Jewish Federation Annual Report 2019 – 2020 | 5779 – 5780 COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT COMMUNITY OUR JEWISH BOARD CHAIR 3 COMMUNITY AND CEO REPORT JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH 30K Providing the Jewish community with stability and Highlights of that progress include achievements In addition, we worked with donors throughout the strong leadership through our community planning, in key areas, including those identified as being of year to generate special project funding—above and

PEOPLE fundraising, and convening roles took on a new level importance for strategic investment: Jewish education, beyond their Annual Campaign gifts—to support LIVE IN JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS IN of importance this year, as did our partnerships with community security and infrastructure. We launched high-priority community needs aligned with our 2020 35 local, national and international organizations. the Jewish Day School Council, chaired by Hodie Kahn, Strategic Priorities. Combined, the total generated this which will focus on sustainability of the day schools. fiscal year was over $10.3 million. While the 2019-2020 fiscal year began in typical Our Community Security Advisory Committee, chaired fashion, it concluded just weeks after COVID-19 The Jewish Community Foundation continues to play by Bernard Pinsky, helped secure over $225,000 from propelled our community into a “new normal.” Job an increasingly important role in our community, the Federal SIP program to support upgrades to our loss and isolation began to take a toll immediately, and we are very proud to see the impact they are partner agencies’ security. We also held security especially on those members of our community who making. The Foundation, in partnership with its fund training sessions for 160 community members. were already vulnerable. The demand for critical social holders, continued to provide critical funding to services surged, threatening to overwhelm front-line We were also very pleased to sign a memorandum address community needs today and into the future, agencies. In this region, already known for its high cost of understanding with the JCC to collaborate on distributing $2.7 million in grants. + JEWISH HOUSES SYNAGOGUES OF WORSHIPOF of living, those just able to get by were no longer able the proposed JCC site redevelopment plan, which New this year, was that together with our advocacy | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL to pay their rent or put meals on the table. is expected to be the largest investment the local agent, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, we Jewish community has ever made in a single project. In quick succession, nearly every local Jewish had the privilege of honouring the McLean family at In addition to the new JCC, the site redevelopment is organization was forced to close its doors, and the Words & Deeds Leadership Award Dinner. We expected to add new mixed-use rental housing units, many lost their primary sources of revenue. Schools, facilitated $450,000 in donations generated through expanded childcare, seniors’ services, cultural spaces synagogues, the Jewish Community Centre (JCC), the gala to support local and national advocacy 1,070 and amenities to the city. The JCC’s location in the

and others who could do so, began to deliver their activities. STUDENTS heart of Oakridge is central to the City of Vancouver’s programs online. ATTENDING Cambie Corridor Plan. Providing a full picture of the 2019-20 fiscal year We immediately began convening with 14 groups includes presenting our audited financial statements, Planning for our community’s future is an area of our 5 JEWISH DAY + of stakeholders representing the full breadth which will take place at our Annual General Meeting work that is critically important, and we are able to of community organizations to foster greater in September, after a delay due to COVID-19. They will 8 SUPPLEMENTARY undertake it successfully because of three factors. collaboration and innovative approaches, and to then be available on our website. First, we are in a unique position as an organization understand how best to address their most urgent not just to look ahead but to take a very broad view. While we typically look back in an Annual Report, SCHOOLS needs. Then, in the course of a week, we released Second, we bring together dozens of partners that this year we must also look ahead. Our community $505,000 to support immediate needs in the most each do important parts of the work. Third, we can will likely experience challenges, the likes of which critical areas, and provided initial funding to help our do work like this because donors support it—and we have not seen before. Jewish Federation’s central partner, Jewish Family Services, launch the Community JEWISH LIFE so much more—through the Federation Annual role working with our partners has never been more Care Hotline. IS THRIVING IN: Campaign. important. While our strong planning, convening and VANCOUVER The ways in which our partners were able to pivot to fundraising achievements position us and our partners Our fundraising efforts remained strong, with the RICHMOND continue to serve our community were extraordinary, for ongoing success, more resources will still be 2019 Annual Campaign, led by campaign chair and we are incredibly proud to support their work year needed to address increased community needs related BURNABY Jonathon Leipsic, generating over $8.9 million dollars. in and year out, as well as at this critical time. directly to COVID-19–and Jewish Federation will be NEW WESTMINSTER Funds raised in this campaign will be distributed FRASER VALLEY here to lead the way. The effects of COVID-19 will be felt for some time locally, nationally and in Israel during the 2021 NORTH SHORE to come, and the reality is that our community will allocations cycle, which will take place next summer. SQUAMISH likely look different when the pandemic subsides. This is part of the two-year local allocations cycle that MAPLE RIDGE Fortunately, Jewish Federation and our partners are we established after the 2008 economic downturn in LANGLEY prepared to lead a comprehensive response that order to provide greater predictability to our partners, WHITE ROCK addresses the added layer of needs resulting from and to provide a measure of protection in the event Alex Cristall Ezra S. Shanken COVID-19, while continuing to make progress on the of unanticipated fluctuations. Board Chair Chief Executive Officer SURREY community’s ongoing strategic priorities. TRI-CITIES AND MORE IMPACT SNAPSHOT 5

