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(JTA) – In the last few months, UJA-Federation New York has awarded millions of dollars of emergency grants to help organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it’s joining the ranks of organizations letting go of its own staff members as it anticipates declining donations. Its CEO, Eric Goldstein, will forgo a salary for the coming…
UJA-Federation of New York and Brightpoint Health, a community health center, are offering COVID-19 testing in schools and a playground in Brooklyn and the Bronx starting Friday. The testing is by appointment only, and patients must be showing symptoms and have a temperature above 100.5 degrees, or must be essential workers. “Testing is a critical…
UJA-Federation, one of the largest Jewish charities in the country, and one of the largest locally focused charities on the planet, has not responded to questions about a $50,000 donation it received from a charity controlled by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Forward first reported on Epstein’s UJA donation last Friday. Since then, several…
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s charity donated $50,000 in 2017 to UJA-Federation of New York, the nation’s largest local Jewish federation. A U.S. Virgin Islands-based charity called Gratitude America, Ltd. donated more than $1.2 million to a variety of organizations in 2017, including $50,000 to the federation, according to tax records. The Daily Beast reported in…
Larry Cohler-Esses A first-ever comprehensive survey of all Jewish federations in the United States has found no evidence of illegalities at them but has identified some with financial practices that the study characterizes as suggesting they are run “less like volunteer organizations and more like family firms.” The review, conducted over the course of a…
UJA-Federation of New York raised a record $238 million in its centennial year, a $30 million increase over 2016. It is the fifth straight year in a row of fundraising increases at the philanthropy, which was founded in 1917. “UJA lay leaders and donors have ensured we are prepared to meet the challenges of the…
שפֿרה־קריינדל לאָווען האָפֿט אַז איר בוך וועט העלפֿן חסידים וואָס האָבן מורא צו מאַכן דעם איבערגאַנג