A total of $110 million has been raised so far in the 1984 United Jewish Appeal/community campaigns according to estimated community reports. This is a card-for-card dollar gain of $16.7 million and an increase of 17.9 percent over the previous year’s figures for the same period. The announcement was made here by Alexander Grass, UJA national chairman, at the UJA Community Forum which took place at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations.
Opening its 1985 campaign in Israel for the first time this past September, UJA/community campaigns raised more than $12 million at caucuses in Jerusalem, plus an additional $1.2 million for Project Renewal, the social rehabilitation program linking American Jewish communities to specific Israeli distressed neighborhoods.
At Hineni III, the UJA’s annual major gifts leadership event, which took place last month in Washington, D.C., pledges cames to $7.6 million, representing a 14.3 percent increase over contributions made by the same donors a year ago. This three-day gathering provided an opportunity for UJA leaders to speak directly to Administration officials about the concerns of the American Jewish community and to review UJA-funded humanitarian programs in Jewish communities abroad.
The 1984 regular campaign has raised $593.7 million, a card-for-card dollar gain of $77.3 million and an increase of 15 percent. The projected 1984 campaign total is $626.7 million. A total of $152.9 million has been raised to date for Project REnewal, including $32.1 million pledged during the 1984 Campaign.
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