Philanthropic funds are a great alternative to a private foundation because donors can make recommendations for distribution of income and principal from the fund to IRS-approved tax exempt organizations.

The Jewish Foundation handles all administrative tasks, i.e. investment of assets, record keeping and check writing. The minimum gift needed to establish a philanthropic fund is $10,000. Donors can add to their philanthropic fund at any time and receive a tax deduction for each contribution, and there are no capital gains taxes on gifts of long-term appreciated property.

Family Philanthropy
Four times a year your family can sit around the dinner table and decide to which not-for-profit organizations you want your fund to distribute. In addition, you can provide in your Philanthropic Fund Agreement that upon your death, your children continue the tradition as the designated recommenders of your family fund.
These funds are a wonderful way to involve the family in tzedakah.

• David and Karen Astrachan Family Fund
  
• Stephen and Judith August Family Fund
  
• Clifford Beers Clinic Fund
  
• Neil Bersin Philanthropic Fund in honor of his 50th birthday
  
• Barbara Bobrow Memorial Philanthropic Fund
  
• Samuel and Barbara Bobrow Family Fund
  
• Bella S. and Bernard Braverman Philanthropic Fund
  
• Camp Laurelwood Community One Fund
  
• Benjamin and Freda Cohen Philanthropic Fund
  
• Congregation Or Shalom Endowment Fund*
  
• Devorah Fund for Children with Medical Needs
  
• Arthur Eder Family Fund
  
• Andrew Eder Family Fund
  
• Betty A. Ellis Memorial Fund for the Benefit of Jewish Family Service
  
• Arlene and Marshal Elovich Foundation
  
• Samuel and Claire Faiman Tzedakah Fund
  
• Gerald and Marilyn Fishbone Family Philanthropic Fund
  
• Karen and Gerald Freedman Family Charitable Fund
  
• Suzanne and Murray Gallant Fund
  
• Marcella and Samuel Glazer Philanthropic Fund
  
• Gladys Godfried Memorial Garden Fund at Tower One/Tower East endowed by her husband, Dr. Milton Godfried
  
• Israel and Adele Gordon Fund
  
• Eva Grinberg Fund in memory of her parents Moshe Elhaan Klein and Jesha Benjamin Klein
  
• Janice and Robert Horowitz Philanthropic Fund
  
• Dr. Sidney Hurwitz Memorial Philanthropic Fund
  
• Doris and Paul Isacoff Philanthropic Fund
  
• The Israel Endowment Fund
  
• The Jacob Fund
  
• Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater New Haven Endowment Fund
  
• Jewish Community Center Philanthropic Fund
  
• Jewish Community Center Community One Fund
  
• Jewish Family Service Endowment Fund
  
• Jewish Federation of GNH Philanthropic Fund
  
• Jewish Home for the Aged Community One Fund
  
• Jewish Historical Society Philanthropic Fund
  
• Henry and Helene Kasha Fund for the Teaching of the Hebrew Language
  
• Helen and Kurt Katz Philanthropic Fund for Jewish Education
  
• Louis and Beatrice Kaye Foundation Philanthropic Fund
  
• The Kinstlinger-Feist Family Fund
  
• The Komisar Family Fund
  
• Edward Konowitz Family Philanthropic Fund*
  
• Kenneth and Robin Kramer Family Fund
  
• Sherman and Sara Kramer Family Philanthropic Fund
  
• Sherman and Evelyn Krevolin Family Fund
  
• Diane and Burton Levey Fund for the Needy
  
• Arthur and Betty Levy Family Fund
  
• John and Beverly Levy Fund
  
• The Maimonides Fund
  
• The Malin Family Tzedakah Fund in Memory of Solly Jack Chimes
  
• Emanuel & Jette Metzger Memorial Philanthropic Fund for Jewish Education donated by their daughters, Betty Metzger Schorr and Ella Metzger Willner, and their granddaughter, Lore Willner Dickstein
  
• Saul and Sandra Milles Family Fund
  
• New Haven Hebrew Day School Community One Fund
  
• Daniel and Lisa Price Philanthropic Fund
  
• Jo-Ann N. and Michael P. Price Family Fund in Honor of Libby and Leo Nevas
  
• Ronald and Pamela Reis Philanthropic Fund
  
• Howard J. Reiter and Jody P. Ellant Foundation Philanthropic Fund
  
• Stanley F. and Marcia Reiter Philanthropic Fund for New Haven Hebrew Day School
  
• Marcia and Stanley F. Reiter Philanthropic Fund
  
• Marcia and Stanley F. Reiter Fund for Jewish Education
  
• Marcia and Stanley F. Reiter Fund for the Westville Synagogue
  
• Joyce and Kopi Saltman Philanthropic Fund
  
• Stephen and Marilyn Saltzman Family Fund
  
• Allan and Leslye Schaefer Philanthropic Fund
  
• Edwin and Lorrie Schaefer Family Fund
  
• Marian, Harold and Barry Schwartz Fund for Children with Special Needs
  
• Herbert Setlow Family Fund
  
• Lawrence and Sherry Shanbrom Fund
  
• Nathan M. Silverstein Family Charitable Fund
  
• Sklarz Family Philanthropic Fund
  
• Rosalyn and Kenneth Sperling Family Foundation
  
• Temple Beth David Philanthropic Fund
  
• Tower One/Tower East Philanthropic Fund
  
• Shirley and Morris Trachten Fund for Jewish Education
  
• Shirley and Morris Trachten Fund for Medical Research*
  
• Barry and Hyla Vine Family Fund
  
• William and Florence Wallack Family Philanthropic Fund
  
• Martha Sue and Bertrand S. Weisbart Endowment Fund for the Benefit of Youth Fitness at the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven
  
• Mary Lou and Edward Winnick Philanthropic Fund
  
• The Wolpert Family Fund in memory of Reneé Levy
  
• Seymour Yudkin Charitable Fund