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Annual Friends Campaign
Your support remains the lifeline to our community, assisting families and individuals when they have no place else to turn.
Annual Friends Campaign
Food Insecurity
The Freedberg Family Kosher Food Pantry and Mobile Food Pantry at Schoke JFS distributed 195,558 pounds of Kosher food in the last year to more than 3,662 households across Fairfield County!
Support our Food Insecurity Initiatives
Tax-Smart Ways to Give
Discover tax-smart ways to support our work and make the most of your annual giving.
Tax-Smart Ways to Give
Camp Scholarships
The Joan and Ben Zinbarg Camp Scholarship Program was established to help make summer camp a reality. Scholarships are available to families in Fairfield County who are looking for a rewarding Jewish summer experience for their children.
Help Make Summer Camp a Reality
Anachnu
Help support Holocaust survivors in our community.
Support Holocaust Survivors Across Fairfield County
Tribute Donations
Send a tribute card in memory of or in honor of a family member, friend or colleague, or to celebrate a special event.
Send a Tribute Card
Emergency Assistance
The Japha Family Emergency Assistance Program provides emergency financial support for rent, utilities and food.
Support Emergency Assistance
Car Donations
Have an old vehicle taking space in your garage? Donate it to Schoke JFS! Proceeds from the sale helps us provide services to our clients. We accept vehicles in any condition.
Contact Erika Llanos • ellanos@ctjfs.org
Legacy Giving Circle
Life and Legacy is a collaborative program between Harold Grinspoon Foundation, United Jewish Federation of Stamford, New Canaan and Darien and Schoke JFS that helps individuals and families create legacy gift for the Jewish causes they care about.
Leave a Lasting LegacyCharitable IRA Rollovers
If you are 70 ½ or older, you can contribute up to $108,000 from a traditional IRA to Schoke JFS without being subject to federal income taxes on the distribution. The gift must be made directly from the custodian of your IRA to Schoke JFS. Your rollover gift will be excluded from your gross income, and it counts toward your required minimum distribution (RMD).
Donor-Advised Funds
Your gift through a donor-advised fund (DAF) provides you with a centralized charitable giving vehicle allowing an immediate tax deduction as well as the ability to recommend grants from the fund over time. It allows philanthropically inclined individuals, families, and corporations to make an irrevocable charitable gift to Schoke JFS and other public charities. Schoke JFS’s EIN or TAX ID Number is 06-1130830
Gifts of Appreciated Stock
When you make a gift of appreciated stock your gift amount is the current market value of that stock (as determined by IRS rules), and you avoid capital gains tax when the stock is transferred directly to Schoke JFS. For more information about these plans, and the other ways of supporting Schoke JFS.
Gifts of Real Estate
Donating your land or home to Schoke JFS may allow you to circumvent the significant capital gains taxes involved in selling or handing down real estate and turn your most important investment into a highly valued charitable gift.
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