In Appreciation

Your generosity enables young Jewish people across North America to experience transformative Jewish summers and go forth into the world guided by Jewish values and with strengthened Jewish identities.

With gratitude, we thank the following supporters for their combined gifts over 2021 and 2022.

PROGRAM FUNDERS

INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES  

Jim Joseph Foundation 

ADAPTIVE TALENT 

Common Ground Fellowship 

UJA-Federation of New York 


Cornerstone Fellowship 

Anonymous 

Crown Family Philanthropies 

The Marcus Foundation, Inc. 

The Morningstar Foundation 


Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Coaching Project  

UJA-Federation New York 

Rose Community Foundation 

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles 



FJC Fellowship 

Anonymous 


Machane Olami  (Global Fellowship) 

Rich & Eve Biller 

 
Midwest Regional Center 

Anonymous 


Creating Safe, Respectful, & Equitable (SRE) Summer Workplaces   

SRE Network 


Security at Camp 

UJA-Federation of New York 


Southeast Regional Center 

Zalik Foundation Fund 


West Coast Regional Center

The Diane & Guilford Glazer Foundation 
 
 

IMMERSIVE LEARNING 

Israel Education for Day Camp Counselors 

Anonymous 

June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation 

Robert Russell Memorial Foundation 


Jewish Coaching Project 

UJA-Federation of New York 


Kayitz Kef – Hebrew at Camp 

(in partnership with the Areivim 

Philanthropic Group) 

William Davidson Foundation 

The Marcus Foundation, Inc. 

The Steinhardt Foundation 


Virtues, Values, & Making Mensches 

John Templeton Foundation 

FIELD GROWTH 

Competitive Edge 

The Gottesman Fund 


Yashar Initiative (Disabilities Inclusion)

The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation 

The Stanford & Joan Alexander Family Foundation 

Leo & Flora Oppenheimer Haas Trust 


Interest-Free Building Loans 

Maimonides Fund 


JFAM: Jewish Family Camp 

Maimonides Fund 

Alan B. Slifka Foundation 


Israeli-American Camper Incentive Grant Program powered by One Happy Camper ® 

The Koum Family Foundation

DARE Foundation 

Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund 


Long Island Day Camp Consortium Initiative 

UJA-Federation of New York 


Mental Health & Well Being at Camp 

Neshamot Fund, Jewish Woman’s Impact Philanthropy of UJA-Federation of New York 

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles 


One Happy Camper® 

Anonymous 

Leo & Libby Nevas Family Foundation


PJ Goes to Camp (OHC) 

Harold Grinspoon


Russian-Speaking Jewish Outreach Initiative 

The Koum Family Foundation

Genesis Philanthropy Group 


Scholarship Programs 

Anonymous 

Robert M. Beren Foundation

Israel Henry Beren Charitable Trust 

Joan Borchardt 

The Heyman-Merrin Family Foundation 


Small Communities Incentive Program powered by One Happy Camper ® 

Anonymous 

Robert M. Beren Foundation


Specialty Camps Incubator III 

Jim Joseph Foundation 


Yedid Nefesh  (Mental Health) 

The Marcus Foundation, Inc. 

UJA-Federation of New York 

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles 

VISIONARIES

$100,000+

Robert M. Beren

Elisa Spungen Bildner & Rob Bildner

Samuel Bronfman Foundation

Crown Family Philanthropies

Julie & Susan Eisen

Archie Gottesman & Gary DeBode

The Gottesman Fund

James Heeger & Daryl Messinger

Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ

The Neubauer Family Foundation

Julie Beren Platt & Marc Platt

Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Diane & Howard Zack

INNOVATORS

$50,000 to $99,999

Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation

Richard & Eve Biller

Randall Kaplan & Kathy Manning

Seth Merrin

Rabbi Rex Perlmeter & Rabbi Rachel Hertzman

Susan & Marc Sacks

Mark & Linda Silberman

Jim & Stephanie Sokolove

Jeffrey & Linda Solomon

BUILDERS

$25,000 to 49,999

Robert J. Deutsch

Jeremy & Gail Fingerman

Lois Kohn-Claar & Gary Claar

Marcia Weiner Mankoff & Doug Mankoff

Bruce & Laurel Newman

Leo & Flora Oppenheimer Haas Trust

Buzz & Donna Rukin

Samis Foundation

Diane Lipson Schilit & Dr. Howard Schilit

Anita & Michael Siegal

Jack & Shirley Silver

The Skier Family

Shawna Goodman-Sone

Jeffrey & Eve Tucker

Peter J. Weidhorn

Jeff & Lesley Wolman

The Zalik Foundation

LEADERS

$10,000 to $24,999

Anonymous

Anonymous

Aviv Foundation

The Brook Fund, Inc.

