a year like no other - juf
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J E W I S H F E D E R AT I O N o f C H I C AG O
2021A N N U A L R E P O R T
During an intense
and difficult year
that tested our
Jewish community’s
commitment,
creativity and
resilience, Jewish
Chicago rose to meet
every challenge.
If this year was unprecedented, so was Jewish Chicago’s generosity.
Fueled by the community’s generous support of the JUF Annual Campaign, the Jewish United Fund/Jewish
Federation of Chicago rose to meet the intense challenges of a year unlike any other.
Together, we delivered wide-ranging COVID relief throughout the community, rushed support to the people of
Israel in a time of crisis, battled a frightening surge in antisemitism—and still forged innovative ways to engage the
next generations in Jewish life, community, and identity.
The strength of the JUF Annual Campaign makes everything we do possible. We are grateful to each and every
individual donor and corporate partner. Their commitment is the cornerstone of JUF/Federation’s multi-faceted
resource development efforts. The Annual Campaign is complemented by grants from foundations, the government,
and United Way, plus distributions from Donor Advised Funds and Supporting Foundations. Generous bequests
and endowment gifts further strengthen the foundation on which future generations will build.
All told, our community’s incredible collective generosity fueled allocations and expenses of $277,392,148 during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.
Highlights include: $32,999,258 through the Jewish Federation of Chicago to fund local human services and
$24,586204 to fund Jewish education, continuity, identity-building, outreach and advocacy programs; $30,
469,747 through the Jewish United Fund devoted to help millions of Jews in Israel and 70 countries worldwide;
$13,536,244 of COVID relief grants, and $119,503,722 allocated to charitable ventures worldwide in partnership
with our 1,000+ Donor Advised Funds and Supporting Foundations.
With these funds, JUF provided humanitarian aid to 500,000 Chicagoans of all faiths and millions of Jews across
the globe at an enormously challenging time.
We fought for Israel. And against antisemitism.
We created exciting Jewish experiences for children, teens and young families, strengthening their Jewish identity.
We provided young adults with multiple points of entry and opportunities for personal growth when they needed
it most.
Together, we ensured that our community was cared for and emerged from the pandemic healthy and strong.
Jewish life in Chicago is thriving—and we can look ahead to the future with excitement and optimism.
Lonnie NasatirPresident
Pam Friend SzokolBoard Chair
DURING AN INTENSE AND DIFFICULT YEAR that
tested our Jewish community’s commitment, creativity
and resilience, Jewish Chicago rose to meet every
challenge.
When COVID-19 transformed life as we knew it,
creating human needs greater in scope than we had
seen in our lifetime, JUF swiftly became a lifeline for tens
of thousands of people.
When children were hungry, JUF fed them.
When families needed emergency cash for rent, JUF
delivered extra funds.
When health care workers and caregivers required
PPE to care for the sick and elderly, JUF supplied it.
When months of isolation and worry took a toll on
people’s emotional health, JUF put more resources into
mental health services.
When Jewish schools, camps and human service
agencies needed safety upgrades to re-open, JUF
funded those upgrades.
And when many vital Jewish institutions faced
frightening revenue shortfalls, JUF sent them emergency
operating support to keep the lights on.
All told, during the fiscal year and in the surrounding
months, JUF delivered an additional $21.6 million,
above and beyond annual support, for emergency
COVID-relief grants across the community in five
critical areas (called out to the right).
This support—provided above and beyond JUF’s
annual allocations—stabilized our community at a
time of dire need and served as investment in our
community’s future.
All the while, JUF and our family of partner agencies
still met daily human needs and engaged people Jewishly.
2021H I G H L I G H T S
in emergency financial assistance
to help 37,000 people pay for
housing, food and other essentials
$6.7 M I L L I O N
in increased support via food
pantries and meal programs
to help feed 45,000 people
$2.6 M I L L I O N
in health and safety upgrades
allowing schools, camps and agencies
to re-open and operate safely
$4.4 M I L L I O N
to expand mental health programs
and other intensive social service
$2.2 M I L L I O N
in technical assistance and
emergency operating funds to help
all types of Jewish institutions to fill
the gap between revenue shortfalls
and increased expenses
$5.7 M I L L I O N
THE PANDEMIC CREATED SPECIAL CHALLENGES in
caring for seniors, and CJE SeniorLife sustained their
clients’ physical and mental health, beginning with
scrupulously safeguarding those living in its residential
facilities. CJE also found creative ways to keep seniors
emotionally and socially engaged, from streaming
Shabbat services and virtual field trips to developing
activity kits for homebound clients and checking in
daily with Holocaust survivors.
