Volunteers help our community thrive. This is a total of volunteers across all reporting organizations, including board members. Slight variance from year to year could be in part because of events in 2018 that included more volunteers.

Based on the work of Big Tent Judaism, an organization that provided a community-wide assessment of Greater Hartford’s welcoming practices in 2012, we developed a 20-point index. The index addresses websites, physical spaces, and email and phone queries. For a full list of the index points,

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Aggregate number of households across all participating synagogues. 

When boards get too big, engagement can suffer. When boards get too small, effectiveness can suffer. That’s why the JMAP Dashboard now includes average board size. A 20-member board is within the range of best practice, which is generally 14-24 people.

A consistent pipeline of new leadership is important for community continuity and planning. With 67 new board members across 27 agencies and synagogues, the community welcomed many new faces to leadership, and has a responsibility to train and cultivate these and future new leaders.

Leadership diversity is important to effectiveness, and boards are at their best when they represent their communities. Across 27 agencies and synagogues, about half of all board members are men and half women. Other aspects of board diversity are important consideration, although some more difficult to measure.

Attendance at board meetings is an important measure of board member engagement. For this measure, we asked agencies to report attendance from their previous three board meetings, and averaged them. If organizations have low turnout for board meetings, its important to address the issue and ensure board members are engaged and active.

This index consists of ten essential requirements for every governing body. Each component counts for one point, and the number reported here is based on an average across all reporting organizations. For a complete list of the components,

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Data provided by the Jewish Leadership Academy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford for 2018-2019.

Retention and succecssion planning for professional leadership is an important part of organizational success. This information is from data provided by 15 agencies and 5 synagogues.

Deficit/surplus in relation to expenses was calculated by comparing budget versus expenses from 990s and financial statements across 13 agencies, with 2 agencies improving from last year. Break even was determined as any organization +/-3% budget vs. expenses. This measure is one way to understand financial health, but should be reviewed in context of an overall financial picture.

Endowments provide funding for nonprofit organizations in perpetuity, ensuring community sustainability. This is an aggregated number across multiple institutions.

This is one measure of the overall community’s fundraising ability. It aggregates fundraising dollars from the last fiscal year, as reported by 15 agencies. It does not include synagogue fundraising.

Teens participating in any youth program including JTConnect, synagogue youth groups and regional youth movements. Likely includes some duplication.

Counts as any instance of a Jewish educational event or program specifically for adults at 6 synagogues and 7 agencies. When a series, each meeting time (session) was counted as one.For example, weekly Torah study across 26 weeks at one synagogue would be counted as 26 sessions.

Counts as any instance of an event or program specifically for young children (4th grade and below) at seven synagogues and agencies. When a series, each meeting time (session) was counted as one. For example, weekly tot shabbats across 26 weeks at one synagogue would be counted as 26 sessions.

Counts as any instance of an open social or educational event or program provided by Jewish agencies specifically for seniors at 6 synagogues and agencies. When a series, each meeting time (session) was counted as one. This does not include the hundreds of Jewish programs provided to seniors through Hebrew SeniorCare’s Hoffman Summerwood and Adult Day Center, or through Federation Homes.

Number of program series offered by 2 agencies and synagogues specifically for an audience of interfaith families, intermarried couples or others interested in learning about interfaith family needs.

Number of program series offered by 6 agencies and synagogues specifically for in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community or to train professional staff and community members on LGBTQ+ inclusion.