Leave a legacy by becoming a permanent partner to support JFS today, tomorrow, and into the future.
Legacy Society
Without the vision and substantial commitment of those who came before us, Jewish Family Service of Colorado would not be the vital resource it is today. Leave a legacy by becoming a permanent partner with a sustainable charitable organization that has supported our community for more than 150 years.
The JFS Legacy Society is comprised of committed supporters whose efforts and generosity established this agency and ensured its growth and long-term sustainability. We recognize all members at major events, in publications, and on our Legacy donor wall located in our administrative building in Denver’s Tamarac Square. With your planned gift, you help ensure that the life-transforming work of Jewish Family Service will endure for generations to come.
JFS is a participating agency in the Live On | LIFE & LEGACY® program, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation Momentum Pathway for Jewish Organizations in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. They have joined together to strengthen the Colorado Jewish communities by encouraging endowment building and legacy giving.
If you would like to name Jewish Family Service of Colorado in your will, trust, life insurance policy, or retirement plan (or if you already have and want to let us know), please fill out and return this Letter of Intent. Use this to share with us your intention to make a legacy gift, to formalize a legacy gift, or to make a gift of $1,000 or more to a JFS endowment fund.
If you have questions, please call Jessica Zeidman, Chief Advancement Officer, 720.248.4663 or email jzeidman@jewishfamilyservice.org.
Jewish Family Service
3201 South Tamarac Drive
Denver, CO 80231
EIN: 84-0402701
Thank you to all the current members of the JFS Legacy Society.
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Through this program, JFS is eligible for grant funds when new donors join the legacy society and/or existing members provide additional details about their planned gift.
To learn more, contact Jessica Zeidman, Chief Advancement Officer, at 720.248.4663.
Community Members Share Why They Joined the JFS Legacy Society
“Steve and I became Legacy Society members to invest in the future of JFS and our community and to ensure that needed services continue in the future. We are honored to be part of a group of like-minded people who are ensuring the longevity of JFS. If you believe in the work JFS is doing, I encourage you to join Steve and myself and become Legacy Society members.”
— Mindy Levy Peckar
Supporter, volunteer, and Board member
“When it came time to consider the philanthropic part of estate planning, writing JFS into my will and formalizing JFS as a beneficiary within my legacy gift was a no-brainer. JFS’s importance has only grown as the world and our community become ever more complex, with so many more stress points for families and individuals. I hope that my legacy gift, along with many others, helps ensure that JFS can remain strong and evolve so that it always responds to the community’s highest needs.”
— Melinda Kassen,
Former Board member and JFS Boulder advisory committee member
“2020 taught us to prepare for the unexpected. By including JFS in my estate planning, I’m assured my funds will support essential human services in our community in perpetuity. I also believe I’m fulfilling my part in tikkun olam being a conduit between HaShem and JFS as a volunteer and donor.”