JCFS Chicago expanded its emergency financial
assistance and mental health services, incorporating
telehealth options, and grew its programming for
people with disabilities, adding virtual experiences to
help participants maintain a sense of community and
connection during the pandemic and beyond.
JCC Chicago kicked off Camp Chi’s Centennial
celebration, capping a year in which they worked
tirelessly to safely offer in-person Jewish summer
camps and early childhood education.
Our community’s Jewish day schools similarly adapted
seamlessly to every scenario as it unfolded, ensuring
students received whatever support they needed to
thrive academically, socially and emotionally—whether
in remote, in-person or hybrid settings.
JUF Young Families offered many programs online and
then in-person, including virtual jBaby support groups
for new parents and PJ Library events and activity kits
to celebrate holidays and Jewish values. JUF Teens took
its service learning and leadership programming online
and even brought teens together for pop-up virtual
giving circles to provide COVID relief.
To engage more members of the next generation in
meaningful Jewish experiences, JUF doubled our Base
program from two Chicago locations to four. Serving as
pluralistic hubs for Jewish life, each Base is anchored
by rabbis-in-residence and their families, who open
their doors to provide a welcoming space for young
people to experience Judaism together. Chicago is now
home to Silverstein Base in Lincoln Park and the new
Base in Logan Square, which serve college students,
plus Base West Loop and the new Doppelt Base in
Andersonville, which serve young adults.
Even as we made these exciting investments in the
Jewish future, JUF remained poised to mobilize in
moments of crisis—which we were compelled to do
again in May, when Hamas launched intensive rocket
attacks against Israel.
As Israel endured thousands of terrorist missiles, JUF
swiftly advanced $1 million to address humanitarian
needs on the ground, including intensive assistance
for traumatized children and families, people with
disabilities, Holocaust survivors and new immigrants.
We also sent an additional $625,000 in emergency
grants for bombing victims and other urgent needs.
In the wake of the conflict with Hamas, a wave of
anti-Jewish hate swept the globe, demonstrating that
in today’s world, the boundaries between anti-Zionism
and antisemitism have been erased. In the months
since, as incidents of anti-Jewish hate continued to
escalate, JUF doubled down on our efforts to galvanize
our community—and to expose and fight antisemitism
in all its forms.
JUF utilized our social media presence to fight
antisemitism and promote Jewish pride—and helped to
identify and shut down hate speech and discrimination
against Jews in Facebook groups. JUF leaders took to
the airwaves, speaking out against antisemitism on
major media outlets across the metropolitan area
and successfully calling out incidents of biased local
coverage.
We engaged with elected officials in Congress and
in the Illinois General Assembly, urging them to stand
up for Israel and to stand against anti-Jewish hate,
and hosted live broadcasts from Israel to ensure that
interfaith civic and religious leaders were kept informed
of the nuanced realities on the ground. We coordinated
opposition to proposed anti-Israel statements in
several religious and academic arenas and counseled
Jewish employees at large, iconic businesses to help
them deal with difficult conversations in the workplace.
We equipped college, high school and middle school
students with resources to advocate for Israel—and for
themselves as American Jews—and hosted educational
sessions to help synagogues, civic organizations, and
community members to do the same.
Finally, JUF launched a high visibility, surround
strategy antisemitism public awareness campaign.
Targeted to both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences, the
multi-channel #stopantisemitism campaign delivered
positive, actionable messaging across the city—from
expressway billboards and digital signboards to full-
page ads, TV commercial spots and social media
channels—urging people to come together and
eliminate hate.
We look to the year ahead with a spirit of optimism
and pride in our community’s resilience.
We are—truly—together for good.
