Congregation Agudat Achim relies on generous donations to supplement its members' dues in order to promote various programs. When considering a donation, please review the options below and click on the "Donate" link to process your contribution. We appreciate any support you can provide to our growth and well-being!
On this page, you may:
You may also mail a check to the synagogue or call the synagogue office to make a secure debit/credit card donation by phone.
Below is a list of funds that you can choose from.
SYNAGOGUE FUNDS
Restricted Funds:
Adult Education - Supporting our general Adult Education programming
Youth Activities - Kadima & USY subsidies, Tot Shabbat expenses
Library - Book purchases and supplies
Prayer Book Fund - Chumashim & Siddurim purchase at direction of the Ritual Committee
Health & Accessibility - Handicapped accessibility signs, wheelchairs, etc.
Keren Ami - School tzedakah box collections, disbursed by religious school director
Judaica - Religious item purchases
David Feingold Memorial Fund - Annual award to one CAA Hebrew High School graduate
School Discretionary Fund - Supports projects & purchases at the discretion of the religious school director
Oral History - Excess funds from the 100th anniversary for oral history archive project
Kathy & Carl Englebardt Hospitality Fund
Other Funds:
General Fund
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Biblical Garden
Tzedakah
Catering
Cemetery Operations (supports expenses toward groundskeeping of cemetery)
Cemetery Improvements (Memorial Garden maintenance, routine maintenance throughout)
Laura Scheinzeit Cemetery Beautification Fund (entrance garden maintenance)
Hospitality (supports Kiddush expenses and other similar services)
Security Fund (supports expense of security guard on premises during services, temporarily supporting expenses toward health and safety when inside the synagogue building)
Anita Merims Fund (supports Ways & Means)
EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUNDS
The Henry Shaffer bequest led to the establishment of the Education Endowment in 1982.
Undesignated Funds:
Education Endowment
Edwin & Judy Brown Family Fund
Sara & Irving Handelman Fund
Samuel & Augusta Englebardt Fund
Michael Handelman Learning Fund
Eric Bilgore Gold Youth Fund
Hutten Family Memorial Fund
Irving & Sylvia Yulman Fund
Samuel & Mae Silverman Fund
Paul Doigan Memorial Fund
Mildred & Martin Becker Fund
George & Sonia Young Fund
Fred Schneider Memorial Fund
Designated Funds: (specified purposes)
Sadie Schneider Rosh Hodesh Learning Fund
Youth Scholarships
Joseph Cohen Memorial Lecture Fund
Alan Westheimer Education in Israel Fund
Prager Family Jewish Music Fund
Philip Stark Visual Arts Fund
Adult Education Fund (separate from Restricted Adult Ed fund, allows Adult Ed Committee to appropriate other monies for programming)
Dorothy Golub Spira Israel Experience Fund
Siddur Dedication:
Please consider dedicating a copy of our Siddur Sim Shalom in honor of or in memory of a dear one for $25. Provide the necessary information in the "Description" area.