2012 - Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
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2012 - Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
JEWISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATING 40 FOUNDATION YEARS 1972-2012 For this generation... and for generations to come With this Yearbook, we proudly celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford. Contents From its humble beginnings in 1972, with a $50,000 seed planted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, the Our Story 4 Stories of Philanthropy 10 Grants 18 Funds 24 Get Involved 37 Legacy Society 38 Financial Highlights 40 Board of Trustees 44 Committees 45 Staff 46 Foundation today awards millions in grants each year and manages an $81.6 million community endowment. The hard work, commitment, energy and support of our generous donors, grantees and nonprofit partners have strengthened our community and made the Foundation a success. We thank you for caring, acting, and building for the future. The voices of our past, present and future are heard throughout this special yearbook. Meet the people who started the Foundation and helped it grow over time. Learn about the grants we awarded this year to spark innovation and change in Michael Johnston David R. Miller President & CEO Chair our Jewish community. Meet the donors who created funds at the Foundation to remember loved ones, endow support of their favorite causes and engage their children in their philanthropy. Each generation leaves its own imprint for the next. As we look ahead we know that we stand on the shoulders of our founding Trustees, who had the vision to create The Endowment Fund and whose commitment to serving the Greater Hartford Jewish community has been passed on to us. It is now up to us to continue to build and strengthen our community in meaningful ways and collectively fulfill the mitzvah of “tikkun olam.” 1972—2012 5733—5773 The Hebrew letter “Mem” represents the number 40. INSPIRED BEGINNINGS, 1972-1982 Forty years ago, a group of deeply committed individuals had an inspiration. Bernard Gottlieb was one of the first to conceive The Endowment Fund was created with a $50,000 of a community endowment. Melvin Title, with gift provided by the Federation. Early grants awarded by The Endowment Fund included: • the Guide to Jewish Hartford published by the the strong backing of Michael Suisman, President Greater Hartford Jewish Historical Society as part of the Hartford Jewish Federation, and Irving We now celebrate a thriving community foundation Kessler, Federation Executive Director, proposed dedicated to endowing Jewish life in Greater establishing an endowment foundation to serve Hartford because of their vision and foresight. the Greater Hartford Jewish community. It would of the bicentennial celebrations • a national Israel Community Relations Task Force established by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and respond to unforeseen emergencies, support Philip Feltman, first Chair of the Endowment special projects and new programs, and manage Fund, ushered in a period of rapid growth and funds for the benefit of the Federation and the Fund reached $4 million in assets by 1984, its agencies. which included an $849,000 bequest from • an exhibit on Jewish life in Eastern Europe at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Augusta Rubin. We are grateful for their vision and foresight. Melvin Title Michael Suisman Philip Feltman Augusta Rubin 40th Anniversary Yearbook 5 A N E X PA N D I N G C I R C L E , 1 9 8 3 - 1 9 9 2 Janet Bruner was the Fund’s first Executive words Reyus, Achdus, Rina Director. Her ten years of leadership was spent (“friendship, unity, joy”). A N E N D O W M E N T C U LT U R E — BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY T O G E T H E R , 19 9 3 - 2 0 0 0 In its 21st year, the Endowment Foundation growing the Fund’s balance The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation is a major became a separate, independent organization source of grant support to a wide range of Foundation helped perpetuate with its first full-time Executive Director, Doreen nonprofit organizations in the Greater Hartford Jewish culture and education, Fundiller-Zweig. Establishing a donor advised area. In 1999, the Auerbach Foundation decided Under Michael Suisman’s provide for the elderly, fund program helped identify and match to continue the private foundation’s important chairmanship the community’s empower the disabled and teach children. The sheet and engaging more members of our community. Impactful grants from the community needs with philanthropic activities under a new structure. newly formed Jewish Association for Community donor interests and Their trustees distributed assets to endow donor Support increased exponentially Living (JCL) received a $42,000 grant to build a enabled the Foundation advised funds at the Endowment Foundation and in unrestricted giving, which residence for individuals with special needs. The and our donors to at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. remains a focus of the Jewish Federation made major capital repairs address pressing These new funds carry on the Koopman and communal issues. Schiro traditions of family philanthropy. endowment was strengthened. Foundation today. due to vandalism to the old Jewish cemeteries in Hartford with a $62,000 Foundation grant. Janet Bruner During this period the Active response to the changing needs of the A new model of organization changed its name Jewish community continues to be a hallmark philanthropy was to the Endowment Foundation of Foundation grantmaking. introduced to harness of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, as the power of collective the next generation of energetic volunteers giving. The Lillian Fund accepted the mantle of leadership. Doreen Fundiller-Zweig was created in 1999 as a way for donors to collectively help women We extended our reach to those living in Florida with Hartford connections. Donald Silpe and families in need. An annual gift of $100 or provided leadership to The Reyus Society, which more to the Lillian Fund enables donors to vote has its roots in the 1930s when several young on which projects to support, in Greater men from Weaver and Hall high schools formed Hartford and in Israel. the “RAR” Club, an acronym for the Yiddish Linda and Donald Silpe 6 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Beatrice Fox Auerbach 40th Anniversary Yearbook 7 Planning for our community’s future is a primary focus of the Foundation. In 2001, the G R A N T M A K I N G TA K E S C E N T E R S TA G E , 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 1 1 MOVING FORWARD, 2012... ‘Endowment Challenge for the Community’ was To better reflect the Foundation’s broad reach Michael Johnston became the community. Thirteen agencies were offered and community focus, the Endowment Foundation’s 3rd President and matching grants of up to $75,000 per organization Foundation became the “Jewish Community Chief Executive Officer in 2012. to help them raise permanent endowment Foundation of Greater Hartford” and adopted Today the Foundation is a robust, funds. By the conclusion of the campaign more a new brand and signature identity. launched to promote giving across our Jewish trusted organization where donors are offered a host of than $900,000 was raised and a culture of endowment giving was established. In April 2006, the Foundation offices moved During the economic downturn of 2008, the ways to make a difference, Foundation focused on the needs of those in including designated and the Greater Hartford community. The Helping unrestricted endowment funds, from the old firehouse on the grounds of the Fund was created to provide human services donor advised funds, and Jewish Community Center to the new 24,000- assistance to vulnerable members of our giving circles. square-foot building on the Zachs campus. The Jewish community. completion of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Teen Leadership and Philanthropy Institute Michael Johnston photo: Patrick Raycraft As the Foundation moves forward, we look towards Community Services Building fulfilled a long-held In recognition of the changing times and goal of creating a permanent, unified home for concerns for our community’s fiscal welfare, our community’s future – working with our current the Foundation, the Federation and its agencies. in 2009 the Foundation engaged in a long range family of donors, agencies and synagogues, and strategic planning process with the Jewish nurturing the next generation to help meet Federation of Greater Hartford. Focusing on the challenges of tomorrow. current communal needs, as well as challenges for the future, the Foundation revisited community The inspiration for the creation of The priorities and created a blueprint which guides Endowment Fund in 1972 remains true today. our grantmaking strategies today. At the heart of the Foundation’s mission is the commitment to remember our past, support today’s critical needs, empower a new generation of leaders and secure our community’s future. Opening ceremony of the Community Services Building Remembering our past, helping support today’s needs, and working to secure our community’s future – these are the goals of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford. Deborah Rothstein, Foundation Vice President Philanthrophy presenting Anne Danaher, Executive Director of Jewish Family Services with a check for The Helping Fund. 8 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 We look forward to partnering with you on this journey. 40th Anniversary Yearbook 9 The Jewish Community Foundation was built on the dreams of community leaders who, forty years ago, envisioned a foundation where Jewish individuals and families could support the causes they care about and help meet important community needs. Those dreams are shared by the following individuals, families and institutions who established funds at the Foundation this year. We hope that, by telling their stories, you will better understand the unique value of the Jewish Community Foundation. Of all our accomplishments, we are A LASTING LEGACY Joan Brundage Charitable Gift Annuity GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Eisen and Yass Family Fund Joan’s desire to build a legacy for the Jewish community inspired her to set up a second charitable gift annuity with the Foundation. She will receive guaranteed payments for her lifetime and make a future gift to the Jewish community. Although Joan and her husband Lyle reside in Florida, they feel strongly about their Hartford roots and continue to build the Silverherz, Brundage and Rosenberg Fund, which Joan’s parents endowed many years ago. Joan hopes her children and grandchildren will continue their family tradition of giving to the fund. Mary-Jane Eisen and Robert Yass moved to the Greater Hartford area in 1977 with the idea that they would stay for a year or two to gain experience in their respective professions. Now, thirty-five years later, they are grateful that they chose to put down roots here, to raise their children here, to make life-long friends here, to build their careers here, and to engage in community service here in both the secular and Jewish communities. most proud of the growing group of donors who bring passion to their giving at the Foundation. Bob and Mary-Jane feel their lives have been enriched by their volunteerism. A graduate of the Wexner Heritage program, Bob has served in leadership roles with several local, state and national organizations including his current role as first vice chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and chair of its Planning and Allocations Committee. Mary-Jane, too, has served on several boards over the years, including the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund and, currently, Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford and the Institute for Senior Living Education. Joan and Lyle Brundage and family HARTFORD REMEMBERED Ruth H. Cohn Fund Through a generous bequest, Ruth Cohn made a lasting legacy gift to the Greater Hartford Jewish community. The fund that carries her name will work in perpetuity to build a vibrant Jewish community and help the Foundation meet the community’s most pressing and changing needs. We are grateful for Ms. Cohn’s thoughtful remembrance of our community. 