Kol Ha'Kavod to the Jewish Community Foundation

Congratulations to Federation's partners at the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF). Kol Ha'Kavod to JCF for their hard work and contribution to the San Diego Jewish Community. Below is an article published by the U-T San Diego on Nov. 21st. Click here to read more.

A Landmark for the Jewish Community Foundation

By U-T San Diego Editorial Board 5 P.M.NOV. 21, 2014

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The San Diego community is blessed to have a number of extraordinarily generous individuals whose donations and financial commitments have improved our lives on a wide variety of fronts. But what might not be as appreciated is the extraordinarily generous institutions that step forward regularly and decisively to make San Diego and the world a better place.

A strong case can be made that this second list is topped by the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. This week, the total sum of charitable grants the foundation has made in its 47-year history topped the $1 billion milestone.

This largesse has helped a vast array of nonprofit groups; more than 60,000 grants have been made to 5,000 organizations in San Diego, Israel and other communities since 1967. In fiscal 2013-14 alone, the foundation provided more than $100 million, primarily to educational institutions, health and human service providers, and arts groups.

This extraordinary generosity has been accompanied by peerless standards in accountability and transparency in the fundraising process — standards that have won broad acclaim and recognition in the philanthropy industry.

We offer our congratulations to the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego for its exceptional history — and its determination to do even more in coming years and decades. To learn more about the foundation, please go to www.jcfsandiego.org.