H E A LT H & H U M A N S E RV I C E S � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $ 3 2 ,9 9 9, 2 5 8The ARK CJE SeniorLife - Holocaust Community Services
Program
Dina & Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center
JCFS Chicago - HIAS Chicago
- JVS Chicago - Response for TeensMaot ChitimMount Sinai Hospital
SHALVADisabilities Set-Aside GrantsJUF Poverty Initiative Grants
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day SchoolArie Crown Hebrew Day SchoolAssociated Talmud TorahsBais Yaakov Girls High SchoolBBYOChicago Board of RabbisChicago Jewish Day SchoolFasman Yeshiva High SchoolHanna Sacks Bais Yaakov Hebrew Theological College
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School
Honeymoon IsraelIda Crown Jewish AcademyJCC ChicagoJewish Neighborhood
Development CouncilJoan Dachs Bais Yaakov-Yeshivas
Tiferes TzviJUF Birthright Israel
KAHALKeshet Lubavitch Girls High School of
ChicagoMoishe HouseNFTYNCSYOneTableREACHRochelle Zell Jewish High School
Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
Solomon Schechter Day SchoolSpertus Institute for Jewish
Learning & LeadershipTelshe YeshivaUSYYeshiva Ohr Boruch/
The Veitzener Cheder
CO M M U N IT Y B U I L D I N G & J E W I S H CO N T I N U IT Y � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $ 1 8 ,7 3 2 ,767
FY JEWISH UNITED FUND/JEWISH FEDERATION COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & SERVICES � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $26,357,837Campus Affairs & Student Engagement - The Hillels of Illinois/Israel Education Center
Community Outreach and Engagement Programming
- Israel Experience and Youth Initiatives - Ehrlich Student Loan Program - One Happy Camper - Synagogue Outreach
- Young Family Engagement/JUF Right Start/ PJ Library/jBaby
Community Program DevelopmentGovernment Affairs Offices
(Washington D.C. & Springfield)Israel Solidarity Day/Chicago Loves IsraelJewish Community Relations Council of JUFJUF Education
- IsraelNow Leadership DevelopmentNorton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish GeneticsOutreach and Communications Services South Suburban Community ServicesTOV Volunteer Network
GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH A NATIONAL REACH & OTHER LOCAL/NATIONAL� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $5,853,43770 Faces MediaAcademic ScholarshipsChicago Jewish Population StudyHillel InternationalIllinois Holocaust Museum
and Education Center
Israel Action NetworkIsrael Studies ProgramJCC Association of North
America (JCCA)JCERT Emergency Services (JCFS)Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Labor CommitteeJewish Women’s FoundationNational Coalition Supporting
Eurasian JewryNetwork of Jewish Human
Services Agencies
Preservation of Historic Jewish Cemeteries
PrizmahShalom Hartman FellowshipUnited Against Nuclear Iran
OTHER EXPENDITURES � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $29,939,136Expenditures via Government Grants JFMC Facilities Corporation Jewish United Fund Office Budget
DONOR ADVISED FUND & SUPPORT FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTIONS � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $119,503,722
A L L O C AT I O N S & E X P E N S E S for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2021
COVID-19 EMERGENCY RELIEF� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $13,536,244
AharaiAmerican Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee (JDC)
Bat AmiBe Free Israel/Israel
HofsheetBe-AtzmiBeit Tefila YisraeliBINABudo for PeaceCenterTnufa BkehilaDrachim-HaMidrasha
HeChalutzEducation for Excellence
ELEMEnoshEtgarimThe Feurstein InstituteFoundation for the Benefit of
Holocaust Victims in IsraelHashgacha PratitHiddushHillel in KyivHinneniHunger/Medical Needs in
the FSUInteragency TaskforceiRepIsrael Movement for
Progressive JudaismIsrael Sports Center for the
DisabledIsrael Trauma CoalitionITIMJewish Agency for Israel
(JAFI)Jewish People Policy InstituteJuice Volunteerism Among
Young AdultsKol Yisrael HaverimKrembo WingsLachish Regional CouncilMaagalimMarianne Center
MaslanMasorti MovementMatzmichimMechinat Meitarim LachishMeitarimMoishe House KyivNATAL: Israel Trauma Center
for Victims of Terror and War
Ne’emanei Torah V’AvodahNeve HannaOfanimOhr Torah StoneOrot HaKiryaPJ Library Ukraine
SAHISchechter Institutes/
Midreshet YerushalayimShafir CommunitySTEM Flagship ProjectTzoharUnistreamUnited HatzalahWorld ORTWorld Union for Progressive
JudaismYaacov Herzog CenterYachdavYahad in UnumYedid
ISRAEL & OVERSEAS ALLOCATIONS � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $30,469,747
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS & EXPENSES � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $277,392,148