2006 Annual Donor Reception In establishing a donor advised fund this year, Bob and Mary-Jane were guided by the concept of dor l’dor. They wanted to honor their parents, Charlotte and Milton Yass, and Norbert Eisen of blessed memory, and Paula Eisen. At the same time, they wanted their children, Alicia and Warren Yass, to have the opportunity to practice philanthropic decision-making in the future as well as receive support for their current giving. This fund serves as a tangible and enduring expression of Bob and Mary-Jane’s commitment to the Jewish community that they feel has been so good to them for the past thirty-five years. Mary-Jane Eisen and Bob Yass photo: Lorraine Greenfield 40th Anniversary Yearbook 11 A PROUD LEGACY Robert Eisner Fund PERPETUAL GIFT TO THE TEMPLE Shirley Goldman and Debi Goldman Cooper Family Fund for Beth El Temple Those who knew Bob Eisner remember how proud he was of his contributions to the Jewish Federation. He was born and raised in New Britain and moved to West Hartford with his wife Laurel, of blessed memory, and their two daughters. A retired accountant, Bob graduated from The Wharton School and lived in New Britain for many years, where he served as President of the New Britain Jewish Federation. When Bob passed away this year, he left a legacy for our community that will strengthen the many local institutions he helped during his lifetime. Doreen Fundiller-Zweig A SPECIAL TRIBUTE Doreen Fundiller-Zweig Tribute Fund When the former President & CEO of the Foundation retired in December 2011, members of the Foundation board and our community contributed to create a fund that honors her many accomplishments. The fund enables the Foundation to provide personalized philanthropic advisory services and sponsor programs that strengthen the Jewish community, including the Center on Good Governance, Leave a Jewish Legacy and synagogue endowment programs. Shirley Goldman and Debi Goldman-Cooper Shirley Goldman raised her family in the Greater Hartford community. Shirley and her daughter, Debi, reside in West Hartford and are members of Beth El Temple. Debi’s two sons each became a bar mitzvah at Beth El. Shirley annually supports the Temple to ensure Beth El is financially secure, today and for generations to come. To help meet operating needs and support a congregation which means so very much to her and her family, Shirley established a fund which will benefit Beth El Temple in perpetuity. PRESERVING JEWISH HISTORY Jewish Historical Society 40th Anniversary Fund This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHS), our community’s resource for discovering, informing, preserving, and enjoying Jewish history of our region. In May a special reception took place celebrating JHS and the very special people who have contributed to the long-term success of the organization. JHS established a new endowment fund to commemorate this milestone and continue to build resources to assure its bright future. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Agudas Social Hall on Greenfield Street. Taken in 1955, the photo features Abraham Ribicoff speaking at the podium. Robert Eisner and family Susan and Stanley Fellman Stanley and Susan Fellman have long practiced tzedakah as active members of the Jewish community. They have been married for 45 years and raised their two daughters, Elizabeth and Claire, in West Hartford. They are members of Congregation Beth Israel. Recognizing the synagogue’s need for a strong endowment, the Fellmans created a charitable fund at the Foundation as part of “Legacy for Our Future” providing support to the temple today, and a secure future for tomorrow. Stanley and Susan have two other funds at the Foundation, including a scholarship of financial need based assistance for students traveling to Israel in a locally or nationally based program. 12 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 40th Anniversary Yearbook 13 Photo courtesy of Jewish Historical Society Archives ENDOWING SUPPORT FOR THEIR SYNAGOGUE Stanley and Susan Fellman Fund for Congregation Beth Israel THE ISRAEL EXPERIENCE Passport to Israel Funds F U L F I L L I N G E D U C AT I O N A L D R E A M S Temple Beth El of Stamford Men's Club Kaplin Scholarship Fund The Passport to Israel program was created to encourage travel to Israel for high school students as a means of enhancing Jewish identity. Through the program, a fund in the student’s name is created at the Foundation to hold contributions made by the child’s parents and synagogue, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and the Jewish Community Foundation. When the student is ready to visit Israel, the funds will be available to help offset the costs of the trip. The following students enrolled in the Passport to Israel program this past year: Jennifer and Todd Mailly and family Temple Beth El of Stamford is an egalitarian synagogue with members from multiple generations and diverse backgrounds. Last year the Temple transferred a portion of its endowment to the Jewish Community Foundation for management. Joan Solomkin Hoberman This year the Men’s Club transferred additional funds from the Edward J. Kaplin and Eve K. Kaplin Memorial Scholarship that will be used for the award of educational scholarships to graduating Jewish high school seniors from the City of Stamford and adjacent communities. Yeshaiah Bernstein / Elianna Doron / Aaron Schlossberg A F A M I LY A F F A I R Mailly Family Fund When Jennifer and Todd Mailly moved to West Hartford in 1994, they sought a synagogue that would provide the warm reform community that Jennifer had known growing up, while welcoming all members of their interfaith family. Congregation Beth Israel was that place. In the eighteen years since, Carly, Maddie and Abby have each in turn become a bat mitzvah, been confirmed and served as a madricha. The Beth Israel community has supported the family through simchas and losses, and is an essential part of their lives. The Maillys are grateful that members of the Jewish community built this synagogue and supported it for years before they arrived in town. Through their family fund they have established an endowment for Congregation Beth Israel’s Legacy for Our Future. They hope to do the same for future generations – keeping Congregation Beth Israel strong for those seeking a vibrant reform Jewish community in Greater Hartford for themselves and their children in the years to come. R E M E M B E R I N G A B E L O V E D FAT H E R Judy and Ron Schlossberg Fund Judy Schlossberg has been a proud and involved member of Women’s Philanthropy for 14 years. In 2001 her husband Ron celebrated her special birthday by making her a Lion of Judah. Three years later, after increasing to a Ruby Lion and understanding the value of “leaving a legacy”, Judy established a Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE) introducing her family to the Jewish Community Foundation and the commitment of “giving in perpetuity.” As Judy and Ron deepened their involvement in the Jewish community, they gained an increased understanding of the need to extend support beyond their annual giving. In 2011, Judy’s beloved father, and the father-in-law that Ron adored, passed away. Sol was an extraordinary individual. He was loving, attentive, generous, and kind and passed on these traits to his large family of 5 children. With the desire to honor his memory, Judy and Ron were inspired to establish a donor advised fund in his loving memory. The Solomon H. Krasney Fund will compassionately support those in our community who require assistance, consistent with the values that Sol Krasney exhibited throughout his life. Judy and Ron Schlossberg A DAUGHTER’S LEGACY LIVES ON Mark and Ruth Solomkin Fund in memory of Joan Ruth Solomkin could think of no more meaningful way to honor the memory of her beloved daughter, Joan, than to establish a fund that carries Joan’s name. The Mark and Ruth Solomkin Fund benefits Congregation Beth Israel, which was an integral part of her family’s life. Many family simchas were celebrated at the Temple. Joan was confirmed and married at Congregation Beth Israel. Her children, Julie and Anna were also confirmed at Beth Israel. Joan was a kind and caring person. Ruth smiles when she thinks about Joan’s positive outlook on life, her abundant heart and concern for the welfare of others. A graduate of Kingswood-Oxford and Smith College, Joan taught at the Vine Street School and later became curriculum director of the Children's Discovery Center of Essex. When Joan passed away in 1997, Ruth found comfort in prayer, counsel from the rabbi and support from the Beth Israel community. ENRICHING THEIR LIVES Carolyn and Elliott Tertes Family Fund Over many years, Carolyn and Elliott have visited friends and family who have been in the position of needing rehabilitation or long-term care services at Hebrew Health Care. They know that no one wants to be in a nursing home. However, if you need to be in a caregiving environment, the Tertes’ believe you can’t top the extensive services that Hebrew Health Care offers. Members of their family have used Hospice, Home Health Care, the rehabilitation unit, the acute care hospital, physical therapy as well as the nursing home. They recognize that health care in any environment is not perfect, but always realized that at Hebrew Health Care there is a constant attitude and direction to achieve excellence in delivering the best care possible. This year Elliott and Carolyn created an endowment fund to benefit Hebrew Health Care. Their goal in creating this gift is to help ensure that they, as part of the community, are helping Hebrew Health Care deliver this broad range of services well into the future. As Elliott says, “If we wish to preserve Jewish culture in Greater Hartford, a legacy gift that we create will come back to us by enriching our lives and the lives of our family, friends and children many times over.” Carolyn Quint-Tertes and Elliott Tertes Solomon H. Krasney 14 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 40th Anniversary Yearbook 15 C E L E B R AT I N G A C O M M U N I T Y M I L E S T O N E Zachs Family Fund for Jewish Family Services Students in front of Trachten-Zachs Hillel House SUPPORTING JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS University of Connecticut Hillel Fund Today, when university students are faced with a bewildering array of possibilities, choosing to participate in Jewish life on campus must be made a compelling option. It is Hillel’s challenge to provide engaging, meaningful experiences – experiences that will frame their future. As the foundation of campus Jewish community, Hillel at the University of Connecticut, under the leadership of President Shari Cantor and Executive Director Gary Wolff, is enjoying a renaissance through its activities, programs and services. With more than 2,000 Jewish undergraduate and graduate students, Hillel in Storrs is a portal for warm community, leadership opportunities, retreats, international travel, holiday celebrations and more. This year’s events included a Welcome Back BBQ, a comedy night with noted producer/writer Andy Borowitz and participation in the University-wide “month of kindness.” UConn Hillel transferred a portion of its endowment funds to the Jewish Community Foundation this year. Building Hillel’s dedicated endowment will allow programs to become self-sustaining, ensuring a vibrant Hillel well into the future. Jessica P. Zachs and family 16 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 For the Zachs family, endowment