Create Your Jewish Legacy News

New $5,000 incentive grants for organizations participating in CYJL

Organizations participating in the Create Your Jewish Legacy program now have an additional incentive to gather promises for legacy gifts: a $5,000 incentive grant, which is in addition to the $10,000 they will already receive from the LIFE & LEGACY program, if they reach set goals.

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Cincinnati Young Adults Leading in Legacy Giving

Congratulations to Ariella Cohen, her article Legacy Giving in the Eyes of the Young, on the successes of legacy giving among young adults in Cincinnati, was published this week in eJewish Philanthropy.

CYJL's project manager, Reagan Kuhn, also contributed to the topic in our newsletter:

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John Isidor, Sandy Kaltman honored with Voices of Giving award

Here's some great Federation endowment news. John Isidor and Sandy Kaltman were among 27 philanthropists honored by the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council on June 16 with Voices of Giving Awards. The awards were presented on behalf of a nonprofit organization that has benefited from t…

Celebrating Silver Circle & Legacy Donors Reception

We celebrated the sustainers of our Jewish community—Silver Circle members, those who have made annual gifts to the Jewish Federation for 25 or more years, and those who have made legacy commitments to Jewish organizations and congregations in Cincinnati—at a cocktail reception on May 20…

Update from David Harris, CYJL Coordinator

Congratulations to everyone: we have truly accomplished a lot this spring. I know everyone has worked hard to get us this far, and we have a supportive community to thank.

First: as of May 1, 2015 we have 213 Letters of Intent (LOIs), 191 of which count toward the total of 216 required by …