Minnesota JCC Foundation
A Foundation for Generations
The Minnesota JCC Foundation’s sole purpose is to support the Minnesota Jewish Community Center through holding and managing the JCC’s real estate assets and endowment and restricted funds. Gifts to the Minnesota JCC Foundation provide sustainable support for all the vital programs and services that make the J what it is, for generations to come.
Endowments & Legacy Giving
Endowment and Legacy Gifts provide lasting support for the Minnesota JCC, helping ensure our programs, services, spaces, and community remain strong for generations to come.
Whether honoring a loved one, supporting an area that is meaningful to you, or planning for the future, your gift can create an enduring impact. Endowment gifts are invested to provide ongoing annual support, while legacy gifts offer a meaningful way to extend your generosity well into the future.
Donor Spotlight
Rhoda & Don Mains
When Rhoda Wolff and Don Mains met on a blind date in 1952, it sparked a love story that has now spanned 74 remarkable years, and counting. To understand what brought Rhoda and Don together, we must look back to their childhoods, which unfolded nearly 200 miles apart.
Our Endowment Funds
- Tracey and Ken Agranoff Fund
- Robert and Sandra Alch Day Care Memorial Fund
- Constance and Sydney Berde Fund
- Connie and Harold Field Fund
- The Debbie and Mickey Gensler Choose Kindness Fund in Support of Children’s Programming
- Ruth Goldman Gulinson ECC Scholarship Fund
- Hawkinson-Plonski Fund for Child Care Scholarships
- Harry Lerner Library Fund
- The Gayle Saeks Fund for the Sonnie Silverman Children’s Library Endowment Fund
- Sonnie Silverman Children’s Library Fund
- Harry, Betty and Scott Ward Family Fund for Childcare Scholarships
- Tracey and Ken Agranoff Fund
- Diana Chazin Levitt Fund
- Alexander “Sasha” Garon Memorial Fund
- Carolyn and Barry Gerr Children’s Scholarship Fund
- Kleinglass Family Fund
- Maccabi Fund
- Maurice M. (Mort) Melamed Children’s Fund
- Sally and Hershel Orenstein Fund
- Fanny and Barney Shear Youth Library Fund
- Edward and Esther Tilsen Fund for Youth
- Tobias Singer Todd Fund
- Esther Tucker Memorial Fund
- Jacob Wilken-Simon Children’s Fund
- Samuel and Sarah Bernstein Camp Scholarship Fund
- Susan S. and Gary J. Bloom Fund
- Jack Butwin Camp Scholarship Fund
- Connie and Leo Fox Camp Scholarship Fund
- Harriet and Peter Glick Camp Scholarship Fund
- Dr. Abe L. and Rose Greenberg Camp Scholarship Fund
- Jean Harris Endowment Fund
- The Noi Maudi Legacy Fund
- Bill and Rose Marvy Camp Butwin Fund
- Thomas M. Newman Scholarship Fund
- Fred Rappaport Campership Fund
- Eve Schnitzer Ettinger, Max Schnitzer, Ann Schnitzer Hymanson, and Idellie Schnitzer Osman Camp Fund
- Max and Felicia Schulz Family Fund
- Donald Maurice Tikalsky Camp Fund
- Jacob D. Wellman Camp Scholarship Fund
- Abrahamson Family Endowment Fund
- Michael Falk Memorial Special Needs Fund
- Frances & Samuel D. Finkelstein Enhancement Fund
- Jack and Lillian Geller Family Fund for Children and Youth With Special Needs
- Michael Benjamin Glaser Family Fund for Inclusion and Accessibility Programming
- Inclusion and Accessibility Fund
- Rachel & Michael Klein Inclusion Fund
- John Levy Memorial Fund for Inclusion and Accessibility
