Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life provides a range of services and resources to Hillel professionals, lay leaders, and students. Some of these services and resources are available only to Hillel affiliates (marked with an asterisk *). By affiliating with Hillel, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, Jewish campus groups become part of a growing international network that has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence. Hillel's system of interdependent self-sufficiency ensures that the organization's strength and support is shared between local and international Hillel through ongoing development, direct service, training, and consultation. Use the Directory to contact Schusterman International Center professionals.

There are seven main areas of services and resources provided through the Schusterman International Center:

• Resources, grants and opportunities for Jewish college students.
• Professional recruitment, professional development and program resources.
• Resources and leadership development opportunities for lay leaders.
• Financial resource development support.
• Resources and consultative services for strategic organizational development.
• Services providing administrative and operational support for local Hillels.
• Public affairs resources and consultation on responding to events affecting the Jewish campus community.

Students

Resources, Grants & Opportunities for Jewish College Students:
• Outstanding Student Initiatives Grants - Student run initiatives that advance Jewish values and reach a broad range of students.
• Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Initiative - Provides resources and awards grants for social justice programming on campus.
• Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel Trip - A free 10-day trip to Israel with Hillel's specialized program for Jewish students who have never before visited Israel on a peer-group trip. Resources and grants are also available for birthright follow-up activities and additional travel to Israel.
• ICC Israel Action Grant is specifically intended to provide financial support up to $7,500 per project for new and innovative student-initiated and created programs. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• Hillel's Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning - Provides Jewish resources and online Jewish texts.
• The Hillel Student Program at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly - Unique student track organized by Hillel at the annual gathering of the organized Jewish community.
• Resources for student leaders on grant writing and retreat planning.
• Soref Initiative for Emerging Campuses - Provides resources and awards program grants to Hillel Student Organizations on campuses with small Jewish populations.

Publications:
• CASE IT! Tzedek and the Holidays (Parts I & II) 
• Hillel's Guide to Social Justice Programming
• Hillel's Statement of Principles on Israel
• Countering Divestment and Encouraging Investment in Israel
• Hillel's Student Guide to Marketing Programs - A manual for marketing student programs in a variety of media.
• "How-to" guides for Jewish rituals
• Meyerhoff Center poster series
• Jewish "Navigator" text studies, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and more.
• Leadership development outlines and models; leadership retreat outlines, icebreakers, and texts; grant-writing tips.
• Moving From Band-Aid Solutions to Systematic Change: A Service-Learning "How-To" Manual
• Online Jewish learning modules
• Program grant applications
• Resources for Integrating Jewish Learning into Tzedek Work (draft)
• SoReference Kit
• Soref Initiative information brochure
• Soref Initiative Monthly - E-newsletter for students on campuses with small Jewish populations.
• Soref Program Incentive Grant application
• Videotapes to show students depicting Hillel activities in North America, the former Soviet Union, Uruguay and on the birthright israel program.
• Hillel's Student Guide to Marketing Programs describing marketing and communications strategies.

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Professionals

Recruitment, Hiring, Professional Development & Programming Resources:
• Centralized professional recruiting services.*
• Professional senior status evaluation.*
• Hillel's New Professionals Institute - Annual professional development program designed for all incoming Hillel professionals.*
• Professional Coaching Initiative (PCI) - A mentoring / coaching program that pairs new directors with senior directors.*
• The Hillel International Professional Staff Conference - Annual gathering of all Hillel professional staff offering professional development and networking opportunities.*
• Jewish resources and regional learning and programming workshops (Kallot) for Hillel professionals.*
• Meyerhoff Center Kallahs - Intensive retreats held across the United States in which Hillel professionals study Jewish texts and their application to Hillel work on campus.

Publications:
• Guidelines for executive searches and professional evaluations.
• High Holidays on Campus: Maybe There Was Always a Plan for Beginning the School Year!
• The Hillel Annual Report - An overview of Hillel programs and activities highlighting achievements of the year.
• "Imagine Your Career" recruiting brochure.
• Job description templates.
• Just Do it! Programs for Your First 30 Days on Campus.
• Meeting Students Where They're At: Over 200 Engagement Programs that Really Work.
• Orientation slideshow - PowerPoint presentation that introduces Hillel professionals and lay leaders to the Hillel movement.
• Professional Management Process - A guide and tool to professional development, outlining key skill areas and professional qualities to become a successful Hillel professional.
• Hillel Campus Report - Hillel's weekly e-mail newsletters.
• Toolbox Methodology Presentation - A quick overview in PowerPoint on creating student programs using the Toolbox Methodology.
• Videotape to recruit Jewish Campus Service Corps Fellows
• Hillel's Guide to Marketing and Communication
• Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning Resource Guide - A complete listing of the Center's publications.