$11.1M TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR 2019/2020 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH

$6M 2018 FEDERATION NATIONAL: ANNUAL CAMPAIGN ALLOCATIONS* $462K

LOCAL: $3.2M ISRAEL & OVERSEAS: $2.3M

National Contribution Social Services – 29% to Projects in Israel – 51%

Israel Connection/ Jewish Education – 32% Gesher Chai – 15%

Leadership Building (includes Community Building – 10% Youth and Education) – 15% | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL

Community Building (includes Youth – 14% At-Risk Youth) – 10%

Seniors – 10% Social Services – 4%

Arts and Culture – 5% Overseas Communities in Need – 5%

$2.7M JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ENDOWMENTS Social Services – 21% GRANTS

Jewish Federation plays a unique role THIS PAST YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED: in the Jewish community through Annual Campaign – 13% Jewish Continuity – 17% Youth & Young Adults – 6% our ability to convene and facilitate INSPIRING INCLUSION GRANTS $12,500 a diverse group of stakeholders to Arts & Culture – 2% Jewish Education – 18% Scholarships – 16% Seniors – 7% Recipients were the JCC, Vancouver Hebrew Academy, Vancouver Talmud Torah, identify and respond to new and and the White Rock-South Surrey Jewish Community Centre. emerging needs and challenges. We are able to support and strengthen CONNECT ME IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANTS $25,000 our community engagement efforts through the distribution of a variety Support for regional community initiatives ranging from adult education classes of different types of micro-grants, to holiday events and summer activities. $2.4M SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING** which allow community organizations to pilot new approaches and enable COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANTS $7,500 us to extend our reach beyond our Support for grassroots initiatives like the Jewish Family Services client advisory group traditional partner agencies. LOCAL: 46% OVERSEAS: 54% Passover and Rosh Hashanah dinners, as well as events on university campuses. 4

*Funds from the 2018 Annual Campaign were allocated in the 2019-20 reporting year. **Represents commitments from donors. FUTURE IMPACT 7 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH RE-IMAGINING FOOD SECURITY

THE JEWISH FOOD CENTRE: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

As the community’s central planning, convening and fundraising organization, we are in the unique position of being able

to identify and invest in areas of | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL long-term strategic importance to our community—and to bring together the partners who will do the work and create the change

