation Comunita’ Ebraica Di Venezia Farnsworth Art Museum Bryan Rupprecht Scholarship Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Fashion Footwear Foundation Business for Excellence in Youth Organization FCA Call Rape, Inc. Conference of Southwest Foundations, Inc. Federation CJA (Montreal) Camp Fire Boys and Girls (Green Country Council) Congregation Ansche Chesed FJC - A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds Camp Ramah in California Congregation Beth El Flint Jewish Federation Camp Ramah In the Berkshires Congregation Beth Yeshurun Florence Melton Adult Mini School Camp-Rap-A-Hope Congregation B’nai Emunah Foundation FOLIO (Friends of the Library in Oklahoma) Canute Heritage Foundation Congregation Etz Chaim of Northwest Arkansas Footsteps, Inc. Carnegie Hall Society, Inc. Congregation Har HaShem Foundation Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-Leukemia Research Fund Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Foundation for Jewish Culture Celebrate 350: Jewish Life in America Congregation Kehillat Israel Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Center for Culture and Creativity Cotton States Region B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Foundation for Tulsa Schools Center for Excellence in Higher Education Council for a Secure America Friends of Akim USA, Inc. Center for Foreign Policy Options Council for Holocaust Education Friends of Battery Kemble Park Center for Jewish Art Council of Jewish Federations Friends of Bazalel Academy of Arts and Design, Inc. Center for Jewish Studies Council on Foundations Friends of Haifa University Center for Leadership Initiatives, Inc. Council on Jewish Education Services, Inc. Friends of Israel Scouts, Inc. Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, Inc. Counseling Center for Women in Israel Friends of Jay Feinberg Center for the Study of Violence & Abuse Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Friends of Kol Haneshama Central Europe Center Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation North Texas Division Friends of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Central Middle School Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. Friends of the Fairgrounds Foundation, Inc. Central Synagogue Crossroads Day Center Friends of the Israel Defense Forces 27 CHAMAH Crossroads Academy Friends of the Israel Women’s Network, Inc. Chamber Music Tulsa, Inc. Crossroads, Inc. Friends of the Jerusalem Institute Champaign Urbana Jewish Federation Crosstown Learning Center, Inc. Friends of the Mansion, Inc. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School CUNY Friends of the NCSJ Chicago Classical Recording Foundation Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Friends’ School Child Abuse Network, Inc. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Funders Roundtable Child Care Resource Center Darim Online Gatesway Foundation, Inc. Child Quest International, Inc. Development Corps for Israel Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc. Children’s Cottage Dillon International, Inc. Geisinger Medical Center Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis Domestic Violence Intervention Services/Call Rape George Washington University Children’s Medical Research, Inc. DonorsChoose Gesher Foundation, Inc. Chromosome 18 Registry & Research Society Dor Chadash Gesher-Boston City Arts Center, Inc. Downtown Arts Development, Inc. Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation City Year Dr. Karl Jurak Foundation Gilda’s Club Worldwide CLAL - National Jewish Center for Learning and Dream Institute Girl Scouts of Magic Empire Council Leadership, Inc. Duke University Glickman Center

