WHY DONATE?

The Future of the San Diego Jewish Community Is in Your Hands

The future depends on donors like you, programs just beginning to show promise would struggle for resources. Through the power of Federation, new community-focused non-profits can get the funding they need to impact the San Diego community.

The programs we all know and rely on (JCC, JFS, JAFI, Jewish Day Schools, World ORT, to name just a few) get what they need to continue their great work. Funds are delivered according to merit and need, while minimizing administrative overhead and fundraising costs associated with each individual program. Giving to Federation impacts all these programs, all at once.

Agility to Impact Communities in Need

Donations to the Annual Campaign allow Federation to respond quickly and effectively to natural disasters, political unrest, and other real-time events as they happen, anywhere in the world. With assistance from Federation, IDF and JDC opened a field hospital in Minamisanriko, Japan to assist victims of the earthquake and tsunami. $2.7 million in assistance was made available to victims immediately after the devastating wild fires struck the Carmel area in Israel. Federation - supported programs continue to provide support and medical care to those affected by the tornadoes that ravaged the south and Midwest U.S. this spring, and we’re still on the ground in Haiti, helping to build a lasting infrastructure.

A History of Giving

The Jewish community has an established legacy of collective giving, of coming together to assist those in need. It’s been part of our history since the very beginning. Since 1936, it is the foundation on which the Jewish Federation of San Diego County was built. Whether there are Jews in need across the street, or across the globe, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and its family of community partners, are there with a helping hand. Federation - supported programs nurture and sustain Jewish identity, and provide places where an energized Jewish community can grow and celebrate. This is only possible because of annual donations from people like you. Because you share our vision of a vibrant Jewish community that stretches around the world - our extended Jewish family. The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is staffed by a dedicated group of professionals and volunteers who act as a catalyzing force within the Jewish community, advocate for Jewish interests, and ensure continuity for Jewish people locally and abroad. It is the unique position of Federation as a convener with an interconnected web of communication that allows us to identify, support and grow new programs to meet the community’s changing needs. Wherever there are Jews in need, Federation finds them and finds a way to help.

WARM HOMES

Run by JDC's Chesed in the Ukraine, Warm Homes is a program building community among Jewish elderly, combatting the isolation that frequently accompanies old age. Groups of 8 to 15 Jewish seniors meet twice a week to chat, sing, and recite poetry. The warmth they experience is palpable - and life-saving.