we need to ensure our community work by the Task Force, led by co- With funds from the Diamond continues to thrive. chairs, Renée Katz and Stan Shaw. Foundation and the Jewish Community The Task Force reviewed food security Foundation, we contracted with food The region’s extremely high cost of strategies to ensure dignity and choice security consultant, Ilana Labow, to living has an acute impact on low- JCC SITE REDEVELOPMENT for people in need, while raising develop a plan of action. The next income families and the working awareness about healthy food options. phase is an implementation strategy, poor. When community members the development of which is already can’t afford to participate in Jewish To achieve this, the Task Force HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP. and our impact, and to leave a legacy Should the redevelopment move underway. recommended the establishment of a HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. for our community, for the city, and for forward as proposed, it is expected programs or provide their children the region. to be the largest investment the local with a Jewish education because all of Jewish food centre, where community Read more on our website at Jewish Federation is proud to Jewish community has ever made in their income is spent on the essentials, members would have access to jewishvancouver.com. The proposed JCC site redevelopment have signed a memorandum of a single project. The JCC undertook such as food and rent, our community healthy and affordable food and a is expected to result in a new understanding (MOU) to collaborate extensive community and public is negatively impacted. range of services in one place. 200,000 square foot state-of- with the Jewish Community Centre consultations, and Vancouver City the-art recreational, cultural and This is why we are committed of Greater Vancouver (JCC) on the Council unanimously approved the community centre with new childcare to leading the development and proposed redevelopment of their site. rezoning. The planning stages of the spaces, more services for seniors, an implementation of a holistic and project have received support from As one of the most diverse community expanded space for the Vancouver coordinated response to food the provincial government and private centres in the region, the JCC plays Holocaust Education Centre, a new insecurity. donors. Commitments from both important roles both within and theatre and more. The new JCC is within and beyond our community, Our work began with the Affordability beyond the Jewish community. Our expected to continue to be a hub for including from the government, will Summit, which resulted in the Food shared goals are to ensure that the JCC more than 15 not-for-profit community need to fall into place before we can Security Task Force that we led jointly continues to be as strong as possible organizations, as well as the arts realize this vision. with Jewish Family Services (JFS). This for the generations that come after us, and cultural, aquatics, and fitness collaborative approach resulted in to develop a strong community core programs that are such important exceptional, and ultimately prescient, 6 that will enable us to extend our reach parts of the JCC experience. EMERGENCY IMPACT 9 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH COVID-19 INVESTING STRATEGICALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY FUNDING Jewish Federation’s unique role as the central planning and fundraising organization for the The first few weeks of COVID-19 Jewish community positions us were some of the most to invest strategically in areas challenging ever experienced by that are vital to building a strong our community. Our Community community. Affairs team worked closely ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL with our partner agencies and JEWISH EDUCATION to the council as they consider new our director of community security, communal leaders to assess the Our work on ways of supporting funding models. has become a trusted advisor to our impact on vulnerable community community agencies on security Jewish day schools continued this past In response to the day schools’ issues, as well as a vital link between members and community year. The need to find a viable model concerns about the challenges of the Jewish community and local law organizations. In response, Jewish to support the financial sustainability recruiting qualified Judaics teachers, enforcement. This past year, over 15 of our schools was made even more we have also received a grant from Federation released $505,000 to different training sessions on a range critical with the unfortunate closure the Jewish Community Foundation of topics were conducted with front- address the immediate needs of of the Pacific Torah Institute last to develop and pilot an initiative to line staff, community volunteers, and community members and the local June. Our Jewish Day School Council, increase the recruitment and retention »» Jewish Family Services. »» Supplementary Schools. communal leaders. chaired by Hodie Kahn, began its work of experienced educators. partner agencies who serve them, $170,000. Food security, $24,000. Transition in the summer of 2019 by contracting One highlight was having the largest financial assistance for to online learning. many of which were hit hard. with the Koschitzky Centre for Jewish number of community organizations seniors, housing support COMMUNITY SECURITY Education to undertake a benchmark receive federal government funding and counselling services. »» Kehila Society of Richmond. study on the costs of Jewish education Community security continues to $6,500. Emergency to support their security upgrades. for each of our five schools. This be an essential priority for Jewish »» Jewish Community Centre. food distribution. Other highlights include hosting information will provide essential data Federation. Daniel Heydenrych-Davis, $130,000. Program subsidies, an appreciation dinner for local daycare scholarships, »» Jewish Seniors Alliance’s Peer law enforcement at Beth Israel and seniors services. Counselling Services. $5,500. synagogue and increasing evacuation Emotional support for seniors. and lockdown drills for larger »» Tikva Housing. $30,000. Jewish institutions. In response to Help for community members »» Jewish Overnight Camps. emerging needs, our Community unable to pay their rent. $24,000. Help with increased Security Advisory Committee also costs due to COVID-19. expanded its scope by establishing »» Jewish Day Schools. $115,000. a new subcommittee on cyber- Tuition deferrals for families security and privacy protection. This in financial difficulty. subcommittee is developing policies and protocols to increase protection for our community agencies online as This support is an important first step, but more funds will be needed well as in person. 8 to address the long-term impact of COVID-19 on our community. 11 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH CLOSING THE FUNDING GAP TO ADDRESSING NEW AND MEET ONGOING COMMUNITY NEEDS EVOLVING COMMUNITY NEEDS

