Youngstown Area Jewish Federation

What Youngstown Area Jewish Federation does

The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit umbrella organization (EIN 34-0714442) founded in 1935 and headquartered at 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, Ohio. It coordinates eight constituent agencies operating from a shared Gypsy Lane campus: Jewish Family & Community Services (JFCS), Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Youngstown, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), Akiva Academy (K-8 day school, expanding to middle school in 2026), Senior Living (Heritage Manor skilled nursing and Levy Gardens assisted living), JMeals (kosher home-delivered meal program), the Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation (endowment arm), and YAJCA (cemeteries). Combined headcount is 101-250 employees.

Service delivery spans senior care (home-delivered kosher meals across three counties to ~800 individuals, over 200,000 meals cumulatively, teletherapy and in-home assessments, robotic companion pets for Alzheimer's residents, guardianship services), clinical mental health services (EMDR therapy, sliding-scale counseling, in-office and remote), advocacy and antisemitism response (Student-to-Student school program, Holocaust commemoration, voter registration), and education (Akiva Academy K-8 with new middle school facility underway, JCC Early Learning Center).

The Federation is funded through a hybrid model: an annual campaign plus Giving Tuesday (>$228,000 raised in 2025 with DeSalvo Construction match), recurring grants from Ohio Department of Aging ($92,000 Alexa Together tech pilot), Trumbull County ($195,000 Healthy Aging Grant in 2024) and the Mahoning/Trumbull Mental Health & Recovery Boards ($40-50K annually combined), private pay ($6/meal JMeals, skilled nursing room-and-board), and endowments (Thomases Family Endowment). Technology stack includes the Alexa Together tech pilot (Amazon Echo Show + Alexa subscription, ~70 older adult participants), GiveCloud donation platform, Paylocity HR, and an Accrisoft-powered website. The Federation is affiliated with Jewish Federations of North America, Partnership2Gether (Western Galilee), the Jewish Agency for Israel, JDC, and World ORT.

Name

Youngstown Area Jewish Federation

Legal name

Youngstown Area Jewish Federation

Website

https://jewishyoungstown.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit umbrella coordinating eight agencies (JFCS, JCC, JCRC, Akiva Academy, Senior Living, JMeals, Foundation, cemeteries) serving the Jewish community and broader Mahoning Valley with senior care, mental health counseling, kosher meal delivery, and Jewish education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Senior care services
• Kosher meal delivery
• Mental health counseling
• Jewish community services

Headquarters

HQ city

Youngstown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Fundraising Campaign & Giving Tuesday: Federation raises funds through its annual campaign and dedicated Giving Tuesday drives. The 2025 Giving Tuesday campaign raised over $228,000, with DeSalvo Construction pledging to match donations up to $25,000.
2. Private Pay Meal Program (JMeals): Kosher-style frozen meals sold to the general public in Mahoning and Trumbull counties for $6 per meal with a five-meal minimum, available for home delivery or pickup. Provides nominal-fee meal service after public funding ended.
3. Government & Foundation Grants: Federation receives grants from federal, state, county and private foundations including a $195,000 Trumbull County Healthy Aging Grant, $92,000 Ohio Department of Aging grant, Mahoning/Trumbull County Mental Health & Recovery Board grants, and others.
4. Donations (General): Donations accepted online via GiveCloud giving pages, Venmo, gift cards, car donation, annual campaign, legacy gifts, PACE & Lion of Judah society contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit umbrella organization that coordinates a network of agencies delivering Jewish communal services, social services, senior care, education, and advocacy across the Youngstown area. Its core offerings include skilled nursing and assisted living (Heritage Manor, Levy Gardens), kosher home-delivered meals (JMeals), mental health counseling and senior outreach (Jewish Family & Community Services), Jewish day school education (Akiva Academy), community center programming (Jewish Community Center), advocacy and Holocaust education (Jewish Community Relations Council), and cemetery services.

Product overview

The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is a non-profit umbrella organization (Registered 501(c)(3), EIN: 34-0714442) operating a portfolio of agencies, programs, and sub-brands rather than a single unified software product. Its core platform is the Federation itself, which coordinates the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Youngstown, Jewish Family & Community Services (JFCS), the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), Senior Living (Heritage Manor and Levy Gardens), JMeals (the kosher mobile meal program), Akiva Academy, the Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation, the Youngstown Area Jewish Cemeteries Association (YAJCA), and the Jewish Journal monthly magazine. Layered on top of this portfolio are named program modules such as the Alexa Together Tech Pilot Program, the EMDR Trauma Therapy and Teletherapy Services under JFCS, the Senior Outreach, Guardianship/Case Management, Aging Well, Life Stories, Student to Student, Companion Pets (robotic therapy pets), Operation Swords of Iron, Ways to Give, and a Federation-wide Volunteer Program — all delivered through coordinated staff, partners, and community-based service locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jewish Family & Community Services (JFCS): Federation agency providing counseling, senior outreach, guardianship, and home-delivered meals
• Jewish Community Center of Youngstown (JCC)
• Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)
• Senior Living by the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
• Akiva Academy
• JMeals
• Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation
• Youngstown Area Jewish Cemeteries Association (YAJCA)
• Jewish Journal