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
The ARKNorthwest Satellite Office, Seymour H. Persky Building, Program Support for Holocaust Survivors
CJE SeniorLifeBerman and Hannah Friend Center for Early Alzheimer’s Care, Bernard Horwich Building, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Community for Senior Living, Helen and Norman Asher Day Services Program, Krasnow Residence, Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Place for Assisted Living, Robineau Residence, Swartzberg House, Village Center, Program Support for: Care Management, Consumer Assistance, Holocaust Community Services Program
Dina & Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center and the JUF Uptown Cafe
JCFS ChicagoAbe and Ida Cooper Center, Community Counseling Centers (City North, Downtown, North Suburban, West Suburban), Dina and Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center, Elaine Kersten Children’s Center on the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Campus, Glick Center for Early Childhood Services including Virginia Frank Child Development Center, Seigle Campus (Skokie) including Seigle Building (Response Center for Teens) and Goldie Bachman Luftig Building (Counseling, Career Services, Immigration and Citizenship and other community supports), Joy Faith Knapp Children’s Center and Knapp School and Yeshiva (Skokie), Program Support for: JVS Chicago Career and Employment Services (Downtown, City North, West Suburban, Northbrook), HIAS Chicago, Response for Teens and Young Adults, Services for People with Disabilities, JCARES, J-CERT, Addiction Services, Illness, Loss and Grief Supports, Jewish Chaplaincy Services, Emergency Financial Assistance and Employment Training Stipends
Maot Chitim
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center
SHALVA
COMMUNITY BUILDING, JEWISH EDUCATION & CULTURE
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
Associated Talmud Torahs (ATT)
Bais Yaakov Girls High School
BBYO
Campus Affairs & Student Engagement: The Hillels of Illinois/Israel Education CenterBradley UniversityHarriet & Maurice L. Lewis Family
Summer Intern Program in Jewish Communal Service
Illinois State UniversityJohanna & Herman H. Newberger Hillel
Center at the University of Chicago Louis & Saerree Fiedler Hillel Center at
Northwestern UniversityMargie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center
for Jewish Life, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Metro Chicago HillelColumbia College ChicagoDePaul UniversityIllinois Institute of Technology Loyola University of Chicago Northeastern Illinois UniversityOakton Community CollegeRoosevelt UniversitySchool of the Art InstituteSilverstein Base Hillel— Lincoln Park & LoopUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Northern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University, CarbondaleWestern Illinois UniversityWrite On for Israel
Chicago Board of Rabbis
Chicago Jewish Day School
Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov
Hebrew Theological CollegeBlitstein Institute for WomenFasman Yeshiva High SchoolYeshivas HaKayitz Camp
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School
Honeymoon Israel
Ida Crown Jewish Academy
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Israel Experience Savings Programs Gift of IsraelJUF B’nai Mitzvah Israel Experience
CertificateSend-a-Kid-to-Israel Partnership (SKIP)
JCC ChicagoBernard Horwich JCC, Bernard Weinger JCC, Early Childhood at Beth Emet and Am Shalom, Florence G. Heller JCC, ‘Z’ Frank Apachi, Lake County Jewish Community Campus
JCC Camps and VacationApachi Evanston, Apachi Hyde Park, Apachi Irving Park, Apachi Northside, Apachi Old Town, Apachi Rogers Park, Apachi Village Day Camp at Weinger JCC, Camp Chi, Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp, ‘Z’ Frank Apachi Day Camp, Perlstein Retreat Center
JCC Community-Wide Programs and Services
J at School, JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, JCC Maccabi Games and Artsfest, Jewish Student Connection, Pritzker Center for Jewish Education, Rose and Sidney N. Shure Kehilla for 20s and 30s, Socialization Services (JCC and Keshet)
Jewish Neighborhood Development Council
Jewish Residential Camp ScholarshipsAgudah Midwest, Beber, Bnos Ma’arava, Chi, Habonim Camp Tavor, Moshava, Nageela Midwest, Olin-Sang Ruby Union Institute, Ramah, Yeshivas HaKayitz, Young Judaea
Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov/Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi
JUF Birthright Israel
JUF Camp SupportsCamp CouponsOne Happy Camper
JUF EducationECE Collaborative
CHIdush Initiative for Supplemental Education Excellence
IsraelNow 8th Grade Israel Experience
JUF Staff Education
Synagogue Sustainability