Marla Kell Brown & Steve Brown

Dina Caroline

Shelley Richman Cohen & Ruvan Cohen

Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York Philanthropic Fund

Michael & Harriet Finck

Alan & Diane Franco

Joseph & Rae Gann Charitable Foundation

Laurie & Stephen Girsky

Viktor Goldenberg

Shelley Niceley Groff & Jonathan Groff

Arnold & Nina Harris

Lisa & Victor Kohn

Alison & Alan Lebovitz

Josh & Sara Leslie

Michelle & Daniel Lubetzky

Susan Mattisinko & Robert S. De Leon

Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Judy & Nissim Neuman

Michael Polowin

Rebecca Raphael

Paul Reichenbach

The Robert Sillins Family Foundation, Inc.

Samuel & Helene Soref Foundation

Joe Teplow

Ilana & Skip Vichness

Francine Lavin Weaver

The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Jane & Stuart Weitzman

Josh Weston

The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation

Sustainers

$2,500 to $9,999

Susanna Lachs Adler & Dean S. Adler

The Stanford & Joan Alexander Family Foundation

Mimi & Barry Alperin

Anonymous

Anonymous

Scott Brody

Scott & Jane Brown

The Jack Chester Foundation

Cara Eisen & Gil Forer

Ann Fiel

Dorian Goldman & Marvin Israelow

Hailey Goodman Cole

Louis Grossman & Amy Gerson

Dorit Harverd & Richard Dale

The Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation

Rena & Josh Kopelman

Martin & Ruth Kornheiser

Sarena & David Koschitzky

The Kovler Foundation

Allison Paine Landers

Alan & Marcia Leifer

Leslie Family Foundation

Marina & Andrew Lewin

David & Inez Myers Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Nancy & Morris W. Offit

Milton & Margie Ruben Charitable Foundation

Robert Russell Memorial Foundation

Supporters

$1,000 to $2,499

Bruce & Hannah-Jean Brafman

Bradley Brave

Claire & Daniel Caine

DNE Caplan Family Foundation

Dennis & Jane Carlton

Central Synagogue (New York, NY)

Ruth Cole

Corey L. Cutler

Ira Deutsch

Rachel & Andrew Eisen

Blake Eltis

Judy & Tom Flesh

Robert E. David & Barbara Flessas

Lynn Mandel Foggle

Jon Fraade & Rita Appel

Avram & Rhoda Freedberg

Phyllis Freedman

Michele Friedman

June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation

Lori & Michael Gilman

Roz & Abner Goldstine

Lillian & Richard Gray

Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green

Robert & Bette Gromis

Elaine & Arie Hochberg

Neil Kuttner

Aaron & Sheila Leibovic

Lisa Messinger

Philip Moss

Kayla & John Niles

Deborah & Stuart Rabner

Jill Myers Raizin & Lou Raizin

The Junior Ratner Club c/o Susan Yarus Meisel

Ruthy & Steven Rosenberg

Sheila & Stanley Schwartz

Sharon & Stephen Seiden

Bruce & Robyn Shoulson

William Silverstein

Steven Sim & Marilyn Einstein

Rita & Alan Singer

Marc Solomon

Michael & Carol Staenberg

Karla & Lawrence Steinberg

Jeff & Sara Wantman

Jonathan Weis

Arnee R. & Walter A. Winshall

Steven & Barbara Wolf

Michael H. Zaransky

Mark & Margie Zivin

COMMUNITY

$100 to $999

Samuel J. Abrams

BJ Adams

Beth & Tony Adler

Alfred Altschul

Amazon Smile

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Rabbi Ramie Arian & Merri Lovinger Arian

