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FACING CHALLENGES
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Allocations
Fiscal Years Ending May 31, 2010 and 2011
FYE 5/31/2010
(2009 Campaign)
FYE 5/31/2011
(2010 Campaign)
Annual Campaign
Challenge Fund/One Time Gifts
Total Campaign Achievement
LESS: Shrinkage Allowance
Net Campaign Achievement
Reserves
$31,600,000
6,301,033
37,901,033
(1,134,000)
36,767.033
2,703,597
$29,000,000
4,444,253
33,444,253
(1.135,549)
32,308,704
1,001,766
($2,600,000)
(1,856,780)
(4,456,780)
(1,549)
(4,458,329)
(1,701,831)
Total Sources of Funds
$39,470,630
$33,310,470
($6,160,160)
$10,206,650
1,087,500
582,500
$11,876,650
$8,899,630
662,000
480,000
$10,041,630
Variance
Sources of Funds
Uses of Funds
Israel and Overseas
JAFU JDC/ JFNA "Core" Support/Elective Programs
Challenge Fund Grants/Donor Designations
Israel and Overseas Services
3
Total - Israel and Overseas
2
($1,307,020)
(425,500)
(102,500)
($1,8350020)
Domestic
Local Agencies and Programs
Challenge Fund Grants
National Agencies/Central Services
4
Total - Domestic
Total Uses of Funds
$23.459,307
3,858,647
276,026
$27,593,980
$39,470,630
$21,009,307
1,983,507
276,026
$23,268,840
$33,310,470
($2,450,000)
(1,875,140)
($4,325,140)
($6,160,160)
Notes
I. Shrinkage factor for Annual Campaign and Challenge Fund Pledges as determined by Federation's Finance Committee.
2. Includes reduction in JFNA dues and in Israel & Overseas budget
3. Includes costs related to Israel & Overseas Services, both in Israel and Detroit.
4. Includes Federation's operating budget (support services and direct program costs), local agency allocations and other local support for agencies.
Source: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Tough Cuts from page 15
Distribution Committee and ORT would
be down 12 percent (18 percent over two
years).
He said Detroit allocations "promote
programs that make fundamental changes
in Israel; and the Israel agenda also engag-
es people here. More than 1,000 Detroiters
traveled to Israel last year."
In response to a question about whether
more could have been cut from the IOC
budget to give more to agencies here,
Lester responded that every elective pro-
gram received a reduction this year and
"our partners in Israel sharpened their
pencils and even did their own fundrais-
ing." He pointed out that Israel and over-
seas needs have dropped over the years
from their historic highs of more than 50
percent of the Annual Campaign's pro-
Camp Numbers
Fresh Air Society's Tamarack Camps,
the Detroit Jewish community's
summer overnight camping arm
for children, has seen fairly steady
enrollment over the last three
summers. At the same time, however,
the number of campers receiving
financial assistance and the amount
of assistance is steadily growing. That
assistance is provided by the Jewish
Federation's Annual Campaign.
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ceeds to about 33 percent this year.
Bloom added that "one in three children in
Israel live below the poverty level. I don't
think we could have cut more without doing
worse than what we are doing to ourselves."
Scott Kaufman added, "We cut overseas
more on a percentage basis and a dol-
lar basis. But if we don't shore up local
[needs], we won't be any good to Israel or
anybody else."
Lester concluded, "The reductions mean
basic services will be cut. Smarter people
than me will have to decide if we could
have cut more."
Campaign Progress
Annual Campaign co-chair Terri Farber
Roth told the boards that the solutions "to
all of these illnesses is the Campaign."
Tamarack's summer programs had
1,251 campers in 2008,1,218 in 2009,
and 1,249 enrolled this year.
Campers receiving financial
assistance totaled 489 (averaging
$1,913 each) in 2008, 510 ($2,193) in
2009, and 525 ($2,181) this year.
Tamarack granted a total of
$935,575 in financial assistance
in 2008, $1,118,585 in 2009, and
$1,145,224 this year.
According to Jonah Geller,
She said the current Annual Campaign
would surpass its goals if it could average
$900,000 per month in pledges for the
remainder of 2010.
She reported that the Campaign had
1,400 new gifts — a number achieved in
the past only when Israel was at war. And
she admonished the board members to
begin completing their Campaign calls
now and not wait until December.
Federation President Nancy Grosfeld
concluded the meeting by thanking the
Jewish Fund ($652,000) and the Jewish
Women's Foundation ($164,000) for their
continuing support.
The Jewish Fund was created by the
1997 sale of Sinai Hospital of Detroit. The
Jewish Women's Foundation was created
by local women 10 years ago. ❑
Tamarack Camps' executive director,
the Federation allocation for 2009-10
is $537,000. But Tamarack will also
receive $75,000 from Federation's
emergency fund. That brings the total
allocation to $612,000, "roughly 53
percent of the financial aid we will
distribute to our camper families.
Federation has also been helpful
to Tamarack Camps in securing a
major donation (anonymous) for the
purposes of financial aid."
❑
Past & Future from page 15
Blumberg, Federation's director
of planning and agency relations,
said that "there are a lot of forces
at work" not only to become more
efficient, but also to increase the
Annual Campaign.
• Campaign volunteers are work-
ing to reach more and younger
donors.
• Endowment marketing is stress-
ing the opportunities available.
• The Community Collaboration
Initiative has seven committees
studying agency efficiencies.
• CommunityNEXT is providing
"outstanding opportunities" for
young adult engagement.
• Federation's Israel agenda is
being used to both help Israel and
to bring the local Jewish commu-
nity together.
Said Bloom, "We're doing what
the city of Detroit has refused to
do for 15-20 years. And we are
not doing it in a vacuum." Added
Blumberg, "We are working this in a
proactive way."
"We are Detroit," said Neistein.
We can do this. We are one of just
a small handful of Jewish communi-
ties around the country who can
make this happen - there's a differ-
ent dynamic here than elsewhere."