2021 Community Impact Investments
Community Impact Investments support our Community Partners’ work that aligns with our Core Commitments and aim at achieving outcomes in our priority areas. Jewish Federation of St. Louis will focus its community investments on achieving the following Core Commitments:
- Expand and strengthen an engaged, vibrant, and flourishing St. Louis Jewish community
- Secure the well-being and safety of individuals within the Jewish community
- Strengthen our connection to Israel and the Jewish People worldwide
- Develop the financial and human resources, and infrastructure, needed by our community
Review 2019 Community Investments to date (as of December 2019).
Review our 2021 Community Impact Report here.
Explore Our Community Impact Investments
See who we support! Click on one of our Core Commitments in the bar below to search for investments by Core Commitment, or search by key words by typing in the search bar. For example, search by organization name like “Jewish Community Center,” search by a program name such as “Birthright Israel,” a demographic such as “children,” or by other topics like “food” and “travel”.
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Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Well-being and Safety
Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
ADL Heartland
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety and Security (high)
AgeWell St. Louis
Community Impact Investment: $25,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety and Security (high)
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Community Impact Investment: $19,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety and Security (high)
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Community Impact Investment: $555,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Global Jewry (high), Social Welfare (high)
Association for the Elderly – Yokneam Municipality
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Bat Melech
Community Impact Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
BBYO St. Louis Council
Community Impact Investment: $20,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Mental health (high)
Birthright Israel
Community Impact Investment: $40,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Support for Local Engagement (medium)
Center for Women’s Justice
Community Impact Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Chabad at MU
Community Impact Investment: $7,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): College Students (low)
Chabad Center of St. Charles County
Community Impact Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high)
Covenant Place
Community Impact Investment: $163,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Crown Center for Senior Living
Community Impact Investment: $107,976
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Economic Empowerment for Women
Community Impact Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Epstein Hebrew Academy
Community Impact Investment: $83,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Israel Education (high)
Esther Miller Bais Yaakov
Community Impact Investment: $24,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
Gil Or-Megiddo Elderly Services
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Hand in Hand
Community Impact Investment: $12,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Civil Society (high)
Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis
Community Impact Investment: $119,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israel Education (high), College Students (low)
Hillel International
Community Impact Investment: $16,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Hillel-University of Missouri
Community Impact Investment: $80,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israel Education (high), College Students (low)
Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
Community Impact Investment: $1,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
iRep – Israel Religious Expression Platform
Community Impact Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Israel Action Network
Community Impact Investment: $12,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Economic development/combating BDS (low)
Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism – Megiddo
Community Impact Investment: $30,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC)
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
ITIM
Community Impact Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Jerusalem College of Technology
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Jewish Agency For Israel (JAFI)
Community Impact Investment: $823,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high), Israeli Civil Society (high), Economic development/combating BDS (low), Global Jewry (high), Urban development in the Israeli periphery (low), Support National Organizations (low), Civil Society (high)
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
Community Impact Investment: $19,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jewish Community Employment Services
Community Impact Investment: $110,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high)
Jewish Community Relations Council
Community Impact Investment: $285,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Knowledge (medium), Israel Education (high), Attitudes (high), Safety and Security (high), School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
Community Impact Investment: $9,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jewish Early Childhood Directors Council
Community Impact Investment: $125,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium, Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high), Attract and Retain High Quality Professionals (high), Promote Collaboration (high)
Jewish Family Services (JFS)
Community Impact Investment: $759,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high), Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high), Mental health (high), Disabilities (medium)
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Community Impact Investment: $1,553,006
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high), Promote Collaboration (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium, Knowledge (medium), Young Adults (high), Global Jewry (high), Attitudes (high), Adults (low), Empty-Nesters (low)
Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Community Impact Investment: $38,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
Jindas
Community Impact Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
JPRO Network
Community Impact Investment: $1,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Leket Israel – Food Support in Yokneam & Megiddo
Community Impact Investment: $24,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Machshava Tova
Community Impact Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Maryville University Hillel
Community Impact Investment: $7,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): College Students (low)
MaTovu
Community Impact Investment: $30,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Moderately Engaged (High)
Moishe House
Community Impact Investment: $2,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC)
Community Impact Investment: $200,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Next Dor STL
Community Impact Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Young Adults (high)
Q School
Community Impact Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Rabbinic Chesed Fund of Local Congregations
Community Impact Investment: $45,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high)
Road to Recovery
Community Impact Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Palestinian/Jewish Coexistence (low)
Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School
Community Impact Investment: $176,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Israel Education (high)
Shaharit
Community Impact Investment: $25,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Community Impact Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
St. Louis Jewish Light
Community Impact Investment: $77,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Knowledge (medium), Attitudes (high), Effective marketing and communications (medium)
The J St. Louis
Community Impact Investment: $1,172,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high), Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high), Support National Organizations (low), Attitudes (high), School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Disabilities (medium), Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high), Adults (low), Knowledge (medium), Israel Education (high), Support for Local Engagement (medium)
Torah Prep School
Community Impact Investment: $227,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
