IMPACT REPORT 2017–18

A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

On behalf of NCJW | LA, I am thrilled to highlight our recent achievements and share our hope and vision for our remarkable organization, which has served the needs of Los Angeles women and children for more than 100 years.

During the 2017-2018 fiscal year, our advocacy team championed economic and reproductive justice. As a coalition partner of Fair Workweek LA, we kicked off support for a comprehensive policy for retail workers in Los Angeles. In alignment with the campaign, our Council Thrift retail employees are afforded full-time work, with dependable schedules, and complete medical and dental coverage.

We are enormously proud of our trained peer educators, who brought Change the Talk (formerly The Talk Project) sexual violence prevention education to more than 1,000 of their peers in high schools throughout Los Angeles. This past year, we successfully placed a special focus on expanding into public schools and alternative education settings.

Last August, our Youth Education Program hosted our largest-ever Back 2 School Store, where we enlisted hundreds of volunteers to help distribute new clothing, backpacks, and school supplies to more than 500 elementary and middle school-aged youth. These items ensured students could start the school year ready to learn.

Our commitment to meeting basic needs in our community was renewed through our clothing voucher program and annual Clothing Giveaway. Combined, these programs helped fulfill the basic needs of more than 5,000 individuals by ensuring they have necessary clothing for cold weather, job interviews, school, work, and more.

After nearly 30 years, our loyal volunteers answered their last calls for our Talkline on February 16, 2018. The program served thousands of people in its heyday but numbers declined as demand for services changed. We are immensely grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who helped build and run the Talkline over the years.

Excitingly, NCJW | LA Board of Directors convened in the spring and delivered a new vision that will integrate our programs, services, and advocacy work. Our renewed purpose is to advance equity and economic justice for women. As the next year unfolds and our strategic plan begins to take shape, we will develop programs which ensure high-impact outcomes through a solution-focused approach, grounded in the values of respect, justice, resilience, and community participation.

Change can be difficult but it can also be invigorating. As we grow, we promise we will continue to be a vibrant community resource. Thank you for being a part of NCJW | LA.

Warm regards,

Marjorie GilbergNCJW | LA IMPACT REPORT 2017–18 1

Advocacy

Youth Educational Programs & Services

Our passionate advocates made their voices heard throughout the year by participating in marches,

lobby visits, and phone banks to help create an equitable and just society. NCJW | LA’s priority issues included reproductive rights and justice, human trafficking, economic justice, and gender-related violence.

X NCJW | LA’s Advocacy Training Project prepared 48 diverse community members with the skills and tools they need to serve as leaders in driving community change.

X Nearly 100 volunteers helped distribute posters and engage local businesses to participate in our Human Trafficking Outreach Project. Since 2013, our efforts increased calls to the local hotline due to poster viewings by 1,000%.

Human Trafficking Outreach Project volunteers

Art Pals Educators encourage students like Lily to express themselves through contemporary art exercises.

NCJW | LA’s youth programs broaden the educational experience for children in Los Angeles

by bringing volunteer-led art instruction and after-school homework assistance onto elementary school campuses.

X Art Bridges Culture breaks barriers and opens a window to diverse cultures using art as the connecting tool. This year, our volunteers helped more than 70 students explore cultures of the world through art.

X Over 500 students learned the fundamentals of contemporary art while expanding their visual literacy and critical thinking skills through our Art Pals program.

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Community Mental Health & Supportive Services

NCJW | LA offered low-to no-cost therapy and community programs that promoted wellness

and empowerment.

X In addition to providing individual, couples and family psychotherapy to 110 clients, CMHSS offered flagship eight-week mindfulness programs at Council House including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self Compassion (MSC). We also brought mindfulness training to students, parents, teachers, and administrators at local schools and offered a weekly LGBTQ+ support group at Fairfax High School.

X Through our Adopt-A-Family program, we aided 16 families directly impacted by domestic violence, extreme poverty, and other financial setbacks. In addition to alleviating many of their financial challenges, we also provided beds and other furnishings to assist with the creation of stable and safe housing for these families.

A family portrait of one of the families supported through our Adopt-A-Family program.

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Our impressive peer-led sexual violence prevention program, formerly known

as The Talk Project, was rebranded to “Change the Talk” to reinforce our newly expanded investment and commitment to growing this important program.

We awarded 17 scholarships that totaled $26,000 to support future careers in

nursing, film and television, teaching and other trades. We look forward to increasing the size and scale of our scholarship program as we focus on improving economic equity for women and their families.

Change the Talk

Thanks to our eco-minded and generous donors, NCJW | LA Council Thrift Shops

generate more than 80% of the revenue needed to support our programs and services. Our eight shops, conveniently located throughout Los Angeles, are among the most popular thrift stores in the region and offer an alternative to landfills for clothes, furniture, and housewares, supporting the circular economy.

Council Thrift

Change the Talk Summer Trainings, 2018

Scholarships

Some of our Fall 2017 Scholarship Recipients at our Scholarship celebration breakfast.

Our Studio City location.

