Upward,
New York.

Now is the moment to come together to lift up New York. The moment to go all out to get our city and our community back on its feet.

We're feeding families and helping them find employment. Making sure no one feels alone in their anxiety or grief. Helping the most vulnerable access vaccines. And sustaining our treasured institutions — JCCs, synagogues, camps, day schools — so they can continue to be there for us.

We’re not just recovering. We’re building an even stronger, more resilient, more connected Jewish community.

Join us — we can’t do it without you. Volunteer. Donate. Advocate. Let’s move upward.

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Nearly

$70
Million

allocated in Grants and Loans for Covid Relief over and above our annual allocations

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Grants + Loans Highlights

$4.6 million

safety net services

$2.1 million

help nearly 50 day schools reopen

$20 million

loan fund for health & human services
$5.5 million

food and holiday meals

$2 million

day school scholarship fund

$1 million

loans for small businesses
$4.5 million

emergency funding to Israel

$14.3 million

JCCs and day camps

$2.1 million

sleepaway camps
$430,000

emergency cash for CUNY Hillel college students

$330,000

emergency cash for single parents

$1.2 million

services for Holocaust survivors
$600,000

for rabbis to aid vulnerable congregants

$550,000

PPE for nonprofit partners

$500,000

joined coalition for nonprofit consulting
$250,000

dignified Jewish burials

$2 million

awarded to UJA to help low-income New Yorkers

Help Lift Up New York

Covid-19’s collateral damage has left painful scars and new challenges: Rampant unemployment and food insecurity. Widespread mental health needs. Jewish institutions struggling to stay afloat. Vulnerable New Yorkers struggling to access the vaccine. We’re positioned to offer strategic solutions to all these issues and more.

We'll be there with and for our community, every step of the way.

Your support means we’re not going back — we’re moving upward.

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Our Covid Response

Vaccine Access and Education

We're working to give New Yorkers a boost and get the resources they need to navigate the vaccine process. We're also helping with access, education, transportation, and other services.

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Meet The Moment.

At a time when demand for social services is higher than ever, UJA is poised to meet it. Our flagship Jack and Shirley Silver Hub is a state-of-the art, one-stop social service center — offering food choices with dignity, career counseling, financial and legal services, and mental health support. We’re also opening satellite neighborhood hubs to help increase our reach and multiply our impact. We’re meeting people where they are, with personalized support that can lift up lives.

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Hundreds of Nonprofits in Our Unparalleled Network Multiply Our Impact

Our work in action: See what happened when UJA arranged a pop-up vaccine site for Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn.

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Before the pandemic, Ana held down two jobs to support her twin daughters. When she lost both jobs, she turned to a UJA partner for support. We helped her get back to work.

See her story

When Careen, a single mom to a son with autism needed to visit a food pantry, she was met with kindness. It made all the difference.

See her story

When Alice’s husband died in a New York City hospital at the beginning of the pandemic, she lost her lifetime partner of 31 years and her best friend. We made sure she wasn’t alone with her grief.

See her story

Safely teaching kids in-person required a significant investment for Jewish day schools. We helped carry the load.

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Let’s Lift up New York.

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Upward,New York.

Nearly

$70 Million

allocated in Grants and Loans for Covid Relief over and above our annual allocations

Grants + Loans Highlights

$4.6 million

safety net services

$2.1 million

help nearly 50 day schools reopen

$20 million

loan fund for health & human services

$5.5 million

food and holiday meals

$2 million

day school scholarship fund

$1 million

loans for small businesses

$4.5 million

emergency funding to Israel

$14.3 million

JCCs and day camps

$2.1 million

sleepaway camps

$430,000

emergency cash for CUNY Hillel college students

$330,000

emergency cash for single parents

$1.2 million

services for Holocaust survivors

$600,000

for rabbis to aid vulnerable congregants

$550,000

PPE for nonprofit partners

$500,000

joined coalition for nonprofit consulting

$250,000

dignified Jewish burials

$2 million

awarded to UJA to help low-income New Yorkers

Help Lift Up New York

Our Covid Response

Vaccine Access and Education

The demand for food has

grown by 33%.

Food Insecurity

New York’s unemployment rate

increased five-fold.

Unemployment

Grief. Isolation. Anxiety.The pandemic has precipitated

a massivemental health crisis.

Mental Health

Jewish institutions are

Confronting Covid’slong-term impact.

Jewish Life

Meet The Moment.

Hundreds of Nonprofits in Our Unparalleled Network Multiply Our Impact

Our work in action: See what happened when UJA arranged a pop-up vaccine site for Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn.

Before the pandemic, Ana held down two jobs to support her twin daughters. When she lost both jobs, she turned to a UJA partner for support. We helped her get back to work.

When Careen, a single mom to a son with autism needed to visit a food pantry, she was met with kindness. It made all the difference.

When Alice’s husband died in a New York City hospital at the beginning of the pandemic, she lost her lifetime partner of 31 years and her best friend. We made sure she wasn’t alone with her grief.

Safely teaching kids in-person required a significant investment for Jewish day schools. We helped carry the load.

Let’s Lift up New York.

Upward,
New York.

$70
Million

Grief. Isolation. Anxiety.
The pandemic has precipitated

a massive
mental health crisis.

Confronting Covid’s
long-term impact.