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Download a PDF of Our 2020 Annual Report 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Our Federation is the only organization in Cleveland that A DEFINING MOMENT focuses on the health and vitality of the entire in our community’s history Jewish community. For more than 115 years, the Federation has created the critical scale The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic brought on changes within our community, our nation, necessary to drive meaningful social change and our world that we had never experienced before – social distancing, wearing masks, virtual and provide relief in times of crisis in ways no learning, and more. one person or organization could do alone. The Federation is Jewish Cleveland’s hub for What COVID-19 could not and would not change was Jewish Cleveland’s resolve to care for innovative solutions and collaborative services. one another. With will and determination, Jewish Clevelanders banded together to ensure: • Our Jewish community was open • We made our Jewish community a and engaged while our buildings more inclusive place. were closed. • We educated our children on what it • We faced the challenges together. means to put our Jewish values to work. Contents • We invested in our children and in 3 A Defining Moment each other. • We provided for our community, so 4 Letter from Leadership that no one needed to take “time off” • We embraced each other and made from their involvement in Jewish life. 5 Coronavirus Emergency Fund sure no one felt alone despite our 6 Here for Caring physical distance. • We protected those institutions of 7 Here for Preparing Jewish life that have made us one of • We reached out to and supported the the strongest Jewish communities in 8 Here for Sharing isolated and vulnerable. 9 Here for Repairing the country. 10-11 2020 Highlights As you will see on the following pages, our community did all this and so much more. Together, we 12-13 Campaign and Other Federation Giving successfully overcame once-in-a-generation challenges and kept our community strong. 14-15 Federation Board of Trustees and Committees 16 Volunteer Award Winners Together we proved that we are – and will continue to be – HERE FOR GOOD! 16-17 Federation and JFC Security Staff 18 2020 Corporate Sponsors 2 3 CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund Dear Friends, was established to help sustain and strengthen the Cleveland Jewish community, and ensures: 2020 was barely three months old when the Shean, Israel (Cleveland’s sister city) dedicated Thank you to the amazing healthcare • Our community’s social service providers, schools, and other world as we knew it changed immediately to identifying and addressing welfare needs professionals and front-line workers across organizations would be less overwhelmed by the effects of the pandemic and dramatically. The arrival of the COVID-19 in the community, including grocery and Northeast Ohio for caring for us all. Thank • People would not need to take time off from Jewish life pandemic in Northeast Ohio created once- medication delivery, and wellness checks for you to the brave local law enforcement • Massive, short-term financial losses would not lead to the dismantling in-a-lifetime challenges for our community. the elderly. officers – including our security provider JFC of key Jewish institutions in Jewish Cleveland Those who were already vulnerable were Security, LLC – for protecting us from the now in greater need. At the same time, many Perhaps the most visible evidence of Jewish continued rise of anti-Semitism and brazen With these emergency funds, a continuity plan has been put into place in more were quickly becoming vulnerable – Cleveland’s determination during this acts of hate-driven violence. Thank you to the order to serve: emotionally, physically, and financially. unprecedented time was the record results tireless efforts of our beneficiary agencies to achieved in our latest Campaign for Jewish serve the ever-changing needs of our diverse And yet, amid all this change, Jewish Needs. Under the leadership of General community with such grace and creativity. VULNERABLE THOSE AT RISK OF THREATENED Clevelanders’ commitment to one another Campaign Chair Bradley Sherman, our POPULATIONS WITHDRAWING JEWISH and the community in which we live remained community raised $33.1 million from more And, most importantly, thank you for all you FROM JEWISH LIFE INSTITUTIONS unchanged. Without hesitation, people than 12,000 donors, and more than $15.4 do to make sure that together, we are – and People who find throughout our community stepped forward million for Jewish Cleveland’s Coronavirus will continue to be – HERE FOR GOOD. themselves newly People at risk of Jewish institutions and asked, “how can we help?” Through selfless Emergency Relief Fund (see sidebar). This vulnerable because of having to withdraw facing potential actions of all sizes, our community came tremendous generosity ensures critical the pandemic as well from Jewish life closure due to together and showed once again that we are services and programs our community as people who were or missing out on massive revenue HERE FOR GOOD! needs will continue without interruption already vulnerable critical experiences losses. without compromising our ability to plan J. David Heller before the pandemic because of the Board Chair For example, 500 volunteers made more than for the future. who now have pandemic. 