Robert & Amy Arogeti

Daniel H. Aronson

Steffi Aronson Karp & Eric Karp

Elizabeth Baer & Henry Maimin

Briana Balaban & Marc Eisenberg

Ellyn & John Bank

Dr. Kenneth Bannerman & Judith Wildman

Catherine Barankin

Donna Becker

Harold & Laney Becker

Eric Berger

Samuel & Trisanne Berger

Douglas & Karen Berman

Emily & Allen Bernstein

Hilary Bienstock & Eugene Grayver

Richard & Ana Blank

Lee & Syd Blatt

Judith Block

Linda Tenner Blume & Gerald Blume

Ellen Bortz & Jon Ellen

Richard Botos & Lois Yurow

Ronald & Lillie Brandt

Billy & Robin Breitner

Peter A. Brot

Amanda Busch

Brad Charna

Cindy Chazan & Jay Leipzig

Judy & Jonathan Chiel

Fred & Joyce Claar

David & Linda Cohen

Elizabeth Cohen

Mark & Tova Cohen

Robert & Louise Cohen

Barbara Cohn

Susan Kaufman Cohn & Al Cohn

Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller

Peter Costanzo

Perri & Richard Courtheoux

Cowan Katzman Family Fund Household

Linda Cutler

David Daien

Jordan Dale & Suzanne Moskowitz

Roslyn K. Davis

Sandra Dick & David Ben-Asher

Monika Dorman

Jennifer Eccles

Howard S. Edelstein

Sarah Eisinger

Jeff & Audrey Elliott

Becky Elrad

Lynn Elrad

Dr. Irl & Barbara Extein

Lisa Lainer-Fagan & Brian Fagan

David & Emilee Feldman

Herbert Fertig

Francine Fiel

Steve & Sandra Finkelman

Nancy & Peter Finn

Drs. Michael Fisher & Terri Loewenthal

David Fishman

FJC Staff

Phyllis Flatt

Kelsey Forstorm

Simone Frank

Fresh Training Inc.

