The Jewish Foundation’s one-year rate of return for the 2017 calendar year was 14.8 percent. In 2017, the Jewish Foundation granted $2.8 million in charitable distributions, of that, 73 percent was to local Jewish organizations and synagogues.

New funds in 2017

PACE FUNDS:

• Green & Sklarz Foundation PACE Fund

BUILD A TZEDAKAH FUNDS:

• Zoe Fleischman Tzedakah Fund

• Ana Sirota Tzedakah Fund honoring Oliver Stevens

• Karley Madison Bayer Fund

• Daniella Perry Kingsley Tzedakah Fund

FUNDS FOR THE TOWERS:

• Gordon Family Fund & Koral Family Fund for the Benefit of The Towers

• Towers 50th Anniversary Endowment

• Towers Endowment in Honor of Evelyn Siegal

• Towers’ Residents Fund in Honor of Barry & Hyla Vine

• Towers Endowment in Honor of Fran Wallnau

• Hyla & Barry Vine Family Endowment for the Towers

FUND FOR TEMPLE EMANUEL:

• Temple Emanuel Leave a Legacy Fund

FUND FOR CONGREGATION BEKI:

• Saul & Hope Bell Memorial Fund for Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel

FUND FOR EZRA ACADEMY:

• Reiter Ellant Fund for Ezra Academy Fund for Israel

• Earl & Muriel Banquer Israel Endowment

Donor Advised Funds

• Norman & Caron Alderman Family Fund

• Fleischman Family Foundation

• Tillie L. & Albert B. Friedman Memorial Fund Honoring Sophia, Aaron, & Benjamin Bruce

• Barbara Greenberg Philanthropic Fund

• Jeanette & Dan Oren Family Fund

• Jean & Erik Rosenthal Philanthropic Fund

• Schaefer-Lawall Family Fund

• Mark & Heni Schwartz Family Fund for Jewish Family Service, Westville Synagogue, and Jewish Education

• Nanci & Craig Sklar Family Fund

• Reiter Ellant Fund for Ezra Academy

FUND FOR ISRAEL:

• Earl & Muriel Banquer Israel Endowment