Creating Your Jewish Legacy

The Oregon Jewish Community Foundation helps individuals and families manage their current philanthropic giving as well as helping them customize permanent charitable endowments for the benefit of their favorite organizations. OJCF also manages and administers funds on behalf of other Oregon and SW Washington Jewish charities.

As a community foundation, OJCF offers unparalleled flexibility to our donors through planned giving tools which allow them to give when they want, where they want and how they want.OJCF makes it easy for you to manage your current philanthropic giving or to establish a permanent legacy which will safeguard our shared Jewish community's

future. Whether by creating a named endowment for your favorite Jewish organization or opening up an $1,800 donor advised fund, you are keeping our community and our people strong. Whatever your income level, OJCF offers so many ways to make a difference.

Here are some of the advantages to creating your legacy through OJCF:

OJCF Cares for Our Community: The strength and success of our shared Jewish Community is OJCF's primary mission.
You don't have to be wealthy: Donor Advised Funds can be opened with as little as $1,800. Charitable Gift Annuities can be opened with as little as $10,000. Bequests and endowments can be of any size.
Flexibility: We make it so easy - you can give where and when you want to through your donor advised fund by making quarterly grant recommendations to both Jerwish and Secular organizations. You can even select your very own investment strategy. We will process your grants and send them on to the organizations while notifying you of their delivery thereby sparing you paperwork and check writing.. Through your endowments and trusts you can support the Jewish organizations of your choice. The options are all yours.
Tax Benefits:

Cost Effectiveness: Each fund benefits from being part of a large, diversified, professionally managed portfolio at a much lower cost than if it were invested separately. View OJCF's Fee Schedule
Personal Expert Service: You will be treated like family and receive personalized service from OJCF's expert professional staff, Board of Directors and investment leadership.
Permanence: Endowment funds that you establish with OJCF will endure forever.
Recognition for you and your loved ones: The creation of a named endowment fund gives you an opportunity to give your family name or that of a loved one a place in the history of the philanthropic Jewish community forever.

For more information on how you can use planned giving options to create your legacy, and for complimentary wills planning resources, visit our Planned Giving website or call Julie Diamond at (503) 248-9328.