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Federation: Shared Responsibility... Collective Action... Jewish Giving for Today and Tomorrow GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION The Mission of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is to mobilize human and financial resources to care for those in need, strengthen Jewish life and advance the unity, values and shared purpose of the Jewish people in Miami, in Israel and around the world. Amy N. Dean, Chair of the Board Jacob Solomon, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Scheck, General Campaign Chair Isaac K. “Ike” Fisher, Major Gifts Chair Jeffrey Y. Levin, Chief Development Officer Abbey Feinberg, Annual Campaign Director Lily S. Serviansky, Chair of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Stephen C. Lande, JD, Foundation Director and General Counsel Jill Hagler, Director of Foundation Development _______________ Myron J. “Mike” Brodie, z”l, Executive Vice President Emeritus Stanley C. Myers Building 4200 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, Florida 33137 305.576.4000 JewishMiami.org A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. CH 435. 100% OF EACH CONTRIBUTION IS USED TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF THE GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION. Member of The Jewish Federations of North America

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Federation:Shared Responsibility...Collective Action...Jewish Giving for Today and Tomorrow

GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION

GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION

The Mission of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is to mobilize human and financialresources to care for those in need, strengthen Jewish life and advance the unity, valuesand shared purpose of the Jewish people in Miami, in Israel and around the world.

Amy N. Dean, Chair of the Board

Jacob Solomon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey Scheck, General Campaign Chair

Isaac K. “Ike” Fisher, Major Gifts Chair

Jeffrey Y. Levin, Chief Development Officer

Abbey Feinberg, Annual Campaign Director

Lily S. Serviansky, Chair of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Stephen C. Lande, JD, Foundation Director and General Counsel

Jill Hagler, Director of Foundation Development_______________

Myron J. “Mike” Brodie, z”l, Executive Vice President Emeritus

Stanley C. Myers Building

4200 Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, Florida 33137

305.576.4000

JewishMiami.org

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OFCONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLYENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. CH 435. 100% OF EACH CONTRIBUTION IS USED TOCARRY OUT THE MISSION OF THE GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION.

Member of The Jewish Federations of North America

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Federation:

Shared Responsibility...Collective Action...

Jewish Giving for Today and Tomorrow

Every day, the Greater Miami JewishFederation funds an extensive networkof programs and agencies that make areal difference.

We work to bring together the humanand financial resources necessary tocare for those in need, strengthenJewish life and advance the unity,values and shared purpose of theJewish people in Miami, in Israel andaround the world.

Federation is shared Jewishresponsibility in action, wheredonations – large and small – jointogether, enabling us to do good asone community.

GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION

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FederationCares forPeople inNeed• 1 in 8 people in Miami’sJewish communitydepends on Federationand our local partnersfor some form offinancial assistance.

• 165,000+ kosher mealswere provided last yearto Holocaust survivorsand other seniors inMiami through JewishCommunity Serviceshome-delivery and mealsites programs.

• $676,000+ inemergency funds wasgranted to 627 familiesaffected by recentdevastating wildfires in Israel.

• Food, medicine andother essentials weredelivered last year to6,300 people in war-torn Ukraine.

FederationStrengthensJewishIdentity andEducation• 438 children and youngadults with special needswere welcomed last yearinto inclusive social,educational andrecreational programs.

• $2 million+ in grants and scholarships areallocated annually to 11 Jewish day schools and 11 congregationalschools in Miami,impacting nearly 5,000 students.

• Last year, 2,000 youngMiamians traveled to Israelas part of Alexander MussHigh School in Israel,Taglit-Birthright Israel,Diller Teen Fellows, LeoMartin March of the Living,Masa Israel Journey and Onward Israel programs.

• This past year, 833 at-riskIsraeli students living inyouth villages receivededucational, clinical andsocial services to helpthem succeed in school.

FederationBuildsJewishCommunity• 5,000 people donate16,000+ hours annuallyto communityorganizations and their clients throughFederation’s JewishVolunteer Center.

• $6.4 million inHomeland Securitygrants has been securedby Federation’s JewishCommunity RelationsCouncil to helpsafeguard Jewishcommunity institutions.