1991 1992 1993 1994

Charles and Lynn CLSFF makes its first The foundation Charles and Lynn hire begin to support the grant to the Oklahoma establishes the Sanford R. (Sandy) Israel Museum, the School for Science Schusterman-Josey Cardin to serve as the world’s foremost and Mathematics Chair in Judaic History Executive Director of center for collections (OSSM) establishing a at the University of their foundation. of Judaica and Jewish relationship that leads Oklahoma. Ethnography, leading to the construction of to the foundation’s the Samson Science increased focus on and Discovery Center arts and culture in at the statewide Israel. residential high school located in Oklahoma City. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Global Organization for Organ Donation, Inc. Hospice Friends Jewish Community Center of San Antonio Golden Manor Hospice of Green Country, Inc. Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Inc. Housing Partners of Tulsa, Inc. Jewish Community Center on the Palisades Governor’s Commission of the Status of Women Ida Crown Jewish Academy Jewish Community Centers of North America Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Ieladeinu Argentina Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington Grantmakers of Oklahoma, Inc. Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, Inc. Jewish Community Day School, Inc. Grants Managers Network Indian Nation Council Boy Scouts of America Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Great Neck Temple Israel Soviet Jewry Comm. In-Kind, Inc. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Greater Ardmore Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Institute for Jewish and Community Research Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties Greater Miami Jewish Federation Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (Emory Jewish Community Relations Council of San Fransico Greenwich Jewish Federation University) Marin & Peninsula Greenwood Cultural Center, Inc. Goldring Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life Jewish Congregation at Graterford Greenwood Jazz Celebration InterfaithFamily.com Jewish Council for Public Affairs Greenwood Jazz Festival International Association of Official Human Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle H.L.L. Rights Agencies Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) Habitat for Humanity International International Conference of Jewish Women Jewish Family & Life, Inc. Hadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc. International Dance Ensemble Jewish Family Services Hadassah,The Women’s Zionist Organization of America International Society for Jewish Art Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles HAMA (Humans and Animals in Mutual Assistance International Society of Yad Vashem Jewish Federation of Arkansas in Israel) Interns for Peace Jewish Federation of Berkshires Harding University IPAA Educational Fund Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey Harvard Extension Alumni Association Irish Jewish Museum Jewish Federation of Collier County Havatzelet Humanitarian Organization Israel Cancer Association Jewish Federation of Delaware Hebrew Free Loan Society Israel Education Fund Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Israel Festival Jerusalem Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Israel Foundation for Handicapped Children Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Research Israel Friends of Tel Aviv University Jewish Federation of Ft.Worth Heeb Magazine Israel Museum Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation Israel National Council for the Child Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Here’s To Life Foundation Israel Philanthropic Consultants Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic Heritage Academy Beit Morasha, Inc. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Highland Park Hospital Israel Policy Forum Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, Inc. Hillcrest Medical Center Foundation, Inc. Israel Scouts Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Hillel Day School of Boca Raton Israel Tennis Centers Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Hillel Foundation of New Orleans Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City Hillel-HaAguda Le Yotzim LeShe’ea ITIM:The Jewish Life Information Center Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach and West Hillel Hebrew University JAC Education Foundation Orange County Hillel in the Former Soviet Union Jacob & Belle Rosenbaum Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Manchester Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Jane Goodall Institute Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life - Israel Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum Foundation, Inc. Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans on Campus Coalition JCPI Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at Jerusalem Cinemateque Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County 28 Michigan Jerusalem Fellowships, Inc. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at the Jerusalem Foundation, Inc. Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix University of Oregon Jerusalem Historical Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at Yale Jerusalem Natural History Museum Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Jerusalem Open House Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago in Oklahoma Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) - Community Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Life at Kansas Jewish Braille Institute of America, Inc. Jewish Federation of Montreal, Quebec Hillels of New York Jewish Camp and Conference Service, Inc. Jewish Federation of North Jersey Hillel-Uruguay Jewish Children’s Adoption Network Jewish Federation of Omaha Hispanic American Foundation Jewish Children’s Home Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Hofstra Hillel Jewish Children’s Regional Service Jewish Federation of Pinellas County Holland Hall School, Inc. Jewish Coalition for Service Jewish Federation of Portland Holocaust Education Center Jewish Communal Service Association of North Jewish Federation of San Antonio Holocaust Museum Houston America, Inc. Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Home Life Association Jewish Community Center for San Francisco Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Hope for Henry Foundation Endowment Fund Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois Hope for Kids Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Jewish Federation of St. Louis Hopkins Hillel Jewish Community Center of Houston Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay

1995 1996 1997

The foundation Charles and Lynn Charles and Lynn agree provides its first dedicate Succat Shalom: to join PEJE (Partnership sponsorship of Kids’ The Emergency Center for Excellence in Jewish World, an international in Jerusalem for At- Education), a new model children’s festival Risk Children and Their of Jewish funding hosted by the Tulsa Families, and commit collaborative comprised Global Alliance. Since to help build a similar of donors seeking to its inception, Kids’ facility for the Parent create a vibrant and World has provided a Child Center of Tulsa. sustainable Jewish hands-on learning future by strengthening environment for more the Jewish day school than 60,000 children movement in North to explore cultures America. from around the world. Jewish Fund for Justice Lights in Action, Inc. Na laga’at (Do Touch) Jewish Funders Network Lilith Publications, Inc. NAACP Jewish Historical Institute, Museum of the Limmud NY NARAL (Oklahoma) Education Fund Jewish Home and Hospital Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc. Nathan Cummings Foundation Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania Literacy for Children Project National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action Jewish Hospital Foundation (Garon Lifestyle Center) Little Light House, Inc. League Foundation, Inc. Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Livnot U’Lehibanot National Association for Native American Children Jewish National Fund Lollipops and Rainbows of Alcoholics Jewish Outreach Institute Los Angeles Hillel Council National Association of Women Artists Jewish Student Press Service, Inc. Lourdes Hospice National Center for Family Philanthropy Jewish Study Network Lubavitch of New Hampshire National Conference on Soviet Jewry Jewish Telegraphic Agency M.A.G.B. Senior Service, Inc. National Council of Jewish Women Jewish Theological Seminary of America Maccabi Sports for Israel National Council on Community and Justice Jewish United Fund Magic Empire Council of Girl Scouts National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods Jewish Women International Magnes, Judah L. Magnes Museum National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis Jewish Women’s Archive Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma National Foundation for Israel Culture Jewish World Watch March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation National Jewish Medical and Research Center Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute March of the Living National MS Society, Greater Delaware Valley Chapter JEXNET: the Network for Experiential Jewish Marshall Elementary Gifts and Endowment National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Oklahoma Youth Education Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society, Inc. National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Texas Johns Hopkins Medical Fund Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel National Parks and Conservation Association Joseph Slifka Center at Yale Mavoi Satum National Society of Fund Raising Executives Journal of Jewish Communal Service MA’YAN Foundation Judah L. Magnes Museum Mayo Demonstration School for Science and National Yiddish Book Center Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North Technology Foundation Neighbor for Neighbor, Inc. America, Inc. Mayo Foundation New Haven Hebrew Day School Judith Chapman Memorial Fund MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger New Israel Fund Junior Achievement of Eastern Oklahoma Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa New Jewish High School Junior League of Tulsa, Inc. Media Watch International New York Board of Rabbis Juvenile Diabetes Association Meir Panim New York University Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International Meitarim Educational Network NFJC/Council of American Jewish Museums K.I.D.S., Inc. Memoire Juive de Paris North American Alliance for Jewish Youth Kadima Memphis Jewish High School Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center North American Jewish Students Appeal Kehilat Har-El Congregation Memphis Jewish Community Center North Tulsa Heritage Foundation Kehillah Jewish High School Menorah Park Center for Aging Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency, Inc. Kemp Mill Synagogue Mental Health Association in Tulsa, Inc. Northeastern State University Foundation, Inc. Kenyon College Hillel Endowment Merchavim Hevra Lechinuch Vetarbut Northern California Hillel Council Keren Segulat Naomi Merkos Linyonei Chinuch of Oklahoma, Inc. Oasis Adult Day Care Center Keren-Or, Inc. Metropolitan Museum of Art Oklahoma Conference for Community and Justice KEROOR Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League, Inc. Ocean County Jewish Federation Keshet Michigan Region B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Odyssey House Texas,Inc. Key Elementary School Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) OETA Foundation KidLinks Foundation Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation, Inc. OHR Torah Institute of Israel 29 Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. Midland Habitat for Humanity OHR Torah Stone KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory School Milwaukee AIDS Project Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc. Milwaukee Jewish Federation Oklahoma Arts Institute Kol Haneshama Minneapolis Jewish Federation Oklahoma Association of Student Councils Kolot: Center for Jewish Women and Gender Studies Mizel Jewish Community Day School (formerly Oklahoma Baptist University Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies Heritage Academy of Tulsa Oklahoma Business & Education Coalition Leadership Oklahoma Moe Gimp Early Learning Center Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden Leadership Tulsa Moving Image, Inc. Oklahoma Center for Nonprofit Management, Inc. Leo Baeck College-Centre for Jewish Education Moving Traditions Oklahoma Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Mt. Kisco Day Care Centers, Inc. Oklahoma Children’s Heart Center Research Institute Multiple Sclerosis Society Oklahoma Chapter Oklahoma City Art Museum, Inc. Leshem Muscular Dystrophy Association-Houston Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Inc. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Oklahoma Museum of Arts & Design Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Leukemia Society of America - North Texas Chapter Museum of Modern Art Oklahoma City University Lewis Clinic for Educational Therapy Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, Inc. Oklahoma Committee to Prevent Child Abuse Life Line Music Foundation Oklahoma County CASA Life Senior Services MyJewishLearning, Inc. Oklahoma Cultural Coalition, Inc.