1,800 “Caring Calls” and delivered 2,400 care increased needs. packages to elderly community members 2020 tested all of us. But Cleveland proved to reassure them that they were not alone once again why it is one of the most caring or overlooked. At the same time, through and vibrant Jewish communities in the world Erika B. Rudin-Luria Federation’s Bridge to the Future program, we by working together to come through it still President helped establish a volunteer call center in Beit connected and still strong. Thanks to the generous support of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation which created a special matching gift program to inspire new and increased Campaign gifts this year, we have been able to raise more than $15.4 million needed to position Jewish Cleveland to emerge on the other side of this crisis in a position of strength and continuity. 4 5 We prepare for the future by ensuring the long-term health development, Jewish education, and volunteer experiences. and vitality of our diverse community. We provide the critical While L.E.V. fellows nurtured their Jewish community through strategic planning and oversight needed to make life better acts of tikkun olam (repairing the world), they also learned the today and for generations to come. We provide a wide range of importance of making a difference in their own community and educational programming for all ages which celebrates Jewish our investment in their success. Young changemakers also took values and traditions. We also develop the next generation of part in Serve the Moment, a fellowship program dedicated to leaders through mentoring, teaching, and hands-on experiences. meaningful volunteer service. With an abrupt shift in life on campus and many students’ The world of education also changed overnight with the arrival summer jobs, internships, and other planned experiences of COVID-19. Your Federation worked closely with the Jewish cancelled due to COVID-19, the L.E.V. Campus Fellowship was Education Center (JEC) and health care professionals to get our created for college students. A joint program between your five Jewish day schools ready for fall in-person learning, while Federation, Cleveland Hillel, and Hillel at Kent State University, JEC’s “La-bri’ut: To Our Health and Wellness,” was developed to the L.E.V. Campus Fellowship engaged students in leadership address children’s at-home congregational learning needs. HERE FOR CARING We care for one another by helping feed the hungry, comfort now found themselves vulnerable emotionally, physically, HERE FOR the sick, aid the elderly, shelter the homeless, and support those and/or financially. in need or with disabilities – wherever they are in the world. We advocate for the vulnerable and fight for social justice. We also We also knew that social distancing could rapidly become social invest significant resources in preventing, preparing for, and isolation without a concerted effort to help community members PREPARING responding to potential security threats to our community. continue to feel connected to each other, the community, and to Judaism. From “caring calls” to the elderly who might feel This past year, those who were already vulnerable were more alone or forgotten in this unsettled time to virtual events that so in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The urgency to brought families together – including relatives out of town – for ensure critical services and programs were delivered without entertaining and educating programming, Jewish Cleveland was interruption was compounded by the fact that so many more able to stay together while staying safe. 6 7 We share our perspectives by bridging We repair our world by responding cultural divides, fostering mutual respect, in times of emergency and helping and building collaborative relationships. people rebuild in the wake of natural We provide the education and tools or man-made disasters. We also invest needed to stand up and speak out on in programs and services that provide behalf of Israel and the Jewish people. HERE FOR a strong safety net during times of We deepen connections to Israel through personal crises. personal experiences and programs that celebrate our Jewish homeland. We Even in this challenging time, our create mutually beneficial collaborations SHARING Jewish community stepped forward to between business and civic leaders in help with Ethiopian aliyah and family Israel and Greater Cleveland. reunification in Israel through the work of our beneficiary agency, the Jewish After an alarming uptick in violence Agency for Israel (JAFI).
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