Professional Contact Points:
• Communications department
• Human Resources department
• Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning

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Lay Leadership

Resources & Leadership Development Opportunities:
• The Hillel International Lay Leadership Conference - A conference designed for local and international Hillel lay leadership.
• Consultations in Hillel's successful programs for identifying, recruiting, and working with lay leaders.
• Retreat planning and facilitation for local boards.
• Networking opportunities with members of Hillel's International Board of Governors and Board of Directors.

Publications:
• The Hillel Guide to Building a Stronger, More Effective Board - An interactive and relevant reference tool to strengthen your Hillel's Board of Directors.
• The Hillel Annual Report - An overview of Hillel programs and activities highlighting achievements of the year.
• Orientation slideshow - PowerPoint presentation that introduces Hillel professionals and lay leaders to the Hillel movement.
• Hillel Newsletters - Hillel's weekly e-mail newsletters.
• Videotapes to orient lay leaders to Hillel activities in North America, the former Soviet Union, Uruguay and on the birthright israel program

Lay Leadership Contact Points:
• Communications department
• Governance department

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Development

Financial Resource Development Support:
• Research services for donor acquisition
• Consultations for development planning and strategy
• Solicitation training and support for major gifts programs
• Hillelethon (phone solicitation program) training and support
• Planned giving and endowment program development
• Speakers for fundraising events, including members of the Hillel International Board of Governors, Board of Directors, and professionals.
• Foundation grant-writing consultations and resources
• Assistance with printed fundraising material

Publications:
• Build Your Legacy brochure
• Development Checklist: Guide and Framework for Developing an Annual Campaign Plan
• Dialing for Dollars
• Direct mail campaign resources and sample letters
• The Hillel Annual Report - An overview of Hillel programs and activities highlighting achievements of the year.
• Hillel Direct: How to Develop a Telemarketing Campaign
• Hillelethon "How-To" Kit
• Hillel Today - A newsletter to inform parents, Hillel lay leadership, key personnel in partner agencies, donors and alumni about Hillel activities. Local and regional Hillels can adapt the newsletter for local use.
• Reaching Out Without Re-Inventing the Wheel
• Videotapes depicting Hillel activities in North America, the former Soviet Union, Uruguay and on the birthright israel program
• VIP Folders - High quality folders available for use in creating introductory kits.

Development Contact Points:
• Development department: Campus Development, Planned Giving, Research, Foundation & Corporate Relations, Development Communications, Annual Fund, Renaissance Society.

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Strategic Resources & Services

Resources & Consultative Services for Strategic Organizational Development:
• Strategic planning resources and consultations for overall strategic organizational development.
• Accreditation - A quality assurance review process for Hillel Foundations conducted every five years.
• Kaplan Impact Grants - Matching funds for strategic and transformational initiatives.
• Hillel's Self-Assessment Survey - An online data gathering tool that provides information on the Hillel movement at large and comparative studies for individual participating Hillels.*

Publications:
• Accreditation Procedures for Hillel Foundations
• "Achieving Excellence" - Hillel's Standards of Practice and Performance.
• Hillel's Self-Assessment Survey

Strategic Resources & Services Contact Points:
• Accreditation department
• Campus Advancement department

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Administrative

Services Providing Operational Support for Local Hillels:
• Centralized payroll system for all Hillel professional staff (through ADP, at no cost to local Hillels)*
• Health, life, and disability insurance and pension plans (available to all Hillel professional staff who qualify under Hillel's Personnel Code)*
• Financial management and risk management resources*

Publications:
• The Hillel Guide to Financial and Business Management
• The Hillel Guide to Payroll and Benefits Administration
• Hillel's Personnel Code

Administrative Contact Points:
• Finance & Administration department

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Public Affairs

Resources & Consultation on Responding to Events Affecting the Jewish Campus Community:
• Israel advocacy resources
• Resources and consultations on Holocaust denial, anti-Semitic incidents, and other forms of crisis intervention
• Hillel maintains relationships with hundreds of partner agencies to provide resources and funding opportunities to local Hillels.*

Publications:
• "Manual for Action: Fighting Holocaust Denial on Campus" - A guide to preventing Holocaust denial ads in college newspapers.
• Hillel's Guide to Marketing and Communication

Public Affairs Contact Points:
• Communications department