1998 1999 2000 2001

The cornerstone is laid CLSFF announces a Charles Schusterman CLSFF opens an office in Jerusalem for Mercaz major grant to the dies on December 30 in Washington, D.C., Shimshon, (Samson University of Oklahoma and Lynn becomes and hires Lisa Eisen as Center), a new cultural to help establish a president of the its National Program facility and world new education and foundation. Director. headquarters for research campus in Reform and Progressive Tulsa, bringing all of Judaism on the the local OU programs Jerusalem campus of to one location. the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Raymond F.Kravis Center for the Performing Arts St. John Medical Center Foundation Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities Rebuilding Together Tulsa St. John’s Hospice of Grove, Oklahoma Oklahoma Heart Association Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Stand Among Friends Oklahoma Heritage Association, Inc. Red Springs Volunteer Fire Department STAR (Synagogues:Transformation and Renewal) Oklahoma Humanities Council Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, Inc. (RAIN) Stepping Stones - To A Jewish Me, Inc. Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Religious Coalition/Abortion Rights Street School, Inc. Oklahoma International Women’s Forum, Inc. Resonance Listening & Growth for Women, Inc. Students Against Drugs and Alcohol Oklahoma Israel Exchange Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Tulsa, Inc. Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Re’uth Susan’s House Oklahoma Museums Association River Parks Authority Syracuse Jewish Federation Oklahoma Reading Association Riverdale Jewish Center Ta Sh’ma Oklahoma Religious Coalition of Reproductive Choice Robinowitz Library Taglit Birthright Israel International Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Rogers College University Foundation Tampa Jewish Federation Oklahoma Society to Prevent Blindness Ronald McDonald House Charities Taylor Road Synagogue Oklahoma Special Olympics Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa, Inc. Teach For America Oklahoma State University Foundation Rusk Volunteer Fire Department Team Power Train Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Foundation Rutgers Hillel Temple Beth Al Oklahomans for Equality Saidye Bronfman Centre for Arts Temple B’nai Israel One Voice Jewish Women for Israel Salvation Army Temple Israel Foundation, Inc. Operation Aware of Oklahoma, Inc. SAR High School Temple Sinai Operation Exodus Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation Tevel b’Tzedek Orr Shalom Children’s Homes Save a Child’s Heart Foundation Texas A&M University Osteopathic Founders Foundation Say No to Hate Coalition The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Inc. Otsego Memorial Hospital Donation Schechter Institute The American National Red Cross P.E.F.Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. Schusterman Foundation - Israel The American Society for Yad Vashem, Inc. Palmer Drug Abuse Program Seattle Chapter Hadassah The Associated: Jewish Community Federation PANIM for Jewish Renaissance in Israel Seeds of Peace of Baltimore Panim:The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values Senior Citizen’s Service, Inc. The Association for Art in the Community Parent Child Center of Tulsa Sertoma Handicapped Opportunity Program (The The Beta Israel of North America Cultural Parents of Murdered Children SHOP,Inc.) Foundation, Inc. Parents of North American Israelis Seven Acres Geriatric Center, Inc. The Birmingham Jewish Federation Park Friends, Inc. Shalhevet High School The Bloomfield Science Museum Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education Shalom Hartman Institute The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning SHARE: Self Help for Women with Breast or The Children’s Hospital Foundation Partnership for Jewish Life, Inc. Ovarian Cancer The Circle Cinema Foundation Pave the Way Foundation Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art The Contemporary Jewish Museum Penelope House, Inc. Shikun Dalet The Curriculum Initiative Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc. Sh’ma: Jewish Family & Life The Disability Resources Educational Advocacy Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. Shomrei Adamah Motivation Pilchuck Glass School Shoshana S. Cardin Jewish Community High School The Ein Music Center PlanIt Jewish.com Shoulder to Soldier Association The Emery-Weiner School Foundation Planned Parenthood of Eastern Oklahoma & Sickle Cell Foundation The Foundation for Jewish Camping, Inc. 30 Western Arkansas Silver Springs Jewish Center The Founders Association, Inc PNM Good Neighbor Fund Simon Estes Education Foundation, Inc. The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Tulsa, Inc. Poriya Government Hospital Simon Wiesenthal Center The Haruv Institute Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, Inc. Simon Wiesenthal Foundation The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Pride in Tulsa, Inc. Skirball Cultural Center The Israel Free Loan Association Professional Leaders Project Small Steps Nurturing Center The Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival Project 12 Society for Excellence through Education-USA The Jerusalem Foundation Project Get Together Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel The Jewish Federation, Inc. Project Interchange Sojourner’s Inn The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey Project Judaica Foundation, Inc. Solomon Schechter Day School of the Pioneer Valley The Jewish Museum Project Kesher Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art The Jewish Study Network Project Single Parent SPARK Partnership for Service, Inc. The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. Project Vision Special Olympics The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts Prom Wishes, Inc. Special Olympics Oklahoma The National Outdoor Leadership School Quality Life Associates, Inc. Special Olympics-Georgia The Nature Conservancy Rabin Academy Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies The Nesiya Institute Ramah Darom, Inc. Spertus Museum The Pink Pachyderm Foundation Rambam Medical Center - Trauma Unit Spindletop Charities, Inc. The Re’ut Institute Rashi School St. Francis Home Health The Shefa Fund