giving is a way to ensure that the organizations they care about and support during their lifetimes will be funded long into the future. This year Henry, Judy, Eric and Jessica Zachs created an endowment for Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford in honor of its 100th anniversary. Since 1912, Jewish Family Services has served adults and children in need without regard to age, religion, economic circumstances or race. JFS has nourished the hungry, aided the jobless, provided mental health counseling, and supported programs for older adults and persons with disabilities. The Zachs family fund will support the organization in perpetuity and ensure that in times of need, any member of our community has a place to go for assistance. HONORING A LIFE Howard Siegal Fund and Howard J. Siegal Memorial Fund This year our Jewish community lost a good friend, Howard Siegal. Deeply-rooted in his West Hartford community, Howard’s dedication to service was far-reaching. Through his family business, Edart Truck Leasing, as well as on his own, Howard continued the legacy of his parents, the late Ruth and Edward Siegal. Howard and his wife, Lois, have been generous donors and tireless community supporters. They have created multiple funds at the Foundation including the Howard and Lois Siegal Community Unrestricted Fund. Howard held many key leadership positions at the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford – serving as both a Board and Life Member. He was a Wexner Fellow, a recipient of the Young Leadership Award, and most recently was presented with the President's Award in September 2011. He served as President and a Patron of the Arts of the Mandell Jewish Community Center, was a Board Member of Hebrew Health Care, and a board member of the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. He supported many organizations including the Hartford Stage, the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford, Jewish Association for Community Living, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and many others. Howard dedicated his life to volunteerism and serving his neighbors with his involvement in programs that supported less fortunate individuals. Howard inspired with his passion and commitment to give back to the community. The Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community F R O M G E N E R AT I O N T O G E N E R AT I O N Jessica P. Zachs Fund Following a long standing tradition of family philanthropy, Judy Zachs established a charitable fund at the Foundation to honor the birthday of her daughter-in-law, Jessica. The Zachs have prepared their children and grandchildren for the joy – and responsibility – of giving back to the community. The Jessica P. Zachs Fund will enable Jessica to award grants from her fund to support worthwhile charitable programs, while continuing the family’s commitment to the Jewish community. Foundation established the Howard J. Siegal Memorial Fund in memory of Howard, who passed away in May 2012. He served as a Trustee of the Foundation from 20062012. This fund will support the Jewish Federation of standing left to right: Judy, Rona and Lois Siegal seated left to right: Barry, Mark and Howard Siegal Greater Hartford and its programs. The Zachs Family also remembered Howard by establishing The Howard Siegal Fund. This fund will support the Mandell Jewish Community Center as well as the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. While Howard will be missed by his family, friends, and community – his passion and vision will live on through these funds. The Wilma Theater Our Class The Good People Fund Bet Hayeled For the production of a play chronicling the lives of ten Polish classmates and how the murder of Jewish residents in the village of Jedwabne during WWII changed their lives To meet basic human needs of children from distressed backgrounds living in a group home on Kibbutz Merav in Israel The play spans eighty years, crossing between Poland and America. As these Polish classmates – 5 Catholic, 5 Jewish – grow up, their lives take dramatically unexpected turns as their country is torn apart by invading armies, first Soviet and then German. Based on true events in the Polish town of Jedwabne and inspired in part by Jan Gross’ controversial book Neighbors, Our Class bravely explores a subject still debated today. Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford Divorce Workshop To sponsor workshops for families dealing with divorce through the Parent Education Program (PEP) and Focus on K.I.D.S The court mandated Parent Education Program (PEP) and Focus on K.I.D.S. helps with the negative effects of divorce on a family. Conflict between parents, whether living together or apart, are associated with many negative outcomes in children. The Focus on K.I.D.S. program helps parents, who are living apart, learn how to nurture and support their children and to develop ways to effectively work together as co-parents. Facilitators work with parents to resolve issues before they escalate to a level where a judge must intervene. Our Class, the Wilma Theater photo: Alexander Iziliaev Grants from unrestricted, donor advised and designated funds comprise the majority of charitable dollars distributed by the Foundation each year. In 2012, the Foundation awarded $3.197 million in grants to qualified charities — here in Greater Hartford, nationally, in Israel and around the world. Grants support new initiatives, emergency needs, social services, education, arts and culture and a broad spectrum of other charitable causes and institutions. Located on Kibbutz Merav, overlooking the Jordan River Valley, Bet Hayeled is a loving home for children removed by the courts from their birth parents. A group of 10 children are provided all their basic needs and a sense of belonging and responsibility to the kibbutz community. Many Bet Hayeled graduates settle near or on the kibbutz as adults, confirming their loving connection with their adopted home. Heifer International Water Buffalo, Sheep & General Support/Women in Livestock Development (WiLD) To provide livestock and training to women in order to help end hunger around the world Women and girls make up the vast majority of the people living in poverty around the world today. Yet they are often given the least opportunity to change their lives for the better. Heifer International established the Women in Livestock Development initiative in 1988 to help women care for themselves, their families, the earth and each other. Heifer International WiLD initiative helps women in impoverished communities achieve their full potential while strengthening partnerships between men and women. Here are the highlights of grants awarded this fiscal year. photo: Heifer International 18 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Fortieth Anniversary Yearbook 00 40th Anniversary Yearbook 19 Anti-Defamation League, CT Regional Office Julia’s Star Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center and Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Big Tent Judaism To develop a curriculum on religious tolerance based upon the book Julia's Star To assist the organized Jewish community in Greater Hartford in becoming more welcoming and inclusive for the unaffiliated/unengaged Written and illustrated by photo: Haro ld Shapiro 15-year old Johanna Emilie Justin-Jinich, Julia’s Star illustrates how curiosity, friendship, knowledge and trust can overcome prejudice. Johanna was raised in a liberal multicultural household in a small city in the Western United States. The story reflects her personal identity and her history as a descendant of survivors of the Holocaust. It reveals her nascent interest in helping others transcend their old cultural roots to overcome barriers that foment misunderstanding, intolerance and injustice. The tragic ending to her life while a college student, cut short by an assassin who despised her Jewish heritage, makes the reading of her story poignant and a fitting memorial. A communitywide program based on the example of Abraham and Sarah’s “Big Tent.” The goal of this program is to help local synagogues and agencies create an environment that is open and welcoming to all, and to engage Jews who are not currently involved with synagogues and agencies. Big Tent Judaism, a program of the Jewish Outreach Initiative, addresses the critical issues of engagement, affiliation, education, belonging, and knowledge in the Greater Hartford Jewish community. Hebrew Home and Hospital, Inc. Ox-box Monitors To purchase monitors that track patient reaction to medications The hand-held Pulse Oximeter monitor, or “ox-box,” is a small device that fits over the index finger and provides convenient and continuous monitoring of patients' oxygen saturation levels and pulse rates. Oxygen is vital to cell functions, and almost all cells get their oxygen from the blood. A low pulse oxygen reading is often an indicator of a medical emergency. These measurements are important indicators in demonstrating how patients react to certain medications. Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Early Childhood School: Reggio Emilia Project For consulting and teacher training that will enable the early childhood school to implement a new early childhood education philosophy A capacity building grant will help transform The Early Childhood Program into one that is rooted in Jewish values and follows the values and philosophy of the Reggio Emilia approach, which focuses on fostering relationships among children, teachers, parents, and community. This approach builds on the premise that each child has the desire to connect with others, to engage in learning, and to enter into a relationship with his or her environment. Grants The Jewish Community Foundation administers more than 1100 individual charitable funds. Grants from these unrestricted, donor advised and designated funds comprise the majority of the charitable dollars distributed by the Foundation each year. They support new community initiatives, social services, education, the arts, Israel, and other organizations and charitable causes our donors care about. The Jewish Community Foundation awarded more than $3.197 million in grants during the 2012 fiscal year. This list includes all grants made to benefit charities in the Hartford region, throughout the United States and in Israel. Grants from unrestricted community funds, donor advised funds and designated funds are reported here. ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING $119,538 $1,495,084 Aaron Davis Hall Bellevue College Foundation The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Charter Oak Cultural Center Congregation Knesset Israel The Connecticut Forum Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. Florida Studio Theater Foundation for Jewish Culture Free Library of Philadelphia Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford The Jewish Museum Joyful Noise Singers Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center Museum of Jewish Heritage National Dance Institute of New Mexico Northwest Film Forum Playhouse Theater Group Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The Wilma Theater Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art WNPR Connecticut Public Radio Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut EDUCATION $363,533 10,000 Degrees American Indian College Fund Brandeis University Brown University College Scholarships Columbia University School of Medicine Commission on Jewish Education and Leadership Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation - Emek Shalom Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools Jewish Teen Learning Connection Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies Hebrew High School of New England Kingswood-Oxford School Loomis Institute Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Temple B'nai Abraham University of Connecticut Foundation University of Hartford University of St. Joseph University of Vermont Watkinson School World ORT Yeshiva of Nitra 40th Anniversary Yearbook 21 20 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 ELDERLY HUMAN SERVICES $129,397 $213,059 Federation Homes Hebrew Health Care Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center 92nd Street Y All Faiths Food Store Association to Benefit Children Backstretch Employees Service Team Chabad House of Greater Hartford Connecticut Food Bank Federation Homes Foodshare The Food Depot HARC, Inc. Heifer International Jewish Association for Community Living Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Jewish Family Service of Broward County Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Jewish Guild for the Blind Jewish Social Service Agency Kitchen Angels Make a Wish Foundation of America Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center National Federation of the Blind Pajama Program Ronald McDonald House Save the Children University of Vermont HEALTH $172,083 American Diabetes Association American Health Assistance Foundation American Heart Association American Liver Foundation American Lung Association American Red Cross Arthritis Foundation Bloomfield Volunteer Ambulance Fund Cancer Foundation for New Mexico Cancer Research Institute Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Easter Seals of Greater Hartford Guiding Eyes for the Blind Hartford Hospital Hebrew Healthcare Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Lenox Hill Hospital The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society March of Dimes Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Middlesex Hospital Mount Sinai School of Medicine Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Play for P.I.N.K. Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Research Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Foundation Universities Allied for Essential Medicines University of Connecticut Health Center Yale University School of Medicine 22 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 ISRAEL & INTERNATIONAL $59,247 ALYN - American Friends of ALYN Hospital American Committee for the Weizmann Institute American Friends of Jordan River Village American Friends of Magen David Adom American Jewish World Service American Society for Yad Vashem Bet Hayeled Birthright Israel Foundation Clearwater Initiative Corporation Doctors Without Borders Emunah of America Friends of AKIM USA General Israel Home for Orphan Girls Jerusalem Global Links Hadassah Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Israel Experience Scholarships Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind IT Works Jewish Agency for Israel Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Seeds of Peace Shutaf World Jewish Congress OUTREACH $194,582 Foundation for Sustainable Development Hartford Hillel Foundation Hillel: The Berman Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center Quinnipiac University Trinity College Hillel University of Connecticut Hillel SOCIAL ACTION $67,091 American Jewish Congress Anti-Defamation League B'nai B'rith International Defenders of Wildlife Hartford Seminary Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford JFACT Fund Inc. National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council Nature Conservancy Ocean Conservancy Simon Wiesenthal Center United Service Organizations The Lenny Zakim Fund SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT $263,684 Beth David Synagogue Beth El Temple of West Hartford Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield Congregation Beth Israel Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek Congregation Kol HaNeshama Congregation P'nai Or of Central Connecticut The Emanuel Synagogue Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation - Emek Shalom Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Temple Beth El of Hollywood Temple Beth Shalom of Sarasota Temple Beth Tefilah Temple B'nai Abraham Temple B’nai Chaim of Georgetown, CT Temple Chai Temple Emanu-El Temple Sinai United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism YOUTH DEVELOPMENT $119,955 Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado The Bridge Family Center EarthCorps Global Visionaries Hole in the Wall Gang Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center TOTAL GRANTS $3,197,523 40th Anniversary Yearbook 23 Funds Samuel "Sy" Birnbaum Fund Chester and Shirley Bland Family Fund Esther Blumenthal Memorial Fund Joan and Morton Blumenthal Fund Dr. Sidney and Charlotte T. Brick Fund Judith R. and Harold M. Brodsky Fund Harry and Mildred Bronson Fund Robert and Janet Bruner Fund Hundreds of individuals, families and organizations have strengthened the Jewish community by establishing and 241,180 58,171 29,785 15,035 6,120 4,992 9,281 9,797 C building funds at the Foundation. The Eleanor and Jerome Caplan Fund Gertrude D. and William H. Caplan Fund Charles E. and Florence Carples Fund Cartin Family Foundation Fund Samuel and Tillie D. Cheiffetz Fund Ruth H. Cohn Fund Helen and Phineas Connell Fund The Cornell Fund following pages list the funds that have received gifts of at least $5,000 or have grown to that value. 73,873 14,042 44,321 19,589 56,620 72,303 8,107 10,307 D UNRESTRICTED FUNDS give donors a powerful way to collectively address community needs in Greater Hartford. Emergency, responsive and innovative grants from unrestricted community funds are made at the discretion of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. A Sidney Abel Fund Benjamin Alexander Memorial Fund Norman and Helene Alisberg Fund David and June Alton Memorial Fund Anonymous V Fund Flora G. Arons Fund in memory of beloved mother Pauline Gale Flora G. Arons Family Fund Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Unrestricted Fund $41,501 6,268 6,276 4,874 3,433 10,762 16,044 771,918 B Eleanor and Robert Balgley Fund Arlyn and David Bamberger Youth Fund Cecelia and Goodman Banks Memorial Fund Gertrude and Jack Baskind Fund Bluma and Mark Bassevitch Fund Edward Beirponch Memorial Fund Frances F. and Samuel B. Bell Fund Marilyn and Seymour Benson Fund Congregation Bess Israel Fund 24 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 174,635 7,323 38,639 8,985 149,111 23,387 6,452 18,306 108,289 Morton and Dinah Danseyar Family Foundation Fund Harold W. and June G. Davidson Fund Wilfred E. Diamond and Mae S. Diamond Fund Micki and Hy Dworin Fund 18,067 16,113 5,389 75,763 E Robert Eisner Fund Morton and Marilyn Elsner Fund 9,774 523,299 F Frances and Philip Feltman Fund James Ferris Family Fund I. Martin and Janet M. Fierberg Fund David and Rochelle Fierston Unrestricted Fund Fischman Family Fund Abraham and Goldie Fish Fund Sheila and Moe Fisher Fund Stanley Fisher Memorial Fund Tutti and Herbert B. Fishman Fund Sarah and Michael Fleischer Fund Albert A. Fox Family Fund Beth and Joe Fox Family Fund Estelle Fraidowitz Memorial Fund Abraham M. Frank Fund 28,894 9,760 44,339 38,822 19,869 16,308 69,603 778,484 170,239 34,429 88,742 9,286 20,207 289,286 G George L. Gans Fund Dr. Isidore S. and Rebekah Geetter Memorial Fund Esther Geisinger Fund General Unrestricted Fund Bertha Gerber Memorial Fund Beth and Glenn Gerber Fund H. Joseph Gerber Family Fund 7,892 9,751 12,059 19,000 7,256 5,335 120,464 Donald Gershman Family Fund Evelyn and Charles Gershman Fund Harry and Minnie Gershman Memorial Fund Isadore N. Gershman Fund Rochelle and Zane Gershman Fund Evelyn and Herbert Gilman Fund Milton and Florence Gilman Fund Irving and Evelyn B. Gilman Fund Lina G. Gilston Memorial Fund Goldie Issner and S. Leonard Ginsberg Fund Blanche and Steven Goldenberg Fund Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Fund Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation Fund Sadie "Syd" L. Goldfarb Memorial Fund Arnold C. and Beverly P. Greenberg Fund Leonard E. and Phyllis S. Greenberg Fund Bernard and Anne Greenspon Fund Rebecca and Israel Grody Family Foundation Fund Meta and Maurice Gross Fund 5,862 9,285 6,851 3,246,424 7,775 8,354 153,233 16,991 6,790 12,363 97,142 416,351 300,885 64,782 8,775 28,866 6,652 70,080 38,228 H Irma and Mort Handel Fund Frank and Marion Kofsky Harris Fund Joseph A. Hartman Memorial Fund Celia B. Hartzmark Memorial Fund Donald and Barbara "Cookie" Hauss Family Fund Alice and Arthur Herrmann Fund Burton and Phyllis Hoffman Family Fund Samuel K. and Katherine S. Hoffman Fund Rose Hurowitz Fund 9,286 1,218,309 8,567 5,018 253,676 44,697 10,816 8,028 96,988 J Sheila and Bud Jacobs Family Fund Louis Joseloff Foundation Fund II 31,829 99,432 K Bernard Kaplan Family Fund Irving Sidney Kaplan Memorial Fund 75,370 8,701 “One of the privileges of being Chairman of The Endowment Fund…is the opportunity to know first hand the generous spirit of our people.” Philip D. Feltman, Chair 1974-1984 Samuel J. and Rose A. Kaprove Fund Kavitsky Family Fund Rita Kaye Fund Alvin Kennedy Community Fund George M. Kofsky Fund Joseph Kohn Fund David and Anna Konover Memorial Fund Harold Konover Fund Georgette and Richard Koopman Fund Irene and Benjamin Kostin Fund Max Kotkin Fund Nancy A. and Robert A. Kramer Family Fund Milton and Judi K. Krevolin Family Fund Eleanor and Ira Kroul Fund 170,655 114,356 6,253 435,501 39,381 6,854 44,306 13,965 1,343,205 31,015 220,162 14,541 10,678 31,024 L Julius and Naomi Larman Family Fund Jack and Irene Lavell Fund Lebon Press Endowment Fund Barbara and Ira Levin Family Fund I. Oscar Levine Fund Robert Lewtan Memorial Fund Ken and Jane Libby Family Fund Evelyn and Bernard Lieberman Fund Charlotte C. and David F. Liebowitz Fund Jane and Roger Loeb Fund Dr. Raymond and Anna Lublin Fund Frances and Louis Ludgin Fund 15,528 158,159 6,028 11,467 6,188 7,453 24,102 27,402 288,825 189,341 116,568 33,412 M Manchester Hebrew Home Fund Andy and Joyce Mandell Fund Alison and Dorothy H. Marks Fund David P. Marks and Ann Sagalyn Fund Oscar "Ozzie" and Gertrude Marks Fund Doris S. Meltzer Fund Peggy and Alan Mendelson Unrestricted Fund Samuel and Goldy Merin Family Memorial Fund Jason Miller and Elise Miller Community Fund Deborah A. and Morton M. Mitnick Fund Moffie Family Fund Nathan Moses Fund Harold and Jan Moskowitz Fund Daniel and Muriel Mosler Fund Nancy and Bernard Mussman Fund 20,325 46,985 8,564 10,680 4,809 10,627 69,115 72,794 18,252 40,355 14,670 40,114 6,884 5,511 12,157 N Rhea and Louis Nassau Fund Arlene M. and Daniel M. Neiditz Fund Moses and Rachel Neiditz Fund Jon and Martha Newman Fund Fred and Mildred Nossal Memorial Endowment Fund 11,795 10,385 29,405 22,624 18,896 40th Anniversary Yearbook 25 David Novarr Memorial Fund Minnie and Bennie Novarr Fund Ida and Frank Novick Fund 12,742 57,328 10,554 O Operating Fund Marilyn Orkin Fund 102,612 14,425 P Marcia S. and Marvin M. Patron Fund Max Pivnik Fund Molly, Charles and Ida Proller Fund 35,367 9,668 15,683 R Dorothy and Edward Rapaport Fund Edward and Minnie Raphael Fund Reuben R. and Bessie P. Raphael Fund Irving and Elinor Reiner Fund I. William Reisman and Beatrice W. Reisman Fund Rodney and Janice Reynolds Unrestricted Fund Harold and Barbara Richman Family Fund Richman-Stolzenberg Fund Rose A. Ritter Fund Betty and Samuel Rivkin Family Fund Emma and Victor Robington Fund R. Philip and Rebecca Rose Fund Doris M. and David P. Rosen Fund Rebecca K. and William H. Rosenfeld Fund Hilda and Alfred Rosenthal Fund Rose Ross Fund Harriet L. Rottner Fund Albert and Augusta Rubin Fund Augusta Rubin Memorial Fund Dorothy and Isidor Rubin Family Fund Naomi and Harold Rubin Fund Eva Rudy Memorial Fund Morris Rudy Memorial Fund Donald and Shirley Ruffkess Fund 7,060 9,195 149,708 40,070 923,489 135,622 122,137 5,481 13,180 349,398 51,998 42,396 10,884 14,625 23,509 5,352 4,962 7,968 1,612,966 55,627 39,941 44,930 10,465 239,783 S Charlotte and Stanley Sack Fund Leon Sakow Fund Diane R. and Seymour H. Sard Fund Rhonda and Robert Sattin Family Fund Peter and Elaine Savin Fund Andrew M. Schatz and Barbara F. Wolf Fund Dr. Abraham M. and Alice Leavitt Schaefer Fund Cecil R. and Arthur H. Schatz