ABOUT THE JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND The Jewish Communal Fund was incorporated in 1972 as an independent, public charity serving the philanthropic community of Greater New York. Through donor-advised funds, the Jewish Communal Fund offers individuals and families a way to simplify their charitable giving and to plan their philanthropy over time.

Supporting our donors

Our primary responsibility is to serve the more than 3,000 donors who have entrusted us with their charitable dollars. We take this responsibility very seriously and are committed to treating our donors with the utmost integrity and respect.

We honor our commitment to donors by providing services that make their charitable giving administratively efficient, economically advantageous, and personally rewarding. These include:

• simplifying the grantmaking process so that donor contributions flow quickly and easily into the charitable stream
• offering a choice of investment vehicles designed to help donors’ charitable dollars grow
• keeping donors informed about changing tax laws that may impact their charitable giving
• suggesting ways for donors to incorporate philanthropy into their estate and gift planning
• educating donors about grantmaking strategies and communal philanthropic resources
• safeguarding donor confidentiality
• facilitating intergenerational philanthropy.

Supporting the community

The extraordinary generosity of our donors is only matched by their heartfelt commitment to making a difference in the lives of others.

In the thirty-odd years that the Jewish Communal Fund has been facilitating the charitable giving of philanthropists, over $2 billion have been contributed to thousands of worthy causes in communities around the world. These funds have been used to support activities ranging from medical research to child care to wildlife conservation. Because charitable giving is at the core of what we do, in addition to distributing funds to qualified charities at the recommendation of our donors, each year the Jewish Communal Fund makes a community gift from its fees and endowment income to the Annual Campaign of UJA-Federation and to causes that support the welfare and security of the Jewish community at home and overseas.