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| Abbreviation | JRA |
|---|---|
| Founded | Incorporated April 14, 2008[1] |
| Founders | Marc Erlbaum, Rabbi Menachem Schmidt |
| 26-2578017 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States |
Region | Greater Philadelphia area, Chicago, Greenwich, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, MetroWest New Jersey, South Jersey |
| Services | Helps needy Greater Philadelphia area individuals by providing monthly food packages and assisting with home repairs and daily tasks they are unable to do on their own, enabling them to live successfully in their own homes. Provides support, leadership, and resources to assist other communities throughout the country to build hunger relief programs.[2] |
| Marc Erlbaum[3] | |
Treasurer | Greg Jaron |
| Revenue | $1,086,329[2] (2014) |
| Expenses | $906,238[2] (2014) |
| Employees | 6 (2018) |
| Volunteers | 15,500[2] (2013) |
| Website | www |
The Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) is a charitable organization and independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which serves over 6,000 diverse low-income individuals across Greater Philadelphia.
The JRA primarily relies on volunteers who serve in a variety of ways including packing boxes in its Northeast Philadelphia warehouse, delivering boxes of food to 90 zip codes in the Philadelphia area, providing seniors and the disabled rides to the doctor and grocery store, making, and visiting isolated members of the community.[4][5] Volunteers come from diverse backgrounds and a wide range of community organizations including Jewish camps, Hillel branches, synagogues and churches, colleges, schools, and corporations. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, on an average 1,000 volunteers participated monthly to pack and deliver food packages at JRA's Food Distributions.[6]
The organization serves mostly elderly and Jewish clients, 73% of whom are over 65 and 65% of whom are Jewish, but it also serves people of all ages and backgrounds.[4]
- ^ "Jewish Relief Agency". Business Entity Details. Pennsylvania Department of State. Accessed on March 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Jewish Relief Agency. Guidestar. August 31, 2014.
- ^ "Board Members Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine". Jewish Relief Agency. Accessed on March 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Rogelberg, Sasha (July 14, 2022). "An Inside Look At Jewish Relief Agency's Volunteer Efforts". The Jewish Exponent. pp. 17–18. ProQuest 3172297444.
- ^ Spikol, Liz (November 30, 2017). "Ways to Jewishly Volunteer This Season". The Jewish Exponent. p. 4. ProQuest 1977212479.
- ^ Rogelberg, Sasha (May 26, 2022). "JRA Struggles with Supply Chain, Finding Summer Volunteers". The Jewish Exponent. pp. 6–7. ProQuest 2674869820.