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Kavod-Ensuring Dignity for Holocaust Survivors

Ensuring Dignity for Holocaust Survivors

aka KAVOD - Ensuring Dignity for Holocaust Survivors   |   Denver, CO   |  www.kavodensuringdignity.com

Mission

KAVOD's mission is to provide aid to Holocaust Survivors who have emergency day to day needs for food, medicine, and other urgent unmet needs. We serve Holocaust Survivors living at or below poverty line any where in the United States. KAVOD is designed to make sure these men and women live out their lives with dignity and respect by issuing aid by paying providers directly or in the form of gift cards to grocery stores and pharmacies near where they live. KAVOD works with Agencies that serve Survivors in order to connect with these individuals in a strictly confidential basis. The decisions of KAVOD are overseen by a diverse and experienced Board of Community Leaders with the majority being 2nd Generation or children of Holocaust Survivors.

Ruling year info

2016

Executive Director

Amy Israel Pregulman

Co-Founder

John Pregulman

Main address

213 S. Pontiac St.

Denver, CO 80230 USA

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EIN

47-5495289

NTEE code info

Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (W12)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

KAVOD's mission is to provide aid to Holocaust Survivors who have emergency day to day needs for food, medicine and/or household goods. We serve Holocaust Survivors living at or below the poverty line in the United States. KAVOD is designed to make sure these men and women live out their remaining years with dignity and respect by issuing aid in the form of gift cards to grocery stores and pharmacies near where they live. KAVOD works with agencies that are already serving Survivors in order to connect with these individuals in a strictly confidential basis. It has been estimated in 2024 by The Claims Conference that there are approximately 38,400 Survivors living in the United States and that 30-35% of them are living at or near poverty levels. It is unconscionable and unacceptable that these courageous people, whove endured so much already, are living their remaining years without basic necessities.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

KAVOD

KAVOD is designed to provide emergency aid to Holocaust Surivors living at or below the poverty line with day to day basic needs. KAVOD is designed to make sure these men and women live out their lives with dignity and respect by issuing aid in the form of gift cards to grocery stores and pharmacies near where they live. KAVOD works with Agencies that serve Survivors in order to connect with these individuals in a strictly confidential basis. The decisions of KAVOD are overseen by a diverse and experienced Board of Community Leaders with the majority being 2nd Generation or children of Holocaust Survivors.

Population(s) Served
Seniors

Recent studies indicate that 80,000 Holocaust Survivors are living today in the United States—and more than 30,000 are living at or near poverty. The support these Survivors receive does not allow them to afford what is needed to live a dignified life. Many are choosing between heat or food, medicine or rent.

Recognizing the importance of reaching any Survivor regardless of where he or she lives, Seed the Dream Foundation partnered with KAVOD to establish the KAVOD Survivors of the Holocaust Emergency Fund (SHEF) in 2019. KAVOD SHEF exponentially multiplies the dollars and vital services directly reaching Survivors. Leveraging the funds raised through a special philanthropic national matching initiative, KAVOD SHEF works with 34 communities across the United States to bring millions of additional dollars to the Survivor community.

100% of KAVOD SHEF matching funds raised are directed toward Emergency Services for Survivors and allocated through KAVOD.

Population(s) Served
Seniors

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number or Emergency Requests filled in total since inception?

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Seniors

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

KAVOD receives request for Emergency unmet needs. This number reflects the number of requests we receive overall. The KAVOD SHEF Initiative began in the middle of 2019.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

When forming our organization, we learned that although there are organizations offering aid, it is usually a complicated and frustrating process for the Survivor and it takes a long time to receive support. When it comes to emergency needs like groceries and medicine, they simply cannot wait. This is the gap we found in the process and made the commitment to fill the gap.

We will continue reaching out to Service Agencies that serve Holocaust Survivors to understand the need and we will continue raising dollars to fulfill those needs until there are no Survivors living.

It is also part of our mission to educate on the subject matter of the Holocaust and advocate on behalf of the Survivors struggling with day to day basic needs. We speak to groups, both adults and students. We are committed to bringing the issue to light with the hope to create more relief for these individuals while there is still time.

We are a small organization with many partners. We have an active board and we have a seamless process to limit red tape. We are determined to continue this work until it is not needed anymore. We are passionate about the subject and find it our responsibility to advocate on the Survivors behalf.

When we began in the fall of 2015, our goals were small. We felt if we could impact one Survivor we were doing our job.

Combining the end of 2015 with all of 2016, we raised approximately $25,000 and distributed around $14,000 in aid. in 2017, we raised approximately $54,000 and distributed close to $54,000! Our goal for 2018 was to double our impact in 2017. At the close of 2018 we raised over $160,000 and gave over $100,000 which exceeded our goal!

2019 brought a new partnership with Seed The Dream Foundation and together we co-created the KAVOD SHEF Initiative. This Initiative has exponentially increased the dollars and impact for Holocaust Survivors struggling with unmet Emergency needs!

Over the last 5 years ( our pilot year of 2019 and 2020) we have filled over 90,000 Emergency requests and we are continuing our work with both The KAVOD SHEF Initiative and The KAVOD Project in 2024 with over 42 community partnerships. Through this effort, over $30 Million dollars have been brought into this space for Emergency Services for Holocaust Survivors!

We will continue along this path for the Holocaust Survivors with the hope to relieve their struggles at the end of their lives. They have experienced enough!

Financials

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Operations

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Kavod-Ensuring Dignity for Holocaust Survivors

Board of directors
as of 02/08/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

John Pregulman

Rachel Shankman

Dorothy Goldwin

Susan Moinester

Allen Israel

Eric Trotz

Judy Moss

Sara Beth Cohen Wilcox

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/8/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/08/2024

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.