2025-07-12T14:22:41-04:00 2025-05-31 463577749 JONES & COMPANY CPA LLC PO BOX 1150 CROZET VA 229320803 990EZ 2024-06-01 542105523 UNITED JEWISH FUND FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIT 7033109166 PO BOX 8316 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22906 SUE LIBERMAN PRESIDENT 7033109166 2025-07-07 true true VICTORIA W JONES P01780663 4348235559 2025-07-12 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.UJFCCVILLE.ORG X X 117840 X 114982 2858 3597 -739 114243 112500 3557 4161 120218 -5975 16504 10529 16504 10529 16504 10529 16504 10529 X THE CORPORATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND IS TO BE OPERATED PRIMARILY TO FURTHER THE PHILANTHROPIC, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER NEEDS OF JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND TO FOSTER THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS. THE UNITED JEWISH FUND FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE (UJFC) AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY --SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY - BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. THIS OBJECTIVE GUIDES OUR BOARD AS WE SELECT PROGRAMS TO FUND. THE JEWISH TRADITION TEACHES THAT THE TWO HIGHEST LEVELS OF CHARITABLE GIVING INVOLVE HELPING PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BECOMING DEPENDENT ON OTHERS AND GIVING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE GIVER AND RECIPIENT ARE UNKNOWN TO EACH OTHER. GIVING WHEN THE RECIPIENT KNOWS THE DONOR IS ALSO PERMITTED. THE UJFC GIVES IN WAYS BOTH KNOWN AND UNKNOWN TO THE RECIPIENTS. GRANTS OF 112,500 WERE MADE AS FOLLOWS: 1)21,000- JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (JFNA) CONSOLIDATES GIFTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT JEWISH CAUSES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE GIFT WAS UNRESTRICTED, LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, ALLOWING THE ORGANIZATION TO APPLY OUR FUNDS WHERE THEY WERE MOST NEEDED. AMONG MANY OF THEIR PRIORITIES, THE JFNA HELPS JEWS WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AND NEED SUPPORT AS THEY ADJUST TO LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY, AND HELPS FAMILIES IN ISRAEL CLIMB OUT OF POVERTY, MANY OF WHOM ARE SINGLE MOTHERS. UJFC'S FUNDS SUPPORT JFNA OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 2)14,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - SENIOR CONNECTIONS THIS PROGRAM IS RUN BY CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL (CBI) TO KEEP SENIOR CITIZENS ENGAGED WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. LATIFA KROPF, THE PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR AND SOLE EMPLOYEE RUNS MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS RUBRIC, INCLUDING TORAH STUDY, HOLIDAY GATHERINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS. DURING THE PANDEMIC, LATIFA REACHED OUT TO SENIORS BY PHONE ONLY, BUT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMS INCLUDED HOLIDAY, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT THE COLONNADES AND OTHER SENIOR COMMUNITIES, 3 WISE AGING GROUPS THAT MEET MONTHLY AND COORDINATION OF HILLEL STUDENTS WITH THE COLONNADES JEWISH RESIDENTS. LATIFA PROVIDED EXTENSIVE SUPPORT AND JEWISH CONNECTION TO A WOMAN UNDER HOSPICE CARE WITH NO FAMILY NEARBY, SHARING PRAYER AND SONG, UP UNTIL THE TIME OF HER PASSING. SHE SHARES JUDAISM AND LOVE OF ART WITH A GENTLEMAN WHOSE COGNITIVE ABILITIES HAVE BEEN DECLINING. UJFC PROVIDES 100% OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR POSITION. 3)20,000 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - FOREST SCHOOL CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL'S FOREST SCHOOL SERVES JEWISH CHILDREN LIVING IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. UJFC FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY USED TO CLOSE THE TUITION GAP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD, ALLOWING THESE FAMILIES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY JEWISH EDUCATION TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHOUT HAVING COST AS A BARRIER 4)6,000 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - INTERGENERATIONAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS IN OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER NOAH AARONSON HAS WRITTEN ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WHICH ARE USED IN OUR LITURGY. HE WILL BE AT FOUR EVENTS: A FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE, A SATURDAY AFTERNOON MOVEMENT WORKSHOP, A SATURDAY EVENING INTERACTIVE CONCERT AND SERVICE, AND A SUNDAY PROGRAM FOR OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND FOREST SCHOOL. WE FIND THESE PROGRAMS TO BE EXCELLENT COMMUNITY-BUILDERS, BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE. 5)4,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL RUNS A SUMMER CAMP SO CHILDREN CAN HAVE POSITIVE JEWISH EXPERIENCES WHILE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. THE CAMP IS OPERATED OUT OF CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS AND OFFERS ACTIVITIES LIKE ARCHERY, ROPES COURSE, SWIMMING, HIKING, AND BOATING. UJFC FUNDS OFFER FINANCIAL AID FROM 10-50% OF THE CAMP COST TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD. 100 STUDENTS ARE IMPACTED FROM OUR SUMMER CAMP. 6)10,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - JEWC JEWC IS CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL'S GROUP