Community Alliance for Jewish-affiliated Cemeteries

Community Alliance for Jewish-affiliated Cemeteries (CAJAC) is a nonprofit organization established to rescue and maintain Jewish cemeteries. CAJAC's mission is to be a central repository for fundraising, endowment management and the general care of abandoned and at-risk Jewish cemeteries.^[3]

Community Alliance for Jewish-affiliated Cemeteries

Founded	September 22, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-09-22)[1]
Tax ID no.	56-2649778[2]
Legal status	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Headquarters	White Plains, New York[2]
Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer	Andrew Schultz[2]
President	Gary Katz[2]
Revenue	$144,429[2] (2013)
Expenses	$130,926[2] (2013)
Website	cajacnynj.org
Formerly called	Friends of Bayside Cemetery,[1] Community Association for Jewish At-risk Cemeteries[1]

History

The organization was incorporated as Friends of Bayside Cemetery on September 22, 2006.^[1] It officially changed its name to Community Association for Jewish At-risk Cemeteries on April 13, 2007.^[1] The organization officially changed its name again to Community Alliance for Jewish-affiliated Cemeteries on August 11, 2014.^[1]

Bayside Cemetery restoration

Starting with seed money from the UJA Federation of New York, CAJAC has begun a massive restoration and maintenance program at Bayside Cemetery in Queens, New York. CAJAC has employed a private contractor and instituted a volunteer program to clear the entire cemetery.