In combination with special $3,228,605 LOCAL FUNDING BREAKDOWN BY ENVELOPE Many of our strategic priorities In collaboration with the JCC, we CHANGING LANDSCAPES launched Ofek, a weekly after-school FORUM: INNOVATIVE project funding and grant are being undertaken over a program for children six to eight SOCIAL SERVICES $939,915 YOUTH $460,700 HOUSING CHOICES programs, allocations from Basic Resources $377,000 Camperships 60,000 period of several years, starting in years old that is conducted entirely Recognizing that “ageing in place” is a the Annual Campaign play an Core Grant $95,000 Hillel 226,400 2016. Below are highlights of our in Hebrew and uses Israeli culture and history to expand participants’ crucial priority for many older adults, important role in empowering Counselling $91,500 JCC Child and Youth Programs 64,300 progress this year. Employment Services $34,000 JCC Youth Services 25,000 knowledge of Jewish values and the theme of this year’s Changing our partners to address Landscapes forum was innovative Housing Coordinator $56,000 Jewish Federation — Next Generation 85,000 traditions. Thirteen children attend PLANNING AND housing choices. One highlight | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL community needs. Immigrant Financial Aid $28,350 the weekly sessions on a regular or SENIORS $304,760 frequent basis. was keynote speaker and adjunct Inclusion Services $34,685 COMMUNITY Home Care $22,000 professor of gerontology, Dan Levitt, JCC Childcare Subsidies $9,080 ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL Jewish Family Services — Seniors $94,750 who spoke about numerous social JCC Program Subsidies $38,800 This past year, the council reviewed JCC — Seniors $48,700 and technological advances designed Mental Health Services $55,000 the Food Security Task Force’s Kehila — Seniors Wellness $35,250 to maintain the independence and Settlement and Imigration $20,000 recommendations, provided input Kehila — Food Delivery $7,560 well being of older adults. Over the Low Cost Counselling $9,500 for the design of a community survey We also developed JSprouts, a new Jewish Seniors Alliance — Advocacy $7,500 next year, the forum planning group Tikva Housing $73,000 on the needs of older adults, and after school program offered in the Jewish Seniors Alliance — will transition into a coordinating Yaffa Housing Society $18,000 public school system. This weekly Peer Counselling $22,000 discussed key trends arising from the committee to provide input and program for students six to eight years L‘Chaim Adult Day Care $59,000 updated demographic data. Council direction to Jewish Federation’s JEWISH EDUCATION $1,038,700 old introduces them to Jewish culture Richmond Bus $8,000 members also continue to receive Planning Council on issues related to Classroom Assistants $13,500 and traditions through storytelling, regular updates from the Regional older adults. Day Schools $816,000 ARTS AND CULTURE $160,105 Communities and Jewish Education music and arts and crafts. We are RJDS Community Program $9,500 JCC Cultural Arts $40,000 and Facilitating Inclusion committees. grateful to the Levine family for their Day School Special Needs $70,000 Jewish Film Festival $10,000 The council is composed of four support of these innovative initiatives. JCC Education & Israel Engagement $17,700 Jewish Museum Outreach $25,300 regular members, along with the PJ Library $25,000 Community Archives $17,250 chairs of all current task forces and Supplementary Schools $87,000 Rothstein Theatre $15,000 subcommittees. Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre COMMUNITY BUILDING $324,425 — Commerative Programs $13,000 Burquest $22,000 Holocaust Symposia $12,000 COMPLEMENTARY East Side Jews $5,000 Pedagogical Resources $3,000 JEWISH EDUCATION JCC Core Grant $172,000 Waldman Library $24,555 We continued our focus on innovation JCC Community $69,500 in part-time Jewish education by Peretz Centre $20,000 inviting Yonah Schiller, executive White Rock Jewish Community $26,425 director of Tulane Hillel, to run Connect Me In $9,500 seminars with 15 supplementary school educators on “Design Theory with a Jewish Twist.”

10 ADDRESSING AND NEW EVOLVING COMMUNITY NEEDS, CONT’D 13 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH COMMUNITY SURVEY ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OLDER ADULTS

In collaboration with the six organizations that serve older adults in our community and the Louis Brier With innovative programs NETWORKING SERIES Mayor Avihai Shtern, a walking city redevelopment team, we designed tour with young leaders from Kiryat Axis launched an initiative to and distributed a community survey to developed for young adults by Shmona, and meetings with Israeli provide young adults with valuable seek ideas and input from older adults, young adults, Jewish Federation is CEOs who shared their personal opportunities to expand their family members, and community providing Millennials a platform leadership journeys and insights into professional networks with some of stakeholders on key priorities for the issues facing communities in Israel. to build the community they the most prominent entrepreneurs seniors’ programs and services. in our community. In this series The survey results, which will be want to see. of events, over 100 young adults released later this year, will provide “My husband and I are came together to hear visionary

