2019 Community Investments
Core and Priority Outcome 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 2020 Community Impact Report here.
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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
70 Faces Media
General Support for 70 Faces Media: Deepening Jewish Digital Engagement to Build Community Online
Priority Outcome Investment: $1,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
A Business of One’s Own
Economic Empowerment for Women
Core Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
ADL Heartland
ADL Heartland
Core Investment: $17,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety and Security (high)
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Committee
Core Investment: $19,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Safety and Security (high)
Bat Melech – Safe Home for Domestic Violence Survivors
Bat Melech
Core Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
BBYO St. Louis Council
BBYO International
Core Investment: $8,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
Birthright Israel
Birthright Israel
Core Investment: $50,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Support for Local Engagement (medium)
Center for Jewish Learning
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $560,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Adults (low), Attitudes (high), Empty-Nesters (low), Global Jewry (high), Knowledge (medium), Promote Collaboration (high), Social Welfare (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium, Young Adults (high)
Center for Women’s Justice
Center for Women’s Justice
Core Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Community Engagement Grant
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $886,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Attract and Retain High Quality Professionals (high), Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high), Israel Education (high), Recruit and Develop Lay Leaders (high), School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium, Support for Local Engagement (medium), Trips for Influentials (medium), Young Adults (high)
Community Guidance and Counseling Center for the Asylum Seekers Community
Elifelet – Citizens for Refugee Children
Core Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Community Impact Committee Discretionary Fund
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $50,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Community Security
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $105,005
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Covenant Place
Covenant Place
Core Investment: $83,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Cracking the Glass Ceiling
Kol Israel Haverim-Alliance
Core Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Creating Resilient Teams in the Bedouin Community
Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC)
Priority Outcome Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Discovering Differences Grant
Kol Rinah
Core Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high)
Early Childhood Education and Engagement Collaborative Initiative
Early Childhood Directors Council
Core Investment: $65,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high)
ECC Jewish Family Engagement Initiative
Jewish Community Center
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Early Childhood and Families With Young Children (high)
Education for Tolerance: Program in Memory of Shira Banki (in Hebrew: “Moreh LeHaym”)
Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Elderly Jews in the Former Soviet Union
Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Core Investment: $50,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Global Jewry (high)
Gil Or-Megiddo Elderly Services
Megiddo Regional Council
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand
Core Investment: $12,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Civil Society (high)
Haredi Job Placement
Jerusalem College of Technology
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Hillel at WashU
Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis
Core Investment: $107,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): College Students (low), Israel Education (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Hillel Engagement Staff
Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis
Core Investment: $37,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): College Students (low)
Hillel International
Hillel International
Core Investment: $24,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Grant
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $220,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Knowledge (medium), Safety and Security (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Core Investment: $1,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
iRep
Israel Religious Expression Platform
Core Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Israel Action Network
Jewish Federations of North America
Core Investment: $12,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Economic development/combating BDS (low)
Israel and Jewish Identity Engagement Staff
Hillel-University of Missouri
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): College Students (low)
Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMRJ)
Maggid HaRuach Initiative for Jewish Renewal in Meggido
Core Investment: $30,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
ITIM – Advocacy Center
ITIM Legal & Public Policy Centers
Core Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
JCPA
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Core Investment: $9,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Jewish Agency For Israel
Jewish Agency for Israel
Core Investment: $505,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Economic development/combating BDS (low), Global Jewry (high), Israeli Civil Society (high), Social Welfare (high), Urban development in the Israeli periphery (low)
Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Center - St. Louis
Core Investment: $1,040,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jewish Community Centers Association
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
Core Investment: $19,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jewish Community Employment Services
MERS/Goodwill Industries
Core Investment: $55,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high)
Jewish Community Relations Council
Jewish Community Relations Council
Core Investment: $285,005
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Well-being and Safety, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Attitudes (high), Israel Education (high), Knowledge (medium), Safety and Security (high), School Age Children and Their Parents (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Jewish Federations of North America (Dues)
Jewish Federations of North America
Core Investment: $352,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Core Investment: $38,500
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
JF&CS
Jewish Family & Children’s Service
Core Investment: $759,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Abuse (low), Disabilities (medium), Elderly Jews at risk (high), Mental health (high), Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
JGrads – Jewish Graduate Program of St. Louis
Chabad on Campus
Core Investment: $45,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Young Adults (high)
Joint Distribution Committee
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Core Investment: $505,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Global Jewry (high), Social Welfare (high), Support National Organizations (low)
JPRO Network (Dues)
JPRO Network
Core Investment: $1,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
MaTovu
MaTovu
Core Investment: $30,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Moderately Engaged (High)
Meals on Wheels
Jewish Community Center
Core Investment: $85,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Mizzou Hillel
Hillel-University of Missouri/Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Core Investment: $60,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): College Students (low), Israel Education (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Moishe House
Moishe House
Core Investment: $2,500
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Multi-Year Program
Megiddo Regional Council/Yokneam Municipality/JAFI
Core Investment: $241,502
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Support National Organizations (low)
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC)
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $200,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Next Dor STL
Next Dor STL
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Young Adults (high)
President and CEO Discretionary Fund
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $25,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Q School – Interfaith Model United Youth Program
Q School
Core Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Rabbinic Chesed Fund
Congregations
Core Investment: $45,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Safety Net for Those Living in or Near Poverty (high)
Reform Teen Initiative
Shaare Emeth and United Hebrew
Core Investment: $50,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): School Age Children and Their Parents (high)
Research Fund
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Core Investment: $40,000
Core Commitment(s): Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Road to Recovery
Road to Recovery
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Palestinian/Jewish Coexistence (low)
Russian Case Manager
Crown Center for Senior Living
Core Investment: $5,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Sababa
Jewish Community Center
Core Investment: $62,504
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Attitudes (high)
Shaharit
Shaharit
Core Investment: $25,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Israeli Civil Society (high)
Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Core Investment: $20,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Social Nutrition
Covenant Place
Core Investment: $155,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
Social Nutrition and Meals on Wheels
Crown Center for Senior Living
Core Investment: $63,000
Core Commitment(s): Well-being and Safety
Priority Area(s): Elderly Jews at risk (high)
St. Louis Jewish Light
St. Louis Jewish Light
Core Investment: $77,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community, Financial & Human Resources and Infrastructure
Priority Area(s): Attitudes (high), Effective marketing and communications (medium), Knowledge (medium), Strengthen Organizational Capacity (medium
Summer Camps in Former Soviet Union
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
Core Investment: $60,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Global Jewry (high)
The NETWORK
Chabad on Campus
Core Investment: $24,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): College Students (low)
Torah & Turf
St. Louis Kollel
Core Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Engaged, Vibrant, and Flourishing Jewish Community
Priority Area(s): Young Adults (high)
Victims of Terror Fund
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
Core Investment: $15,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Yokneam Food Support
Leket Israel
Core Investment: $18,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
Yokneam Municipality – Association for the Elderly
Yokneam Ilit
Core Investment: $10,000
Core Commitment(s): Connection to Israel and Global Jewry
Priority Area(s): Social Welfare (high)
