Endowments | Bender JCC

Named Endowment Funds

Establishing a named endowment fund at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington helps strengthen our community into the future. Endowment funds help provide funding for the Bender JCC of Greater Washington and its programs or services in perpetuity by only spending a percentage of the invested balance. Many donors establish endowment funds to honor the memory of a loved one; others choose to establish an endowment during their lifetime so that they can see the results of their generosity. There are many ways to make an endowment gift. Options include an outright contribution, a multi-year pledge, a gift of appreciated securities, a bequest or other deferred gift, or donations of personal or real property.

For more information about named endowment funds, please contact Rachel Ossman or call 301-348-3727.

Endowment Funds

Aquatics

Bertha and Isadore Gudelsky Exceptional Swim Program Endowment Fund
Seymour and Sheila Herman Aquatic Fitness Endowment Fund
Edward Rosenblum Swim Meet Fund
Louis and Doris Wiener Instructional Swim Endowment Fund

Archaeology Programs

Kitty and Benjamin Adelman Fund for Programs on Biblical Archaeology
Lena and Abraham Binin Memorial Archaeological Fund
Dr. Eric Fischer Memorial Fund for Lectures on Middle Eastern Archaeology
Dr. Bernard Lieb Fund for Programs on Biblical Archaeology
Kathe and Allan Schwartzberg Fund for Programs on Biblical Archaeology

Art Department Programs

Debra J. Berger Endowment for Art Education
Lisa Frank Memorial Endowment for Children’s Art Programs
Sam Kagan Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Sarah Gertrude Kay Arts and Crafts Programs and Projects for Senior Adults Endowment Fund
Anna Levine Fund for Adult Art Programs

Art Gallery & Museum Funds

Rachel and David Abraham Endowment Fund for the Visual Arts
Deena and Jerome A. Kaplan Fund for Senior Adult Programming
Sylvan Margulies Fund in Support of the Center Art Gallery
Herman Perlman Cultural Arts Endowment
Phillip Ratner Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
Daryl Reich Rubenstein Memorial Endowment
Clarice Smith Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
Jane L. and Robert H. Weiner Museum Endowment Fund

Camp Funds

Barbara Cohen and Walter Shorr Memorial Camp Fund for Camp Scholarships and Israel Initiatives

Cora and John H. Davis Memorial Fund for Winter Camp Scholarships

Dolores Polakoff Memorial Children’s Camp Scholarship Endowment Fund

Dr. Stuart Lessans Endowment for Lessans Camp JCC

Jane Hulman Camp Scholarship Fund

Max and Julia Silverman Memorial Keep Rolling Fund for Accessible Transportation

Morris Z. and Vivian Cohn Fund for Special Recreation Services

R. Andrew Helgeson “Heart of Gold” Memorial Endowment Fund for Camp JCC Counselor Awards

Children & Family Services

Carol K. and Arnold R. Altshuler Fund for Needy Children
Edith Barry Single Parent Fund*
Bender-Dosik Parenting Center Endowment Fund
Brett, Olin, Sanger and Shesser Family Endowment Fund for Children in Need
Daniel and Howard Caplan Memorial Fund for Children in Need
Harry and Judie Linowes Youth Development Fund
Dolores and Sydney M. Polakoff Fund for the Creative Enhancement of Youth Programming
Eva and Simon Resnek Endowment for Children’s Scholarships
Fern Weiland Memorial Endowment for Parenting Programs

Children's Programs

Ida and Alex Forman Fund
Lisa Frank Memorial Endowment for Children’s Art Programs
Goldberg Goldman Endowment for Sports Activities for Children with Special Needs
Marc Goodman Memorial Endowment Fund for Sports Activities for Children
Max Gruber Music Scholarship Fund
Bertha and Isadore Gudelsky Exceptional Swim Program Endowment Fund
Matthew Kaplan Memorial Fund for Sports for Handicapped Children
Dr. Isadore Lattman Music Scholarship Fund
Michael David Perlman Children’s Theatre Fund
Eva and Simon Resnek Endowment for Children’s Scholarships
Rebecca Roemer Music Scholarship Fund
Louis and Doris Wiener Instructional Swim Endowment Fund

Cultural & Performing Arts

Sheila Bellack Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
Council for the Arts Endowment
Judith W. Frosh Fund for the Drama Department
David Lloyd Kreeger Cultural Arts Endowment
Bea Metalitz Endowment Fund for Original Works on Jewish Themes
NationsBank/ASB Capital Management
Michael David Perlman Children’s Theatre Fund
Anne S. and Henry S. Reich Cultural Arts Endowment
Steven M. Reich Memorial Endowment Fund for Arts and Cultural Programming
Linda and Jay Rosenkranz Endowment for Theatre Programs
Doris R. Sloan Endowment Fund for Cultural Programming
Shirley Udelson Cultural Arts Endowment Fund

Dance

Wolford and Dollye Berman Dance Endowment
Shizu Coles Endowment Fund
Rosalie Friedman Memorial Endowment for the Performing Arts
Kitty Kamen Performing Arts Fund
Mary and Charles Oshinsky Memorial Fund for Dance Programs
Eva and Simon Resnek Endowment for Children’s Scholarships

Early Childhood

Hon. Sydney S. Asher Endowment Fund
Edith Barry Single Parent Fund*
Bender-Dosik Parenting Center Endowment Fund
Sally A. Goldberg Memorial Fund
Toni Goodman Early Childhood Discretionary Fund
Warren and Diane Gould Family Early Childhood Special Purpose Fund
Yetta and Harris Hacken Memorial Fund for Support of Deserving Children
Ida and Nathan Hurwitz Purim Fund
Infant Day Care Endowment Fund
Ethel and Ben Kornhauser Endowment Fund for Early Childhood Staff Enrichment*
Samuel Lehrman Past President’s Fund
Harriet Nahum Early Childhood Scholarship Fund
Larry Osterman Nursery School Scholarship Fund
Kitty and Henry Reiner Early Childhood Endowment Fund
Eugene N. and Gerald L. Reiser Memorial Endowment Fund for Early Childhood Education Programs
Eva and Simon Resnek Endowment for Children’s Scholarships
Joyce and Benjamin Schlesinger Endowment for Child Care and Young People’s Programs
Abraham and Anna L. Shulman Child Day Care Fund
Marc Jeffrey Streidel Memorial Playground Fund
Minna and Jacob (Jack) L. Taishoff Day Care Enrichment Fund

General Purposes

Adella and Louis Friedman Memorial Fund for the Needy
Bernard M. Weisz Past Presidents Fund for Leadership Development

Beth Sloan Past President’s Endowment

Dale Singer Memorial Leadership Development Endowment

Edward H. Kaplan Special Purpose Fund

Edward L. and Evelyn P. Brady Endowment

Elaine and Stanley Rosensweig Endowment Fund

Eleanor B. Sirkis Award for Professional Achievement

Fanaroff and Blum General Purposes Endowment Fund

Flora M. Stetson Memorial Fund

Fred and Ida Kogod Discretionary Fund

Gerald and Deana Stempler Fund

Harry D. and Joy Friedman Endowment

Irwin Altman Memorial Endowment Fund

Isor and Bella Gildenhorn Memorial Fund

Jeanette Orbach Scholarship Fund

Joseph and Mollie Muchnick Endowment Fund

Joseph Robinowitz Fund for Special Projects

Lawrence Kirstein Memorial Endowment Fund

Michael S. Gildenhorn Past President’s Fund

Morris Marinoff Memorial FundDonate Today!

