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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

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

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

Chair completes project description form Meeting with Community Development Fund Manager If project meets criteria, Chair completes full application form CDF Board reviews all applications and 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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