Products and services

• Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility at 517 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, providing 24/7 residential care, Alzheimer's and dementia care, rehabilitation therapies, and companion-pet sensory programs. Named one of Newsweek's best nursing homes in 2025 and one of the top five small nursing homes in Ohio.
• Levy Gardens Assisted Living Assisted living residence at 584 Granada Avenue, Youngstown, operated by Senior Living by the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, providing residential support services for older adults.
• JMeals Kosher Mobile Meal Program Kosher-style frozen meal delivery program delivering fully prepared frozen meals (entrée plus two sides) directly to the homes of individuals 60+ across Mahoning, Trumbull, and northern Columbiana counties. Includes Private Pay option ($6 per meal, 5-meal minimum), Trumbull County Senior Levy, Trumbull County Title III program, and food distribution drive-throughs.
• JFCS Counseling and Social Services Mental health counseling and social services offered by Jewish Family & Community Services (formerly Jewish Family Services) including individual, family, group, and child therapy; teletherapy via phone and video; in-home assessments; senior outreach; guardianship and case management; and EMDR trauma therapy. Sliding scale fees with insurance accepted.
• Jewish Community Center of Youngstown Community center at 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, offering fitness, an Early Learning Center, Aging Well programs for older adults, host kitchen for JMeals kosher meals, event space, youth programming including BBYO, and a host kitchen producing frozen meals for JMeals.
• Akiva Academy Jewish day school serving students from early childhood through grade 8, currently expanding with a new middle school facility for grades 5-8 set to open in 2026. Tuition-based Jewish and general education offering.
• Alexa Together Tech Pilot Program One-year technology pilot providing approximately 70 older adult participants with an Amazon Echo Show touchscreen tablet and an Alexa Together subscription including 24/7 urgent response and a 'circle of support' to study effects on senior health outcomes. Managed by program manager Nicole Balog-Bickerstaff.
• Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation Endowment and philanthropic fund management arm of the Federation; administers endowments such as the Thomases Family Endowment that funds JFS/JFCS EMDR training and the JCRC High Holiday Food Drive.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200,000 meals delivered to nearly 800 individuals 60 and older in Mahoning, Trumbull, and northern Columbiana counties
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered major operational partner, international partnership, flagship donor partner, minor collaboration partner, core operational partner, major food drive partner, community civic partner, minor community partner, national umbrella partner, international israel/overseas partners, service delivery partner, recruitment and program partner and internal sister agencies.