JUF Teen ProgrammingCamp TOVDiller Teen Fellowship JTAC: The Jewish Teen Alliance of Chicago RTI: The JUF Research Training Institute SpringboardTOV Monthly Teen Volunteering (MTV) Voices: The Chicago Jewish Teen
FoundationVoices Alumni Foundation
JUF Russian Jewish Division
JUF-TOV Volunteer Network
JUF Young FamiliesjBabyJUF Right Start Preschool Vouchers PJ Library
Keshet
F U N D E D P R O G R A M S & A G E N C I E S A C R O S S O U R C O M M U N I T Y in Fiscal year 2022
Lubavitch Girls High School Of Chicago
Moishe House
NCSY
NFTY
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics
OneTable
Philip and Rebecca Esformes Cheder Lubavitch Girls School
REACH Specialized Services in Day Schools
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Seymour J� Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
Shorashim
Solomon Schechter Day School
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning & Leadership
Telshe Yeshiva
USY
Yeshiva Ohr Boruch/The Veitzener Cheder
COMMUNITY RELATIONS & OTHER NATIONAL/ LOCAL AGENCIES
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund
Jewish Community Centers Association
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)Israel Action Network
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish Telegraphic Agency/ 70 Faces Media
JUF Government Affairs OfficesSpringfield, Illinois and Washington, DC
National Conference Supporting Eurasian Jewry
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Prizmah
ISRAEL & OVERSEASPRIMARY OVERSEAS PARTNERS
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)Partnership Together
World ORT
OTHER SUPPORTED ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS PROGRAMS
Ahari
Association for Advancement of Community Centers in Israel
Bat Ami
Be-Atzmi
Be Free Israel
Beit Tefila Yisraeli
BINA
Boatot
Budo for Peace
Derech Erech
Drachim-HaMidrasha HeChalutz
Edith Falk Community Center
Education for Excellence
ELEM
Enosh
Etgarim
Hashgacha Pratit
Hiddush
Hillel in Kyiv
Hinneni
IRep
Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism
Israel Sports Center for the Disabled
Israel Trauma Coalition
ITIM
itworks
Jewish People Policy Institute
Juice Volunteering for Young Adults
Kol Yisrael Haverim
Krembo Wings
Lachish Community Center
Maagalim
Marianne’s Early Childhood Center in Kiryat Gat
Maslan
Masorti Movement
Meitarim
Moishe House Kyiv
NATAL
Ne’emanei Torah V’avodah
Neve Hanna
Nirim
Ofanim
Ohr Torah Stone
Reshut Rabim
SAHI
PJ Library Ukraine
Ramon Foundation
Scale Up Velocity
Schechter Institutes
Shafir Community Center
Shalom Hartman Institute
Sulamot – STEM Education
Tenufa B’Kehillah
Tzohar
Unistream
United Hatzalah
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Yaacov Herzog Center
Yadid Lachinuch
Yachdav
F U N D E D P R O G R A M S & A G E N C I E S A C R O S S O U R C O M M U N I T Y in Fiscal year 2022, continued
G R A N T S A N D C O N T R A C T S Received and/or Spent in Fiscal Year 2021
P R I VAT E G R A N T SBank of America Charitable Foundation
Barnett Family Foundation
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
B’nai Brith Youth Organization
Martin and Mary L. Boyer Foundation
Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, from the Alfred Landecker Foundation, Inc.
The Crown Family
Crown Family Philanthropies
Charles and Audrey Dann Charitable Foundation
The Albert and Lucille Delighter and Marcella Winston Foundation
The Helen Diller Family Foundation
Epstein Wenger Family Supporting Foundation
Joseph L. And Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Lawrence E. and Nancy S. Glick Foundation
Glickman Foundation
Max Goldenberg Foundation
Robert U. and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation
Benjamin B. Green-Field Foundation
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Leo S. Guthman Fund
Honeycomb
IGRB Foundation
Jewish Federation Fund for Innovation in Health (supported by the Michael Reese Health Trust)
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - Fund for the Future
Jewish Federations of North America
The JFNA Center on Aging and Trauma and the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Jim Joseph Foundation
JUF COVID-19 Initiative
KAVOD SHEF in partnership with Seed the Dream Foundation
Sidney Kohl Family Foundation (Robert Kohl & Clark Pellett, Directors)
Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation
The Lillian and Maurie Lipsey Fund for Jewish Community Enhancement
Masa Israel Journey
Michael Reese Health Trust
Harvey L. Miller Supporting Foundation
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
PNC Bank
Polk Bros. Foundation
Lewis and Alice F. Schimberg Special Purpose Fund
Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation
Shure Charitable Trust
The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc.