2002 2003 2004

In partnership with In an effort to replicate CLSFF makes its first Hillel: The Foundation in Israel an interdisci- grant to Beit Morasha for Jewish Campus plinary approach to for a pluralistic Life, the foundation the treatment of child training program that launches the Israel on abuse pioneered at the fosters respect and Campus Coalition Child Abuse Network understanding of (ICC) to address the (CAN) in Tulsa, the Jewish religious worrisome rise in Foundation establishes diversity. anti-Israel activities on the Beit Lynn program college campuses in Jerusalem. across North America. The Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center Tulsa Literary Coalition University of Texas Foundation/ M.D.Anderson The Town Hall Foundation Tulsa Metropolitan Area Habitat for Humanity University of Tulsa The University of Texas at Austin Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry Up with Trees The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Vassar College The University of Tulsa Hillel Tulsa Opera Visiting Nurse Association of Tulsa Theatre Arts Children’s Theatre Tulsa Parents As Teachers, Inc. Visiting Nurse Service of New York Theatre Arts Productions Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust VNA Care Network Hospice TheraPetics, Inc. Tulsa Philharmonic Society, Inc. Voices United for Israel Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association Tulsa Photography Collective Volunteers for Israel Tidewater Jewish Federation, Inc. Tulsa Press Club Educational & Charitable Trust Volunteers of America, Inc. Tifereth Israel Synagogue Tulsa Project Woman Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values Tkumat Arie Tulsa Public Schools Washington Institute for Near East Policy Together for Tulsa Tulsa Regional Medical Center Foundation Western Neighbors, Inc. Top Jewish Foundation Tulsa Regional Theatre Western States Jewish History Association Topaz Tulsa Reparatory Theatre Western Wall Heritage Foundation Town & Country School, Inc. Tulsa Senior Services Westminister Presbyterian Church Trinity High School Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association William Breman Jewish Home Triqueta Creative Group, Ltd. Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Woman to Woman Tristesse Healing Hearts Grief Center, Inc. Tulsa Technology Center Education Foundation Women in Communications Trustees of Columbia University Tulsa Women’s Foundation, Inc. Women of Reform Jundaism Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Tulsa Zoo Friends Women’s American ORT Foundation Trustees of Tufts College Tulsa’s Future, Inc. World Altering Medicine Tucson Hebrew Academy Tulsa-Zelenograd Association World Council of Jewish Communal Service Tucson Jewish Community Center Turkiye Hahambasiligi World Jewish Congress Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children Tuskegee University World Jewish Congress American Section Tulsa Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with U. S. Committee for UNICEF World Monuments Fund Developmental Disabilities (TARC) UAHC Southwest Region World Union for Progressive Judaism Tulsa Air and Space Center UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Yad Ben Zvi Tulsa Area Alliance of Black School Educators UJA Federation of Greenwich Yad Eliezer Tulsa Area Book Bank, Inc. UJA Federation of New York Yad Lealiya Rishona Bamoshavot Tulsa Area Reading Council UJA-Federation of New York-Westchester Yad Vashem Tulsa Area United Way Undercroft Montessori School Yale Friends of Israel Tulsa Association of Legal Assistance Union for Reform Judaism Yale University Tulsa Ballet Theatre Union of American Hebrew Congregations Yeshiva University Tulsa Boys’ Home Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Yeshiva University Museum Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. United Hebrew Congregation of Joplin Yeshiva and University Students for Spirit Revival Tulsa CASA, Inc. United Jewish Appeal Federation of Ventura County Soviet Jewry, Inc. Tulsa Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges United Jewish Appeal, Inc. YMCA of Greater Tulsa Tulsa Central High School Foundation, Inc. United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Y-ME of Northeastern Oklahoma Tulsa Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc United Jewish Communities, Inc. Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Tulsa Chapter Executive Women International United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo Association - 92nd Street Y Education Fund United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford, New Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Tulsa Community College Foundation Canaan and Darien Youth Service America 31 Tulsa Community Foundation United Jewish Federation of Metro West New Jersey Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Tulsa County Reading Council United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh YWCA of Tulsa Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless United Jewish Federation of San Diego Zamir Choral Foundation Tulsa Education Fund United Methodist Church of Emily Ziv Tzedakah Fund Tulsa Foundation for Architecture United Nations Association of Eastern Oklahoma Tulsa Garden Center, Inc. United Nations Association of the USA, Inc. Tulsa Global Alliance United Negro College Fund, Inc. Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce United States Committee Sports for Israel, Inc. Tulsa Historical Society United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Tulsa Jewish Community Center, Inc. University Center at Tulsa Foundation Tulsa Jewish Community Council Jewish Federation University of Central Oklahoma Foundation of Tulsa University of Judaism Tulsa Jewish Community Retirement and Health University of Michigan Care Center University of North Texas Foundation Tulsa Jewish United Fund Campaign University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc. Tulsa Junior College Foundation, Inc. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Tulsa Komen Race for the Cure University of Pennsylvania Tulsa Library Trust University of Pennsylvania Hillel