Health & Wellness

Morris Z. and Vivian Cohn Fund for Special Recreation Services
Coopers and Lybrand Fund for Sports and Fitness Programs
Marc Goodman Memorial Endowment Fund for Sports Activities for Children
Matthew Kaplan Memorial Fund for Sports for Handicapped Children
Richard B. Reff, M.D. Maccabi Youth Games Endowment Fund
Edward Rosenblum Fund for Excellence in Amateur Sports
Herman Siegel Endowment Fund for Health & Fitness
Beatrice and Benjamin Zohn Health Education Fund

Jewish Family Living and Learning/Interfaith Outreach

Marcella and Neil Cohen Interfaith Endowment Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Dessoff Memorial Fund for Hebrew Literacy
Dweck Family Hebrew Language Endowment Fund
Jack and Patricia Glass Endowment for Judaic Education
Edward H. Kaplan Past President’s Endowment Fund
Daniel Leivick Memorial Fund for Yiddish Projects
Elaine S. Mann Endowment Fund for Israel Education Programs
Phyllis G. Margolius Endowment for the Celebration of Israel
Wendy Anne Ochsman Memorial Fund for Women’s Programs
Past President’s Fund
Plotkin Jewish Traditions Endowment Fund
Henry S. and Anne S. Reich Education Endowment Fund
Lawrence B. Sadoff Fund for Jewish Education
Sklar Zuckerman Endowment Fund to Promote Ahavat Yisrael
Charles E. Smith Special Purpose Fund
Ruth and George Sorkin Jewish Family History Fund
Benjamin Weinberg Memorial Fund for Jewish Learning
Jeffrey Wolpe Memorial Fund

Literary Arts

Kass Judaic Library Endowment Fund
Maxwell and Esther Ornstein Hurston Literary Arts Program Fund

Music

Bernard Jacknin Memorial Concert Fund

Bertha Baitz Memorial Concert Fund

Dr. Isadore Lattman Music Scholarship Fund

Eva and Simon Resnek Endowment for Children’s Scholarships

Geraldine and Howard Polinger Concert Endowment Fund

JCC Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund

Marge Freedman Fund for Living Music

Max Gruber Music Scholarship Fund

Nora Davenport Memorial Music Fund

Rebecca Roemer Music Scholarship Fund

Ruth Sragow Newhouse Endowment Fund for Music Scholarships

Sally Leff Fund

Shirley Udelson Cultural Arts Endowment

Vera and Ralph Deckelbaum Music Endowment Fund

Resettlement

Saul Bendit Welcome Newcomer Program Endowment
Frances K. Stern Memorial Fund for New Americans

Sarah’s Sisters & Women’s Studies

Rosalie Gerber Women’s Studies Endowment Fund
Roz Jonas Past President’s Endowment Fund for Creative Programming Initiatives
Wendy Anne Ochsman Memorial Fund for Women’s Programs
Beth Sloan Past President’s Endowment
Sarah’s Sisters Endowment Fund

Senior Adult Programs

Lillian S. and Alfred L. Bennett Senior Adult Program Enrichment Fund
Ruth K. Berke Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Sara and Towia “Ted” Diener Memorial Fund for Senior Citizens’ Health and Fitness
Feith Family Senior Adult Transportation Fund
Rosalie and Leon Gerber Senior Seminars Endowment
Hymen and Sadie Goldman Memorial Fund
Ralph Goldsmith Senior Adult Fund
Greenwald Family and Friends Endowment for Senior Adult Programs
Mary and Harry Harris Endowment Fund for Senior Adult Programs
George and Tess Hurwitz Internal Light Fund
Sam Kagan Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Deena and Jerome A. Kaplan Fund for Senior Adult Programming
Louis and Lillian Kaplan Fund for Senior Adults
Sarah Gertrude Kay Arts and Crafts Programs and Projects for Senior Adults Endowment Fund
Shirley Robinowitz Kullen & Reff Family Endowment for Senior Programs
Sybil and Irving L Haberman Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Joseph and Sarah Levengard Endowment Fund for Senior Adult Programs
G. Pearl Pollack Endowment Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Dr. Coleman and Sylvia Raphael Endowment for Older Adult Programs
Morris and Sonia Savage Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Education Programs
Marjorie and Martin Schwartzberg Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Senior Adult Enrichment Fund**
Service Guild of Washington Endowment for Senior Adults
Josephine C. Stein Memorial Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Andrew M. Stern Past President’s Endowment Fund to Benefit Senior Adult Programming
Sweetbaum Family Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Endowment Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Sam and Rebecca Weistock Endowment Fund for Senior Adult Programs
Wubnig Endowment Fund*
Beatrice and Benjamin Zohn Health Education Fund

