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The Jewish Federation 2018 Report to the Community or over a century, we have worked with our supporters and partners to identify and address the most pressing issues in our Fcommunity. Together, we are changing and saving the lives of those who need our help most — locally and globally. We care for Jews in need now and strengthen the next generations to ensure our Jewish future. Always with strategy. With innovation. With an eye on the horizon. Looking ahead to the next 100 years, we are engaging a diverse group of Jews in new ways to light their spiritual fires and make a lasting impact. Today’s world is complicated, but with the support of passionate and committed individuals uniting as one, we have the capacity to mobilize and accomplish great things. That is the power of community. 2CARING 018 FOR JEWS IN NEED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENSURING THE JEWISH FUTURE 2 MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY Dear Friends, On behalf of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and our lay leaders and professional staff, we thank you for your generous support in 2018. We collaborate with our organizational partners and most dedicated leaders and donors to create the most strategic, meaningful, and inspiring work possible. This report offers insight into the local and global impact on Jewish life that we have made together — and continue to make. We are grateful for your long-standing support and partnership in our efforts to utilize the power of community to yield the greatest results. With sincere appreciation, Julie B. Platt Jay Sanderson Chair of the Board President & CEO 3 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Julie B. Platt Alex Weingarten Les Bider Observers Chair of the Board Chair of Community Engagement Audit Chair Bill Feiler Rochelle Cohen Strategic Initiative Jay Sanderson Sharon Janks General Campaign Chair Marvin Schotland Susie Goren Representative to Rabbi Jason Weiner Frank Maas Chair of Caring for Jews in Need Jewish Federations Vice Chair Strategic Initiative of North America Heidi Monkarsh Jerry Coben Nancy Beiser Vice Chair Chair of Ensuring the Jewish Future Women’s Campaign Albert Z. Praw Strategic Initiative Co-Chair Vice Chair Harold Masor Lynne Brookman Jill Namm Chair of Finance & Women’s Campaign Secretary Administration Committee Co-Chair At Large Members Andrew Altshule Josh Feffer George Hess Allison Rosenthal Debbie Attanasio Cece Feiler Ken Kahan Richard V. Sandler Donna Bender Steve Fishman Jonathan Klein Moshe Sassover Jordan Bender Larry Freeman Mark Lainer Dana Sayles Lynn Bider Nancy Glaser Jonathan Littman Jesse Sharf Judy Briskin Steven Gordon Jeanne Marks Avid Shooshani Andrea Cayton Debi Graboff Steven Nichols Glenn Sonnenberg Nancy Sher Cohen Russell Grossman z”l Ken Pressberg Michael Tuchin Jonathan Cookler Daniel Gryczman Reuben Robin Mark Weinstein Ari Eisenberg Kathy Guccione Marc Rohatiner Orna Wolens Shawn Evenhaim Michael Hackman Alan Rosen Michael Ziering z”l Of blessed memory 4 CARING FOR JEWS IN NEED WILDFIRE CRISIS RESPONSE Our Jewish community was devasted by the wildfires. Summer camps, schools, other community organizations, and thousands of families were impacted. When the flames rolled in and began to rob our families in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties of their homes and to destroy beloved fixtures of Jewish life, our Federation immediately stepped up. A call line was implemented along with free, in-person workshops, and case management sessions that showed our community we were there for them. Together with our partners, we delivered information and vital services that included counseling, financial and legal assistance, access to emergency loans, and social services. When disaster struck, we helped pick up the pieces for our Jewish community. 5 CARING FOR JEWS IN NEED UNISTREAM Young Israelis who grow up in the most impoverished neighborhoods have little hope for their futures and face significant challenges. They often have ideas without the support to make them a reality. Believing strongly that a lack of resources should never pose an impediment to success, our partnership with Unistream provides opportunity for teens in the periphery of Israel. The training in social entrepreneurship and the business skills they receive has a ripple effect, strengthening the teens themselves as well as their families and communities around them. In 2018, we helped the program grow to include 18 Entrepreneurship Centers in 60 municipalities and 2,500 youth and alumni participants. 