Grant recommendations are processed by staff members who verify that all grant guidelines have been met. In most cases, grant checks are mailed to qualified grantee organizations within 3 business days. Grant processing time may take longer in the event additional review is required to determine a charity's legal status, address, or name, or if clarification is needed with respect to your grant recommendation. If a delay is anticipated, a member of our staff will notify you generally within 5 business days of receipt of your grant recommendation and keep you apprised of continuing efforts to obtain the necessary information to approve the grant. All qualified grant recommendations are submitted to the Charitable Distribution Committee of the Jewish Communal Fund for approval.
Paper grant statements detailing the grants made from your fund are mailed bi-weekly. For immediate tracking, please log into our secure website, where you will see when the grant recommendation was received, when the check was printed, and whether the charity deposited the check.
Please remember that grants made from your donor-advised fund do not entitle you to an additional charitable deduction. Your charitable gift deduction was available at the time you contributed assets to your fund.