Your charitable donation to Falmouth Jewish Congregation helps sustain the vibrant community we have created.

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Making a gift to the Falmouth Jewish Congregation is a meaningful way to celebrate life cycle milestones, remember loved ones, leave a lasting legacy, honor a member, and show your commitment to our sacred community. 

Donations can be made via PayPal by clicking the “Donate” button or by check made payable to “Falmouth Jewish Congregation.” If donating by check, please download the donation form and mail it to: FJC, 7 Hatchville Rd., East Falmouth, MA 02536.

When making your contribution, please include your name, mailing address, and the details of anyone you wish to honor or memorialize. If you would like us to send a notification of your gift, please also provide the recipient’s name and mailing address.

You may designate your contribution to any of the following funds:

  •  Building Fund
  •  Endowment Fund
  •  Flower Fund
  •  General Fund
  •  Library Fund
  •  Lifelong Learning & Program Fund
  •  Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
  •  Torah Fund
  •  Yahrzeit

After selecting the fund you wish to make a donation to, please let us know what you would like the Acknowledgment Card to say and the name and address of the recipient.

Endowment Fund of Falmouth Jewish Congregation

A gift to Falmouth Jewish Congregation’s Endowment Fund is an investment in our community’s future, helping to ensure that our children and grandchildren, and Jews of Cape Cod will have the same opportunity to learn and carry forward our Jewish values.

Our Endowment Fund is a pool of assets held separately from Falmouth Jewish Congregation’s general funds and is invested with Greater Boston CJP’s (Combined Jewish Philanthropies) Jewish Community Endowment Pool.

Planned Giving at Falmouth Jewish Congregation

Planned giving is a wonderful way to support Falmouth Jewish Congregation’s legacy.

Current Gifts

Current gifts to the endowment are fully tax deductible, subject to the Tax Code’s percentage limitations. You can give cash or securities. Contributing appreciated securities not only generates a charitable deduction but also permits you to avoid realizing a capital gain on the appreciation. If you would like to make a substantial gift but want to structure it to be paid over a number of years, you may make a charitable pledge. If you have established a private foundation or a donor-advised fund, please consider making a grant to the endowment from that source (but such a grant should not be used to satisfy a pledge).

Retained Income

Retained income gifts permit you to convert appreciated assets into an income stream during your lifetime without generating a current capital gains tax, and permit a current deduction for the charitable interest. At death, the remaining funds would be added to Falmouth Jewish Congregation’s endowment. Such a gift could take the form of a Charitable Remainder Trust or a Charitable Gift Annuity.

Estate Planning

Estate planning is another opportunity to provide for the endowment. Consider adding a gift to the endowment in your will or revocable trust. It would provide a lasting legacy and also generate an estate tax deduction. You might also consider naming the endowment as a beneficiary of a portion of your IRA or qualified retirement plan—such a gift would pass free of both estate tax and income tax.

Members of the Endowment Committee would be pleased to speak with you or your advisors about options for tax-wise giving, and can provide language for properly designating the endowment in your estate plan.

For more information, please contact the office. A member of the Development Committee will contact you as soon as possible.