6 CARING FOR JEWS IN NEED SAVE OUR SURVIVORS 3,000 Holocaust survivors who deserve to age gracefully and with dignity are living in poverty in our city. They endured the unimaginable, and to watch them suffer because they can’t get the help they need is devastating. We are doing everything we can to make sure they can age in dignity in their own homes. In 2018 through our Save Our Survivors campaign, we were able to provide 38,000 hours of vitally needed in-home services to the most vulnerable members of our community. We are especially grateful to the Goldstine and Orden families for their generous lead gifts to this important work. The Jewish Community Foundation provided a matching gift that has inspired generosity from our donors, many of whom are young adults. 7 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) Our Jewish communities are under attack and vulnerable. Security — for our families, ourselves, our communal institutions — is a Federation priority. That’s why it is a constant source of comfort to know that our Federation’s Community Security Initiative stands vigilant, 24 hours a day, to provide vital information, intelligence, security training, and resources before, during, and after a crisis. It is our Federation that ensures our Jewish community has what it needs to keep our synagogues, schools, and Jewish organizations safe from harm. CSI provided minute-by-minute lifesaving information to threatened Jewish sites and their leadership during the Woolsey Fire and answered over 100 requests for security assistance and information in the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue attack. Since the local wildfires, CSI has provided numerous security assessments, replacement equipment, and invaluable guidance to the displaced Jewish camps, synagogues, and day schools — proving time and time again that CSI is always there to prevent and protect. 8 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS TO ISRAEL We need educators to understand the climate on local college campuses as it relates to the conflicting narratives around Israel. For Jewish college students today, the stress of encountering anti-Semitic groups only adds to the standard academic pressure they face. Community Engagement’s job is to further strengthen our ongoing efforts to combat anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment on campus. To do this, the Federation took a cohort of university administrators to Israel to experience the Jewish story firsthand. The trip opened college administrators’ eyes to our struggle and helped us form allies. 9 ENSURING THE JEWISH FUTURE THE FIRST 36 PROJECT To build strong and resilient Jewish families with healthy children, we need to start at the beginning by finding the best ways to connect parents with their children. Building on our investment in families with young children, we collaborated with the Simms/Mann Institute and Builders of Jewish Education to create The First 36 Project. Examining cutting-edge neuroscience research through a Jewish lens, this state- of-the-art program’s select parent-and-me facilitators shape and disseminate professional guidance to parents. Facilitators conduct meaningful conversations with parents to offer them the best chance to raise resilient children. First 36 Project Fellows engage in cohort-based learning experiences and one-on-one coaching that elevate their impact on families with young children in their community. 10 ENSURING THE JEWISH FUTURE NUROOTS We are inspiring the younger generation to engage in Jewish life. Our NuRoots young adult engagement initiative continues to meet those in their 20s and 30s where they are to offer them meaningful and creative opportunities for self-discovery, Jewish life experiences, and Jewish community. In 2018, NuRoots touched over 5,000 L.A.-area young adults through one-on-one coffee meetings with NuRoots Fellows, local NuRoots community experiences, citywide festivals Infinite Light (Chanukah) and Collective Escape (Passover), and community-based immersive experiences including Birthright Israel LA Way, Honeymoon Israel LA, and a unique partnership with JDC Entwine. 11 2018 DISTRIBUTIONS & FUNDING Thanks to your generous support, The Jewish Federation makes a tangible impact in the lives of thousands of people in Los Angeles, Israel and around the world! Distribution of Revenue Total Pledges $ 47,845 Bequests and Grants $ 2,577 2018 Total Distribution Designated Gifts $ 183 Program & Service Other Revenues $ 1,301 ___________________________________________ Funding* Revenue $ 51,906 94% Other Sources of Cash $ 4,364 Management & Less: Cost of Fundraising $ (9 ,954 ) General Expense ___________________________________________ 6% Available for Distribution $ 46,316 Caring for Jews in Need $ 11,963 2018 Program & Service Funding Community Engagement $ 2,882 Ensuring the Caring for Ensuring the Jewish Future $ 28,522 ___________________________________________ Jewish Future Jews in Need Program & Service Funding* $ 43,367 66% 27% Community Management and General Expense $ 2,949 Engagement ___________________________________________ 7% Total Distributions