Jewish Federation Of Central Massachusetts Inc

Programs: Federation - the federation is dedicated to preserving and enriching jewish life in central massachusetts and throughout the world. To fulfill this mission, the federation runs an annual campaign and then designates dollars raised to a variety of local community programs and social agencies as well as to international programs through our affiliation with the jewish federations of north america. Overall, our campaign and programs reach thousands of people in our local and global communities.

foundation - the foundation holds endowment funds received by the federation from more than 60 donors. These funds fall into four categories donor advised, permanently restricted, temporarily restricted, and unrestricted monies are expended from these funds according to the terms of the endowment and the spending policies established in our mission statement in the past fiscal year there were over 103 disbursements that were made from the endowment totaling more than $375,000.

rachel's table-the mission of rachel's table is to distribute donated and specially purchased food and milk to agencies feeding hungry families and individuals in worcester, massachusetts and to reduce the waste of nourishing food. Since its inception in 1989, rachel's table has distributed over 12 million pounds of food, at no cost, to 35 local shelters, food pantries, day programs, group homes, and soup kitchens. The children's milk fund provides milk for over 15,000 individual children repeatedly throughout the year. Rachel's table also purchases fruits and vegetables used for the summer meal program for worcester's children run by friendly house neighborhood center.