- Numero-Steinfeldt Inclusion Fund
- Wendell Eric Petersen Special Needs Fund
- Steve Schumacher Fund
- Oren J. Steinfeldt Fund
- Troup Family Inclusion Fund
- Jon & RuthAnn Weiss Special Needs Fund
- Brier-Glachman Adult Transportation Fund
- Calmenson Family Fund for Senior Adults
- Claire and Edmar (Tatty) Fink Fund
- Lily Ginsberg Fund for Senior Citizens
- Grace & Max Granzberg Senior Transportation Fund
- Henle Family Fund
- Sam and Sue Hoffman Senior Services Fund
- Kane Older Adult Fund
- Max and Celia Kaplan Senior Citizen’s Scholarship Fund
- Molly Kaplan Endowment Fund
- Nancy and Elliott Karasov Family Fund
- Zelda Katz Senior Program Scholarship Fund
- Kissen-Rosen Fund
Joseph and Pearl Klatzko Fund for Senior Programs and Transportation - Lorraine Fay Linder Grocery Shopping Transportation Fund for Senior Citizens
- Jeanette I. Litman Fund for Senior Programs
- Warren and Esther Patterson Endowment Fund
- Paul and Connie Ross Fund
- Burt and Berneen Rudolph Senior Services Fund
- Frances and Ted Shuirman Fund
- Shores Family Fund
- Pauline and Allan Stone Endowment Fund
- Stanley and Zelda Straus Fund
- Helene and Hillard Ward Fund
- Sharon and Jack Weiss Fund
- Mendel and Estera Zborowski and Henry and Celina Scibora Memorial Fund
- Dr. Richard Adelson Memorial Fund
- Rosalyn & Michael Baker Yiddish Cultural Program Fund
- Fannie and Maurice Birnberg Cultural Arts Fund
- Herman J. Birnberg Fund
- Rita and Ray Butwin Camp Butwin Fund
- Daniels Family Foundation Fund
- Fantle Family Fund
- Gershon Katz Memorial Lecture Series Fund
- Rose and Isadore Godes
- Cultural Arts Fund for Children
- Albert and Esther Goffstein Fund for Jewish-Yiddish Cultural Programs
- Harry and Manya Goodman Memorial Jewish Culture Program Fund
- Grace D. and Max Granzberg Scholarship Fund
- Max & Ida Grossman Memorial Holocaust Programs Fund
- William Hoffman Memorial Library Fund
- Miriam and Leroy Kieffer Fund
- Pearl and Joseph Krawetz Family Hebrew Ulpan Fund
- Joseph and Anne Levine Memorial Fund for Jewish Education
- Yale Libman Fund
- Sherman and Evelyn Marrinson Music Memorial Fund
- Mary and Julius Pertzik Jewish Cultural Arts Fund
- Gertrude and Solomon
- Pogoriler Cultural Arts Fund
- Jody A. Cohen Press Musical Theatre Endowment Fund
- Rose and Clarence Siegel &
- Dianne and Leighton Siegel Family Fund
- David M. Stein Orchestra Fund
- Suzuki Music Education Fund
- Tychman-Shapiro Gallery Fund
- Edith and Harry Zidell, Joseph and Lena Resnikoff, and Bernice Resnikoff Levin Arts & Crafts and Orchestra Fund
- Zimmerman Tech Stage Fund
- Harry and Betty Agranoff Fund for Youth Basketball
- Naomi and Neil Arnold Women’s Health and Wellness Fund
- Ron and Ruth Bear Memorial Health and Fitness Fund
- Susie and Leslie Fishman Fitness Center Fund
- Brian Garon Memorial Fund
- Cy Kaster Youth Health and Fitness Fund
- Frank Kiperstin Heartworks Fund
- David Lerner Heartworks Fund
Mayeron Family Health and Fitness Fund - Barbara Ziman Pentelovitch Indoor/Outdoor Pool Fund
- Jody A. Cohen Press & Steven M. Press “We’re Too Young To Be Old Fund”
- Phil Ravitzky Sports Fund
- Steven Gregory Rice Memorial Tournament Fund
- Amy and George Sitkoff Fund
- Zimmerman Family Fund
- Claire and Roy Cohen Youth Scholarship Fund