a framework for the planning and newcomers from Israel and | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL BEN GURION SOCIETY businessmen, such as Gary Lenett and distribution of funds. This year, we successfully re-launched Daniel Frankel, and discuss leadership, shortly after our arrival to the Ben Gurion Society (BGS), a business strategies, and the Vancouver we discovered Axis CONNECT ME IN importance of productive relationships recognition program for young and its amazing events and We expanded our community- adults who donate $1,000 or more with stakeholders and the community. leadership. The Axis committee building efforts to the North Shore to the Federation Annual Campaign. and developed a partnership with During our inaugural event, two BUILDING A welcomed me with open community leaders, Jonathon Leipsic the North Shore Shabbat Group BRIDGE TO ISRAEL arms and I became one of and congregations Har El and Or and Shawna Merkur, inspired over the volunteer leaders. Axis Shalom. Together, we now facilitate 20 BGS members with insights into Axis has also been actively fostering monthly community Shabbats, and, their leadership journeys. BGS events connections between young adults events and activities allowed in partnership with PJ Library, we provide opportunities for young and Israel in collaboration with Jewish us to meet new people and to donors to build lifelong friendships Federation’s Israel and Overseas offer a popular toddler circle time. Connect Me In also developed Our Way, a program fueled by the start building our community Department. Examples include Connect Me In is also working closely collaborations and led Jewish Harold Grinspoon Foundation. and discover Jewish leadership and discussions with prominent leaders here and I am grateful for the with Congregation Har El to organize programming across the region, philanthropy while fostering a strong We continued to work with from our partnership region, such as Jewish holiday events and other including in White Rock/South Surrey, group of future community leaders. chance to be a part of this community partners to offer high- activities on the North Shore. Langley, Tsawwassen/North Delta quality and engaging programming, community!” Our work continued in the Tri-Cities and Squamish. including our annual Swim and ALUMA ZWEIFLER with the establishment of the Regional Havdalah and Spring into Shabbat. Community Hebrew School—a PJ LIBRARY For the first time, we offered Get collaboration with Chabad, Aleph Together Grants funded by the Harold PJ Library continued to grow, with in the Tri-Cities, and the Burquest Grinspoon Foundation, so PJ Library 1,050 local children aged six months Jewish Community Association. families could apply to receive $100 to eight years old now receiving the micro-grants to encourage them to gift of high-quality, age-appropriate “Do Jewish” such as have Shabbat Jewish children’s books and music dinners and Hanukkah parties with on a monthly basis. For the second other young families. For many year, older siblings aged nine to 11 families this was the first time they years old can receive Jewish-themed hosted other families in their homes chapter books and engage in an online Yael Segal and Becky Glotman, for a Jewish celebration. co-chairs of the Ben Gurion 12 community of their peers through PJ Society, generously hosted a Shabbat dinner for young donors. 15 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH ISRAEL & UPPER GALILEE GLOBAL JEWISH PARTNERSHIP REGION COMMUNITIES IN NEED

Since the mid-1990s, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver has strategically invested funds to strengthen our partnership region in Helping Jews in need—wherever the Upper Galilee Panhandle (Etzbah HaGalil) through education and they may live—is a responsibility social welfare programs, capital projects and regional development. ParTyLV MEGA EVENT we take seriously. Together, with Through our Gesher Chai (Living Bridge) programs, we promote global our partner the Joint Distribution The Mega Event brought together more Jewish identity and unity through people-to-people connections between than 120 young adults, many of whom Committee, we are changing ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL Canadian and Galilee Panhandle residents. are Birthright alumni, for a night of fun lives and helping communities and friends, where they reconnected thrive in Far East Russia through NET@ JUNIOR MOBILE Ethiopian participants to promote a with community and with each other. heterogeneous environment where This year we partnered with Jewish Jewish renewal and community Net@ Junior addresses the absence individuals from diverse communities Federation’s young adults program, development programs. of tech programming in Kiryat will learn, work and grow together. Axis, as well as Hillel BC, JQT and the Shmona and provides participants It also provides Ethiopian participants Department for Diaspora Affairs of aged 10–14 with technical, REACHING OUT TO with mentorship and support to WZO, Canadian Zionist Federation, Despite their difficulties, Gleb’s Nikita stands out. Their father’s programming, mathematical and THE MOST DISTRESSED increase retention and successful which played a significant role on the mother is intent on giving him a good withdrawal is, unfortunately, all too English skills. The program provides FAMILIES completion of the Net@ program. ground with Israel themed activities education. Now a second-grader, Gleb typical of families having a child with participants with the necessary and learning stations. The event was Through our partner, the Joint goes to music school where he learns disabilities. technical background to succeed sponsored by Israel Experience Distribution Committee (JDC), we classical guitar, attends choreography when they move into the regular Krasnoyarsk’s Hesed provides much- and Masa Israel Journey. focus on areas where we can have the lessons, paints and enjoys school clubs Net@ program in high school. By needed relief in the form of food, bank most impact by providing financial, and after-school activities. Thanks to exposing pupils to technical terms cards, and winter relief to offset sub-zero emotional and moral support for the Hesed—a JDC program—he receives and practices from a younger age, winter temperatures. JDC-supported most distressed Jewish families in the clothes and footwear the family would their chances to excel in the four-year programs enable Gleb to benefit from Former Soviet Union. otherwise struggle to afford. Net@ program dramatically increase. Jewish community programming and Here is Gleb’s story: Gleb and Nikita are fortunate to have people who are understanding of the been born to a devoted mother. The family’s struggles and potential and ETHIOPIAN INTEGRATION It is hard to imagine what life would loving home Gleb’s mother provides can offer guidance and friendship. INTO NET@ be like for the Neskuba family without sits in stark contrast to the outside JDC’s support. Gleb is eight years old. We believe that helping families like From economic disadvantages to world. Since his parents separated, He lives in a two-bedroom apartment the Neskubas find a warm welcome in deep-seated marginalization, children Gleb’s father has not had a permanent in Krasnoyarsk with his mother and the heart of the Jewish community will of Ethiopian origin in Israel must job and provides negligible support. 19-year-old brother, Nikita, who has have additional emotional benefits by overcome significant disadvantages. autism. His mother cannot take a full- Added to the family’s dire financial replacing their social isolation with a Net@ Junior aims to increase the time job as she devotes much of her straits are troubling social stigma feeling of belonging. This community percentage of Ethiopian students who time to Nikita’s care. Her only monthly relating to Nikita’s condition. In Russia, connection is set to impact their receive high-tech skills in advanced income is the meagre $139 she earns where tremendous discrimination still lives well beyond our targeted care Net@ programs. The program as a librarian in an orphanage. surrounds children with disabilities, intervention. includes both Ethiopian and non- 14 GENERATING THE RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITY 17

