Endowment Opportunities
Making a commitment to our organization through your will or another planned gift is a powerful way to ensure a strong Jewish tomorrow and leave your legacy.
In honor of its 100th anniversary, the Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund launched The Centennial Campaign, an endowment and capital initiative dedicated to ensuring a thriving future Jewish community. It contains a comprehensive menu of giving opportunities to help secure the future of our community and the Jewish people. Whether giving during one’s lifetime or through a bequest, a gift to our organization offers specific tax benefits, depending on the nature of the gift. The Federation’s experienced gift-planning professionals will be pleased to discuss the tax-advantaged ways to structure a Centennial Campaign charitable gift.
JUF Annual Campaign Endowments
Sustain your annual gift to the Jewish United Fund in perpetuity, providing crucial support for Federation initiatives, at home and abroad, today and for generations to come.
Unrestricted Endowments
Our unrestricted endowment, known as The Legacy Fund, is the most flexible of the endowment gifts and the only source of emergency resources. They enable the JUF/Federation to respond to crises and opportunities whenever and wherever they occur.
Learn MoreNaming Opportunities & Capital Projects
Naming Opportunities and Capital Projects are major gift commitments that support Jewish life for our community and for future generations. These gifts give you the opportunity to fund a program close to your heart and help carry that program into the future, in your name or after a loved one. They support a broad range of Jewish Federation programs and/or capital projects in Chicago, Israel, and in Jewish communities around the world.
Learn MoreAgency Endowments
The Agency Endowment Program is a partnership of Jewish Federation of Chicago and six affiliate and beneficiary agencies to help ensure the future of their vital programs and services.
Learn MoreDay School Endowments
The Jewish Federation and the day school community have joined together in a unique partnership to help ensure that every Jewish family has the opportunity to choose a day school education, regardless of financial ability and stream of religious commitment.
Learn MoreLion of Judah Endowments
Today’s Jewish women can perpetuate their own names and their commitment to Jewish continuity by establishing a Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE), a fund that permanently endows a woman’s annual gift to the Jewish United Fund Campaign.
Learn MoreFor more information about other planned giving opportunities, please contact us at 312‑357‑4853 or [email protected].