Allocation Sweepstakes

Israel wins big in Federation's Annual Campaign.

HARRY KIRS BAUM
StqffWriter

Igr hen the Jewish
Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's
Board of Governors
approved the budget developed by its
staff for spending the $37.25 million
raised during the 2002 Annual
Campaign on June 18, Federation's
umbrella organization and other
national agencies took a cut in pay.
Israel and other Jewish populations
overseas were the big winners.
United Jewish Communities, the
New York City-based umbrella fund-
raising and social service organization
of the North American Jewish com-
munity, received a total of $12.4 mil-
lion from Detroit, about $500,000
less than the year before.
The shortfall in the UJC General
Fund — the UJC budget — was
approved by federations in June, and
based on a percentage of each federa-
tion's previous campaign figures, said
Stephen Hoffman, UJC president and
chief executive officer.
National agencies with local offices,
like the American Jewish Committee,
American Jewish Congress and the
Anti-Defamation League, also took a
cut.
Overseas allocations benefited by
$7.29 million from the Detroit
Federation, $6.88 million of it from
the Israel Emergency Campaign, a
special fund-raising effort for Israel's
social services and non-defense needs.
The remainder of the overseas alloca-
tion — about $400,000 — will deliv-
er food to needy Jews overseas and
help them to immigrate to Israel.
Local agencies received a 1 percent
across-the-board increase this year,
lower than in previous years. (See
Jewish News, Aug. 9, page 14.)
Of the $37.25 million raised dur-
ing this year's Annual Campaign,
$32.6 million was available for alloca-
tion. A total of $1.02 million was
taken out for shrinkage reserve — 3
percent of the total amount of
pledges that Federation proposes will
not be collected this year — a stan-
dard practice among all federations.
About $3.9 million also was sub-
tracted for administration costs,

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including salaries for those who raise
money during the campaign, said
Mark Davidoff, Federation chief
financial officer and executive direc-
tor.
UJC's Stephen Hoffman said spe-
cial campaigns for Israel have totaled
$311 million so far from federations
across North America.

Before the UJC was formed by
merging the Council of Jewish
Federations, the United Jewish
Appeal and the United Israel Appeal
in 2000, Detroit always allocated a
very high percentage to overseas
needs, he said.
"That's all changed," Hoffman said,
citing the fair-share formula. "Now

we're standardizing it so that it's rela-
tive to how generous Detroit is to
other communities in the national
campaign."
Detroit remains very generous to
overseas needs, he said. "One of the
reasons you can be generous is
because you have a successful cam-
paign. That's the bottom line."

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JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
2002-03 ALLOCATION REPORT: SUMMARY

FY 2001-02
(2001 Campaign)
Amount

FY 2002-03
(2002 Campaign)
Amount

FY 2002-03
(2002 Campaign)
Variance

$450,000
$5,800,000
6,250,000,
(1,693)
($112,500)

REVENUE
Regular Annual Campaign Pledges
Challenge Fund/ One Time Gifts/ Israel Emergency
Total Campaign Achievement
LESS: Administration Costs
LESS: Shrinkage Reserve

$29,800,000
1,200,000
31,000,000
(3,934,040)
(915,000)

$30,250,000
7,000,000
37,250,000
(3,932,347)
(1,027,500)

Unallocated Campaign Reserve
NET AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION:

0
$26,150,960

303,180
$32,593,333

ALLOCATIONS
A. UJC and Israel
United Jewish Communities (Core)
United Jewish Communities (Elective)
United Jewish Communities (General)
Special JDC/JAFI Allocation
Partnership 2000/Netanya-PACT/Kiev
Partnership 2000 (designated)
Special Projects
Total UJC and Israel:

$9,632,285
1,324,032
2,043,000
0
380,000

$9,632,285
1,324,032
1,467,000 2
6,880,000 3
380,000

55,000
$13,434,317

30,000'
$19,713,317

B. Domestic
Jewish Education
Culture & Group Services
Community Services
Agency Incentive Grants
National Agencies
National Central Services
Total Domestic:

$3,922,392
3,183,525
4,921,403
19,137
645,529
14,495
$12,706,481

$4,095,453
3,212,155
4,921,870
11,243
624,624
14,671
$12,880,016

10,162

0

($10,162)

$26,150,960

$32,593,333

$6,442,373

UNALLOCATED FUNDS

TOTAL ALLOCATIONS:

Notes
1. Shrinkage factor for Annual Campaign pledges proposed at 3 percent based upon review of outstanding unpaid balances.
2. Estimate of Detroit's share for support of UJC based upon new fair share formula. Subject to change once UJC budget is.finalized.
3. Includes $1.051 million for experience for Israeli children at Fresh Air Society/Tamarack Camps' Camp Maas
4. Special. Projects: Women's Department Israel Dream Lottery ($30,000).
5. Grants to local agencies and synagogues based upon their raising of new gifts at Super Sunday/Campaign Countdown.

'

$303,180
$6,442,373

'

($576,000)
$6,880,000

(25,000)
$6,279,000

$173,061
$28,630
$467
($7,894)
($20,905)
$176
$173,535