$10.3 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY Amplify your impact. VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH

Since launching our 2020 Strategic Priorities, Jewish Federation has focused on diversifying our revenue streams in order to deliver on these priorities, which represent the strategic agenda of the community. This approach has been a key factor in enhancing the innovative ways in which we work with our partners and donors to address ongoing, new and evolving community needs.

This year’s $10.3 million total includes the 2019 Federation Annual Campaign and the funds generated by working throughout the year with donors who have the ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL capacity to make additional gifts to fund specific programs that meet high-priority community needs. Contributions to endowment funds at the Jewish Community Foundation are reported separately, since the Foundation’s focus is to build relationships over the long term rather than on annual giving.

$8.9 MILLION 2019 FEDERATION ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

The Federation Annual Campaign is to generation—by supporting our our community’s central fundraising community through every phase of life: initiative. It supports critical programs from increasing subsidies for Jewish and services delivered by 35 partner childcare, to ongoing support for those agencies locally, national, and in our living in poverty, to resources for seniors. partnership region in Israel. Under the leadership of Jonathon Leipsic, Our donors help us bring to life the the 2019 Federation Annual Campaign value of l’dor v’dor—from generation generated over $8.9 million.

Here is a general breakdown of the funds Campaign commitments to The unrestricted funds raised in this raised: support programs that meet high campaign will be distributed during the priority community needs; and 2021 allocations cycle, which will take »» $7.9 million in unrestricted funds place next summer. This is part of the to support programs and services »» $40,000 to support the work two-year local allocations cycle that we locally, nationally and in Israel of specific agencies from established after the 2008 economic through the allocations process; donors directing a portion of downturn in order to provide greater their increased gifts through predictability to our partners, and to »» $1 million in special project our Plus Giving program. provide a measure of protection in the funding from donors who give event of unanticipated fluctuations. 16 above and beyond their Annual GENERATING THE RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITY 19 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH $1.4 MILLION IN SPECIAL In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, donors q The Arnold and Anita Silber THE JEWISH PROJECT FUNDING TO supported projects that include Theatre — Official Opening supplemental Jewish education, MEET HIGH-PRIORITY Arnold and Anita Silber have long COMMUNITY funding to Jewish Family Services COMMUNITY NEEDS supported our work in our partnership to expand their food hubs, and our FOUNDATION region of the Galilee Panhandle, As we continue to develop and regional communities outreach. and Anita has served on our Israel OF GREATER strengthen our relationships with our Collaborating with our partners to and Overseas Affairs Committee partners and donors, and expand the VANCOUVER generate the special project funding for several years. Together, they ways in which we work together, our they need to deliver programs and have developed a deep connection With nearly $65 million in ability to generate special project services that meet urgent community with and understanding of the funding has grown, too. As a result, assets and over 300 endowment needs continues to prove increasingly region. Recognizing that Tel-Hai is these donors play an instrumental role funds under management, the important. It often results in our partners a significant economic driver in the in supporting projects that meet high- receiving an additional layer of funding region led them to fund this legacy Jewish Community Foundation priority needs in our local community on top of what they receive through the project and lend their name to it — and in our partnership region in Israel. is the centre for philanthropy | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL Annual Campaign allocations process. something they took very seriously. and legacy giving in the Jewish community.