2005 2006 2007

CLSFF launches the The Schusterman Responding to the Youth in Philanthropy family decides to dearth of Israel Studies Program to educate significantly expand its programs and scholars Tulsa area teens about philanthropic agenda on U.S. campuses, the the complementary in Israel through the foundation establishes roles service and establishment of the the Schusterman philanthropy play in a Schusterman Center for Israel caring community. Foundation-Israel Studies at Brandeis (SFI), and in the field of University. leadership development for the Jewish world through the creation of the Center for Leadership Initiatives, Inc. (CLI). Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Celebrating 20 Years Our Grantees

The funding levels reflected on these pages illustrate those areas in which we are most active and to which we remain deeply committed. We applaud our grantees who have used and leveraged these resources for critical, much-needed programs and purposes.

32 Israel Engagement: Israel $25,706,476 Leadership and Service: Leadership $21,280,724 Caring: $12,478,659

Grants Awarded 1987-2007

1987-1992 $4,512,671

1993-1997 $12,599,165

1998-2002 $42,481,892

2003-2007 $104,943,115 Caring: We have always sought to assist those around us who are most vulnerable by helping to meet their basic needs and by providing them with the resources necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. According to the Jewish sage, Maimonides, this is the highest form of tzedakah (charity).

Leadership and Service: Communities depend on effective and informed leaders to harness the passion and commitment of individuals willing to serve the common good.

Israel Engagement: Our support for Israel has evolved over time from responding to crises to strategic interventions focused on the prevention and treatment of child abuse, improving the quality of life for all Israelis and deepening her bonds with Diaspora Jewry.

Learning: The value of lifelong learning is fundamental to our tradition and to our foundation. We believe education is an essential element ofindividual and communal growth. To that end, we support a wide range of secular and Jewish educational institutions throughout the world.

Jewish Identity and Jewish Peoplehood: Our efforts to strengthen Jewish identity and community revolve around creating multiple touchpoints — cultural, spiritual, and educational — for Jews to learn about their heritage, to expand the horizons of Jewish life and to connect with one another in joyous and meaningful experiences.