Fund Dora Goldberg Schatz Fund Judge Nathan A. Schatz Fund Norma and Mike Schatz Fund Bernard and Dorothy Schiro Fund Jennie Schoenbach Fund 26 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 36,145 32,102 14,156 7,031 36,266 22,120 26,192 5,106 13,955 35,131 48,697 36,380 4,779 Eugenie and Julius Schoolnik Fund Mamie and Louis Schoolnik Fund Ruby and Walter Schultz Fund Harry and Mildred Schwab Fund Harry and Yetta Schwartz Memorial Fund Jack and Ruth Seltzer Fund Sarah T. Shechtman and Florence S. Wellins Memorial Fund Andrew Roy Sheketoff Memorial Fund Lewis S. and Sylvia C. Sheketoff Unrestricted Fund Estelle M. and Ernest M. Sherry Fund Harry A. Shindler Fund Elinor and Morris Shlien Fund Elizabeth and Bea Shlien Endowment Fund Frances and Julian Shoor Fund Debra J. Shulansky Family Fund Ruth and Ralph Shulansky Fund Shulansky Foundation Unrestricted Fund Shulman Family Fund Arthur and Adele Siegal Fund Howard and Lois Siegal Community Unrestricted Fund Bess and Paul Sigel Fund Linda and Donald Silpe ILU Community Fund Silverherz, Brundage and Rosenberg Fund Silverman/Gross Family Fund Ann H. and Benjamin Singer Fund Jenny L. Spargo Fund Bella Spector Memorial Fund Samuel A. Spitz Memorial Fund Harold and Lee Stahl Fund Charles and Betty Stroh Fund Matilda Sudarsky Fund Etta and Edward Suisman Fund Janet and Michael Suisman Fund Samuel C. and Helen K. Suisman Memorial Fund Harold and Dorothy Sussman Family Fund 37,664 37,665 33,128 40,726 7,736 46,834 18,041 95,075 16,748 10,460 437,884 8,322 8,043 46,051 5,862 60,704 113,788 41,907 81,815 7,278 39,668 11,591 37,011 79,708 36,691 56,574 12,419 14,667 15,194 47,839 8,566 42,490 330,761 44,408 61,784 T Melvin Title Memorial Fund Melvin and Fanchon Title Fund Samuel and Sally Title Fund Dr. Israel and Charlotte Trachtenberg Fund George and Marion Trehub Fund Leonard M. Troub Memorial Fund Moses and Dvora Troub Memorial Fund Daniel H. Turchin Memorial Fund 19,878 22,044 18,160 86,269 182,658 104,343 4,743 8,262 V Max and Evelyn Veroff Fund Vinick Family Fund 30,050 8,404 Stanley W. Vogel Family Fund Walter and Naomi Vogel Memorial Fund 37,779 9,586 W Ione S. Wall Fund Carol and Saul Weber Family Fund Robert A. and Harriet C. Weinerman Fund Frances T. Weinstein Memorial Fund Genevieve and Joseph Weinstein Fund Harry E. and Anne C. Weinstein Fund Jennie Weinstein Fund Morris and Gloria Weiss Fund Jacqueline and Frederic Werner Fund Lt. I. Roy Werner, USMC, Memorial Fund Berthold and Paula Wetterhahn Memorial Fund Harry and Gertrude Wolpoe Fund 142,781 21,605 14,255 25,008 46,760 140,070 20,284 18,252 41,706 39,200 4,915 11,737 12,935 Z Henry and Judith Zachs Fund Jessica and Eric Zachs Community Fund Carolyn Zaretsky Memorial Fund Paul and Janet Zieky Fund Other funds Total Unrestricted Funds 2,530,848 B Y William and Esther Yolen Foundation Fund Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund/ Schiro Share Bash Family Fund Arnold and Elizabeth Berman Family Fund Malcolm and Brenda Altman Berman Family Fund Rose and Gary Bernstein Fund Abe and Bobby Bobrow Family Fund Boxer Family Fund Jennie and Morris Bufferd Fund 14,125 56,466 21,314 263,366 11,694 58,303 23,198 C Chairs' Honor Fund Louis H. and Virginia P. Cohen Fund 43,604 40,940 D Divine Family Fund for Jewish Education Dr. Nathan and Renee Dubin Fund 117,937 13,743 E 105,297 14,141 101,305 22,600 251,969 $22,795,190 Eisen and Yass Family Fund Elbaum Family Fund 13,374 27,403 F Fenmore and Gladys Feigenbaum Family Fund Feltman Family Fund Fierston Family Fund The Fighting Segals Fund Hinda N. Fisher Advisory Fund Peter and Lisa Fishman Family Fund Robert B. and Hedyth A. Fishman Family Fund Fox Family Fund 12,593 55,277 50,098 92,274 149,625 29,661 62,684 93,400 G Aaron and Betty Gilman Family Foundation Fund Irving and Evelyn B. Gilman Family Fund Ida C. and Milton Gladstein Family Fund Glass/Lipman Family Fund Karen and Gerald Goldberg Fund DONOR ADVISED FUNDS allow individuals and families to take an active role in grantmaking. A Abrahms Family Fund Annie's Fund Anonymous 4 Grandchildren's Fund Anonymous VII Fund Anonymous IX Anonymous X Fund Anonymous XI Fund Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund/ Koopman Share $251,850 26,730 58,248 13,680 1,495,118 12,320 5,094 4,322,239 291,187 301,951 92,363 72,575 12,136 “Unrestricted funds, which allow the Board of Trustees the most flexibility, grew the fastest. More than 180 unrestricted funds were set up in the early years of the Fund.” Michael Suisman, Chair 1985-1992 Deborah W. Goldfarb Memorial Fund Grant/Weisman Family Fund Arnold C. and Beverly P. Greenberg Fund for Jewish Continuity Burton A. Greenspan Memorial Fund 173,604 53,968 46,435 13,264 H Ernest and Charlotte Hirst Family Fund Judith S. and Joseph D. Hurwitz Fund Jack Hutensky Fund 433,843 31,048 8,175 I The Israel Fund 15,340 107,494 K Selma and David Kaye Fund Robert Kennedy Charitable Fund Martin Kesten Family Fund Deborah and Steven Kleinman Fund Doris and Simon Konover Family Fund Abe and Rae Kopplemann Fund Ruth Kordansky Memorial Fund Michele and Dane Kostin Family Fund 36,016 11,783 665,647 31,611 321,045 154,908 21,977 47,384 L Solomon and Annie Lander Kramer Fund Lanes Family Fund Leshem Family Fund Sam Leven and Abe Kopplemann Fund Ann Z. Leventhal Fund Sid Lichter and Abe Rubin Family Fund Jerry and Elaine Title Lowengard Fund Sheri and Gerald Lublin Family Fund 9,755 93,099 52,651 167,713 10,032 23,398 18,995 91,344 M Aaron Marks Foundation Fund Rose and Louis Mass Memorial Fund Peggy and Alan Mendelson Fund Jason Miller and Elise Miller Charitable Fund Regina H. and Paul P. Mitnick Fund Monastersky Family Fund Moore Family Fund Janet and Harold Moskowitz Fund 213,573 148,604 212,599 17,530 88,455 60,699 269,574 34,346 N Hymen and Pearl Namerow Family Fund Jon and Martha Newman Family Fund 96,968 58,976 P Michael and Susan Perl Family Fund Piaker Family Fund Dr. Charles and Paula Polivy Fund 28 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Belle K. and Irving S. Ribicoff Fund Abraham Rosen Memorial Fund Mark and Carol Rosen Family Fund Samuel J. and Ida S. Rosen Family Fund Alfred and Hilda Rosenthal Family Fund Rothstein Family Fund Florence and Charles Rubenstein Fund Rutenberg Family Fund 160,862 31,190 18,111 31,718 11,590 268,783 237,951 29,290 S 195,209 J Orly Javit Memorial Fund Louis Joseloff Foundation Fund I C R 32,031 11,737 43,393 Bernice and Seymour Saltzman Fund for Israel A.I. Savin Family Fund David L. Savin Family Fund Jerome and Marlene Scharr Family Fund Schatz/Wolf Family Fund Judy and Ron Schlossberg Fund in memory of Solomon Krasney Amy Selzer Memorial Fund Sylvia and Lewis Sheketoff Family Fund Susan Fromm Shimelman Fund Shulansky Foundation Fund Bella and Max Shulman Family Fund Edward and Ruth Siegal Fund Silpe Family Fund Solinsky Family Fund Edmund and Linda Bland Sonnenblick Fund Rosemary Stevens, M.D. Memorial Fund John and Kathy Suisman Family Fund 35,534 3,293,560 232,107 83,313 25,735 11,148 103,379 137,843 36,545 169,222 1,002,533 37,256 185,552 18,312 60,241 122,853 35,106 T Temple Sinai Fund Miriam Toubman Family Fund 27,208 33,641 DESIGNATED FUNDS support the charitable organizations and causes donors care most about, year in and year out. A Phyllis B. Abrahms Endowment Fund Helene Alisberg Children's Fund $6,111 4,712 B Eleanor Balgley Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Edie and Joseph Barker Fund Mildred and Irving Bercowetz Fund for Midrasha/Yachad Willie Berkowitz Memorial Fund Rose Bernstein Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Helen and Bernard Blum Fund Ida and Louis Blum Fund Alma and Hans Bodenheimer Endowment Fund 99,646 22,783 9,540 4,776 147,855 18,682 40,265 5,207 W Waldman-Pearlman-Seltzer Family Fund Weiner Family Fund Alfred and Helen Weisel Education Endowment Fund Winkler-Drezner President's Discretionary Fund Miriam Witlin/Sylvia Bjornson Memorial Fund 281,519 23,549 41,404 80,033 111,365 Z Benjamin Samuel Zachs Fund Jacob Harry Zachs Fund Jessica P. Zachs Fund Zoë Isabelle Zachs Fund Zackin Family Fund Natalie and Morris Ziplow Fund Zweig and Fundiller Family Fund Total Donor Advised Funds 48,398 55,566 10,340 56,893 41,199 149,511 154,206 $22,356,207 “The major event during my years as Chair. . . was the incorporation of the Foundation as a separate entity. This was accomplished while maintaining the Foundation’s close relationship between Federation agencies and the Federation itself, and joint planning assured pursuit of common priorities. Incorporation achieved protection of donors' funds, enabling both the Foundation and the Federation to continue to meet Jewish community needs.” Jon Newman, Chair 1993-1995 Capital Equipment Fund Rhea Sourifman Caplin Memorial Scholarship Fund Arnold S. Cartin Memorial Fund CBI Tots Fund Association of Jewish Cemeteries General Fund Aaron Association Cemetery Fund Bess Israel Cemetery Fund Beth Jacob Society Cemetery Fund Brahilover Benevolent Association of Hartford Cemetery Fund Capital City Cemetery Fund Farband Labor Zionist Alliance Branch 61 Cemetery Fund First Ludmir Benevolent Association Cemetery Fund Hartford City Lodge Cemetery Fund Hartford Sick Benefit Association Cemetery Fund Hebrew Merchants Protective Association Cemetery Fund Jewish War Veterans Laurel Post #45 Cemetery Fund Jonathan Welfare Society Cemetery Fund Ludmir Young Men's Benevolent Association Cemetery Fund Share Torah Lodge Cemetery Fund Tikvah Zion Cemetery Fund Workman's Circle Branch #15 Cemetery Fund Workman's Circle Branch #184 Cemetery Fund Young Friend's Progressive Cemetery Fund Other Cemetery funds Chabad House Fund Chameides Family Fund Charitable Transfer Fund Charter Oak Cultural Center Endowment Fund Adrienne Cohen Education Fund The Adrienne Cohen Israel Fund Aaron and Fanny Cohen Fund Florence and Henry Cohen Family Fund Libbian and Jerry Cohen Fund Morris and Emma P. Cohen Fund for Jewish Historical Society Naomi and Michael Cohen Fund for Jewish Family Services 1,282,822 32,989 13,617 12,464 15,864 23,979 143,956 24,500 140,432 64,638 61,230 62,787 38,045 14,844 69,831 19,037 276,537 17,129 68,778 9,420 45,611 18,552 41,517 9,860 9,845 7,265 13,200 23,464 38,730 116,191 27,907 33,934 16,068 12,424 11,129 40th Anniversary Yearbook 29 Penny H. Cohn Fund for Indigent Elderly Robert E. Cohn and Sherry Banks-Cohn Fund Yale and Rita Cohn Fund Congregation Beth Israel Endowment Fund Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek Endowment Fund Congregation B'nai Sholom Endowment Fund Congregation Tephereth Israel Sisterhood Scholarship Fund Zelda Cramer Ungar Endowment Fund 1,466,199 15,711 12,157 30,610 45,709 8,719 40,821 5,582 D Harry and Diane Davidson Fund for the Jewish Historical Society Divine Family Endowment Fund Dr. Nathan Lewis Dubin Rabbinic Chair Fund 6,320 4,820 93,184 E Fund for the Elderly E. Michael and Lois P. Ellovich Family Fund Elman Family Fund Emanuel Synagogue Special Endowment Fund 57,635 7,402 6,538 21,978 F Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation - Emek Shalom Endowment Fund 41,470 Memorial Park General Fund 41,117 Memorial Park Perpetual Care Fund 87,879 Harold Wolinsky Scholarship Fund 22,738 Fechtor Family Foundation, Inc. Fund 85,967 Federation Community PACE Fund 279,691 Federation Homes Endowment Fund 71,524 Frances and Marshall Feingold Scholarship Fund 21,709 Rhoda and Arthur Feinstein Fund 8,918 Sadie and Jacob Feinstein Fund 15,007 Stanley and Susan Fellman Fund for Congregation Beth Israel 52,347 Stanley and Susan Fellman Fund for Travel to Israel 22,783 Bruce and Debra Fischman Family Fund 69,337 Bruce and Debra Fischman Fund for Congregation Beth Israel 20,613 Art and Helene Fishman Family Fund 153,384 The Arthur, Edward and Robert Fishman Scholarship Fund 33,425 Hedyth Fishman Lion of Judah Endowment Fund 117,415 The Foundation Fund 384,646 Estelle and William Fraidowitz Family Fund 95,617 Doreen Fundiller-Zweig Tribute Fund 23,587 30 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 G Edith and Harry A. Gampel