This year, the Foundation distributed “Growing the unrestricted assets of “Especially during uncertain times, $2.7 million dollars in grants the Foundation enables us to address knowing that our endowment fund is through funds supporting a broad urgent needs, like those we are facing expertly managed by the Foundation range of organizations, programs now due to COVID-19, and to get gave us the confidence and security to and services. The stable funding critical funds out into our community focus on what we do best—delivering provided by these grants is critical where they are needed most, when services that inspire, educate and to maintaining the continuity of they are needed most,” said Shannon entertain.” said Robert Albanese, important services provided by the Gorski, chair of the Foundation’s Grant executive and artistic director of the charitable organizations that so many Distribution Committee. Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. of us, especially during times like Unrestricted funds also support the The Jewish Community Foundation, these, depend upon. “Through funds Foundation’s Grant Program, which in partnership with its fund holders, managed by the Foundation for our this year awarded grants to address a provides critical funding to our fund holders, we ensure our ability wide range of emerging community community that enables us to address to weather our current tough times, needs, ranging from a Holocaust and the needs we have today, while and be a source of stability for future anti-Semitism education initiative, ensuring our community has what is generations,” said Diane Switzer, chair to the upgrade of a Jewish summer required to sustain us in the future. of the Jewish Community Foundation. camp’s water supply system. Unrestricted funds in particular Institutional Endowment Funds, can have a significant impact in our like the one established this year by community and are more important the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, than ever, as they provide the provide a stable and long-term Foundation the flexibility to respond source of funding for the charitable quickly to unforeseen challenges organizations in our community, like the unprecedented ones we are providing them the resources currently facing. necessary to carry out their mission for generations to come. 18 GOVERNANCE FEDERATION Dan Yom Ha’atzmaut Shira Van Den Berg MARKETING AND 21 ANNUAL Geoffrey Druker, Committee Garry Zlotnik COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN Alain Guez & David Linde Chair Ex Officio Al Szajman COMMITTEE Pam Wolfman Alex Cristall, Board Chair Alvin Wasserman Ezra S. Shanken, CEO Working Cabinet Young Adult Members Neal Chark JEWISH General Chair Philanthropy Grant Distribution Geoffrey Druker FEDERATION Jonathon Leipsic Young Adult Committee Leadership Axis Sharon Goldman SENIOR VANCOUVER GREATER OF FEDERATION JEWISH Immediate Past Chair Chair Steering Committee Katia Hessel MANAGEMENT Alex Cristall Shannon Gorski Chair Sagit Kotik Chief Executive Officer Major Gifts Co-Chairs Members Lianna Philipp Sigal Mathews Ezra S. Shanken Shay (Shy) Keil Roberta Beiser Members Cheryl Milner Vice President, & Lana Pulver Rob Greenwald Deborah Youngson Planning, Allocations Bar Abudi Candace Kwinter Men’s Philanthropy Lucy Adirim and Community Affairs Co-Chairs Yom HaZikaron Stacey Silber Leat Ahrony Committee Shelley Rivkin Michael Averbach Daniel Steiner Jared Bernstein Chair Shira Van Den Berg Executive Director, & Daniel Dodek Jewish Community Courtney Cohen Geoffrey Druker Campaign Advisor Investment Foundation Daniel Frankel Alvin Wasserman Members Committee Marcie Flom Jack Goihman Or Aharony Agency Liaison Chair Vice President, Kaylee Goldsmith Ofir Gady Martin Gerber Marketing and Catherine Epstein Anna Golod Shlomo Laniado Communications Marketing Chair Ariel Lioznyansky Members Elad Pelleg Becky Saegert Al Szajman Rob Greenwald Grace Miller-Day Yair Tabenkin Jeremiah Katz Vice President, Canvasser Tatyana Mordkovich Dina Wachtel

