Serving multiple generations, the Federation is the central
coordinating agency for the Tarrant County Jewish community.
It acts as the umbrella organization through which the community's
fund-raising, community programs, leadership development, community
relations, and Jewish continuity needs are met.
With funds raised each year, a network of 47 organizations devoted
to education, revitalization, social services, humanitarian
aid, and poverty relief for Jewish populations in Tarrant County,
the United States, Israel, and around the world are supported
by the Federation. Sixty percent of these funds are used locally
to provide vital support to Tarrant County institutions.
 Fundraising
Each year the Federation runs an Annual Campaign beginning in
December and concluding in August. Volunteer solicitors try
to call the same donors every year so that they develop a relationship
and can truly help their donors with the mitzvah of giving.
The 2007 Annual Campaign raised $1,008,009 which the Federation
was able to allocate to 47 organizations. For more information
see Making a Difference.
Some of the Campaign events that the Federation sponsors each
year are the Major Gifts Event and Tzedakah Sunday.
The Major Gifts Event is the kick-off for the Annual Campaign
and takes place in December. It features a speaker and reception
and is open to $2,500 and above givers. Tzedakah Sunday falls
shortly after the first of the year and features a phonathon.
Volunteer callers spend an entire Sunday reaching out to as
many givers as possible. Both of these events help the Federation
build and support the Jewish community and raise badly needed
funds for local, regional, national, and overseas agencies.
Endowment Funds
The Federation Endowment Funds make it possible for donors to
perpetuate their legacy and to provide continuity of giving
from one generation to the next. Established to nurture innovation,
and to provide avenues for education, leadership development,
advocacy, and trips to Israel, etc., the Endowment Funds' mission
is to develop and manage resources that meet the challenges
and needs of the Tarrant County Jewish community both today
and tomorrow. For more information see, Endowment
Funds.
 Leadership
Awards
The Federation honors 3 members of the community each year for
outstanding leadership.
Louis H. and Madlyn B. Barnett Young Leadership Award
- awarded to an outstanding young woman who has rendered extraordinary
service to the community to stimulate and inspire leadership
toward further and continuous communal interest activity and
to reward exceptional service to the Jewish Federation and its
beneficiaries or its affiliated agencies. The award includes
a subsidy to the individual to attend the General Assembly of
the United Jewish Communities of North America.
 Leon
and Fay Brachman Young Leadership Award - awarded to an
outstanding young man who has rendered extraordinary service
to the community to stimulate and inspire leadership toward
further and continuous communal interest activity and to reward
exceptional service to the Jewish Federation and its beneficiaries
or its affiliated agencies. The award includes a subsidy to
the individual to attend the General Assembly of the United
Jewish Communities of North America.
The Wolens Scholarship - established by Jerry and Sylvia
Wolens, the scholarship is presented annually to a Jewish person
newly involved in the Federation. The scholarship provides a
subsidy to the individual to attend the General Assembly of
the United Jewish Communities of North America.
Jewish Community Relations Council
Throughout every Jewish organization in Tarrant County runs
a single common tie: the Federation's JCRC. It connects all
Jewish organizations, agencies, and religious institutions in
Tarrant County, serving as a community builder, advocate and
coalition builder within the Jewish community.
Partnership 2000
As one of 14 U.S. Jewish communities within the UJC Central
Area Consortium who join together to partner with the Western
Galilee, the Federation is making a direct impact on the day-to-day
lives of Israeli citizens. Through P2K, Tarrant County has brought
teenage camp counselors to work in the community and a theater
performance by the Akko Theatre as well as contributing to the
Western Galilee's emergency programs through the Israel Emergency
Campaign. |
