About our Funds - Temple Isaiah

Areas of Greatest Need

Isaiah Annual Fund: Provides unrestricted funds for the general operation of the temple.

Education

Adult Education Fund: Supports the development of innovative adult education programming and helps to bring scholars of exceptional talent to Temple Isaiah’s Scholar’s Weekend.

LEFTY Fund: Supports LEFTY, Temple Isaiah's NFTY affiliated high school youth group.

Library Fund: Supports acquisition of new materials for the library.

Monica Weinstein Student in Israel Fund: Provides financial assistance for students in the congregation who are participating in Israel study and travel programs.

Marshall Derby Children’s Event Fund: Provides funding for an annual concert or event.

Religious School Fund: Allows the religious school to implement new and innovative programs and helps students with scholarships to retreats and programs they might otherwise be unable to attend.

Synagogue Education Fund: A general fund that supports all congregational education.

Community

Gershanoff Outreach and Interfaith Fund: Provides funding for outreach and interfaith activities.

Synagogue Community Fund: Supports community initiatives and programs.

Tikkun Olam

Mental Health Initiative: Supports educational programs, opportunities for advocacy, and training sessions to bring the issue of mental health challenges into the open.

Tikkun Olam Fund: Supports those in need in our community and around the world.

Welcoming the Stranger: Supports a refugee family or individual throughout their resettlement experience.

Worship

Drew Micah Smerling Tot Shabbat Fund: Supports Tot Shabbat activities.

Music Fund: Provides money to enhance programs and related items of musical interest to the temple community.

Synagogue Worship Fund: A general fund that supports community worship.

Facilities

Synagogue Facilities & Security Fund: A general fund that supports the maintenance and security of the building.

Discretionary

Cantor Doob Discretionary Fund: Allows the Cantor to support religious, musical, charitable and educational causes of her choosing.

Rabbi Battis Discretionary Fund: Allows the Rabbi to support religious, charitable and educational causes of her choosing.

Rabbi Jaffe Discretionary Fund: Allows the Rabbi Emeritus to support religious, charitable and educational causes of his choosing.

Rabbi Thomashow Discretionary Fund: Allows the Rabbi to support religious, charitable and educational causes of her choosing.

Endowment

L'Dor VaDor Cushner Youth Enrichment Fund: Distributions are used to provide funding for early childhood education at Temple Isaiah.

L'Dor VaDor Unrestricted Endowment Fund: Annual distributions are made to the general operating budget, supporting the cost of operating the temple.