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Financial HighlightsStatement of Revenue and Expenses 2017–18

REVENUE

EXPENSES

DETAILED EXPENSES

AMOUNT PERCENTAGE

Revenue

Thrift Shop Net Income $ 2,103,525 72.8%

Grants $ 159,010 5.5%

Contributions & Bequests $ 303,572 10.5%

Membership Dues $ 10,978 0.4%

Program Service Fees $ 146,283 5.1%

Rental Income $ 53,332 1.8%

Other $ 112,359 3.9%

Total $ 2,889,059 100.0%

Expenses

Program Services $ 2,454,112 83.6%

Management & General $ 337,268 11.5%

Fund Development $ 143,565 4.9%

Total $ 2,934,945 100.0%

Detailed Program Service Expenses

Community Mental Health & Supportive Services $ 1,497,628 61.0%

Membership, Outreach & Leadership Development $ 218,848 8.9%

Youth Educational Programs & Services $ 362,942 14.8%

Advocacy & Community Engagement $ 374,694 15.3%

Total $ 2,454,112 100.0%

THRIFT SHOP

RENTALS OTHER

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

ADVOCACY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES

GRANTS

FUND DEVELOPMENT

MEMBERSHIP,OUTREACH & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

PROGRAM SERVICES

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH & SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

MEMBERSHIP

CONTRIBUTIONS & BEQUESTS

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Thank you to our generous supporters who helped change lives in our community.

$10,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous City of West HollywoodWilliam O’Neil & Company

$5,000–$9,999 Robert MillerLea RosendahlSouthern California Gas CompanyAmy and Jeffrey P. Straus

$1,000–$4,999 Michele AndelsonDonna BenjaminCannon Family FoundationCaruso Family FoundationLilianne ChaumontJudy FisherSandra FlukeRachel GindiHafter Family FoundationHillside Memorial Park and MortuaryPamela HirshMary Joyce JohnsonMeg KasdanHelen and Sid KatzNancy KlessRichard LaboweBarbara LevyDavid LevyRachel McCallisterMilken Family FoundationJudith MishkinNBC4 Southern CaliforniaJessica and Harley PasternakC. Jean PearlsteinJudith PerlsteinHelane PinesRosenthal Family FoundationSuzanne RosentswiegNancy ScherRosalyn SiegelLaura SlovinMarilyn SzatmaryRenée Tener-HertzbergUnited Agencies, Inc.Lenore WaxPeg YorkinTalma Zelitski

$500–$999 Anonymous Anita AratowJohanna Arias-BhatiaElizabeth Bar-ElAdrian BeckerCarol BeckerElissa BeckerLinda BessinLonni BrillJanet BrownSylvia BrownSuzanne BuckholtzBeth BurnamCedars-Sinai Medical CenterLeonor ChernilaShelli and Herb DodellRochelle DubeHebrew Union CollegeToby HornSusan IsaacsJames and Ruth Ross FoundationSylvia JonesDeborah KallickMarcia Weiner MankoffMyra MorewitzBeverly MushinskySusan PinkusPlanned Parenthood Advocacy Project, LA CountyRonross Motors, Inc.Jayne RothblattLeanore SaltzElizabeth SavageSonia SchneiderBarbara SchwartzScout CollectionBonnie SloaneRuth SpielmanSusan SyslerThe Invisible StudiosAnna ViksmanAnna YadegariAllen ZatkinRuth ZeitzewLenore Zerman

$250–$499 Karen BerchMariam BerryPamela BrownSteven Calcote

Mary CoffeyLee CowanHelen DavidovAllison FullerBeverly FullerDoris GoldsteinSharon GreenJanice HazlehurstLaura KaplanskyKathy Keiter HakimRobert KlausnerLisa KodmurPatricia KourtValerie KrulfeiferGail LabovitzEllie and Mark LainerLaura LakeLeah LevinJack LevineAlan LivingstonCarina LuwischMaskit MaymonSusan MeltzerModern HRSonja NelsonDiane NosseckMargaret ParkhurstPerformances MagazineMarla RubinLynn SchleimerPeggy SchwartzKatayoon ShafaghShalhevet High SchoolSteven ShatzGail SoloElun SparLorri SpiegelShelley StileDee ThorneLynn WallaceVera WallachNicole Yorkin

$60–$249 Cindy Paley AboodyCheryl AbramsFrancine AbramsACLUWhitney AlaryJudith AllenRachel AndresJairo Angulo

Sabrina AshjianKathleen AtkinsonChris BarbourRachel Bat-OrDolores and Alvin BeckerHorst BeilRobert BergsteinLarry BerkinDeborah BerkmanEllie BertwellElaine BienenfeldRandi BlumenfeldMerrie BoranCathy BrownKay BuckNancy BurgeSara BurmanJessica BurnamJanine BushMiriam CantorRosalyn ChapmanVivian ClecakCarolyn CohenJean CohenSandra CohenCongregation Kol AmiJoan CowanRandi CubaPatti CunhaAlan DeckerShelley DeutschRandolph DobbsPatrice DobrowitskyMargo DorfmanJessica DreyerGregory DubeJanice EhrlichSuzanne EhrmannAlison EichbergSteven EllisEmerson’s Locksmith Co., Inc.Brian ErmanskiSusan EttingerIrwin FieldJudith FirestoneTeresa FisherFlintridge Sacred Heart AcademyKay GallinCarol GasparBeth GendlerLorna GerryJeanne GersonVeronica Ghita

