United Jewish Fund for Charlottesville

What it reported doing in 2025

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 89,000 were made as follows: 1)5,000- 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)59,000 - 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. -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 - 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. - 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. - 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. Uf

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 22.6%; rating input score 23
• Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $119.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 86.5%; rating input score 87; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 75.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings