The National Federation/Agency Alliance (“the Alliance”) is a group of local federations that partner with the nine wonderful national agencies listed in the blue box at right, providing them with approximately $8 million in funding. The Alliance, representing a significant redesign of the National Funding Councils (NFC), was created in 2007 by a vote of the UJC Board of Trustees. One major contrast with the old NFC is that a portion of the total allocation pool is now awarded to national agencies that best advance priorities agreed to by Alliance member communities.

The nine national agencies that make up the Alliance engage in critical work to build capacity and support the work of the federations and their local affiliates. In addition, these organizations help to advance the federation system’s goals on a national and international stage. The galvanizing principle for the Alliance is to build upon this work and promote deeper relationships and create synergy between the national agencies and the federations. The Alliance hopes to enhance agency visibility in local communities and federations, while at the same time encouraging greater federation presence at important events and gatherings of these national agencies.

Currently, 37 federations participate in the Alliance. These include almost all of the large U.S. federations, many of the large-intermediates, and about a dozen small and intermediate federations. If your federation is currently not an Alliance member, we hope you will encourage your community to join us. If you are interested and need more information about the Alliance, please contact Stephan Kline, UJC’s Managing Director for National Agency Relations and Public Policy at stephan.kline@ujc.org or 202.736.5864.

Alliance Leadership Committee