• United Waymajor operational partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 March 2026JMeals is partnering with the United Way to provide 180 meals per week to individuals impacted by the Phoenix House senior living apartments explosion. United Way is delivering the meals from the JCC to displaced residents at the Baymont Hotel in Boardman.
• Partnership2Gether (Western Galilee)international partnershipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2026The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is part of the Western Galilee Partnership, connecting Youngstown with 16 U.S. communities and Israel's Western Galilee (Akko and region) through the Jewish Agency for Israel's Partnership2Gether platform.
• DeSalvo Constructionflagship donor partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 10 November 2025DeSalvo Construction partnered with the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation for the 2025 Giving Tuesday campaign, pledging to match every donation to the Federation up to $25,000 to support local community programs across five counties. Total Giving Tuesday donations exceeded $228,000.
• Jewish Community Legacy Project (JCLP); Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives at Heinz History Centerminor collaboration partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 October 2025The Jewish Community Legacy Project, in tandem with the Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives (Heinz History Center), is creating a program presenting a historical account of communitywide efforts to engage Jewish children in small towns throughout Western Pennsylvania between 1900 and 1970 — relevant to Federation's youth programming and small-town Jewish sustainability.
• Trumbull County Senior Levy; Direction Home of Eastern Ohio; MYCAPcore operational partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 July 2023Federation partners with the Trumbull County Senior Levy, Direction Home of Eastern Ohio, and MYCAP to deliver JMeals home-delivered meals to Trumbull County residents 60 and older. Direction Home also funds the JFCS tech pilot. Federal funding through Direction Home enabled JMeals expansion in 2020.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley; Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federationmajor food drive partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 December 2022JCRC's 30th Annual High Holiday Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley netted $22,495 and 1,287 pounds of food. Included in that was a $20,000 grant from the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation.
• League of Women Voterscommunity civic partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 November 2022JCRC and JCC co-sponsor voter registration drives with the League of Women Voters on National Voter Registration Day and other civic engagement initiatives.
• Comfort & Hope (Wanda Marland)minor community partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2021JFCS Outreach Coordinator Lynne Azar donated Mitzvah Bags (containing socks and hygiene products for underprivileged children) to Comfort & Hope on behalf of JFCS. Comfort & Hope was founded in 2005 by Wanda Marland and packs more than 600 birthday bags for children in need each year.
• Greenwood Chevrolet (in partnership with United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley)minor community partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 December 2019Greenwood Chevrolet, in partnership with the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, donated $200 to Jewish Family Services to support individuals and families in the community.
• Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)national umbrella partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is a member of the Jewish Federations of North America system, attending the annual JFNA General Assembly, FedPro conferences, and Washington D.C. advocacy days. Connects to the broader national Jewish communal agenda.
• Jewish Agency for Israel; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); World ORTinternational israel/overseas partnersStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation maintains relationships with these major international Jewish organizations to direct overseas allocations for Israel and global Jewish needs, including Ukraine relief efforts (over 600 pounds of supplies and nearly $6,000 raised and delivered to Poland).
• Community Legal Aidservice delivery partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJewish Family & Community Services, in conjunction with Community Legal Aid, offers free help with Advance Directives via Zoom calls with attorneys for older adults.
• Youngstown State University (YSU)recruitment and program partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerYSU students volunteer with JFCS mobile meals drive-throughs, JFCS staff participate in YSU career fairs, and YSU graduate assistants support senior outreach programming. YSU's Bitonte College of Health and Human Services recognized JFCS Executive Director Ken Bielecki with the 2022 Alumni Award for Social Work.
• Levy Gardens Assisted Living; Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing (internal)internal sister agenciesOthersJFCS, Levy Gardens, Heritage Manor, and JCC are all sister agencies of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation campus at 505/517 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown. JFCS service coordinators serve residents of Heritage Apartments; Aging Well programs and senior outreach coordinate between JCC, JFCS, Levy Gardens and Heritage Manor.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Jewish Federation of Cleveland: Direct regional peer — another mid-sized Ohio Jewish federation with similar umbrella structure (own JCC, JFCS, senior services, day school, annual campaign). Closely comparable geography, demographic profile, and service mix, making it the most directly comparable operating model.
• Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh: Direct regional peer operating an integrated federation with Jewish Association on Aging (similar to Heritage Manor/Levy Gardens), JCC, Family Services, and day school. Comparable Rust-Belt Jewish-community demographic and federation structure.
• Jewish Federation of Columbus: Direct Ohio peer federation coordinating multiple agencies (JCC, Jewish Family Services, day school, senior services) in a mid-sized Ohio city. Same JFNA umbrella and comparable operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco Bay Area: Much larger and broader Jewish federation serving a major metro. Operates an overlapping portfolio (senior services, family services, day schools, JCCs, advocacy) but at a vastly greater scale, serving as a benchmark for the upper bound of the federation model.
• Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: Broad incumbent peer with comprehensive agency portfolio and skilled-nursing and senior services. Larger scale and broader urban service area, but same federation-as-umbrella operating model.

Regional players

• Area Agency on Aging 11 (Region 11) / Direction Home of Eastern Ohio: Regional player and current funding partner of the Federation's JMeals program and Alexa Together pilot. Comparable senior-services target population in overlapping Ohio counties; not a direct competitor but a key funder/peer in the regional aging-services ecosystem.

Others

• Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley: Local food-distribution peer and active JCRC food-drive partner. Comparable food-insecurity mission in the same Mahoning Valley geography; adjacent rather than directly competitive.
• JCC Association of North America: National trade association for Jewish Community Centers; the Youngstown JCC is a member. Sets programming/facility standards and provides shared services that are functionally comparable to the Federation's JCC sub-brand.
• Youngstown State University (YSU) — Bitonte College of Health and Human Services: Regional academic and workforce-development partner — provides social-work interns, graduate assistants for the Senior Outreach program, and recognized the JFCS executive director with an alumni award. Comparable local talent pipeline and overlapping social-work mission.

Emerging players

• Akiva Academy (peer benchmark) — Gross Schechter Day School (Cleveland) / Hillel Day School (Detroit): Comparable small-to-mid-size Jewish day schools expanding middle-school grades in Rust-Belt cities. Direct peer for Akiva Academy's enrollment-growth and expansion trajectory rather than the parent Federation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/YAJFFP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/youngstown-area-jewish-federation

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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