Sisyphus Supporting Foundation
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
United Way of Metro Chicago
Voices: The Chicago Jewish Teen Foundation
The Wagner Foundation
Walder Foundation
Weiss Memorial Hospital Foundation
Anonymous Funders
CAMPUS AFFAIRS & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Champaign-Urbana Jewish Endowment Fund
Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation
The Crown Family
Charles and Audrey Dann Charitable Foundation
Bernard Heerey Family Foundation
Hillel International Center
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - Fund for the Future
Jewish Women’s Foundation
David and Etta Jonas
Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation
Loyola University
Maccabee Task Force Foundation
The REAM Foundation
Dr. Herbert Rosen
Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation
Shure Charitable Trust
The Wagner Foundation
Joel Weisman
Anonymous Funders
JUF EDUCATION
Crown Family Philanthropies
Epstein Wenger Family Supporting Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - Fund for the Future
Francis Lederer Foundation
The Poll Family Foundation
Shure Charitable Trust
Anonymous Funders
NORTON & ELAINE SARNOFF CENTER FOR JEWISH GENETICS
Barnett and Gloria Bakal Philanthropic Fund
Eli & Dina Field Family Foundation
Michael Reese Health Trust
Perlman Family Foundation Founded by Louis & Anita Perlman
Segal Family Foundation
Shure Charitable Trust
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
Anonymous Funder
GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTSIllinois Department of Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Emergency Food and Shelter Program (Phase 37) - City of Chicago
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Emergency Food and Shelter Program (Phase 37) - Suburban Cook County
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Emergency Food and Shelter Program - CARES
U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Illinois Emergency Management Agency - Nonprofit Security Grant Program
J U F/ F E D E R AT I O N O F F I C E R S & B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S2020-2021
EX-OFFICIO
Hilary Greenberg°President, Women’s Board, Women’s Division
Gita Berk°Vice President, Campaign, Women’s Board, Women’s Division
Amy Yeager Hausman President, Young Women’s Board, Women’s Division
Marc Karlinsky°President, Young Leadership Division
Alison J. Karmin Campaign Chair, Young Leadership Division
OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
Dr. Edward M. Atkins JCC Chicago
Rabbi Alex FelchChicago Board of Rabbis
Rabbi Sidney M. Helbraun
Chicago Board of Rabbis
Shari Slavin Jewish Women’s Foundation
Victoria Stender JCFS Chicago
Kalman Wenig CJE SeniorLife
Michael H. Zaransky° JCRC
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Audra P. Berg Vice President, Leadership Engagement & Board Relations
Boaz Blumovitz Chief Financial Officer
S. Peter Chiswick Senior Associate Vice President / Director, JUF Investments
Deborah Covington Senior Vice President, Planning & Allocations
Rose L. Jagust Vice President, Donor Advised Funds
Tracy Klevens More Vice President, Community Outreach & Engagement
Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, Ph.D.°
Executive Vice Chairman
James Pinkston Vice President, Accounting & Finance
David Prystowsky Vice President, Campaign
David S. Rosen Senior Vice President, Legacies & Endowments
Jim Rosenberg Chief of Staff
David Rubovits Chief Operating Officer
Robert A. Schuckman Vice President, General Counsel
Jay Tcath Executive Vice President
Pam Friend Szokol°Board Chair
Lonnie Nasatir°President
°Member of Executive Committee
OFFICERS
