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n an effort to raise funds, one of
North America's oldest Jewish
youth groups is loosening ties to
its parent organization to
become an independent non-profit.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization,
following in the footsteps of Hillel :
The Foundation for Campus Jewish
Life, will continue to receive some
funds from B'nai B'rith International
but will have its own budget, fund-
raising apparatus and board of direc-
tors.
However, according to B'nai B'rith's
international president, Richard
Heideman, BBYO will enjoy a closer
relationship with B'nai B'rith's nation-
al and local offices than Hillel does.
B'nai Brith and BBYO's teen leaders
will be represented on BBYO's new
board, but philanthropists, founda-
tions and various Jewish agencies also
will be included. The board members
have not yet been determined, but
B'nai B'rith is not expected to hold
the majority of seats.
BBYO, which is 75 years old, will
continue to be housed free of charge
in B'nai B'rith's Washington head-
quarters.
According to data posted on the
BBYO Web site, the group has
approximately 11,000 members. B'nai
B'rith officials say the number is clos-
er to 20,000, and that with new fund-
ing they expect it to grow much larg-
er.
B'nai B'rith's board of governors
voted Sunday to approve the change,
effective "as soon as practical."
Heideman, a former Detroiter and
Washington attorney, called the move
a "strategic plan for funding BBYO."
BBYO, which is B'nai B'rith's largest
single budget item, will receive $1
million annually from the group,
Heideman said. That figure is approx-
imately half of what B'nai B'rith spent
on the group in 2001.
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will become independent non-profit.
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Membership Drop
In recent years, B'nai B'rith's North
American membership rolls and rev-
enues have plummeted and it has
steadily cut allocations to BBYO. In
March, BBYO's 39 regions learned
that due to B'nai B'rith's financial
woes, they were likely to lose all fund-
ing from the parent organization as of
July 1.
However, an independent BBYO is
expected to be more attractive to
major donors, who have been frustrat-
ed by the fact that all gifts to BBYO
had to be channeled through B'nai
B'rith.
In addition, under a new revenue
distribution plan B'nai B'rith adopted
at the Sunday meeting, B'nai B'rith's
local groups will be able to more easi-
ly raise money for their local BBYO
chapters, Heideman said.
It is not clear how quickly BBYO
will reap the benefits, but sources
within B'nai B'rith are optimistic that
the more than $1 million it is cutting
will be replaced by other sources in
time for the July .1 start of the 2002
budget.
"This is not a walkaway,"
Heideman said. "If we didn't have
major funders coming to the table, we
would be taking a different approach
with BBYO, I assure you."
B'nai B'rith and BBYO are in the
midst of discussions with the Jewish
federation umbrella, the United
Jewish Communities, the Jewish
Community Centers Association of
North America and at least one major
family foundation.
The idea of becoming a separate
organization — first announced as a
possibility just a few weeks ago —
generally has been welcomed by
BBYO leaders.
Gary Saltzman, chairman of the
B'nai B'rith youth commission, said
in an official statement released by
B'nai B'rith that the change will help
"expand BBYO so that it reaches
many more of the tens of thousands
of Jewish teens who have no current
organizational tie to the community
or to Jewish life."
That statement also quoted one of
BBYO's two teen presidents, Jen
Kraus, as saying, "We're excited about
the new arrangement because it allows
more funding to help the program
grow." ❑