How to Give

The Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. collaborates with community members like you to achieve their philanthropic wishes.

We offer many giving options for you to establish endowment funds with us and support JCF's mission or other charitable causes near and dear to your heart.

To do so, some donors choose to donate by donating cash. However, by giving through a gift model like any of the options listed below, you may gain significant tax benefits and even income. Click on a gift model below to learn more.

• Bequest
  Bequest
  You may designate our organization as the beneficiary of your asset by will or trust.
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• IRA Rollover
  IRA Rollover
  Congress has enacted a permanent IRA charitable rollover (also called a qualified charitable distribution). As a result you can make an IRA rollover gift into your endowment fund in any amount up to $100,000 this year and in future years.
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• Beneficiary Designation Gifts
  Beneficiary Designation Gifts
  You can designate JCF as a beneficiary of a retirement, investment, or bank account or your life insurance policy and leave a legacy for future generations.
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• Donor Advised Funds
  Donor Advised Funds
  You fund a DAF and make charitable gift recommendations during your lifetime. When you pass away, your children can carry on your legacy of giving.
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• Trusts and Other Efficient Giving Options
  Trusts and Other Efficient Giving Options
  The JCF works closely with donors and their advisors on a variety of innovative giving options that meet their estate, financial, and tax needs.
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