Aharon Freud

Elliot & Tamar Frolichstein-Appel

Dima & Dmitry Galkin

Ryan Gallof

Elkan & Zelda Gamzu

Robin & Stephen Garfinkel

Talia Garry

Emanuel Genn

Michelle Gersen & Michael Zweig

Mark & Karyn Gershon

Give Lively / Giving Basket

Ari & Jennifer Goldberg

Ellen & Alan Goldner

Carol & Phil Goldsmith

Emma Goldstein

Brian & Michelle D. Goodman

David Goodman & Hope Schlossberg Goodman

Doris Greenberg

Rabbi Irving & Blu Greenberg

Michael Gurell

Lynne & Jack Halpern

Phyllis Hammer

Dr. Michael & Freida Harris

Marcy C. Helfand

William & Anita Heller

Jerry & Linda Herman

Mimi & Ken Heyman

Hillel International

Ai Hiruma

Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman

Michelle & Ross Honig

Randi Alice Honig

Perry & Suzanne Hooker

Barbara Hornstein

Elizabeth Howe

Sharon Hurwich

Dr. Jeremy & Linda Jaffe

JCamp180

Sidney & Helen Kadish

Jordan Kahn

Rebecca Kahn

Robin Kahn & George Johnston

Rhonda & Richard Kahn

Samuel Karshis

Dr. Lenore Katkin

Beth & Stuart Katz

Cheryl & Walter Katz

Steven & Robin Katz

Stuart & Beth Katz

Dr. Kimberly & Joseph Kesner

Henni Kessler

Emily Kishter

Dr. Aryeh & Sari Klahr

Samantha Klass

Lawrence & Ruth Kobrin

Richard Kommit

Andrea Kopel

Barbara Korbman

Carol Kozak & Seth Ward

Doron & Janet Krakow

Jill & Stephen Kramer

Jeffrey Kravetz

David & Pamela Kuperstein

Amanda Lang

Lee & Cheryl Lasher

Amanda Leath

Benjamin Ledsham

Rebecca Leibowitz Engel

Wally Levitt

Pete & Susan Liebeskind

Howard Lippin

David & Elizabeth Lowenstein

Andrew Lubash

Harvey & Roberta Mamon

Dina & Samuel Markind

Leah Marks

Lloyd Melnick

Rabbi Joe Menashe & Deborah Musher

David Mendick & Naomi Yadin-Mendick

Stephen Messner & Elizabeth Prelinger

Lori Metz

Randy & Marlene Michaels

Caryn Miller

David Mittleman

Drs. Mark & Marlene Moster

Donna & Paul Nadel

Paulette & Ronald Nessim

Mark & Laura Newfield

Dr. Michael Och

Naomi & Keith Osher

Craig & Jill Padover

Shelley & Josef Paradis

Marti Parisi

Justin Paul

Patricia & Tom Perlmutter

Kenneth & Judith Peskin

Madeline Pettiglio

Pfizer Fdn. Matching Gifts Program

Dan Pliskin

Richard Plotzker & Irene Greenwald Plotzker

Amy & David Pollack

Eileen & Elliott Pollack

Esther & Gary Polland

Edward Posnak

Terri Preis

Enid Rasenick & Thomas Koloski

Bruce Ravech

Neil Raynor

Prof. Joseph & Gail Reimer

Tara & Jay Reisbaum

Martin & Diane Richler

Claudia Rivera

Nancy & Dr. Joel Roffman

Temple Emanuel (Denver, Colorado)

Rabbi Ariella Rosen

Gladys Rosenstein

Jeffrey & Karen Rosenthal

Jeffrey & Regina Roth

Suzanne Rothberg

Martin Rozenberg

Dale Russakoff & Matt Purdy

Sandra Sadove

Arthur & Betty Salz

Rabbi Isaac Saposnik & Jeanne Calloway

David Savitsky

Rachel & Andy Scheff

Gaby Schoenfeld & Avi Mermelstein

Carol Schulman

Carol Ann & Michael Schwartz

Dr. Steven & Helen Schwartz

Susan J. Schwartz

Sharon & James Schwarz

Myron & Jacquie Schwitzer

Rosanne & David Selfon

Claudine Shaby

David Shapiro

Fran & Jonathan Sherman

Robert & Mara Shlachter

Lenny Silberman

Amy Silver

Andrew & Merrill Silver

Hilary & David Silver

Stephen & Judith Silverman

Betty Singer

Vivian Skadron

David & Judy Skolnick

Judy & Tony Sloane

Adam Smith & Jennifer Kibrit Smith

Marian Scheuer Sofaer & Abraham Sofaer

Leon & Marilyn Sokol

Soros Fund Charitable Foundation

Joni & Jeff Spungen

The Sterling Foundation

The Lawrence & Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation

Carol & Steven Targum

Radim Teplitskiy

Dr. Howard N. Tepper

Elard Timana

Mary Ann Tocio

Jerry Treppel

In Memory of Arthur & Charlotte Turyn

Sharon Ungerleider

Rebecca Velasquez

Jennifer Slifka Vidal & Luis Vidal

Fred & Leslie Wachter

David C. Weinstein

Tammy & Robert Weiss

Andie Weisz

Dr. Laurence & Lisa Westreich

Adam & Deborah Winick

Milton Yanofsky

Debbie & Steven Young

Your Cause

Zagera Zager Family Fund

Jeremy Zimet

Dr. Mitchell T. Zimmel

Darien Zimmerman Finder

Roberta & Dr. Murray Zucker

Legacy Society Members

Anonymous

Elisa Spungen Bildner & Rob Bildner

Corey L. Cutler

Julie & Susan Eisen

Jeremy & Gail Fingerman

Archie Gottesman & Gary DeBode

James Heeger & Daryl Messinger

Nan & Allan Lipton

Julie Beren Platt & Marc Platt

Susan Mattisinko & Robert S. De Leon

Nancy & Dr. Joel Roffman

Mark & Linda Silberman

Ilana & Skip Vichness

Peter J. Weidhorn

Learn more about becoming a Legacy Society Member

LeaderS ASSEMBLY 2022 SPONSORS

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Jim Joseph Foundation 

Crown Family Philanthropies

The Diane & Guilford Glazer Foundation

RootOne

JCamp180

Mesirow

Summer Camps Israel

David and Inez Myers Foundation
a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