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Jill GlasbandGabriele GoldaperMindy GoldbergSarah GoldfingerNaomi GoldmanRegina GoldmanCoralie GoldsmithFrances GoldsteinSonia GoldsteinToni GoldsteinJudy GordonHayuta GorenPatricia Gorner SchwartzLeah GranatMark GranbyTamara GreenbaumGini GruberPatricia GumbinerBarbara HandellMarjorie HarrisAlbert HassonRosalind HelfandLisa HessellJane HirschLinda HirschJudith HirshbergBettina HoDaniel HoffJanice HollandMarsha JacksDavid JacobsPamela JacobsonJeanne JacovesJewish Community FoundationJewish Women’s TheatreLaura JoynerSherri KadovitzJeffrey KaplanLinda KaplanMina KaroonMitchel KarpElinor KaufmanKaren KayAndrew KeslerMary Keyes

Imtiaz KhanHerbert KleinJoanne KleinJacqueline KodishDeborah KoefflerMartha Kreimer BirnbaumMichael LandauTerence LarroSandra LauterbachAllen S. MossLouis J. ShapiroVanessa LeMarcy LebovitzGail LevineBette-Jane Licht KromJudith LipkinJudi LirmanHeather LongFelicia LopezFran LyonsGloria MarguliesBenjamin MarkowitzMichelle MarshallMila MarvizonKen MatsuuraFarida MayDiana MeansJackie MenasterBarbara MillerGloria MillerMarsha MillerTressa MillerSheila MoncavageMorton Institute For New Dimensions, Inc.Tobey MossCarlos MouraKatie Murphy-DarlingNational Wiretec Comm., Inc.Rosy NissanRose NortonJudith OkunSophia OrshanskySandra Ow-WingMaya Paley

Tiky and Robin PaleyJeannie ParkNanette Pastor-HannaSasha PechenayaLisa PedersenPemwood Design, Inc.Silvia PerchukStuart PerlmanCharlotte PienkosDaisy PizanaLorraine PrestonJan ProZhita ReaJodie ReffDonna ReiningerPeggie RoastAndrea RobertsRenata RolekClaudia RoseMarilyn RosenJoyce RosenbaumNina RosenfeldDeborah and Edward RossSuzanne RothBarbara RothsteinBarbara RubinSheila SauberHelene and Robert SchacterDeborah Schiller HadlTal SchinikAntonia SchumanAmy SchwartzBarbara SchwartzVeronica SchweitzerBernice SebulskyJudith SegalBrad SelvinHillary SelvinJoan SelvinLowell SelvinEsther ShapiroPhoebe ShawMarisa ShipleyMerle SiegelSandy Silas

Catherine SilmanRosalind SilverJami SimonsMelissa SloanHildi SmithElaine SmithamTheodore SnyderRuth SobelLotte SohnMartin and Suzanne SoligLorraine SpectorMarci SpieglerJudy SpigelmanPaige SterninKaren StiglerMaureen SullivanAndrea SwerdlowJanice TarrTemple Beth HillelTemple Israel of HollywoodNina TepperStefanie ThompsonBarbara TobiasElise VazelakisNancy VimlaHelen WachsStacy WassermanTeresa WaxerEmily WaxmanJanet WaxmanJudith WeberMarcia WeinbergerRenee WeisenbergAlison WeissmanRobin WeiszWesley WellmanNancy WenderMichelle WindmuellerWRRAPMichele WytkoBarbara YaroslavskyJoshua YeshuaYour CauseMarilyn ZieringEdna Zinar

NCJW | LA also thanks the many individuals who made contributions of less then $60.

Every attempt was made to ensure this list is accurate. If you notice an error or omission, please do not hesitate to notify our Development staff directly.

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BOARD AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017–2018

PRESIDENT: Helen Davidov

BOARD MEMBERS: Johanna Arias-Bhatia, Donna Benjamin, Mariam Berry, Pamela Brown, Sylvia Brown,

Shelli Dodell, Sandra Fluke, Susan Isaacs, Nancy Kless, Cipra Nemeth, Susan Pinkus, Jayne Rothblatt,

Leanore Saltz, Nancy Scher, Rosalyn Siegel, Amy Straus, Marilyn Szatmary, Renée Tener-Hertzberg,

Fanya Wernicke, Ruth Zeitzew

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Marjorie Gilberg, Executive Director

Rachel Donaldson, Director of Community Mental Health and Supportive Services

Sofiya Dubinsky, Chief Financial Officer

Carrie Jacoves, Director of Communications and Outreach

Robert Klausner, Director of Retail Operations

Maya Paley, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement

Rachel Resnick, Director of Youth Educational Programs and Services

543 N. Fairfax AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90036323.852.8500

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