FOR JEWISH YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 22- 42). THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG ADULTS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN FORM MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS EVENTS. JEWC IS OPEN TO SINGLES, JEWISH COUPLES AND INTERFAITH COUPLES. UJFC FUNDING WILL HELP WITH SPECIAL SPEAKERS / EVENTS TO LIVEN UP ZOOM MEETINGS, AS WELL AS RENT SPACES TO PROVIDE SAFE EXPERIENCES OUTDOORS. UFJC'S FUNDING WILL SUPPORT JEWC PROGRAMMING AND SUPPLIES AND A LARGER NUMBER OF EVENTS, ATTENDEES AND NEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED NEXT YEAR. 7)20,000 - BRODY JEWISH CENTER - HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THE BRODY JEWISH CENTER IS THE HOME OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF HILLEL INTERNATIONAL, AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS, PRIMARILY THOSE FROM REFORM AND CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUNDS, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL ENRICHMENT. 8)5,500 - CHARLOTTESVILLE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - THE CHARLOTTESVILLE JEWISH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT SEEKS TO DOCUMENT JEWISH LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. THE PROJECT BUILDS UPON EARLIER WORK CARRIED OUT BY CAROL ELY, PHYLLIS LEFFLER, AND JEFFREY HANTMAN THAT RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION, TO SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY. THAT WORK ENDED AROUND THE 1960S. THE CURRENT PROJECT, BEGUN IN DECEMBER OF 2017, DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES THROUGH EXTENSIVE ORAL HISTORIES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH. IT TARGETS BOTH MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS JEWS BUT ARE NOT MEMBERS, AND SOME WHO HAVE STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BUT ARE NOT THEMSELVES JEWISH. THIS IS A ONE-OF-A KIND CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCE THAT WILL INFORM GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE, CENTRALITY, AND DIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY 9)3,500 - PJ LIBRARY - A PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FREE HIGH QUALITY JEWISH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ONCE A MONTH TO JEWISH FAMILIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA AREA. 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BOX 320 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 55,500 NAME: CHARLOTTESVILLE ORAL HISTORY PROJ. CASH CONTRIBUTION: 5,500 NAME: ROHR CHABAD HOUSE ADDRESS: 2014 LEWIS MOUNTAIN ROAD CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22903 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 7,000 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING & MARKETING 1,913 OFFICE SUPPLIES 110 SOFTWARE 486 WEBSITE MAINTENANCE 192 PAYPAL FEES 311 FOOD 868 POST OFFICE BOX RENTAL 256 VA SCC REGISTRATION 25 TOTAL 4,161 FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE CORPORATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND IS TO BE OPERATED PRIMARILY TO FURTHER THE PHILANTHROPIC, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER NEEDS OF JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND TO FOSTER THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE UNITED JEWISH FUND FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE (UJFC) AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY --SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY - BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. THIS OBJECTIVE GUIDES OUR BOARD AS WE SELECT PROGRAMS TO FUND. THE JEWISH TRADITION TEACHES THAT THE TWO HIGHEST LEVELS OF CHARITABLE GIVING INVOLVE HELPING PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BECOMING DEPENDENT ON OTHERS AND GIVING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE GIVER AND RECIPIENT ARE UNKNOWN TO EACH OTHER. GIVING WHEN THE RECIPIENT KNOWS THE DONOR IS ALSO PERMITTED. THE UJFC GIVES IN WAYS BOTH KNOWN AND UNKNOWN TO THE RECIPIENTS. GRANTS OF 112,500 WERE MADE AS FOLLOWS: 1)21,000- JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (JFNA) CONSOLIDATES GIFTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT JEWISH CAUSES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE GIFT WAS UNRESTRICTED, LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, ALLOWING THE ORGANIZATION TO APPLY OUR FUNDS WHERE THEY WERE MOST NEEDED. AMONG MANY OF THEIR PRIORITIES, THE JFNA HELPS JEWS WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AND NEED SUPPORT AS THEY ADJUST TO LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY, AND HELPS FAMILIES IN ISRAEL CLIMB OUT OF POVERTY, MANY OF WHOM ARE SINGLE MOTHERS. UJFC'S FUNDS SUPPORT JFNA OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 2)14,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - SENIOR CONNECTIONS THIS PROGRAM IS RUN BY CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL (CBI) TO KEEP SENIOR CITIZENS ENGAGED WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. LATIFA KROPF, THE PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR AND SOLE EMPLOYEE RUNS MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS RUBRIC, INCLUDING TORAH STUDY, HOLIDAY GATHERINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS. DURING THE PANDEMIC, LATIFA REACHED OUT TO SENIORS BY PHONE ONLY, BUT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMS INCLUDED HOLIDAY, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT THE COLONNADES AND OTHER SENIOR COMMUNITIES, 3 WISE AGING GROUPS THAT MEET MONTHLY AND COORDINATION OF HILLEL STUDENTS WITH THE COLONNADES JEWISH RESIDENTS. LATIFA PROVIDED EXTENSIVE SUPPORT AND JEWISH CONNECTION TO A WOMAN UNDER HOSPICE CARE WITH NO FAMILY NEARBY, SHARING PRAYER AND SONG, UP UNTIL THE TIME OF HER PASSING. SHE SHARES JUDAISM AND LOVE OF ART WITH A GENTLEMAN WHOSE COGNITIVE ABILITIES HAVE BEEN DECLINING. UJFC PROVIDES 100% OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR POSITION. 3)20,000 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - FOREST SCHOOL CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL'S FOREST SCHOOL SERVES JEWISH CHILDREN LIVING IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. UJFC FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY USED TO CLOSE THE TUITION GAP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD, ALLOWING THESE FAMILIES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY JEWISH EDUCATION TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHOUT HAVING COST AS A BARRIER 4)6,000 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - INTERGENERATIONAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS IN OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER NOAH AARONSON HAS WRITTEN ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WHICH ARE USED IN OUR LITURGY. HE WILL BE AT FOUR EVENTS: A FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE, A SATURDAY AFTERNOON MOVEMENT WORKSHOP, A SATURDAY EVENING INTERACTIVE CONCERT AND SERVICE, AND A SUNDAY PROGRAM FOR OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND FOREST SCHOOL. WE FIND THESE PROGRAMS TO BE EXCELLENT COMMUNITY-BUILDERS, BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE. 5)4,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL RUNS A SUMMER CAMP SO CHILDREN CAN HAVE POSITIVE JEWISH EXPERIENCES WHILE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. THE CAMP IS OPERATED OUT OF CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS AND OFFERS ACTIVITIES LIKE ARCHERY, ROPES COURSE, SWIMMING, HIKING, AND BOATING. UJFC FUNDS OFFER FINANCIAL AID FROM 10-50% OF THE CAMP COST TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD. 100 STUDENTS ARE IMPACTED FROM OUR SUMMER CAMP. 6)10,500 - CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - JEWC JEWC IS CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL'S GROUP FOR JEWISH YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 22- 42). THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG ADULTS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN FORM MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS EVENTS. JEWC IS OPEN TO SINGLES, JEWISH COUPLES AND INTERFAITH COUPLES. UJFC FUNDING WILL HELP WITH SPECIAL SPEAKERS / EVENTS TO LIVEN UP ZOOM MEETINGS, AS WELL AS RENT SPACES TO PROVIDE SAFE EXPERIENCES OUTDOORS. UFJC'S FUNDING WILL SUPPORT JEWC PROGRAMMING AND SUPPLIES AND A LARGER NUMBER OF EVENTS, ATTENDEES AND NEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED NEXT YEAR. 7)20,000 - BRODY JEWISH CENTER - HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THE BRODY JEWISH CENTER IS THE HOME OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF HILLEL INTERNATIONAL, AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS, PRIMARILY THOSE FROM REFORM AND CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUNDS, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL ENRICHMENT. 8)5,500 - CHARLOTTESVILLE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - THE CHARLOTTESVILLE JEWISH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT SEEKS TO DOCUMENT JEWISH LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. THE PROJECT BUILDS UPON EARLIER WORK CARRIED OUT BY CAROL ELY, PHYLLIS LEFFLER, AND JEFFREY HANTMAN THAT RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION, TO SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY. THAT WORK ENDED AROUND THE 1960S. THE CURRENT PROJECT, BEGUN IN DECEMBER OF 2017, DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES THROUGH EXTENSIVE ORAL HISTORIES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH. IT TARGETS BOTH MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS JEWS BUT ARE NOT MEMBERS, AND SOME WHO HAVE STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BUT ARE NOT THEMSELVES JEWISH. THIS IS A ONE-OF-A KIND CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCE THAT WILL INFORM GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE, CENTRALITY, AND DIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY 9)3,500 - PJ LIBRARY - A PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FREE HIGH QUALITY JEWISH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ONCE A MONTH TO JEWISH FAMILIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA AREA. IT IS A JEWISH ENGAGEMENT AND LITERACY PROGRAM FOR ALL JEWISH FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE REGION, NOT JUST THOSE AFFILIATED WITH A SYNAGOGUE. 10)7,000 CHABAD AT UVA - CHABAD PROVIDES A WARM, OPEN, NON-JUDGMENTAL JEWISH FAMILY ATMOSPHERE TO FOSTER LOVE OF JUDAISM AND CONNECTION TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOR UVA STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY PROVIDE SABBATH AND JEWISH HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND MEALS, CLASS IN JEWISH TEXT AND PRACTICE, PRAYER, SOCIAL EVENTS AND WAYS OF HELPING OTHERS SUCH AS VISITING THE SICK.