The Dime Bank

Evolve Giving Group

Repair The World

Samis Foundation

LAY LEADERSHIP

CO-FOUNDERS & CO-CHAIRS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Elisa Spungen Bildner*

Rob Bildner*

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Robert M. Beren

Elisa Spungen Bildner & Rob Bildner

Samuel Bronfman Foundation

The Gottesman Fund

Archie Gottesman & Gary DeBode

Jim Heeger & Daryl Messinger

The Neubauer Family Foundation

Julie Beren Platt & Marc E. Platt

Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Jeffrey & Linda Solomon

Diane and Howard Zack

OFFICERS

CHAIR
Jim Heeger*

VICE-PRESIDENTS
Mark Silberman*
Jeffrey Wolman*

TREASURER
Randall Kaplan*

ASSISTANT TREASURER
Scott Brody*

SECRETARY
Shelley Niceley Groff*

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Diane C. Zack*

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Julie Beren Platt*

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard Biller

Stacie Brockman

Julie Eisen

Shawna Goodman-Sone

Alison Lebovitz

Diane Lipson Schilit

Marcia W. Mankoff

Judy Neuman

Rabbi Rex Perlmeter

Michael S. Polowin

Rebecca Raphael

Susan Sacks

Anita H. Siegal

Jeffrey M. Skier

Jim Sokolove

Jeffrey M. Solomon

Joe Teplow

HONORARY BOARD CHAIRS
Skip Vichness
Peter J. Weidhorn

*Executive Committee.

OUR TEAM

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Jeremy J. Fingerman
Chief Executive Officer

Jamie Simon
Chief Program Officer

Rabbi Avi Orlow
Vice President, Innovation and Education

Corey Cutler
Senior Director of Development

Julie Finkelstein
Senior Director, Program Strategy and Innovation

Briana Holtzman
Senior Director, Organizational Development

Rebecca Kahn
Senior Director, Field Expansion

Elisabeth Williams
Senior Director, Finance and Administration

Julie Wolpov
Vice President, Advancement

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Rachel Anszelowicz
FJC Fellow

Bethany Berger
Manager, Learning and Research

Marisa Braunstein
Associate Program Manager

Vera Brichenko
Junior Accountant

Michele Friedman
Director of New Camp Initiatives

Maryn Gordon
Program Manager – Community Care

Bobby Harris
Director of Southeast Region and Israel Initiatives

Randi Honig
Executive Assistant, Program Department

Mallory Kahn-Johnston
Development Manager

Yevgeniy Klig
Senior Program Manager, Russian Speaking Jewish Initiative

Alex Ko
Associate Manager, Operations & Data

David Korenthal
Midwest Regional Director

Chase Lang
Digital Marketing Manager

Justin Leath
Program Operations Assistant, Field Growth

Adena Leon
FJC Fellow

Aimee Lerner
Marketing Director

Teri McGuire
Senior Program Manager

Rachel Meir
Controller

Amy Meltzer
Senior Jewish Educator

Staci Myer-Klein
Senior Manager, Operations & Data

Delia Rankine
Office Manager

Nila Rosen
Director of Learning and Research

Margalit C. Rosenthal
West Coast Regional Director

Jason Scheff
FJC Fellow

Gaby Schoenfeld
Grants Manager

Jill Goldstein Smith
Senior Program Manager

Star Thurston
Executive Assistant

Maya Tipiere
Learning and Research Associate

Henry Weltman
Associate Program Manager

Jenni Zeftel
Director, Day Camp Initiatives

With decades of experience, Foundation for Jewish Camp is the central advocate and resource for Jewish camp to thrive – and when times are tough – survive.  We maximize your financial support to scale programs and resources to more than 300 Jewish day and overnight camps across North America, elevating the experiences of over 180,000 campers, seasonal staff, and Jewish professionals each summer.

With your partnership, we help Jewish camps access untapped funds and resources that would otherwise go unrealized. Your generosity enables young people across North America to experience transformative Jewish summers and go forth into the world guided by Jewish values and with strengthened Jewish identities.

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