Endowment Campaign
The key to long-term financial stability at Texas Hillel, one of the largest Jewish student centers in the country, is our endowment campaign.
Securing a minimum $5 million dollar endowment will provide sufficient operating dollars to allow Texas Hillel to continue its important work and grow at a reasonable pace.
A Brief History
The renaissance at Texas Hillel began in 1998, and part of the corresponding comprehensive development plan outlined in that document was “the establishment of an endowment fund to ensure the future and long term fiscal stability of both program and facility operations.”
Solicitation of pledges for the Capital Campaign continued successfully throughout 2004 and 2005, concluding with the construction of the new Hillel building known as the Topfer Center for Jewish Life located in the Annie and Abe Seibel Building, which was formally dedicated in February 2006.
Create a Legacy
Our endowment campaign directly supports the mission of Texas Hillel by creating long-term stability. Your gift continues to support the institution’s activities, events and programs. As Texas Hillel is the last stop on a young Jewish person’s road to adulthood, it is also the last organized “touch” before they shed the comforts of home and enter the “real world.” For that reason, just as the first years of Jewish education are crucial in helping to lay the foundation for a child’s Jewish identity, so too are the efforts of Texas Hillel in preparing future Jewish communal leaders through our award-winning programs and initiatives that teach Jewish values while bringing young people together in their home away from home.
Options
A Texas Hillel Endowment can be funded in any number of ways. Additionally, your investment can be made in any amount and for any specific program including, but not
limited to:
- Alternative Spring Break Trips where students spend their time rebuilding communities
- Birthright Israel Trips for students who have never visited their Jewish Homeland
- The Texans For Israel Program for pro-Israel advocacy on campus
- The Israel Block Party, Texas Hillel’s largest program of the year celebrating Israel life and culture
- The White Rose Society Program for Holocaust remembrance and Genocide Awareness
- Crazy Science Extravaganza Program for underprivileged elementary school students
- Religious Services, Programs and Meals associated with Shabbat, High Holidays, Sukkot, Chanukah, Purim, Passover and more
- Jewish Life and Learning Opportunities
- Social Activities
Ways To Give
Pledge and multi-year payment options include:
- Bequest – legacy, estate plan
- Gift of retirement plan assets
- Gift of IRA charitable rollover
- Gift of life insurance
- Gift of residence or real estate
- Gift of securities or other property
- Charitable lead trust
- Charitable remainder trust
- Gift from philanthropic fund
- Gift from supporting foundation
- Gift from private foundation
Recognition
As a way to recognize your permanent investment in the future of the Jewish community, Texas Hillel will acknowledge your contribution in a myriad of ways in conjunction with your wishes such as:
- Prominent recognition in the Texas Hillel Donor Lobby
- A dinner for you and your family with Texas Hillel’s student leaders
- Placing your name/foundation name on all relevant promotional materials in conjunction with Texas Hillel programs and initiatives
Texas Hillel Endowment Board
Larry Schoenbrun, Committee Chair, Dallas
David N. Goldstein, Austin
Esther Polland, Houston
Carol Silverberg, Austin
Bob Zinn, Houston
Advisors
Lenny Krasnow, Dallas
Glen Rosenbaum, Houston
Larry Steinberg, Dallas
Staff
Rabbi David Komerofsky, Executive Director
Hans Mayer, Senior Consultant
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Create a Jewish Legacy Initiative
Thank you to these benefactors who have expressed their intent to make legacy gifts to Texas Hillel, ensuring a bright future for generations to come!