Operations | 5779/80 2019/20 REPORT ANNUAL Development Kyra Morris Horatio Kemeny Jeff Balin Susan Hector Corin Neuman March of the Living Jeff Klein Committee BOARD OF BOARD OF Bernard Pinsky Local Allocations Eli Mann Women’s Philanthropy Tomer Zazkis Candace Kwinter Chair DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Lois Raphael Committee Terry Yung Lion of Judah Co-Chairs Aluma Zweifler Reicher Livia Mahler Charlotte Katzen David Albert Joseph Segal Chair Dalia Bressler Daniel Pekarsky Officers Regional Communities Ben Gurion Society & Candice Thal Members Harry Satanove Bruce Cohen Diane Switzer David Albert Committee Steering Committee Board Chair Malcolm Weinstein Team Captains Dvori Balshine Perry Teperson Jim Crooks Members Chair Chairs Alex Cristall Bob Willmot Alex Buckman Catherine Epstein Andrew Altow Marnie Goldberg Zohar Becky Glotman Foundation Staff Vice Chair Ted Zacks Barbara Duncan Jessica Forman Catherine Epstein Catherine Epstein & Yael Segal Executive Director Penny Gurstein Members Mike Grudman Marnie Goldberg Garry Zlotnik Stephen Glanzberg & Lindsay Isserow Marcie Flom David Albert Members Charlotte Katzen Secretary Penny Gurstein Jack Goihman Finance Committee Deborah Folka Sapphire Lucy Adirim Director Bruce Cohen Karen James Adele Lewin Simon Margolis Renée Katz Laura Braude Chair Marv Stern Micah Stern Sarah Shaffer Treasurer Rick Kohn Bev Phillip & Pamela Wolfman Jim Crooks Laura Zitron Susan Siklos Administrative Jim Crooks Candace Kwinter Noah Shipman Committee Members Opal ISRAEL AND Coordinator Jonathon Leipsic Jewish Education Steve Whiteside Immediate Past Chair Shaina Stuart Beverly Davis Wendy Finlayson Paulina Ergas Committee OVERSEAS Karen James Simon Margolis Boris Tabakman Michael Fugman & Heather Sirlin AFFAIRS Lianna Philipp Kara Zucker Chair JEWISH CEO Topaz DEPARTMENT Rick Kohn Eleanor Braude COMMUNITY Ezra S. Shanken Melanie Samuels Ron Rozen Food Security Lisa Marcoe & Chair Gary Segal Members FOUNDATION Aaron Saks Task Force Deborah Setton-Tabenkin Candace Kwinter Marvin Stern Anne Andrew Governors EXECUTIVE Daniel Steiner Chairs Diane Switzer Maggie Karpolovsky Men’s Philanthropy Members COMMITTEE Renée Katz & Stan Shaw Chair Pamela Wolfman Tracy Ames Astrid Lubinesky Team Captains Diane Switzer Board Chair PLANNING & Members Geoffrey Druker Honourary Chairs Ginaya Peters Maimonides Alex Cristall ALLOCATIONS Sandra Bressler Stephen Gaerber Members Emeritus Adam Korbin Immediate Past Steven Glanzberg Day School Council Karen James Jody Dales Sam Belzberg z’l Planning and & Matthew Ross Board Chair Frieda Miller Chair Stephen Gaerber Jonathan Berkowitz Community Charlotte Katzen Karen James Diane Switzer Hodie Kahn Judah Martin Gerber Robert Coleman z’l Engagement Council Josh Kleinman Jewish Community Jeffrey Klein Jeffrey Goldberg Gordon Diamond Chair Community Security Members Irv Laskin Foundation Chair Benyamin Shannon Gorski Arnie Fine Stan Shaw Committee Mark James Michael Moscovich Diane Switzer Shay Keil Andrew Altow Rob Greenwald Dennis Frankenburg z’l Members Chair Michelle Pollock Vice-Chair Ken Miller & Allon Shapiro Jeff Klein Michael Fugman Lisa Boroditsky Bernard Pinsky Harley Rothstein Penny Gurstein Joseph Drory Rozen Judi Korbin Stephen Gaerber Jill Diamond Members Members-At-Large Lee Cohene, Anita Silber Risa Levine Sondi Green Marnie Goldberg Jonathan Ames David Albert Jeff Lowenstein Pam Wolfman Lisa Pullan Mitchell Gropper Renée Katz Geoffrey Druker Catherine Epstein & Todd Thal Ted Zacks Stacey Silber Peter Oreck Heather Sirlin Dr. Michael Elterman Jim Crooks Daniel Steiner Daniel Pekarsky Noemi Gal-Or 20 Candace Kwinter Perry Teperson IN RECOGNITION OUR PARTNERS OF

Jewish Federation provides essential funding for critical social services offered by our partner agencies. Among these are programs that support seniors, Jewish education, community building, arts and culture, and vital services for youth and young adults. The following agencies receive support through the Federation Annual Campaign, our community’s central fundraising initiative.

SOCIAL SERVICES: Jewish Family Services, Tikva Housing Society, Yaffa Housing Society; SENIOR SERVICES: Jewish Seniors Alliance, Kehila Society of Richmond, L’Chaim Adult Day Centre; COMMUNITY BUILDING: Burquest Jewish Community Association, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, White Rock/South Surrey Jewish Community Centre; JEWISH EDUCATION: Supplementary (Part-Time) Programs – Beth Israel Hebrew School, Beth Tikvah Hebrew School, Har El/North Shore Hebrew School, Or Shalom Religious School, Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, Regional Communities Hebrew School, Schara Tzedeck Supplementary School, Temple Sholom Religious School, Torah High, White Rock/South Surrey Jewish Community Centre; Day Schools – King David High School, Richmond Jewish Day School, Shalhevet Girls High School, Vancouver Hebrew Academy, Vancouver Talmud Torah; YOUTH: Camp Hatikvah, Camp Solomon Schechter, Habonim-Dror Camp Miriam, Hillel BC; ARTS AND CULTURE: Jewish Museum and Archives of BC, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Vancouver Jewish Film Centre; NATIONAL PARTNERS: Canada Israel Experience, Coast-to-Coast Partnership2Gether, Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA; ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS PARTNERS: Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Keren Hayesod; DOMESTIC AND ISRAEL ADVOCACY: The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)

22 JEWISH FEDERATION GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES ITS CORPORATE SPONSORS: