“I found a fruitful world, because my ancestors planted it for me. Likewise, I am planting for my children.”
Our tradition teaches that the future of our community cannot rely on short-term giving alone. To sustain the causes we care about most, we must pair generosity with long-term vision.
An Atlanta Jewish Foundation Endowment is a powerful, sustainable way to answer that call.
Established in your name or in honor of someone meaningful to you, this evergreen fund grows over time and provides lasting support to the charitable organizations you love. It’s how we plant the seeds – and strengthen the Jewish community for generations to come.
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Overview
In addition to providing significant tax advantages, an Endowment Fund connects future generations of your family to the causes that matter most to you.
Endowment Funds are also unique, because they can fill in where a charity’s annual operating budget might be insufficient, as in the case of an emergency or unforeseen circumstance.
Your Endowment Fund will work hard, for years to come, to enable the kinds of changes, development, and support you care most about.
An endowment fund can support a specific nonprofit, a specific cause or for the unrestricted future needs of the community – or a combination of any or all.
How an Endowment Works:
- Sign an agreement to name your endowment
- Select the causes or charities you wish to support
- Contribute cash, IRA Charitable Rollover or other assets for a current gift or make the Atlanta Jewish Foundation the beneficiary of your retirement assets or life insurance or as a part of your estate plan Choose the timing of your gift or gifts
- Once you fund your endowment, you’re all set. The Foundation will invest it in the Foundation’s Moderate Investment Pool. And funds will be distributed, at the current spending policy of the Foundation (as of today’s date 5% of corpus annually), to the charities or causes you have chosen.
It’s giving that lasts, made easy.
Create an Endowment
Ready to sustain the causes you love for future generations? Ghila Sanders, VP of Philanthropic Advisory, is here to answer any questions and guide you in creating a meaningful, impactful endowment.
