Governing and Important Documents

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ACC Governing Documents

American Conference of Cantors' Constitution and By-Laws

Original Articles of Incorporation

American Conference of Cantors' Code of Ethics

Joint Cantorial Placement Commission Placement Procedures (JCPC)

Guidelines for Cantorial-Congregational Relationships

National Commission on Cantorial Congregational Relations (NCCCR) Pamphlet (portions supersede guidelines)

NCCCR Guidelines for Ongoing Mutual Review

ACC 501(c)3 confirmation letter

ACC Conflict of Interest Policy

ACC Guidelines for Cantors' Discretionary Funds

ACC Endowment Fund Gift Acceptance Policy adopted March 2012

ACC Policy regarding establishing a named fund

ACC Policy on Organizational Statements (2010)

ACC Statement on Mandatory Reporting

URJ Values Based Review Document

Link to request WRN Paid Family & Medical Leave Standards

2025 ACC Salary Survey

You will find the ACC's 2025-26 Salary Survey Summary Report containing summary information about ACC member compensation and benefits for the 2025-26 fiscal year. An additional addendum with more detailed information breaking out senior cantor and associate/assistant cantor data is available here.

As part of our commitment to salary transparency and our work with the Reform Pay Equity Initiative, this year's Summary Report is available for our partner's use. While we welcome congregations review of the material in the report, we caution you that only members of the ACC were invited to participate in this survey. ACC members are ordained or certified cantors serving in a variety of roles across North America and the world. If you have questions about the survey data, we invite you to contact a member of our senior staff.

Partnership Documents

The documents below, created by a joint task force of the ACC and the CCAR, were endorsed by both organizations in 2005 in the spirit and support of a positive premise and role model for rabbinic-cantorial partnerships. The ACC recognizes the importance of concretizing a platform from which to begin – and further build -- successful and constructive rabbinic-cantorial relationships. We hope that these documents will serve the memberships of both organizations well. As each organization has endorsed these principles, we include them here with our governing documents.

Statement on Recognition of Clergy Titles in Reform Movement Settings

RABBIS AND CANTORS: A SACRED PARTNERSHIP

2003 CCAR Resolution: IN APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF THE REFORM CANTORATE

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE 2005 CONVENTION OF THE CCAR RABBI-CANTOR RELATIONSHIPS

ACC RESOLUTION ON RABBI/CANTOR RELATIONSHIPS

1996 URJ RESOLUTION PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE CANTORATE

URJ Statement on the Recognition of Clergy Titles in Movement Settings