Endowment Opportunities

Your Jewish Community of Louisville offers a wide variety of endowment opportunities to help you meet your philanthropic goals. Some basic information is available on this page. Should you choose to establish an endowment with the JCL’s Foundation for Planned Giving, a JCL endowment professional will be happy to work with you, your attorney and/or your tax consultant to develop an endowment that is right for you. Contact JCL Executive Director of Philanthropy Alan Engel, (502) 618-5311 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Endowment Gifts

A named endowment fund of the Jewish Community of Louisville creates a permanent legacy, perpetuating your ideals and your name, ensuring the future of the Jewish community.
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Annual Campaign Endowments

Perpetuate your family name, the name of an honored individual and your commitment to Jewish continuity by establishing an annual campaign endowment fund. An annual campaign endowment permanently endows your annual gift to the JCL Annual Campaign.
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Lion of Judah Endowment

Today's Jewish women can perpetuate their own names and their commitment to Jewish continuity by establishing a Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE), a fund that permanently endows a woman's annual gift to the JCL Annual Campaign.
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The Jewish Community of Louisville does not provide legal advice.  Donors are encouraged to consult their independent tax and legal counsel.

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The Jewish Community of Louisville
Shalom Tower Offices

3630 Dutchmans Lane | Louisville, KY 40205-3216
Tel: (502) 451-8840 | Fax: (502) 458-0702

Jewish Community Center Offices
3600 Dutchmans Lane | Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: (502) 459-0660 | Fax: (502) 459-6885

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JCL Updates

by Kathy Karr
fastestflute@insightbb.com

Editor’s Note: The Partnership with Israel program (originally Partnership 2000) is a Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) initiative that matches communities in Israel with groups of Jewish communities in the United States.

Louisville, which joined the partnership at its inception in 1998, is one of 16 Jewish communities in the Central Area Consortium paired with Israel’s Western Galilee region, a strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. Read more... JCL Update 07/23/10