Do Shul Differently The United Synagogue Community Development Fund
What is the Community Development Fund? • A new fund to encourage innovation • Supporting communities implement their strategic plans • Open to all US member communities • Overseen by Community Development Fund Board • Launches TODAY
Why innovate? W Why now? • Communities are at the heart of what we do • Strategic Review called for us to build • Vibrant and engaged communities • Local hubs of Jewish life • It also challenged us to embrace change and take risks • US trustees are proud to be able to invest in our communities • CDF allows us to pilot new ideas and roll out the successes across the US
Funding Criteria Communities will need to demonstrate that a grant will enable them to: • Grow the community’s membership over the course of the grant period and beyond • Reach out to and engage an emerging sector or a demographic group that they have not been successful in connecting to date. • Adapt to changing circumstances such as Jewish school admissions policies, new housing and decline in traditional membership
Funding criteria (ctd) • Develop community leadership and a strong volunteer base • Enhance a community’s capacity for fundraising • Pilot an innovative approach to community-building that, if successful, might be rolled out to other communities • Provide additionality i.e. the grant will enable a community to achieve something that would not be possible under its current financial circumstances
Available fu funds • Grants will be in the range of £5, 000 - £20, 000 per annum. • Grants likely to be awarded for a two or three year period. • Expectation that most projects will be match-funded by communities • Anticipated that 6-8 communities will be successful in their applications for new grants each year • CDF Board will ensure that there is diversity amongst the projects it approves.
Application process Meeting with If project meets CDF Board Chair completes Community criteria, Chair reviews all project Development completes full applications and description form Fund Manager application form awards grants
Project Description form • One page document • Outlines key areas of application
Timeline: First fu funding cycle Item Deadline Applications Open 3 July 2016 Project description 16 September 2016 Full application form Early November CDF board meeting End November Funded projects commence January 2017 onwards
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