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ANNUAL REPORT

J EW I SH COMMUN I TY OF LOU I SV I L LE , I NC .

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Dear JCL friends,

Like everything, this year our annual meeting is different. While we wish we could be in our JCC building greeting each other with hugs and smiles, we are thankful to be together virtually reflecting on an unprecedented year. We are most grateful to each of you, our donors, members, supporters and family of staff and friends.

This past year included many highlights as an agency including phenomenal leadership gifts for the capital campaign, a new partnership for all Jewish children and responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

• The Our Community, Our Future capital campaign has quietly moved forward securing $38M to date. The response from our lead donors including individuals, families and foundations has been remarkable. We hear over and over again how important the JCC has been and is to the entire community and how it’s shaped the lives of so many. Plans for the new building have taken shape even as the world took a pause during the early months of the pandemic. Our team continued to move forward with the pre-construction phase allowing us to keep the project on task.

• Jewish youth experiences, specifically overnight summer camp and Israel trips, took top priority in this fiscal year as a result of our partnership with the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence. Seventy-one children, teens and young adults received One Happy Camper incentive grants or financial assistance but many of these programs were canceled due to the pandemic. We are already counting down the days to next summer.

• To respond to COVID-19, along with our partner agencies and synagogues, we created the United Jewish Louisville Rapid Response Fund to support areas of greatest need. This included assistance to continue the work of our partner agencies, congregations and the programs that provide critical community services.

Our year was interrupted on March 16 as we closed the doors to our JCC when the coronavirus impacted the world around us. We quickly created virtual programming online for our members, donors and community. The JCC reopened its doors on June 1st with limited capacity and reduced staff. Since then, we have been dedicated to the health and safety of our members while we bring health and wellness areas back online, our ELC children together and continue Camp J for our youth and teens.

Much of our work now is centered around defining a collective vision for our future. A significant part of this vision is helping families navigate and engage in every Jewish opportunity locally and globally. The Federation recently hired its first senior director of Jewish Journeys and Experiences, Alison Roemer, to lead our work on this initiative.

As we enter an exciting and optimistic time for our community and the world at large, we also know that it is one that is a little different than what we planned for. We remain focused on our vision to inspire meaningful lives, while transforming our Jewish future. We share thousands of years of history, tradition and experiences, as well as our resilience and communal strength, which gives us both confidence in a strong future.

Sincerely,

Jon Fleischaker Sara Klein WagnerBoard Chair President & CEO

Pledge Income$9,693,641.00

Membership Dues and Fees$2,101,986.00

Program Service Income$2,496,124.00

Gifts, Grants, and Bequests$4,929,934.00

Interest and Dividends$584,021.00

Community Newspaper$69,722.00

Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets$704,797.00

Miscellaneous Income$47,445.00

Special events$109,507.00

Rental revenue$58,395.00

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Pledge Income Membership Dues and Fees Program Service Income Gifts, Grants, and Bequests Interest and Dividends

Community Newspaper Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets Miscellaneous Income Special events Rental revenue

Change in Unrealized Net Investment Gains:

($84,834)

Fund Balances Beginning of Year:$23,287,080

Fund Balances End of Year:$ 34,401,554

STATEMENT OF REVENUES & EXPENSES FOR 2019

REVENUES EXPENSES

Jewish Community of Louisville Annual Report 2020 • jewishlouisville.org

Allocations and grants$1,122,477.00

Operating expenses$7,747,528.00

Depreciation$726,260.00

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JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVIILLE BOARD

Board Members: Madeline Abramson

William AltmanMark Behr

Keren BenabouChris Brice

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz ChottinerJulie Ellis, MDJon Klein, MD

Ariel KronenbergRobin Miller

Beth SalamonGeorge Polur

Amy RyanLinda SpielbergBen Vaughan

Officers: Jon Fleischaker, co-ChairRalph Green, co-Chair

David Kaplan, Vice ChairJeff Tuvlin, Vice Chair

Jeffrey Goldberg, TreasurerBecky Ruby Swansburg, Secretary

Jon Fleischaker, Immediate Past Chair upon completion of co-chair role

*Jon Fleischaker will remain co-chair for no less than 3-months and no more than 6-months due to the COVID-19 virus. Approved by the JCL Board and amended in the bylaws.

Jewish Community of Louisville Annual Report 2020 • jewishlouisville.org

Sara Klein WagnerPresident &

Chief Executive Officer

Stacy Gordon-Funk Sr. Vice President &

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Maury Young Vice President &

Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Wissinger Vice President, JCC Program

and Operations

Alison Roemer Senior Director of Jewish Journeys and Experiences

elected and appointed July 6, 2020

JCL Senior Staff

Anonymous 8 Ronald and Marie AbramsJerry E. and Madeline Abramson

Shellie BenovitzLisa Sobel Berlow and Benji BerlowLeigh and Russ BirdJaye and Bob BittnerMarsha and Ed Bornstein

Christopher and Sarah BriceJeff and Sue CallenKeiley and Sharon CasterRabbi Beth Jacowitz and Lee Chottiner

Dafna Schurr and Edwin CohenRoss D. Cohen

Donna Smith and Dr. Richard EdelsonAlan and Linda EngelKim Greene and Jon L. Fleischaker

Stacy Gordon-Funk and Don FunkBruce S. Gale

Sheldon and Nancy GilmanDr. Karen Abrams and Dr. Jeffrey Glazer

Matt and Lisa Goldberg

Jane GoldsteinRichard and Ellen GoldwinScott and Kristal Goodman

Douglas and Karen GordonFrankye K. and Harold GordonRuth and Ron GreenbergSandra and Mark HammondStuart and Marilynne Harris z”l

Janet and Jonathan Hodes Barbara Isaacs and Sidney HymsonJay “Buddy” and Sherry L. KaufmanLisa and Robert Klein

Jay and Karen KlempnerJulie Kling

Margie and Bob KohnThe Kronenberg FamilyJennifer Leibson

David and Phyllis LeibsonGlenn and Marci Levine

Wilma C. Probst and Louisz”l LevyMichael and Mindy R. Needleman

The Nibur Family

Arnold J. Levin and Don. A. PowellLenae and Jordan PriceBetsy and Mark Prussian

Cantor David A. Lipp and Rabbi Laura MetzgerMarcy and Elliott RosengartenBruce and Marcia RothSusan Rudy

Sherrill RussmanMatt and Cindy SchwartzPhyllis and Michael ShaikunShiela and David Steinman Wallace

Rebecca Ruby SwansburgLeni Z. Sweet

Stephan and Helen SweitzerDr. Jeffrey and Jennifer TuvlinBenjamin Vaughan

Howard and Sara WagnerLeon and Helen Wahba

Frank and Barbara WeisbergJames and Rodman Wimsatt z”l

Carol and Jacob Wishnia

Jewish Community of Louisville Annual Report 2020 • jewishlouisville.org

The JCL would like to offer special thanks to these donors for making a legacy gift to the Federation and/or the JCC. Your generosity and dedication to our mission will ensure a strong, vibrant Jewish Louisville for generations to come. Thank you.