JCC Association coordinates nearly 150 Jewish Community Centers and camps across the U.S. and Canada, reaching over 1.5 million people weekly through programs spanning early childhood education, sports, wellness, and cultural events. The organization runs a distributed ops-and-education-heavy model (54 ops, 48 education staff) supported by a standard nonprofit tech stack (Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, Mindbody, QuickBooks), with active internal focus on enrollment growth, member retention, and budget constraints—challenges typical of membership-driven networks managing both local autonomy and central coordination.
Notable leadership hires: Preschool Lead Teacher, Kindergarten Unit Head, Assistant Early Childhood Director, Women's Philanthropy Director, Head Teacher
JCC Association serves as the central coordinating body for the JCC Movement, a continental platform of Jewish Community Centers and camps operating in the U.S. and Canada. The network's scale—1.5M+ weekly participants—spans multiple service lines: early childhood education (Sheva program), competitive youth sports (JCC Maccabi Games), wellness and fitness programs, spiritual chaplaincy services, and community-building events. The organization manages operations, program curriculum, fundraising strategy, and grant administration for member centers while supporting local enrollment, membership retention, and fiscal controls. Recent work includes family engagement programs for newly arrived Ukrainian communities and seasonal programming across member sites.
JCC Association operates on Salesforce (CRM), Raiser's Edge (donor management), Mindbody (membership/fitness management), QuickBooks (accounting), ADP (payroll), Connecteam (staff coordination), and standard Office/Google Workspace tools for administration.
JCC Association of North America is headquartered in New York, NY and was founded in 1917.
JCC Association leads the JCC Movement, which comprises nearly 150 Jewish Community Centers and Jewish Community Camps across the U.S. and Canada, serving 1.5+ million people weekly.
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