Perpetual Annual Campaign Fund Annette and Seymour Gavens Fund Gelles Family Fund Ida and Milton Gladstein Fund Glickman Chapman Family Fund Sedell Gold Family Fund Edith B. Goldberg and Ruth D. Goldberg Memorial Fund Sylvia and Leo Goldberg Fund Shirley Goldman and Debi Goldman Cooper Family Fund for Beth El Temple Milton and Frances Goodman Fund Abraham and Jane Poriss Gordon Scholarship Fund Lynne Gordon Hartford Jewish Film Festival Fund Bernard L. Gottlieb Fund I Bernard L. Gottlieb Fund II Edith A. and Herbert L. Granstein Fund The Green Family Fund Lawrence Green Memorial Fund Arnold C. and Beverly P. Greenberg Fund for Hartford Hillel 11,045 22,600 7,513 112,559 8,166 12,639 62,134 11,556 12,673 36,453 84,099 8,506 185,559 89,907 12,835 22,505 30,147 54,441 H Abe and Ria Haller Fund Bob and Evelyn Harris Fund for Hebrew High School of New England Judith Lynn Harris Memorial Fund Hartford Hillel Foundation Endowment Fund Hartford Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Fund Hebrew High School of New England Building Fund 7,214 5,925 5,042 77,465 Hebrew High School of New England Endowment Fund Hebrew Home and Hospital Endowment Fund Hebrew Ladies Sheltering Home Fund The Helping Fund I The Helping Fund II Celia Hillman Scholarship Fund Rose Hurowitz and Anna Hurowitz Lublin Fund 146,641 49,443 48,329 44,943 57,770 44,962 11,199 J Ruth and Ronald Jacobs Family Fund Jewish Association for Community Living Funds Alan Bialeck Fund Janet Bialeck Community Fund Philip and Frances Feltman Family Fund Vicki and Michael Konover Fund Legacy of Caring Fund Martin, Esther and Neil Lerner Fund Gerald and Janet Pitegoff Family Fund Mira Rauch Fund Residential Fund Elizabeth Ina Scharr Fund Temkin Family Fund Uncle Abe's Honorary Fund Jewish Family Services Endowment Fund Jewish Family Services Legacy Fund Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Fund JFACT Fund Endowment Jonathan's Dream Playground Fund Jonathan Welfare Society Legacy Fund Leo and Shirley Juran Fund 80,290 10,277 12,475 5,187 5,642 176,045 10,723 7,636 10,908 87,464 6,289 39,491 11,054 6,447 272,349 117,479 62,007 77,389 140,051 15,008 K 24,520 56,008 “I was fortunate to serve the Endowment at a time when we were growing and helping to better our community. I was fortunate to have learned about Endowment from the men and women who made it all possible in the beginning.” Blanche Goldenberg, Chair 1996-1999 Woronow Kaplan Family Fund for the Jewish Community Center Frank Kavitsky Campaign Endowment Fund Alvin Kennedy Scholarship Fund Samuel, Sylvia, Alvin and Robert Kennedy Fund Dr. Leizor and Barbara Kessel Scholarship Fund Martin Kesten Fund for Beth Hillel for Synagogue Thelma and Burton Kirsch and Sylvia Kavanau Fund Kirstein Family Holocaust Education Fund George Kleman and Eva Kleman Fund Elizabeth Kochen Memorial Fund Doris Konover Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Konover Coppa Family Funds Helen Kopman Holocaust Education Fund Cantor Arthur Koret Memorial Fund Dane and Michele Kostin Fund for the Hebrew Academy Dane and Michele Kostin Fund for Hebrew Home and Hospital Dane and Michele Kostin Fund for Jewish Community Center Samuel and Frances Kosto Fund David Kotkin Fund for Hartford Institute for Jewish Studies Saul Kovarsky Endowment Fund Alice and Maxwell Kramer Scholarship Fund Kupperblatt Morris Family Fund 34,229 6,228 17,240 5,917 7,016 97,516 15,623 6,135 54,236 7,873 L Rebecca Schwartz Lazowski Endowment Fund for Israel Lebed Family Fund Legal Eagle PACE Fund Ira and Barbara Levin Fund Dorothy and Joseph Levine Fund Bernard Lieberman Memorial Fund Charlotte C. and David F. Liebowitz PACE Fund Lillian Fund for Women and Girls Morris Lipman Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment Fund Marilyn Lippman Memorial Fund Arlene M. Lipton Memorial Fund Edward and Marsha Lotstein Family Fund Jack and Dorothy Lotstein Fund Marsha Lotstein Honorary Fund Gretel and Albert Lowenstein Fund 17,099 60,297 51,393 13,031 41,645 377,033 311,909 195,811 167,418 61,923 61,517 4,798 31,262 24,257 284,521 M 40,359 1,327,979 45,611 444,039 871,377 83,587 8,004 339,307 166,302 11,221 121,525 1,405,295 Mailly Family Fund Dr. Carl Mandell Israel Trip Fund Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center Funds Capital Campaign Endowment Fund Cultural Arts Fund Endowment Fund Denese B. and Norman M. Mann Family Fund Dr. Norman Mendlinger Science and Technology Memorial Fund Meriden Jewish Federation Endowment Fund Message Center Beepers Fund for the Hebrew Home and Hospital Midrasha/Yachad Endowment Fund Elizabeth O. and Barney H. Miller Fund for Zion Hill Cemetery David and Lauri Miller Family Fund 10,692 18,465 58,201 57,607 168,475 10,139 10,354 80,969 31,762 6,280 5,127 154,075 40th Anniversary Yearbook 31 Deborah and Morton Mitnick Jewish Education Fund Susan E. Moore Scholarship Fund Sarah and Rachel Moses Fund Mr. and Mrs. Club, Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield Fund Melvin and Ruth K. Rutt Fund 100,686 37,088 37,668 47,323 N N. Aaron Naboicheck Fund Reba and Art Nassau Fund National Council of Jewish Women Endowment Fund David Neiditz Memorial Fund Stacy Nerenstone Lion of Judah Endowment Fund New Britain Old Age Assistance Fund Noah's Ark Scholarship Fund Novarr Fund for Hadassah Harriet Judith Novarr Scholarship Fund Hyman and Ann Novarr Fund for Israel Sylvia and Leo Novarr Fund for Children and Families Sylvia and Leo Novarr Hebrew Academy Fund Sylvia and Leo Novarr Hebrew Home and Hospital Fund Sylvia and Leo Novarr JCC Endowment Fund Sylvia and Leo Novarr ORT Fund Sylvia and Leo Novarr Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School 27,515 10,560 21,289 18,093 6,883 118,738 25,808 5,486 6,177 12,265 8,432 5,045 5,758 6,537 5,097 10,150 S Bertha and Sidney Schulman Family Fund Edith and Ben Schwab Endowment Fund Leonard J. and Freda Schwartz Fund Arnold Scribner Memorial Library Fund Second Generation Films Fund Lewis S. and Sylvia C. Sheketoff Jewish Family Services Fund Sylvia and Lewis Sheketoff Fund for the Jewish Historical Society George J. and Lottie K. Sherman Fund Susan Hope Sherman Endowment Fund MKB Shoham Family Fund Betty Shuch Memorial Fund Howard J. and Lois Siegal Funds Howard Siegal Fund Siegal/Levy Fund for Hebrew Home and Hospital Siegal/Levy Fund for the Jewish Community Center Siegal/Levy Fund for Jewish Family Services Siegal/Levy Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School Paul and Anita Sigel Fund Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy Endowment Fund 49,045 44,296 70,470 12,063 18,415 28,852 16,456 46,306 7,288 7,645 11,716 33,153 11,979 87,756 239,478 35,377 12,061 10,605 160,377 8,551 P Congregation P'nai Or Endowment Fund Papermaster Family Fund Passport to Israel General Fund Passport to Israel Funds Leonard and Teddy Paul Family Fund Bennett and Libby Pearl Fund PJ Library Fund Joseph Pollack Memorial Fund Samuel B. and Mollie G. Pollack Memorial Fund Sydney and Frances Pomer Fund President's Fund 32 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 10,400 44,226 24,725 54,752 12,490 25,662 31,560 138,437 47,797 10,681 35,017 25,823 13,774 42,483 7,491 9,121 7,872 208,846 42,785 235,644 212,907 36,670 T 5,309 7,496 12,148 59,607 23,428 9,679 34,953 22,148 29,821 23,062 14,992 R Laura and Reuben Rapport Fund Sharon and Alan Reisner Family Fund Abraham A. Ribicoff Memorial Fund Belle M. and Harold Rosen Memorial Fund Israel and Rhoda Rosenthal Memorial Fund Rothstein Fund for Women Rubenstein Fund for Jewish Historical Society Jack and Leah Rubin Fund Gideon and Mary Rutenberg Family Fund Isabel S. and Selig J. Silverman Memorial PACE Fund Simons Family Fund for Hartford Hillel Roberta and Bruce Singer Fund Robert S. Siskin Family Fund Rosalie H. and Jay D. Smith Jewish Heritage Fund Fund for Social Justice Abraham and Lina Solomon Fund Solomon Schechter Day School Endowment Fund Solomon Schechter Day School Scholarship Fund Mark and Ruth Solomkin Fund in memory of Joan Sondik Chernoff Squires Family Fund Fund for Special Needs Spitz Family Fund Jerry Spitz JCC Fund for the Arts Stanger Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School Reeva and Frank Stavis Fund Irving N. Stein Memorial Fund for Jewish Education Paula S. Steinberg Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Gerald M. Steinberg Memorial PACE Fund SummerWood Members Special Fund Ted and Mutt Susman Fund Beatrice and Bernard Sussman Family Fund 44,331 9,176 17,984 53,330 26,144 6,053 5,006 37,777 52,537 “I clearly remember the September 11, 2001 events which so severely challenged us along with the entire country. One of our finest periods occurred thereafter when our Board remained steadfast and unflinching both in its continued substantial support for the community and in its continued disciplined approach to administering our investment policies. No panic liquidations or “knee-jerk” reactions took place as we “stayed the course,” which ensured the preservation and the long-term value of our endowment over time.” Robert B. Goldfarb, Chair 2000-2004 Teen Leadership and Philanthropy Institute Fund Teen Philanthropy Operating Fund Temple B'nai Abraham Endowment Fund Jeanette Aron Scholarship Fund Julius and Sophie Barker Scholarship Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Max Cheikin Scholarship Fund Millie Levine Dobris Scholarship Fund Sarah Zietz Pierson Scholarship Fund Willliam Smith Scholarship Fund Sylvia Gross Wasserman Scholarship Fund Other Temple B'nai Abraham Funds Temple B'nai Israel Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School Temple B'nai Israel Legacy Fund Temple Beth Hillel Endowment Fund Carolyn and Elliott Tertes Family Fund Trager Family Fund Trinity College Hillel Endowment Fund 10,577 16,755 197,210 5,237 29,551 124,886 14,516 9,337 14,947 8,177 22,399 9,893 Mark Tsvok Memorial Scholarship Fund Ruth Tupper Fund 61,016 21,709 U University of Connecticut Hillel Endowment Fund Samuel and Pauline Ungar Fund 49,321 5,972 W Dr. Sanford E. Solomon and Pearl Solomon Wachtel Campership Fund for Camp Shalom Anne E. Wall Scholarship Fund Marjorie M. Walton Fund H.D. and Florence Weber Family Fund Ruth Frosh Weiner Scholarship Fund Genevieve and Joseph Weinstein Fund for Congregation Beth Israel Genevieve and Joseph Weinstein Fund for Hebrew Home and Hospital Genevieve and Joseph Weinstein PACE Fund Raymond S. and Gail Weinstein Fund Celia B. Weisman PACE Fund Wetstone Foundation Fund Lina Wolff Fund 11,412 26,118 12,713 5,051 12,045 26,835 795,800 31,474 35,648 7,448 100,795 35,272 Y Yachad Greater Hartford Jewish Community High School Endowment Fund 196,041 Z Zachs Family Fund for Beth El Temple Zachs Family Fund for the Jewish Community Center Zachs Family Fund for Jewish Family Services Zachs Family Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School Zachs Family Fund for Charter Oak Cultural Center Zachs JFACT Fund Judy and Henry Zachs Center Fund Zachs Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Zachs PACE Fund Other Funds Total Designated Funds 275,153 58,853 15,001 49,481 26,344 10,777 125,571 161,559 103,494 62,841 $23,077,470 9,903 371,922 13,589 7,937 31,588 50,251 40th Anniversary Yearbook 33 CUSTODIAL FUNDS have been transferred by local charities and synagogues to the Foundation for investment management and charitable gift planning support. Beth El Temple of West Hartford Louis M. Beckenstein Fund Ann and David Brandwein Family Fund Naomi and Michael Cohen Endowment Fund Leonard and Vicki Eisenfeld Endowment Fund Nathan Field Memorial Fund Betsy Heilpern Firger Healing Spring Fund for Music Gavens Family College Youth Fund General Unrestricted Funds Mildred Glasband Memorial Fund Gloria Lavitt Goldenberg Endowment Fund Gloria Goldenberg Music and Lecture Series Endowment Fund Harry E. Goldfarb Endowment Fund for Teacher Training Harry E. Goldfarb Scholarship Endowment Fund Sadie L. Goldfarb Endowment Fund Beverly P. and Arnold C. Greenberg Endowment Fund Susan and Marvin Grody Family Fund Irving