Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope

9.11.24
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Stones of Hope

1. Record-breaking Grantmaking

In our fiscal year 2024, which represented our 50th year of operations, DJCF/SWCF fundholders directed a record $37 million to charities from funds held at the foundation.  This is a 48% year-over-year increase in giving. 

2. Responding to a Crisis

$3 million was raised through our Community Resilience and Crisis Response crowdfunding page supporting Israel, combatting antisemitism and securing our community.

Community Resilience and Crisis Response

3. Growth in Assets

Charitable assets under management grew by net $80 million to our current AUM of $360 million. We are more than a third of the way to our $1 Billion goal!!

4. Rising the Charitable Tide for all Boats

Grew our custodial agency relationships to include 62 nonprofit organizations, based locally and nationally, both Jewish and secular.

5. Supporting Students

Surpassed $3 million in charitable support via scholarships awarded. Expanded our scholarship program to now offer 80 unique opportunities to support educational pathways from early childhood to advanced degrees, across a wide range of academic interests and eligibility.

6. Launched “Your Legacy, Our Jewish Future”

An initiative to grow community legacy giving and endowment.  This includes 1:1 charitable conversations with individuals and families, training and education for nonprofit leaders and professional advisors.

7. Re-introduced the Jewish Future Promise

A movement to commit to supporting Jewish organizations in charitable bequests and estate plans. Click below to learn more and sign the promise.

Sign the Promise – Jewish Future Promise

8. Mission-aligned Investing

We’ve introduced support for Israel within every asset class of our investment offering – Israel Bonds in our Fixed Income fund, JLens in our Equity fund, and now Joule Ventures in our Alternative Assets fund.

9. Innovating for Good

DJCF collaborates with Chariot and DonateStock to make it easier and more efficient to drive impact from your donor-advised funds and to make charitable gifts of stock.

10. Expanded our Team

We’ve welcomed 3 new employees to the DJCF team – Sarah Golman, Chief Operating Officer, Brooke Bloomberg, Impact Associate, and Lisa Wile, Executive Assistant.