Giving. Your Way.
Support the charities and causes that you value most.
Choose the way you want to start giving.
Why Choose MN JCF
When you have a fund at MN JCF, we provide you and your family with unique Jewish philanthropic expertise and support, valuable tools, and the knowledge to make your charitable planned giving personalized, thoughtful, and tax beneficial. Your gift allows you to be there when help is needed-today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
However you want to “repair the world,” we connect you with causes and organizations (Jewish and non-Jewish) that embody your Jewish values.
Benefits of Having a Fund
Having a fund at MN JCF makes your giving easy – we do the work for you so you can focus on enjoying your philanthropy.
Save money on taxes. Every time you donate to your fund, it is tax deductible. You get the same tax advantages and fund logistics as you would at any other DAF sponsor (including commercial investment firms). Money in your fund grows tax-free over time so you have more to give. If you donate appreciated stock, you avoid capital gains taxes – a huge tax savings.
Personal service by people who know you. You receive the highest level of personal and timely customer service by people who know you; you know your philanthropic advisor and they know you, what you value, and your philanthropic goals.
Double Mitzvah: 100% of what you do through MN JCF is charitable. You are giving to charity through your fund and the administrative fee is like a donation that goes to another Jewish non-profit; it supports a local Jewish organization and stays within the community, allowing you to maximize your charitable giving.
Triple Mitzvah: in addition to the double mitzvah, whenever grants are sent from your fund at MN JCF, they have the word “Jewish” in them, which lets the non-Jewish recipients know that the Jewish community cares about them.
Quadruple Mitzvah: in addition to the triple mitzvah, if you choose the Jewish Advocacy Investment Pool investment option for your fund, you are literally investing in your Jewish values.
There are many different and tax-beneficial ways you can contribute to your fund. Learn more.
Administrative Fees
A competitive administrative fee is charged which funds MN JCF’s expenses, operations, and work. It is charged monthly based on the average balance of the fund (calculated using the beginning and ending month balances) and deducted directly from your fund in the following month.
The following are the annual fee schedules for different fund types at MN JCF.
* Depending on the asset amount in this type of fund, as laid out in this table, it may be subject to a multi-tiered fee structure.
To illustrate, for a fund with a monthly balance of $10,000, the fee would be approximately $8/month. That is roughly the cost of two Starbucks coffees.
MN JCF’s guiding principle is to charge the lowest administrative fee that, nonetheless, enables MN JCF to effectively support its mission. We periodically review our administrative fee structure to ensure that it remains competitive.
Investment management expenses are deducted directly from the total return of the investments allocated to your fund.