Singles

The Emil and Flora Lachman Memorial Fund

Special Needs

Sandra and Clem Alpert Special Needs Fund
Stanley S. Bender Endowment Fund for the Special Needs Inclusion Program at Camp JCC
Lee and Ellen Burstyn Family Fund for Campers with Disabilities
Melvin S. and Ryna G. Cohen Fund for Exceptional Children with Special Needs
Irving and Ruth Fogel Fund for Exceptional Children
Benjamin L. Friedberg Endowment Fund for Children with Special Needs
Alma and Joseph B. Gildenhorn Endowment for Children with Special Needs
Joan Kaplan Gindes Scholarship Fund for Children with Special Needs
Goldberg Goldman Endowment for Sports Activities for Children with Special Needs
William G. Goldstein Memorial Fund for Adults with Special Needs
Dr. Sharyn Gould Endowment Fund for Special Needs
Nancy Moses Greenblatt Endowment Fund
Jack and Dorothy Greif – Sam and Sarah Bohm Scholarship Fund for Jewish Children with Special Needs
Bertha and Isadore Gudelsky Exceptional Swim Program Endowment Fund
Gary Hirschel Memorial Fund
David Lev Kandel Memorial Endowment
Matthew Kaplan Memorial Fund for Sports for Handicapped Children
Celia and Fred S. Kogod Endowment Fund for Special Needs Children
Marilyn and Bill Lane Endowment Fund for Children with Special Needs
Frank Lazarus Memorial Endowment for Exceptional Children
Paul and Terry Lubar Endowment for the Enrichment of Staff Serving Children with Disabilities
Paul Albert McVearry Endowment Fund for Special Needs Camp Scholarships
Elizabeth Diane Mintz Fund for Special Children
Shirley and Ervin Ornstein Endowment Fund for Special Needs Children
Aviva Kaufman Penn Memorial Fund for Special Needs Programming
Hyman M. and Phillip D. Perlo Endowment Fund for Children with Special Needs
Danny Rosenberg Memorial Endowment
Shema V’Ezer Bar/Bat Mitzvah Endowment Fund
Sports Hall of Fame Endowment Fund
Sasha Elizabeth Stavins “Eensy Weensy Spider” Fund for Adaptive Equipment
Josh, Mac and John VerStandig Endowment for Special Needs
Saul Weiss Winter and Summer Camp Scholarship Fund for Children with Special Needs
Jane L. Weiner Endowment for Accommodating Hearing Loss
Joseph and Edith Weisz Family Endowment to Benefit Children with Special Needs

Teen Programs and Teens with Special Needs

Brad and Monique Buckles Family Endowment for Youth Programs
Eig Life Planning Center for Teens Endowment Fund
Lesley Israel Endowment Fund for Teen Programs
Vivian and Morton Rabineau Teen Volunteer Award Fund
Richard B. Reff, M.D. Maccabi Youth Games Endowment Fund
Marion and Sidney Rubin Endowment Fund for Teen Programming*
Leo and Goldyne Schlosberg Youth Citizenship Fund
Isadore and Claire Steinberg Fund for Evening Programs for Teens with Special Needs
Eva F. and Herbert E. Weiner Endowment Fund

Volunteer Services

Gloria and Lee Derkay Volunteer Services Endowment
Rose and Harold Kramer Community Service Fund
Vivian and Morton Rabineau Teen Volunteer Award Fund
Jacob Siegel and Sarah Siegel Sacks Memorial Fund for Volunteer Services