The Federation Of The Jewish Philanthropies Of Toronto Commemorative Plaque, 2007
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4862
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Open
Address
220 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2W5
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2007
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The Federation Of The Jewish Philanthropies Of Toronto Commemorative Plaque, 2007
Description
The Federation of the Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was first located on this site in a house shared with a Jewish orphanage. Established in 1917 to more effectively raise and distribute funds for charitable work within Toronto's Jewish community it organized one joint annual fundraising campaign for its affiliated organizations - including a Family Welfare Bureau the neighbouring orphanage and boys and girls clubs. With the funds raised the Federation championed a more thorough assessment of need and worked to coordinate social services within the Jewish community.
Beyond providing critical aid to many Torontonians the Federation shaped the future of Jewish philanthropy and the Jewish community. In 1937 it was absorbed into the United Jewish Welfare Fund. Today a vastly expanded successor organization UJA (United Jewish Appeal) Federation of Greater Toronto continues to organize community fundraising and provides centralized planning and infrastructure construction for Toronto's Jewish community.
An early Jewish dispensary supported by the Federation became Mount Sinai Hospital in 1923. Mount Sinai seen above at its first Yorkville Avenue location was supported by the Federation until 1940. Ontario Jewish Archives Caption 3: Gathering donations circa 1950. For many years theannual fundraising campaign initiated by the Federation relied heavily on door-to-door canvassers.
Marker lat / long: 43.653078, -79.388602 (WGS84)