and Shirley Gutcheon Congregant Assistance Fund Anna Heineman Memorial Fund The Herman Family Fund Henry Matthew Hillman Youth Scholarship Fund Ben Horowitz Fund Kessler Tribute Fund Kesten Education Fund Ruth and Harry Kleinman Endowment Fund Koppleman Fund Koteen Family Fund Kreinik Family Fund Life Membership Fund Frances and Louis Ludgin Endowment Fund 34 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 $3,091,607 7,297 5,218 7,912 136,703 14,016 7,247 25,023 265,372 8,335 44,166 126,386 145,657 19,611 35,394 Mann Family Temple Organ Fund Cipie and Daniel Miller Family Fund. Leigh A. Newman and Gary S. Starr Family Fund David Pearl Memorial Fund for Children with Special Needs Charles Polivy Endowment Fund Rabbi's Housing Fund Lois and Alvin Reiner Family Fund Dr. Leo P. Reiner Endowment Fund Henry B. Richmond Fund Carol and Mark Rosen Israel Teen Trip Fund Rosen Family Kehillah Kedosha Fund Lester P. Roth and Rita Roth Memorial Endowment Fund Marshall and Sandra Rulnick Endowment Fund Sara and Morris Rulnick Memorial Fund Jennie , Myer and Nickey Sanders Fund Michael and Susan Schenker Endowment Fund Albert and Mickie Schoolnik Endowment Fund Eugenie Schoolnik Fund Bertha and Sideny Schulman Endowment Fund Bruce Shein and Sharon Levine-Shein Endowment Fund Shulansky Family Fund Anita and Paul Sigel Temple Organ Endowment Fund Sylvia Clark Solomon Memorial Library Endowment Fund Sowalsky Gabbai Rishon Endowment Fund Gerald and Paula Steinberg Endowment Fund Manuel M. Stier Memorial Fund Amy E. Toyen Endowment Fund 13,975 19,693 7,902 5,749 11,458 153,898 6,556 14,084 6,811 16,389 12,196 8,755 6,776 29,564 17,228 11,045 7,810 9,932 46,451 14,643 52,431 9,088 15,814 170,953 7,504 53,569 “I was most impressed with our Trustees and Staff. It is their talents and dedication that enables us to meet our goals and objectives so well. Together we launched a successful $900,000 Endowment Challenge to the community and laid the groundwork for the Leave a Jewish Legacy initiative. This enabled our local agencies and synagogues to make real progress toward building their endowments.” David Fierston, Chair 2005-2008 132,943 5,486 9,017 32,349 Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield Edward N. Bromberg Ritual Education Memorial Fund Building Fund Feigenbaum Fund Gershenowitz Fund Honorials and Memorials Fund Karp Memorial Scholarship Fund Kiyum Endowment Fund Philip Lazowski Adult Education Fund Rebecca Lazowski Memorial Scholarship Fund Alex Lebed Fund Memorial Plaque Fund Abe Morrison Fund Post Family Scholarship Fund Prayer Book Fund PTO Library Fund Sam Rosenthal Scholarship Fund Paul Wolfberg Entertainment Fund Other Funds $702,564 Congregation Beth Israel Norman and Helene Alisberg Fund Mike and Meg Aronow Fund Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery Fund Sidney and Beatrice Cramer Fund Norton and Janice Glass Fund Harry E. Goldfarb Scholarship Fund Eunice P. Hausmann Fund Laura Rapport Legacy for Our Future Fund Congregation Beth Israel Legacy for the Future Fund Jacob and Frances Mashkin Endowment Fund Viola Phillips Fund Edith Steinhauser Fund Milton and Frances Weinstein Fund $551,651 1,878 4,068 43,749 11,010 11,111 21,347 42,832 43,119 5,749 303,594 9,837 12,828 17,599 26,545 140,134 9,996 12,261 70,664 36,778 5,521 9,450 6,419 14,843 6,351 5,780 8,217 25,953 28,099 5,737 15,691 10,084 19,425 5,669 7,549 28,708 14,016 31,340 21,865 25,125 6,414 1,062,281 25,248 Tree of Life Fund Marion and George Trehub Endowment Fund I. Milton Widem Adult Education Fund Other Funds Hebrew Health Care Auxiliary Hebrew Health Care Auxiliary Endowment Fund Hebrew Health Care Auxiliary Muriel and Martin Kesten Fund Other Funds 100,112 197,166 41,029 9,674 24,555 $36,473 26,330 7,542 2,601 Hebrew Health Care Foundation $3,948,496 Hebrew Health Care Auxiliary Fund 168,062 Samuel "Sy" Birnbaum Fund 950,186 Louis H. and Virginia P. Cohen Fund 25,927 Day Care Trust Fund 5,000 Charles and Zelda Gersten Nursing Scholarship Fund 42,863 Harry, Robert and William Goldfarb Family Fund 682,632 Sadie "Syd" Goldfarb Music Endowment Fund 48,238 The Greenberg Family Endowment Fund 39,596 Hebrew Health Care Foundation Fund 320,207 Hebrew Health Care Matching Fund 55,631 Horn Family Fund 82,935 Muriel Kesten Endowment Fund 48,421 Benjamin and Estelle Kleinman Endowment Fund 34,538 Irving Kronenberg Educational Endowment Fund 24,559 Rabbi Gary Lavit Chaplaincy Endowment Fund 92,216 Leshem Family Fund 5,753 Level Lodge #137 A.F. & A.M. Fund 59,426 N. Aaron Naboicheck Fund 50,444 I. William Reisman and Beatrice W. Reisman Fund 465,552 Irma and David Salad Trust Fund 16,822 Howard and Lois Siegal Endowment Fund 18,448 Howard and Elaine Smith Endowment Fund 7,658 Alice B. Sokoloff Memorial Fund 22,220 Ruthan Wein Fund for Volunteer Services 23,990 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Endowment Fund 540,577 Weiner Family Endowment Fund 29,205 Harry E. Weinstein and Anne C. Weinstein Fund 87,390 Jewish Association for Community Living Auxiliary Fund $37,373 Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center $1,191,788 Abrahms Family Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund 19,860 Beatrice Fox Auerbach Early Childhood Center Fund 37,982 David Burstein Scholarship Fund 17,334 Davidson Teen Dramatics Award Fund 12,195 Nathan L. Dubin Campership Fund 54,604 Fechtor Mother's and Father's Day Fund 7,341 Louise and Robert Fechtor Scholarship Fund 35,139 Albert Fox Family Fund 26,039 Abe Frank Fund 60,810 David Gaberman Fund 521,133 Roslyn Michaelson Memorial Fund 5,453 I. William Reisman and Beatrice W. Reisman Fund 155,825 R. Philip Rose Fund 40,346 Rosen Family 90% Fund 7,591 Saul and Etta Rosen Nursery School Scholarship Fund 5,870 40th Anniversary Yearbook 35 Donald and Shirley Ruffkess Fund John Schnidman Memorial Youth Activities Fund Murry Shapiro Fund Frank Stavis Memorial Young Leadership Fund Janet Stein Children's Theater Memorial Fund Swim Team Fund Other Funds Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford Jewish Family Services Restricted Fund Jewish Family Services Unrestricted Fund Suzanne Jo Morales Fund Jewish Historical Society 40th Anniversary Fund 12,810 13,403 24,034 75,996 13,585 21,886 22,553 $319,973 92,474 211,975 15,524 $73,586 Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy Funds Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy General Fund Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy Scholarship Fund $276,876 138,425 Solomon Schechter Day School Funds Anonymous I Scholarship Fund A. Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees Endowment Fund Congregation Ados Israel Endowment Fund Rita Felsenfeld Memorial Nursery School Fund Abraham Fish Fund Albert A. Fox Family Fund for Sports Support General Fund $703,898 38,781 15,666 12,868 46,456 10,394 7,953 37,248 179,630 138,451 “My tenure as Chair was marked by the beginnings of a reorientation of our grants program. We began to move away from small reactive grants and toward larger grants intended to encourage significant communal change. This effort is still in its infancy, but it has been blessed by the community’s long range planning effort, and is moving into the implementation phase.” Thomas M. Divine, Chair 2009-2011 Goldenberg Family Scholarship Fund HRW Goldfarb Scholarship Fund Marc Gorlick Memorial Fund Galya Pinsky Greenberg Scholarship Fund Harris Family Fund Jonathan Welfare Society Fund Eugene and Elaine Kagan Fund for Jewish Education Enrichment David Koton Memorial Scholarship Fund David Levin Scholarship Fund Louise Levine and Aaron Slitt Scholarship Fund David Multer Memorial Fund for Music Rachel P. and Moses J. Neiditz Fund Dr. Sidney Perlman Fund Howard A. Robinson Memorial Fund for Jewish Education Rosen Family Communication Fund Joshua Allon Silver Memorial Science and Nature Endowment Fund Joshua Silver Endowment Fund for the Enrichment of Jewish Studies Dr. Ruth B. Waxman Memorial Fund F/Zweig Fund for Art and Music Other Funds 27,534 38,549 7,545 65,363 26,868 12,418 14,193 5,315 13,053 12,646 5,483 22,201 4,954 16,492 37,867 5,011 5,292 5,810 10,032 18,276 Temple Beth El of Stamford Endowment Fund Men's Club-Kaplin Scholarship Fund $248,498 194,549 53,949 University of Connecticut Hillel Fund $201,314 Total Custodial Funds Wherever you are on your philanthropic journey, we will meet you there. 2009 Annual Donor Reception photo: Lorraine Greenfield $11,384,097 Whether you are developing a philanthropic strategy for the first time, or already have well developed ideas, the Foundation is here assist you in meeting your philanthropic goals. We offer information and experiences to help you make good decisions, access to expertise, collaborative opportunities to leverage your funding, and a community of other donors. Get started Whatever your charitable interests and philanthropic goals, the Jewish Community Foundation is here to help. Call us at 860.523.7460 and visit our website at www.jcfhartford.org. 40th Anniversary Yearbook 37 Anonymous (17) Shirley Abel Marc C. Abrahms Jeffrey Adler Julian and Libby Adler Michael S. Aronow and Margaret M. Chaplin Robert Balgley Nita Barrabee Seymour and Marilyn Benson Ross and Lauren Benthien Jeffrey I. Bergen Robert and Lisa Berman Rose Z. Bernstein Lenore Blank Samuel Blumenthal Sherwin and Ruth Borsuk Mark L. and Michelle Boxer Judith Brodsky Lyle and Joan Brundage Harold C. Buckingham Jr. Eleanor N. Caplan Steven and Leah Chatinover Edward G. Chestler Esther S. Cohen Jerry and Libby Cohen Louis H. Cohen Margaret Cohen Michael and Naomi Cohen Miriam S. Cohen John and Anne Danaher Harry and Diane Davidson Siegfried and Andrea deHaas Thomas and Donna Divine Marc Edrich and Mara Whitman David and Lisa Ellovich Barry M. and Claire Feldman Stanley and Susan Fellman Philip and Frances Feltman Martin and Janet Fierberg Irving Fierstein David and Rochelle Fierston Ivan and Barbara Finkle Charlene and David Fischler Bruce and Debra Fischman Hinda N. Fisher Herbert and Tutti Fishman Peter and Lisa Fishman Robert B. and Hedyth Fishman Robert J. and Susan Fishman Seymour and Annette Gavens Denis Geary and Faith VosWinkel Glenn and Beth Gerber Betty H. Gilman Janice Glass Robert and Francine Goldfarb William and Maureen Goldfarb Shirley Goldman Rona B. Gollob Barry D. Gordon Legacy Society John and Norma Green Louis and Nancy Green Gary and Joan Greenberg Morton and Irma Handel David and Merle Harris April Haskell and Jerome Passman Allen and Amy Hecht I. Bradley Hoffman Susannah Hogendorn Michael and Barbara Honor Joseph Hurwitz Ronald and Ruth Jacobs Jeffrey M. and Sunny C. Kagan Theodore N. Kaplan and Roberta Woronow Ruth Katz Seymour and Jeanette Kawaller Robert Kennedy Edward F. Kleinman Steven and Deborah Kleinman William and Myra Kleinman Dane and Michele Kostin Maxwell Kramer Nancy Kramer Ann Lebed Susan Lebow Barbara Lederer Sylvia K. Leven Scott and Heidi Lewis Arlen and Audrey Lichter We honor those who have made a lasting commitment to our community by including charitable gifts to the Jewish Community Foundation in their estate plans. Those who remember the Foundation through a will, trust, designation or other planned gift, are invited to join the Legacy Society. Too often, these gifts are unrecognized because they come at the end of the donors' lives. The Legacy Society provides a way to recognize and thank donors during their lifetimes. 