$1 million challenge matching grant for Capital Campaign

By Marcy Friedland, Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director

We are excited to announce that a group of our donors have come forward to offer a challenge matching grant of up to $1 million! If we can raise the full amount by Aug. 31, 2021 your contribution will be matched dollar for dollar to help us build the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

Donate now and your contribution will be doubled!

We have raised $8.8 million and need everyone’s help in the community to achieve our goal of $10.5 million to build the center and another $4.5 million in endowments to sustain it for future generations.

This is your chance to make a first-time gift or increase your existing contribution to the Capital Campaign and have your money matched for DOUBLE the impact.

All pledges over $5,000 will qualify for a naming opportunity and can be paid over five years. For all contributions over $500, your name(s) will be published in the Federation Star.

To participate, fill out the envelope inserted into this issue and mail it to the office, call me at 239-263-4205 with a credit card or make your donation by going online to www.jewishnaples.org.

We urge you to contribute what you can before August 31 to help us meet this challenge matching grant.

Our deepest gratitude to Shelley and Steve Einhorn, Steve Iser, Debbie Laites and Ben Post, Bebe and Stephen Saks, Joan and Marc Saperstein, Jane Schiff, Phyllis and Michael (z”l) Seaman, and Arlene and Michael Sobol for their philanthropic generosity in creating this Capital Campaign challenge matching grant.

Your gift today can go even further in helping Jewish Federation of Greater Naples build the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. We can’t do this without you! For the latest update on our building process turn to page 3.