Limmud Bay Area
Limmud Bay Area
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About this organization
Mission
TO PROVIDE JEWISH EDUCATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
About
LIMMUD IS AN INTERNATIONAL JEWISH PHENOMENON THAT, SINCE 1980, HAS SWEPT 24 NATIONS AND 54 JEWISH COMMUNITIES ON 6 CONTINENTS, INCLUDING ISRAEL, EUROPE/UK, RUSSIA, AUSTRALIA AND THE US. OVER 35,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN A LIMMUD EVENT SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD IN 2010. LIMMUD IS NOW A WORLD-LEADER IN CROSS-COMMUNAL, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, VOLUNTEER-LED JEWISH LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND HAS BECOME REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT, DYNAMIC AND SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE JEWISH WORLD. IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY BRITISH AND EUROPEAN JEWRY'S PREMIER ADULT EDUCATION INITIATIVE, WITH OVER 7,000 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE LIMMUD ACTIVITY EACH YEAR IN THE UK.LIMMUD BAY AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2012 FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING BASED ON THE LIMMUD METHOD TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THE PRIMARY PROGRAM WILL BE A SERIES OF ANNUAL CONFERENCES, TAKING PLACE OVER SEVERAL DAYS EACH YEAR, WITH PARTICIPATION BY 350 TO 750 PEOPLE OF DIVERSE AGES AND BACKGROUNDS AT EACH CONFERENCE. THE PROGRAM IS A LEARNING CONFERENCE, A FESTIVAL, A GATHERING OF JEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE BAY AREA, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL JEWISH BACKGROUNDS, ALL LIFESTYLES, AND ALL AGES. THOSE SEVERAL DAYS OF LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, TEXT-STUDY SESSIONS, DISCUSSIONS, EXHIBITS, MEDITATIONS, CULTURAL EVENTS, PERFORMANCES AND MORE, WILL BE PLANNED AND PRODUCED BY A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZED BY LIMMUD BAY AREA. THE FIRST SUCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD OVER TWO DAYS IN FEBRUARY 2012 AT THE ASILOMAR CONFERENCE GROUNDS IN PEBBLE BEACH, CA WITH ABOUT 360 PARTICIPANTS.IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS CONFERENCES WERE HELD IN FEBRUARY 2013,WITH ABOUT 525 PARTICIPANTS, AND IN JULY 2014, AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, WITH ABOUT 430 PARTICIPANTS. CONFERENCES WERE HELD AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN JUNE 2015 AND 2016. FOLLOWING A YEAR OF NON-RESIDENTIAL TASTE OF LIMMUD ONE-DAY CONFERENCES IN JUNE 2017, THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY RESUMED IN 2018. AMONG LIMMUD BAY AREA'S GOALS ARE:1) PROVIDING NUMEROUS POINTS OF CONNECTION TO JEWISH LIFE, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, FAMILIAR, AND COMMUNAL, INSURING THAT ALL WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE HAVE THE ABILITY TO JOIN AND EXPLORE; 2) PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL AND FORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THEIR JEWISH DISCOVERY;3) FOSTERING A STRONG VOLUNTEER CORPS WHO, THROUGH PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ATTENDING THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM IN BUILDING THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.JEWISH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IS THE SOLE ACTIVITY OF LIMMUD BAY AREA.THE BUDGET OF LIMMUD BAY AREA IS FUNDED APPROXIMATELY 70% BY FEES PAID BY CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, AND ABOUT 30% BY DONATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE IS WWW.LIMMUDBAYAREA.ORG.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
According to the filing, the non-profit's mission is “To provide jewish education and cultural services to the jewish community of the san francisco bay area.”.
When referring to its actions, they were described as: “To provide jewish education and cultural services to the jewish community of the san francisco bay area.”.
- According to the law, the state of operation reported by the non-profit is CA.
- As per the filing, the address of the non-profit for 2019 is PO BOX 1384, CUPERTINO, CA, 950151384.
- According to their form, the non-profit as of 2019 has a total of 0 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is between $100,000 and $250,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$57,642.
- The organization has 0 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2012.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
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