UJC Resolves
Foundation
Governance

New York/JTA
he United Jewish Communities is
poised to approve a governance
plan for a new foundation, the latest
step in the formation of the mega-
philanthropy and social service organi-
zation representing over 189 Jewish
communities in North America.
If, as expected, the UJC's top lead-
ership approves the recommendations
for the foundation, it will resolve a
behind-the-scenes controversy that
had been simmering in recent months.
The contention centered around
whether the foundation would aug-
ment or compete with UJC's own
fund-raising and also around the bal-
ance of power between UJC's chief offi-
cers and Jewish community federations.
Pending approval of the UJC
Executive Committee, the United
Jewish Foundation, as it is currently
known, will be a "wholly owned sub-
sidiary" of the UJC; its president, how-
ever, will report to the foundation's
own chairman and board of trustees.
The foundation is meant to attract
new individuals and other foundations to
fund the work of the UJC, to assist small-
er federations in creating dynamic giving
opportunities and to generate innovative
fund-raising projects system-wide.
The UJC was created this year
through the legal union of the United
Jewish Appeal, the Council of Jewish
Federations and the United Israel
Appeal. Last year the system raised $790
million dollars in its annual campaign.
The concept for the foundation was
part of a report drafted this summer
by a UJC task force and approved by
the UJC's transitional cabinet.
The task force "endorsed the cre-
ation of the United Jewish Foundation
as a semi-autonomous entity of UJC."
Its report said the UJC's transition
team had approved the notion that
"the chief professional officer will
direct the affairs of the Foundation
and will report to the UJC CEO."
By October, however, when the
appointment of David Altshuler as
president of the yet-to-be-formed foun-
dation was announced, the entity was
described as "an independent founda-
tion."
A special committee was formed
that defined the foundation's role for
UJC leaders in a Dec. 20 report.

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