Our Mission is You
Serving Greater Long Beach
Our Purpose
Jewish Long Beach creates meaningful spaces and programs to connect you with our community. We aim to bring your family a genuine bond within our inclusive tent.
We safeguard Jewish life for the future through foundations, grants, and security. Our robust programs ensure a vibrant, protected future for our community and beyond.
Through our steadfast support of Beach Hillel and Jewish Family & Children’s Services (JFCS), we invest in the wellbeing of Jewish youth and vulnerable community members. By providing financial support and volunteer resources, we help these vital organizations nurture Jewish identity, deliver essential social services, and strengthen communities for generations to come.
Our Impact (2024)
Whether you’re fulfilling a pledge or donating for the first time, your donation makes a lasting impact!
Thinking of You
Tributes & Memorials
Tributes and memorials are the perfect way to honor loved ones, weddings, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs, graduation, birthdays, baby naming, and more.
You can fill out the form below to get started.
Making an Impact
Other Ways to Give
- Tzedakah Box
- Give to any of the tzedakah boxes on the Weinberg Campus or give online. Supports a different worthy cause each quarter.
- Subscribe to the Chronicle
- Your voluntary subscription (donation) supports free local Jewish community news
- Business Partners
- Corporate AJCC Membership rates, Chronicle advertising credit, and more
- Donate a Car
- Donate any type of motor vehicle in any condition
Creating a Legacy
Planned Giving Through Jewish Long Beach
Everyone can leave a legacy. What will yours be? Your planned gift can support any program or cause. See all of your planned giving options through Jewish Long Beach below.
Charitable Bequest
Protect the people you love. Help ensure the future. Your will makes it happen.
- Retain control of assets during your lifetime
- Provides permanent resources for organizations important to you
- Established through your will or trust
- May be made in any amount—not matter how small or large
- Reduces estate taxes
Charitable Gift Annuities
Make an enduring contribution to charity while enjoying substantial financial benefits
- A simple, uncomplicated vehicle for planned giving
- Provides a guaranteed annual income to you and/or your spouse or another loved one, with a portion tax-free
- Provides a current charitable income tax deduction and a reduction of your taxable estate
- Defers capital gains tax for gifts of appreciated securities
- Convert low and non-producing assets into higher income
Charitable Lead Trusts
Transfer assets to the next generation in the future with significant tax advantages.
- Offsets gift and estate taxes on intergenerational transfers of assets
- Eliminates gift or estate tax on future appreciation of the transferred assets
- Donor provides for a charitable cause during his/her lifetime
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Leave a lasting gift to charity. Receive income for life.
- Provides attractive lifetime income for you and your beneficiaries
- Converts low income producing assets into higher income stream
- Provides opportunity for Donor to be involved in the investment process
- Eliminates initial tax on capital gain for contributed appreciated property
- Provides current income tax charitable deduction
- Avoids estate taxes on contributed assets
- Enables you to make a significant contribution to the Jewish community
Donor Advised Philanthropic Fund (DAPF)
Centralize your charitable dollars into one convenient account.
- Fair-market-value tax deductions for contributions
- Active involvement in selecting charities
- Unlimited number of distributions with a minimum of $50
- No administrative fees charged for fund management
- Personalized service and philanthropic expertise provided
- Opportunity to build a family legacy through charitable giving
Life Insurance
Make a significant difference to a charity at a relatively small cost.
- Provides a charitable gift tax deduction
- Total avoidance of estate taxes
- Turn a small contribution into a major gift
Retirement Assets
Make an enduring contribution while avoiding high probate fees and estate taxes.
- Gifts are 100% free from federal estate and income tax
- Gifts are distributed outside the costly and cumbersome probate process
- Retirement asset gifts enable you to leave less tax-burdened assets to heirs
Not sure which option is right for you? Click here to view our Reference Guide.
Ready to start your legacy? Contact Kevin Giser at kgiser@jewishlongbeach.org or 562.426.7601 X1011 to get started.
Prefer not to donate online? You can also:
Donate by Phone: Call Jewish Long Beach and pay by credit card at (562) 426-7601 during business hours.
Mail a Check: Make your check payable to Jewish Long Beach and mail it to us at: 3801 E. Willow Street, Long Beach CA 90815.
Jewish Long Beach is 501(c)3 non profit. Tax ID #: 95-1647830.