33 Jewish Identity and Jewish Jewish Peoplehood: $73,417,122 Learning: $31,653,862 34 35 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Center for Leadership Initiatives, Inc.

Charlie Awards, CLI is working to make sure that the brightest and most committed young activists in the Jewish world are connected with one another, support each other and explore ways to collaborate. Among the organizations with which CLI is partnering are the Forest Foundation, the Foundation for Jewish Camping, the Jewish Week and Taglit – birthright Israel. CLI Founded in 2006 through the initial support of Lynn has also been engaged to build the capacity of the professional Schusterman, the Center for Leadership Initiatives, Inc. (CLI) is leadership of those organizations supported by the Charles and a private operating foundation dedicated to developing Jewish Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, primarily through the leaders and promoting managerial excellence throughout the planning and facilitation of annual retreats. Jewish community. CLI takes a multi-faceted approach to leadership development and professional growth, one that CLI Staff includes conferences, mentorships, fellowships and a host of online resources.All of these offerings are carefully designed to Rabbi Yonatan Gordis, Executive Director help participants broaden their impact on their communities. Ann Raskin, Program Manager In less than 24 months, CLI has built a network that includes Vicki Robinson, Office Manager hundreds of current and emerging leaders from Jewish Elias Parker, Fellow 36 communities all over the world. CLI is also active in the field of Jewish social Fentrepreneurship.Through such projects as ROI and the To learn more, please visit www.leadingup.org. Schusterman Foundation-Israel

Since its founding, SFI has forged close working relationships with several ministries of the Government of Israel and with a host of service organizations, including Ashalim, Gvanim, and HaTnuah HaKibbutzit. SFI is also partnering with the Israeli offices of many private foundations and Federation communities, and is responsible for developing ways to link the programs it supports in Israel and beyond with Also established by Lynn Schusterman in 2006, the the North American activities of its sister organizations, CLI Schusterman Foundation - Israel (SFI) is an Israeli charitable and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. organization operated in a manner similar to tax exempt, non-profit groups in the United States.The mission of SFI is to help the Schusterman family expand its philanthropic SFI Staff activities in Israel, in the former Soviet Union and in Jewish communities throughout Europe,Asia and South America. David Gappell, Managing Director Among the primary areas of focus for SFI are child Karen Brunwasser, Program Officer * welfare, including the prevention and treatment of child abuse, Liat Gilead, Program Officer early childhood development, education, Jewish identity, arts Frada Feigelson, Child Advocacy Consultant and culture, Israel-Diaspora relations and service. SFI is also Tali Golan, Fellow committed to encouraging the increased participation by Israeli Sharone Revah-Zitzman, Office Manager 37 foundations and philanthropists in the non-profit sector, especially through the use of philanthropic partnerships To learn more, please visit www.schusterman.org.il. and providing grants that must be matched by Israeli Afunding sources. *Joined SFI in 2008 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Staff Directory

Lynn Schusterman, Chair Stacy Schusterman, Vice President and Director

Headquarters National Office Two West Second Street 800 Eighth Street, NW Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 Washington, DC 20001 P: 918.591.1090 P: 202.289.7000 F: 918.591.1758 F: 202.289.4983

Sanford R. Cardin, President Lisa Eisen, National Director

Alana Hughes, Director of Administration Michael Colson, Director of Israel Programs*

Renee Jacobs, Grants Coordinator Adam Simon, Director of Jewish Programs*

Randy K. Macon, Senior Fellow Jennifer Kraus, Engagement Program Associate

Kristen Nelson, IST Specialist Shannon McWilliams, Executive Assistant 38 Deidra Payne, Executive Assistant *Joined the CLSFF in 2008 Rhonda Youngblood, Administrative Assistant Our deeds and our logo draw inspiration from this Talmudic story about Honi the Circle Maker:

One day, a man walking on the road saw Honi the Circle Maker planting a carob tree.

Puzzled, the man asked, “How long will it be before this tree will bear fruit?”

Replied Honi, “Seventy years.”

The man then asked, “And do you believe you will be alive in another seventy years?”

Honi answered, “When I came into this world, there were carob trees with fruit ripe for picking. Just as my parents planted for me, so I will plant for my children.”

Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit 23a www.schusterman.org