• 4,883 French Jewsescaping anti-Semitismin France receivedfinancial and communitysupport afterimmigrating to Israel this past year.

Federation EncouragesInnovation• Hundreds of students in Miami’s Jewish dayschools and Jewish community centers (JCCs) are learning from Israel’s innovators through theMiami-Yerucham Partnership Robotics Program.

• A new Tzofim (Israeli Scouts) chapter at theMichael-Ann Russell JCC helps Hebrew-speakingchildren of Israelis in Miami strengthen their Jewishidentity and maintain a connection to Israel.

• The Venezuela Support Campaign is raisingfunds in partnership with Miami-based Friends ofYajad to assist the people of Venezuela during this current crisis. 

• The Women’s Amutot Initiative in Israel fundsnon-governmental organizations that encouragewomen and girls and work to effect societalchange.

• The Women’s Impact Initiative in Miami makesgrants annually to organizations empoweringJewish women and girls to combat social,economic, religious and political issues.

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Every donation to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation supports this extraordinary network of more than 160 partners and programs…

• Holocaust Documentationand Education Center

• Holocaust Memorial MiamiBeach

• Holocaust SurvivorsProgram

• Israel Programs: Gift of IsraelSavings Program, IsraelProgram Scholarships, Taglit-Birthright Israel

• Jewish Adoption and FosterCare Options (JAFCO)

• Jewish Community RelationsCouncil of the Greater MiamiJewish Federation

• Jewish Community Servicesof South Florida (JCS)

• Jewish CommunityServices/Access andInformation

• Jewish Federation Housing• Jewish Incubator Grants• Jewish Museum of Florida-

FIU• Jewish Volunteer Center of

the Greater Miami JewishFederation

• JWorks Miami• Kesher L.D.• Lehrman Community Day

School• Limmud Miami• Mechina of South Florida

High School• Miami Jewish Health• Michael-Ann Russell Jewish

Community Center(MARJCC) on the Sanford L.Ziff Campus

• Mishkan Miami: The JewishConnection for SpiritualSupport

• Moishe House Miami• Mount Sinai Medical Center• NCSY• Organization for Leadership

Advancement in Miami ofthe Greater Miami JewishFederation (OLAM)

• Overnight CampScholarships

• PJ Library• Scheck Hillel Community

School• Sue & Leonard Miller Center

for Contemporary JudaicStudies at the University ofMiami

• Synagogue SchoolSupplemental ScholarshipProgram

• Teacher Fringe BenefitsProgram

• Temple Beth Am Day School• The Tribe• Women’s Impact Initiative

Grants• Yeshiva Elementary School• Yeshiva Toras Chaim/Toras

Emes Academy of Miami

NATIONALLY• 70 Faces Media • American Jewish Committee• American Jewish World

Service• Anti-Defamation League• BBYO (National)

• Clal – The National JewishCenter for Learning andLeadership

• Foundation for Jewish Camp• Hebrew Union College

School of Jewish CommunalService

• HIAS - Hebrew ImmigrantAid Society

• Hillel International• Hornstein Jewish

Professional LeadershipProgram at BrandeisUniversity

• Jewish Community CentersAssociation of NorthAmerica

• Jewish Council for PublicAffairs

• Jewish Educational LoanFund (JELF)

• Jewish Labor Committee• Jewish War Veterans of the

USA

• JFNA Jewish Education andEngagement Unit

• JPRO Network• NCSEJ: National Coalition

Supporting Eurasian Jewry• The Network of Jewish

Human Service Agencies• Orthodox Union• Project Interchange, an

Institute of the AmericanJewish Committee

• Union for Reform Judaism• United Synagogue for

Conservative Judaism• Wurzweiler School of Social

Work at Yeshiva University

GLOBALLY• American Jewish JointDistribution Committee(JDC)

• Beit Issie Shapiro• Beit Singer Children’s

Home• Ethiopian-Israeli Initiative• Ethiopian National Project• Food Insecurity NGOs in

Israel• Friends of Yachad-

Venezuela• Fund for Victims of Terror• Israel Action Network• Israel Trauma Coalition• The Jewish Agency for

