Funds for the Benefit of Illini Hillel
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Allen (Susan Linowes Allen Memorial Fund for the Hillel Foundation)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation and Jewish academic community.
Established: in 1993 by the Linowes family, who may serve as advisors to the Board.
Priorities: Sponsorship of Jewish cultural programs at the UI Hillel Foundation for students, faculty, and others in the academic community. Funding is not to be provided for capital expenditures or to replace monies given to Hillel as a part of their normal CUJF allocation.
Distribution of income: Upon approval the CUJEF Board of Directors of a grant application from UI Hillel.
Hillel Building (Arthur R. Robinson Fund for Hillel Building)
Focus: Hillel Foundation
Established: In 2016 from funds remaining in the Champaign-Urbana chapter of B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation Building Fund. The Fund was named in memory of Arthur Robinson, long-time president of the B'nai Brith chapter and dedicated supporter of worthy Jewish causes in Champaign-Urbana.
Distribution of Income: Requested by the Hillel director, subject to the approval of CUJEF Board. In certain cases, CUJEF may approve the expenditure of Fund principal in an amount not to exceed 20% of the value of Fund in any two-year period.
Hillel Centennial Fund
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation. Umbrella fund for contributions recognizing the first century of UI Hillel, the first Hillel Foundation.
Priorities: provide stable, multi-year funding for numerous Hillel activities. For specific purposes, subsidiary endowments are managed by UI Hillel.
Distribution of income: income automatically distributed to Hillel annually .
Hillel Director (Hillel Director's Fund)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation.
Priorities: Provides indirect program support to enhance program potential at the UI Hillel Foundation. The intent is to provide for purchase of non-capital items of hardware or office equipment.
Distribution of income: Upon written application by the Hillel Director to the CUJEF Board.
Note: Funding is not to be provided for direct program expenses (honoraria, travel, etc) nor for capital expenditures, nor to replace monies given to Hillel as a part of their normal CUJF or JFMC allocation.
Hillel Eruv (Champaign Urbana Eruv Endowment Fund)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation.
Established: 2021 in recognition of Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and Ahava Schachter-Zarembski's work to establish the C-U Eruv
Priorities: Supports Hillel's annual costs of maintenance, upkeep, and inspection of the Champaign-Urbana Eruv
Distribution of income: Annual automatic disbursement.
Hoffman (Andrea Hoffman Honorary Fund for Illini Hillel)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation
Established: 2023 in honor of Andrea Hoffman, UI Alumna, former Illini Hillel acting director, and 40 year stalwart of Hillels across the world
Priorities: Support of Hillel staff development
Distribution of Income: at the discretion of the Illini Hillel director
Hymowitz (Theodore Hymowitz Endowment Fund)
Focus and priorities: support acquisition or maintenance of ritual objects for Champaign County Jewish religious institutions, specifically Illini Chabad, Illini Hillel, and Sinai Temple
Distribution of income: proposals will be solicited annually by CUJEF by notice to eligible institutions.
Howard (Howie) Jacobson Endowment Fund for Hillel
Focus: Used for honoraria to excellent Torah readers and service leaders for Shabbat and holiday services, to cover costs of teaching students how to lead services or read Torah, to support students in learning these skills in an immersive experience environment, or to cover other similar costs related to leining and davening.
Established: 2024 in memory of Prof. Jacobson's legacy
Priorities: Support of Hillel students to become proficient in leading services.
Distribution of income: Annual automatic disbursement, with annual report to CUJEF explaining use of funds.
Hillel Kiddush (Hillel Kiddush Endowment Fund)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation.
Priorities: Funds costs of Kiddush at Illini Hillel following Saturday morning Shabbat services and major Jewish Holiday Services
Distribution of income: Annual automatic disbursement.
Hillel Robinson (Arthur R. Robinson Fund for Hillel)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation.
Priorities: To be used at the discretion of Hillel Director
Distribution of income: Annual automatic disbursement. Quasi-endowment, so annual distribution amount fixed.
Krakower Torah (Dorothy Denzig-Krakower and David Krakower Memorial Torah Endowment Fund)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation
Established: In 2017 by Judith Krakower and Illini Hillel.
Priorities: To maintain, fix, replace and buy ritualistic objects.
Distribution of income: Upon approval of a written application to the CUJEF Board
Sachar Fund (Abram L. Sachar Memorial Fund for Hillel)
Focus: UI Hillel Foundation
Priorities: Support of Hillel programming.
Distribution of Income: Annual automatic disbursement.
Weiner Endowment Fund for Hillel
Focus: UI Illini Foundation
Priorities: to create programming that will bring together Jewish students from the University of Illinois and Jewish community members from the greater Champaign-Urbana area.
Distribution of Income: Annual automatic distribution