38 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Michael and Roxane Lipton Elaine Title Lowengard Gerald R. and Sheri Lublin Andrew and Joyce Mandell Mark and Merrill Kate Mandell David and Gail Mangs Norman and Denese Mann Roslyne Maslan David and Lori Yontef Mathog Alan and Peggy Mendelson David and Lauri Miller Barbara Mindell Harold and Janet Moskowitz Arthur and Reba Nassau Sybil Nassau Daniel and Arlene Neiditz Marc Nemeth Stacy Nerenstone Jon O. Newman and Ann Z. Leventhal Leigh A. Newman and Gary Starr Seymore Newman Leo and Sylvia Novarr Bennett and Libby Pearl Leonard Persky Steven and Randi Piaker Scott S. Piccone and Susan Matlin Piccone Howard and Patricia Pierce Frank and Judith Resnick Rodney and Janice Reynolds A. Mark and Carol Rosen Bernard H. Rosen David P. Rosen Alan Rosenberg Anja Rosenberg Pia Rosenberg-Toro Alfred Rosenthal Joel Roskin Rise' Roth Deborah Rothstein Harold and Marilyn Rothstein Kenneth and Susan Rubenstein Richard and Lea Rubenstein Gideon and Mary Rutenberg Gail K. Sack Daniel Schaefer Cecil Schatz Norma Schatz David Scheinerman Judith Schlossberg Janet B. Schrager Leonard and Freda Schwartz Cathrine Fischer Schwartz Gerard and Judith Selzer Michael and Elaine Pearl Shapiro Steven and Carrie Shaw Susan F. Shimelman Beatrice Shlien Elizabeth Shlien Ralph and Ruth Shulansky James and Jane Shulman Lois Siegal Donald and Linda Silpe Mary Silverberg Pamela Siskin Robert and Caryl Siskin Esther Sourifman Rita Stein Marilyn S. Steinmetz Steven A. Sternberg John and Kathryn Suisman Michael and Elsa Suisman Naomi L. Tussin Ronald F. and Ruth D. Van Winkle Bernard and Martha Vinick Stuart and Susan Wachtel Anne E. Wall Howard and Patti Weiner Mickey Weinstein Raymond and Gail Weinstein Morris and Gloria Weiss Daryl and Karen Worobow Roslyn Yellin William and Rose Yolen Eric and Jessica Zachs Henry M. Zachs Judith L. Zachs Chester and Gwen Zaslow Elliot C. Zweig and Doreen Fundiller-Zweig Isadore N. Gershman Charitable giving played an important part in Izzy Gershman’s life. He supported his synagogues, Jewish Federation, Hebrew High School of New England and many organizations in Israel. He was a life member of the Zionist Organization of America and was deeply concerned about the survival of Israel. Creating a legacy plan during his lifetime was a way for Mr. Gershman to pass on his values and vision for the Jewish community. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO The Foundation’s assets are managed in a commingled investment pool. The Foundation has a long-term investment horizon with relatively low liquidity needs. For these reasons, 2012 Financials BY THE NUMBERS the portfolio can tolerate short and intermediate term volatility in the interest of generating higher returns over the long-term. The Jewish Community Foundation has a INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE mandate both to fulfill its role as the as of June 30, 2012 community foundation serving Greater 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year -2.0% 10.9% 1.8% 6.1% $81.6 million total assets (as of June 30, 2012) Hartford today – by maximizing dollars Total Managed Portfolio (net of investment fees) $2.4 million gifts available for making grants – and by ensuring Comparison that the charitable dollars entrusted to it are S&P 500 5.4% 16.4% 0.2% 5.3% available to continue this work tomorrow Barclays Capital Aggregate 7.5% 6.9% 6.8% 5.6% $3.1 million grants awarded 677 number of grants and in perpetuity. Robust development efforts 42 scholarships awarded and a well-diversified investment strategy 1070 charitable funds 23 new funds 10 new legacies -2.0 investment return enable the Foundation to meet both of these objectives. A S S E T A L L O C AT I O N June 30, 2012 • Domestic Equity • International Equity • Fixed Income • Private Equity • Real Assets • Absolute Return Strategies • 40 00 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Cash 37.9% 19.4% 26.7% 5.6% 4.1% 4.5% 1.8% 40th Anniversary Yearbook 41 2012 SUMMARY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT The Foundation’s Investment Committee AUDITED FINANCIAL S TAT E M E N T S implements investment policy and monitors the The Foundation’s financial statements are prepared individual investment managers and their under policies and procedures overseen by the performance. The Investment Committee is assisted by Foundation’s independent Audit Committee and an independent investment consulting firm, Colonial ultimately the Board of Trustees. The statements are Consulting, LLC of New York, New York. audited by J.H. Cohn, LLP of Farmington, Connecticut. The managed investment portfolio includes not A summary of the Foundation’s financial statements is only traditional stock and bond investments, but shown here. The audited statements will be available participation in private equity and absolute return on our website at www.jcfhartford.org once the strategies. Diversification among multiple asset classes audit for the year ending June 30, 2012 is complete. moderates risk and helps to reduce the volatility of the Foundation’s investment portfolio. EXPENSES F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S Assets Investments Receivables Other Assets Total Assets $ 81,306,917 9,514 275,499 81,591,930 Liabilities and Fund Balances Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Grants Payable Fund Balances Unrestricted Community Funds Donor Advised Funds Designated Funds Custodial Funds Total Liabilities and Fund Balances $ Revenues Contributions Net Investment Return Other Revenues Total Revenues 2,175,684 (1,737,929) 113,195 $ 550,950 14,324 1,964,675 22,795,157 22,356,207 23,077,470 11,384,097 81,591,930 The Foundation’s management and Board of Trustees THE SPENDING POLICY take careful steps to ensure that operating expenses By using a spending policy, the Foundation helps to are kept as low as possible. The Foundation expense to ensure that the charitable funds will be protected for total asset ratio for the year was 1.43%. the future while continuing to have the most impact today. The policy determines the amount that will be The financial statements include all funds held available for grantmaking and for to the Foundation’s by the Foundation. operating budget. Spending is equal to 5% of the previous 16-quarters average value of a fund, subject to a 4% floor and 5.5% ceiling. The Foundation uses a smoothing mechanism to limit the impact of market fluctuations. 42 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Grants and Expenses Grants and Distributions Grant Cancellations Community Program Support Operating Expenses Other Disbursements Change in Split Interest Gift Values Total Grants and Expenses $ Change in Fund Balances Fund Balances Beginning of Year Fund Balances End of Year $ (3,918,033) $ 83,530,964 $ 79,612,931 3,329,652 (150,705) 244,165 967,780 70,578 7,513 4,468,983 40th Anniversary Yearbook 43 TRUSTEES LIFE TRUSTEES Philip D. Feltman Chair, 1974–1984 Hinda N. Fisher Robert B. Goldfarb David R. Miller Joyce D. Mandell Andrew M. Schatz Steven C. Kleinman, CPA Chair Managing Director, Conning Vice Chair Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Data-Mail, Inc. Vice Chair Managing Director, Walbridge Capital Advisors, LLC Treasurer CFO Emeritus, Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC Michele G. Kostin Thomas M. Divine Lisa Fishman Theodore N. Kaplan Secretary Former Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Aetna Inc. Partner, Rogin Nassau, LLC Trust and Estate Planning Department Chair Community Volunteer Founder and President, Kaplan Insurance Group, LLC Leigh A. Newman Steven F. Piaker Gideon Rutenberg Howard J. Siegal, of blessed memory Senior Counsel, Day Pitney, LLP Managing Director, Financial Partners Fund - Citi Capital Advisors Principal, Rutenberg Development Former Executive Vice President of Operations, Edart Truck Rental Corp. Elliott D. Tertes Jessica P. Zachs Judith D. Schlossberg Former Founder & COO Arrow Prescription Centers and Allcare Medication Services Community Volunteer Ex-officio Owner and President, Judy Zagoren Events, LLC; Chair, Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 44 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 Chair, 2000–2004 Michael Suisman Chair, 1985–1992 TRUSTEES EMERITI Eleanor N. Caplan Jerome E. Caplan I. Martin Fierberg David H. Fierston Bruce A. Fischman Stanley D. Fisher Evelyn S. Gilman Blanche S. Goldenberg William H. Goldfarb Arnold C. Greenberg Morton Handel Joseph D. Hurwitz Bernard Kaplan Bernhard L. Kohn Simon Konover Georgette Koopman Richard Koopman Katharine I. Lavitt Hartzel Z. Lebed Sheri Lublin Alan Mendelson Hyman L. Moore Harold Moskowitz Louis E. Nassau Daniel M. Neiditz Moses Neiditz Hon. Jon O. Newman Abraham Ribicoff Emma Robington A. Mark Rosen Abraham I. Savin Peter M. Savin Ralph M. Shulansky Donald Silpe Rabbi Harold Silver Robert S. Siskin Edward Suisman Melvin W. Title Leonard M. Troub Marjorie M. Walton Gail S. Weinstein Henry M. Zachs Judith M. Zachs AUDIT COMMITTEE Raymond S.Weinstein, Chair David H. Fierston Michele G. Kostin Marilyn S. Steinmetz BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Steven C. Kleinman, Chair David H. Fierston Alan Mendelson Leigh A. Newman DONOR CULTIVATION COMMITTEE Elliott D. Tertes, Chair Bruce A. Fischman Lisa Fishman Robert B. Fishman Lori Yontef Mathog Ellen G. Mayer Bennett H. Pearl Jeffrey Renert Gideon Rutenberg Howard J. Siegal Michael Suisman Henry M. Zachs GRANTS COMMITTEE Andrew M. Schatz, Chair Thomas M. Divine Arnold C. Greenberg Jill J. Hutensky Michele G. Kostin Joyce D. Mandell Alan Mendelson Steven F. Piaker Gideon Rutenberg Howard J. Siegal Melvin A. Simon Lauren E. Spitz Jessica P. Zachs Robert K. Yass, ex-officio GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Blanche S. Goldenberg, Chair Thomas M. Divine David H. Fierston Theodore N. Kaplan David R. Miller INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Brian S. Fierston, Chair Gerald B. Goldberg Robert B. Goldfarb David P. Marks Alan Mendelson David Roth LEGAL AND TAX PANEL Frederick S. Seidenberg, Esq., Chair David A. Baram, Esq. Adam P. Cohen, CPA Jason W. Cohen, Esq. Atty. Leah Cohen-Chatinover Thomas M. Divine, Esq. Atty. Danielle Ferrucci Steven K. Gellman, Esq. Atty. Shera G. Golder John M. Horak, Esq. Mitchell Jaffe, Esq. Douglas Joseph, CPA Atty. Andrea J. Levine Kenneth L. Levine, Esq. Robert B. Levine, Esq. Atty. Barbara B. Lindsay James B. Lyon, Esq. Frederick J. Mullen, Esq. Brian J. Newman, CPA Atty. Leigh A. Newman Alan S. Parker, Esq. Atty. Monique R. Polidoro Atty. Heather J. Rhoades Atty. Jan Rosenthal Atty. Jeanmarie B. Shea Marilyn S. Steinmetz, CFP John O. Tannenbaum, Esq. Raymond S. Weinstein, CPA Jeffrey M. Winnick, Esq. David P. Zubrow, CPA SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Lauri J. Miller, Chair Michelle W. Boxer Eleanor N. Caplan Joe Fox Merrill Kate Mandell Debra Rostowsky ISRAEL EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Ronald Fishman, Chair Joe Fox Marc S. Sussman 40th Anniversary Yearbook 45 STAFF Michael Johnston President and Chief Executive Officer Deborah Rothstein, J.D. Vice President Philanthropy Christine A. Kelly Finance and Gift Manager Susan A. Lotreck Vice President Donor Services Michael L. Elfenbaum, J.D. Grants Manager Jessica L. Slater Donor Relations Associate Rhona H. Morgan Vice President Finance Hollis G. Dorman Senior Development Officer Laurelin A. Matulis Administrative Assistant To learn how our team of experienced professionals can assist you in fulfilling your philanthropic passions and meeting your charitable gift planning goals, please contact the Jewish Community Foundation at: 860.523.7460 giftplanning@jcfhartford.org www.jcfhartford.org We have taken great care to insure the accuracy of the name of each donor and fund. If there is an error, please accept our apology and let us know how you would like the name to be listed in future reports. Many thanks to our donors, agency and synagogue partners and the artists who contributed to the Yearbook. Consultant: Cecil Phillips-Ritchey; Printing: The Pyne-Davidson Company; Graphic Design: John Alves. standing left to right: Hollis G. Dorman, Christine A. Kelly, Jessica L. Slater, Laurelin A. Matulis, Rhona H. Morgan seated left to right: Susan A. Lotreck, Michael Johnston, Deborah Rothstein, Michael L. Elfenbaum photo: Lorraine Greenfield 46 Jewish Community Foundation 1972-2012 NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Zachs Campus 333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite D West Hartford, CT 06117 HARTFORD, CT PERMIT NO. 680