Wendy C. Abrams°Vice Chair
Gita Berk°Vice Chair
Linda B. Ginsburg°Vice Chair
Jordan T. Goodman°Vice Chair
Joshua B. Herz°Vice Chair
Scott Heyman°Vice Chair
Dana Westreich Hirt°Vice Chair
Deborah Schrayer Karmin°Vice Chair
Jane Cadden Lederman°Vice Chair
Steven N. Miller°Vice Chair
David Rosenbaum°Vice Chair
Kim Shwachman°Vice Chair
Marc Spellman°Vice Chair
Cindy Kaplan°Treasurer
Jason Peltz°Assistant Treasurer
Peter B. Bensinger, Jr.°Secretary
Jeremy Amster°Assistant Secretary
BOARD MEMBERS
Katie Berger
Wendy A. Berger°
Debbie L. Berman
Marc S. Brenner
David T. Brown°
Susan Spier Chapman
Caroline Davidson
Maury Fertig
Linda Schottenstein Fisher
Michael T. Fishman
Jason Friedman
Andrew Glick
David Golder°
Craig Goldsmith
Steven M. Greenbaum
King W. Harris
Andrew S. Hochberg°
Lisa Jericho
Cathy Kahn
Linda Kellough
Ari Klein
Ann-Louise Kleper
Adrienne Barbakoff Kriezelman
Steven H. Lavin
Jennifer Leemis
Brian J. Levinson
Laurie Lustbader
Lindsey P. Markus
Yosef Meystel
Lee I. Miller
Michael Oxman
Ross S. Pearlstein
Sanford E. Perl
Theodore F. Perlman
David Porush
Brandon C. Prosansky
Elliott Robinson
Lisa Rosenkranz
Avi Rothner
Eric A. Rothner
Gail L. Rudo
Susan M. Sacks
Charlene K. Sales
James Sarnoff
Skip Schrayer°
Harry J. Seigle
Midge Perlman Shafton°
Devra Resnick Shutan
Bill Silverstein°
Judy L. Smith
Alan P. Solow
Sara Crown Star°
Rachel Stein
Phyllis Tabachnick
Bruce Taylor
Alex Turik
Deborah Winick
Andrea R. Yablon
Lonnie NasatirPresident
Audra P. BergVice President, Leadership Engagement & Board Relations
Boaz BlumovitzChief Financial Officer
Deborah CovingtonSenior Vice President, Planning & Allocations
Daniel G. GoldwinExecutive Director, Public AffairsJewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Government Affairs Department
Louis A. LazovskyVice President, Human Resources
John A. LowensteinVice President, Campus Affairsand Student Engagement
Tracy Klevens MoreVice President, Community Outreach & Engagement
Steven NasatirExecutive Vice Chairman
David PrystowskyVice President, Campaign
David S. RosenSenior Vice President, Endowments
Jim RosenbergChief of Staff
David RubovitsChief Operating Officer
Joy SchwartzVice President, Marketing & Communications
Jay TcathExecutive Vice President
Scott AaronAssociate VP, JUF Education
Stefanie BregmanAssociate VP, Marketing & Communications
Emily BriskmanAssociate VP, Campus Affairs/Executive Director Hillels of Illinois
S. Peter ChiswickSenior Associate VP, JUF Investments
Jerry DeAngelisExecutive Director, Facilities Corporation
Shana DomashDirector of Donor Engagement
Shirley DvorinVice President, Human Resources
Sarah FollmerAssistant VP, Community Program Development
Karen GalinAssociate VP, Planning & Allocations
Dan GoldwinExecutive Director, Public Affairs
Linda HaaseSenior Associate VP, Marketing & Communications
Paula HarrisAssociate VP, Community Outreach and Engagement
Rose JagustVice President, Donor Advised Funds
Ron KritAssistant VP, Endowment Development
Michelle LawnerAssociate VP, Planning & Allocations
Ann LedajaksAssociate VP, Donor Services
James PinkstonVice President, Accounting
Elissa PolanAssociate VP, Plannning & Allocations
Kedar PotdarVice President, JUF Technology
Adena L. RoseAssistant VP, Integrated Fundraising
David RubovitsChief Operating Officer
Robert A. SchuckmanVice President, General Counsel
Hallie ShapiroSenior Associate VP, Family & Teen Engagement
Deborah ShubAssistant VP, Leadership Development
Stuart SpectorVice President, Campaign Operations
Sabrina TownsendAssistant VP, Evaluation & Quality Improvement
J U F/ F E D E R AT I O N S E N I O R E X E C U T I V E T E A M2020-2021
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