ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH NEEDS
Every dollar makes a huge difference

$34,023,524

RAISED IN THE 2022 CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH NEEDS

Every year, Jewish Cleveland raises money for the Campaign for Jewish Needs to help ensure our community’s vitality and vibrancy. We thank Campaign Chair Bradley A. Sherman for his leadership.

11,379

Donors

8,398

Gifts including

976

New Gifts

35

CAMPAIGN BENEFICIARY AGENCIES & PROGRAMS THAT HELP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND, ISRAEL, AND AROUND THE WORLD

IN CLEVELAND

@Akiva High School
Bellefaire JCB
Cleveland Hillel Foundation
Fuchs Mizrachi School
Gross Schechter Day School
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
Hebrew Shelter Home
Hillel at Kent State University
Jewish Community Security
Jewish Education Center
Jewish Family Service Association
Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Mandel Jewish Community Center
Menorah Park
Yeshiva Derech Hatorah

ACROSS THE COUNTRY

American Jewish Committee
Anti-Defamation League
BBYO
Hadassah
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Hillel at Miami University
Hillel at Ohio University
Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Israel Action Network
JCC Association
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (70 Faces Media)
Jewish War Veterans
Network for Jewish Human Service Agencies

AROUND THE GLOBE

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)
Overseas Connections Committee, Jewish Federation of Cleveland World ORT
Ethiopian National Project

ADDITIONAL FEDERATION SUPPORT

$80,982,349

TOTAL ADDITIONAL FEDERATION SUPPORT distributed to the Jewish and general community

Additional Federation Support includes grants from donor advised funds, special purpose endowment funds, supporting foundations and the Federation’s Unrestricted Endowment Fund.

$78,411,032

Distributed to the Jewish and General Community Grant distributions from donor advised funds (DAFs), supporting foundations, and special purpose funds

$2,571,317

Grant Distribution from the Federation’s Unrestricted Endowment Fund

14

New Legacy Society Members+
Lawrence Bell • Gilda Cohen • Cindy & Michael Duber • Myra Samsa-Glick & Merle Glick • Jennifer Korach • Dorothy Soclof Katz • Wendy Lang • Berinthia & Mark LeVine • Burton Randell • Sally Inglis Rich • Jay Wachs

+ The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Legacy Society recognizes those who have made provisions for the future of our Jewish community with an endowment commitment currently or in the future.

Total Grant Making

$111,726,585

Our endowment funds, donor advised funds, and supporting foundations, combined with the annual Campaign for Jewish Needs and Centennial Initiative for Jewish Cleveland fundraising, make the Federation one of Ohio’s largest grantmaking organizations — with over $111 million allocated from all sources in the 2021 fiscal year.

$30,744,236

Campaign Allocation
From the 2021 Campaign for Jewish Needs for fiscal year 7/1/21 - 6/30/22 (1)

$80,982,349

Other Federation Support
from donor advised and special purpose funds, supporting foundations, the Endowment Fund for fiscal year 7/1/20 - 6/30/21

1) Includes part of United Way of Greater Cleveland (UWGC) grant of $1,291,000. UWGC supports Bellefaire, JFSA, Mandel JCC and the Federation.