New York Federation Votes $4,878,000 for 1928 Budgetary Allotments

Budgetary allotments totalling $4,878,002.66 for the maintenance of its ninety-one constituent agencies during 1928 were voted yesterday by the board of trustees of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.

Gross budgetary requests totalled $10,117,823 and the gross allowance as approved by the distribution committee of the Federation was $9,318,706.04, according to an announcement by Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the board. The Federation allowance represents more than fifty-one percent of the gross allowance, the balance coming from city and state grants, legacies, trust funds, fees and other sources.

To raise the sum voted, Mr. Warburg stated, Federation must secure $5,300,000 in pledges for 1928, the present assets of the Federation, as of January 1, being $3,545,000, leaving a deficit for the year of $1,750,000 to be secured in pledges. “The allowances,” stated Mr. Warburg, “are made in the knowledge that they represent the minimum standards that this community expects of us in caring for our social problems. They do not include much additional educational and preventive work which the Federation agencies might do with increased support. We must appeal for adequate giving so that we may have an annual income sufficient for approved expenses.”

The Jewish Social Service Association, formerly known as the United Hebrew Charities, received the largest budgetary award, $731,308. Mount Sinai Hospital, and its subsidiary groups, including the school of nursing, ladies’ auxiliary and social service department, heads the list for gross estimated expenditures, with $1,788,302.