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A Legacy-Building Partnership The Jewish Community Foundation's Leave a Jewish Legacy program is a unique results-oriented program designed to raise awareness of the importance of legacy giving and recognize donors for creating lasting legacies for our community. Today, 21 local agencies, schools and synagogues are working together with the Foundation to build for the future. Through the Foundation's Fundraising Academy workshops and training sessions, individual consultations and marketing materials, participating organizations learn how to start bequest programs and effectively communicate the legacy message to their constituents. Many families have already stepped forward and made plans to leave bequests for the Greater Hartford Jewish community and the agencies they care most about. Check back often for the latest news and events from the Leave a Jewish Legacy program! Recent Events | Workshop Schedule | Workshop Materials | Program Handbook | Marketing Materials | Further Reading New Drop-In Ads Now Available! A fresh crop of customizable ads is now available for use in your newsletter and other publications. Click here for the complete list. Coming January 13! Telling Your Story with Carol Mon. Join us for an interactive Endowment Leadership Institute workshop with Carol Mon of the Connecticut Storytelling Center. She will discuss strategies to enhance communications by using storytelling. Recent Events Enthusiastic Crowd Attends Session on Investing Endowments in Today's Financial Climate Michael Miller, Managing Director of Colonial Consulting, LLC presented an endowment investment briefing to a crowd of 40 Hartford area Jewish professionals and community leaders. Miller believes that in this climate, fear begins to drive investment decisions and people abandon sensible, proven strategies for successful investing. Community foundations, like the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, can weather this storm due to their long-term investment strategies and consistent focus on broad asset diversification. To read the full press release click here. Director of Planned Giving at Harvard Law Shares Knowledge of Charitable Gift Planning Charles B. Gordy, J.D., Director of Planned Giving at Harvard Law School, addressed a crowd of more than 40 Hartford area Jewish professionals and community leaders at a Fundraising Academy workshop sponsored by the Jewish Community Foundation on September 9th. Gordy labeled 2008 “the year planned giving died.” Donors have not fully recovered from the economic downturn, which negatively affected charitable giving and continues to influence donor behavior. To read the full press release click here. Leading Philanthropist Addresses Foundation on Revitalizing American Jewry On April 23, 2009, thirty people gathered to hear Scott A. Shay, a nationally recognized Jewish community leader, especially active in Jewish formal and informal education, discuss the current state and future prospects of American Jewry and ways to reengage Jews of varying ages in their community. To read the full press release click here. Experts Share Strategies to Cultivate Planned Giving Prospects National fundraising experts Frank and Ellen Estes addressed a crowd of more than 35 Hartford area Jewish professionals and community leaders at a Fundraising Academy workshop entitled “Planned Giving in Difficult Times” on January 14. To read the full press release click here. back to topFundraising Academy Workshop Materials Click on the corresponding workshop to view the presentation materials:
Fundraising Academy Workshop Schedule Our Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 Endowment Leadership Institute (formerly Fundraising Academy) schedule is now online! Click here to see the new schedule. To view last year's schedule, click here. Leave a Jewish Legacy Program Handbook Selected portions of the Leave a Jewish Legacy initiative handbook are now online for your convenience. Click below to view PDFs: Marketing Materials Leave a Jewish Legacy Drop-In Ads For customizable Microsoft Word documents that you can use in your newsletter and other publications, click below:
Leave a Jewish Legacy Brochure To view the brochure, click here. For distribution copies, call the Foundation at 860.523.7460. Further Reading "Get in the Habit" by Ingi-Mai Loorand and Barbara A. Taylor of Reid and Riege, PC, discusses charitable giving options. Click here to read the article. "Offering a Chance to Create a Legacy" by Kathleen Brennan discusses the process of raising money through bequests. Click here for an online excerpt. |
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"As my parents planted for me, so do I plant for future generations." - Talmud Ta'anit 23a |  |