Israel (JAFI)• The Jewish Federations ofNorth America (JFNA)

• Masa Israel Journey• Migdal Ohr• Negev Funding Coalition• Onward Israel• Or Akiva Futernick FamilyChild Development Center

• Partnership Initiative in theIsraeli City of Yerucham

• Religious Diversity Initiative• Women’s Amutot Initiative• World ORT• Yad Sarah

LOCALLY• Alexander Muss High School

in Israel• Association for Jewish

Special Education• BBYO• Center for the Advancement

of Jewish Education (CAJE)• Dave and Mary Alper Jewish

Community Center (AlperJCC) on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus

• Day School EnhancementGrants

• Day School HardshipScholarships

• Florida Hillels (CentralFlorida Hillel, Hillel at FIU,Hillel at FSU, Hillel ofBroward and Palm Beach,Hillels of the FloridaSuncoast, UF Hillel, UM Hillel)

• Friendship Circle - Miami• Friendship Circle -

Miami Beach/North Dade• Galbut Family Miami Beach

Jewish Community Center(Miami Beach JCC) on theSimkins Family Campus

• Gordon Day School• Hebrew Academy (RASG)• Hebrew Free Loan

Association of South Florida• Helping Hands Kosher

Food Ko-op• High Holiday Welcome

Program of the GreaterMiami Jewish Federation

• Hochberg Preparatory: A David Posnack Jewish DaySchool at Beth Torah BennyRok Campus

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BECAUSE FEDERATION IS:

Making yourdonation gofurther!Your annual contribution to theFederation Campaign supportsa network of more than 160programs and services at work365 days a year in Miami, inIsrael and in more than 70other countries worldwide.

Guaranteeing financial stability for our community

An efficient and effectiveorganization.A full 88 cents of everydollar donated goes directlyto programs and services,making a big impact onthose in need.

*Global Partnership for rescue, aliyah, relief, education and Jewish identity-buildingTotal allocations: Miami 57%, Israel & Overseas 41%, National Programs 2%

Creating strongpartnerships, ensuring that all of us benefitfrom the power of being partof a national and internationalsystem able to address Jewishneeds anywhere and often at a moment’s notice.

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation hasearned a 4-star rating - the highest possible -from Charity Navigator, America's largestindependent evaluator of charities.

Why donate to the Greater Miami JewishFederation?

CollectiveJewishphilanthropythat leverages andamplifies your donation,making the most ofindividual participation forthe good of the greatercommunity.

The people you helparound the corner andaround the world.

is critical to establishingcommunity priorities andservices. Federation’s rigorousfinancial oversight and long-standing stability, as well asgood faith and credit, havepositioned us to help manyagencies over the years securecrucial loan guarantees, whichthey may otherwise not havebeen granted. Our Federationproudly supported the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish CommunityCenter (JCC), the Miami Beach

JCC, the Dave and Mary AlperJCC, University of Florida Hillel,and many other organizationsin building and expanding theirfacilities to better serve thecommunity. In addition, whenan essential Jewish agencyexperiences financialchallenges, Federation helps to bring together volunteer,professional and financialresources to assist the agencyregain financial stability andstrategic direction.

Special Grants 1%

Social, Health and

Human Services32%

Jewish Education

33%

Jewish Identity34%

MIAMI ISRAEL & OVERSEAS

IsraelPartnerships & SpecialInitiatives

OverseasHumanitarian

Relief

Israel Social Services

& Education

Global Partnership(JAFI, JDC, World ORT)*

75%

12%

7%6%

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In this year, when we'recelebrating the 70th anniversary of the modern State of Israel and the80th anniversary of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation...

Let’s continue to do goodtogether... 

The Greater Miami JewishFederation is more than any one of us.

It’s all of us working together for a strong and united Jewish community.

Please give today atJewishMiami.org/donation or call 305.576.4000.Thank you!

Join us. Volunteer. Donate.

Visit JewishMiami.org or call 305.576.4000. GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION

Federation:Shared Responsibility...Collective Action...Jewish Giving for Today and Tomorrow