The United Jewish Welfare Fund, in 1960, will allocate $4,079,326–an eight percent increase over last year–to its 169 overseas, Israel, national and local beneficiaries, it was announced here today.
A report submitted by the Budget Allocations Committee to the board of directors of the Jewish Federation-Council, under whose auspices the UJWF campaign is conducted, disclosed that $1,954,813 are earmarked for overseas, $305,900 for national and $1,818,613 for local agencies.
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