- Betty & Seymour Falk Arts And Athletics Fund
- Sara and Dan Greenberg Fund
- Sheldon Levine Fund
- MARvelous Education Fund
- Ossie W. Perlman Scholarship Fund
- Heath Rosenbloom Youth Athletic Memorial Fund
- Stan Rubin Fund for Children and Youth
- Milton G. and Evelyn S. Smith Day Care and Camp Scholarship Fund
- Norman S. and Ethel D. Smith Day Care and Camp Scholarship Fund
- Sidney P. Abramson Fund
- Trudy Arenson and Muriel Silvers Arenson Memorial Fund
- David and Sheila H. Brod Family Fund
- Bulwa and Goodman Family Fund
- John Sullivan Comford Family Fund
- Derechin Family Fund
- Margie and Mitchell Fink Family Fund
- Glick-Anderson Family Fund
- Howard Goldberger Fund
- Tamsky Hewuse Fund
- Jewish War Veterans Post #162 Fund of the JCC
- Jewish War Veterans Post #354 Fund of the JCC
- Jewish War Veterans State of Minnesota Department Fund
- Carol and Marvin Johnson Family Fund
- Evelyn and Mel Kamin Fund
- Reuben and Esther Kaplan Fund
- Launer Family Fund
- Rose Smith Mirsky Fund
- Mike and Lois Moheban Fund
- Allen I. Nilva Memorial Fund
- Mary Lou Peilen Fund
- Mildred & Irving Rein Family Fund
- Ruth and Maurice Rischall Fund
- Bernice and Bill Rosen Fund
- Arthur and Sarah Sanders Fund
- Harry & Addie Silverman Fund
- Tamsky Sirkin Fund
- Marilyn and Richard Smith Fund
- Tamsky/Pomerantz Fund
- Katherine and Jeffrey Tane Family Fund
- Michael and Erin Waldman Fund
- Jerry Waldman and Judi Belzer Fund
- Harriet and Frank Witson Fund
- Sidney P. Abramson Meditation Garden
- Joe Adelman Leadership Development Fund
- Earl and Harriet Bailey Fund
- Clara and Meyer Bream
- Building Beautification Fund
- Beverly Thorman Calmenson
- Fund for Jewish Gay and Lesbian Programming
- Martin and Esther Capp Building Improvement Fund
- Larry Cohen Leadership Development Fund
- Dori Denelle and Phyllis Landman Appreciation Fund
- Dori Denelle Staff Initiative Fund
- Baron and Nina Desnick Building Fund
- Kenneth and Jeanette Frank Fund
- Burt and Lucille Garr Fund
- Sharon Gibson Leadership Development Fund
- Marlene Goldenberg Leadership Development Fund
- Gil Greenberg Scholarship Fund
- Laurie and Joel Kramer Staff Development Fund
- Florence Lapinsky Memorial Fund
- Leavitt Family Jewish Education Fund
- Sylvan and Estelle Mack Public Affairs Fund
- Mort Madden Todah Rabah Staff Fund
- Hattie and Henry Marofsky Administrative Fund
- Ruth and Irving Perlman Fund
- Anna Marie Piccolo Staff Resource Fund
- Ida and Leonard Rapoport Cultural Arts Fund for New Americans
- Norman M Rose Building and Men’s Health Center Fund
- Sid Ruderman Intergenerational Fund
- Smookler Chalfen Family Fund
- Dr. Jeffrey Weingarten Memorial Fund for Holocaust Education
Officers
Jeri Glick-Anderson
President
Adam Stern
Treasurer & Vice-President
Jeff Tane
Secretary & Vice-President
Bob Mast
President-Elect
Board Members
Bruce Fink
Rachael Goldberger Paper
Jason Grais
Kris MacDonald
Robin Neidorf
The Minnesota JCC Foundation, a distinct 501(c)3 non-profit organization (Tax ID 41-0698596), holds and distributes endowment and restricted funds, and manages the JCC’s real estate assets, in the form of two single-purpose, wholly owned subsidiary, limited liability companies, which hold the Martin & Esther Capp Building and Camp Butwin, respectively.