National Umbrella Organization
The original umbrella organization for the federations was the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. "National" was dropped from the name in 1935 and "Welfare Funds" was removed in 1979.
In 1999, the CJF merged with the United Jewish Appeal to become the United Jewish Communities. In October 2009, the UJC was renamed the Jewish Federations of North America.
After the 2009 launch of the new logo for The Jewish Federations of North America, increasing numbers of local Federations are switching to some variant of that logo. An example is the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
Four hundred smaller Jewish communities in North America are members of the Network of Independent Communities, which are administered via the JFNA.
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