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December 24, 1999/15 Tevet 5760, Vol. 52, No.17
UJC expected to approve plan for new foundation
JULIA GOLDMAN
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
NEW YORK - The United Jewish Communities is poised to approve a governance plan for a new foundation, the latest step in the formation of the mega-philanthropy and social service organization representing more than 189 Jewish communities in North America.
If, as expected, the UJC's top leadership approves the recommendations for the foundation, it will resolve a behind-the-scenes controversy that has been simmering in recent months. The contention centered around whether the foundation would augment or compete with UJC fund raising and also around the balance of power between UJC's chief officers and Jewish community federations.
Pending approval of the UJC's Executive Committee, the United Jewish Foundation, as it is currently known, will be a "wholly owned subsidiary" of the UJC; its president, however, will report to the foundation's own chairman and board of trustees.
The foundation is meant to attract new individuals and other foundations to fund the work of the UJC, to assist smaller federations in creating dynamic giving opportunities, and to generate innovative fund-raising projects system-wide. While the idea for the foundation has had broad appeal, the governance details of the entity had been left until more pressing aspects of the UJC were in place.
The UJC was created this year through the legal union of the United Jewish Appeal, the Council of Jewish Federations and the United Israel Appeal.
The concept for the foundation was part of a report drafted this summer by a UJC task force and approved by the UJC's transitional cabinet
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