About Our Funds
Kol Ami General Fund
The Kol Ami General Fund is our annual fundraising campaign and Kol Ami’s main source of operating support beyond membership dues and tuition. Gifts to the fund enable us to continue responding with innovation to our community’s needs. Only through our members' generosity can we achieve our mission, hire talented staff, provide our members with world-class music, and uphold the highest standards of learning and worship to transform the way people experience Jewish life.
Religious School
Giving to the Religious School helps fund the scholarship program and further the school's mission.
Jewish Lifelong Learning
Giving to the JLL helps to create premier programming for our members and those in the community wanting to learn more about Jewish life and customs.
Early Childhood Education
Help the ECE maintain its beautiful building, create more learning experiences for the children, and supply them with needed educational tools.
7th Grade Youth Philanthropy Fund
This fund helps the 7th graders give back to projects and people in need.
Youth Group Programming
Help our youth group create engaging programs and experiences so they can continue to help grow in their faith and community.
Kol Ami Summer Camp Scholarship Fund
Help to sponsor Jewish youth summer camp attendance.
Clergy Discretionary Fund
This fund provides resources for the clergy to help those in need and supplement the synagogue's programming and activities. There is an option to give to Rabbi Cohen or Cantor Jen Benrey’s fund.
Oneg Fund
Our oneg is a meaningful weekly celebration, and we are incredibly grateful to those who choose to donate for all of us to enjoy.
Kol Ami Cares
The Kol Ami Cares Committee makes sure all of our members who are ill or in need of company receive it. They also make meals of condolence after a loved one’s death.
Dr. Bernard Dickstein Memorial Endowment
Used for the general support of Kol Ami.
Rabbi Bilgray Lecture Endowment
The Bilgray Lectureship is a joint project co-sponsored by Kol Ami and the University of Arizona. In cooperation with the University's Program of Judaic Studies, it brings to Tucson distinguished authorities in the realm of Judaic Studies.
Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray served as the rabbi of Temple Emanu-El from 1947-1972 and as emeritus rabbi thereafter. The Lectureship seeks to perpetuate the rabbinic and scholarly emphases of Rabbi Bilgray's career through a popular presentation on Jewish life and literature and through an academic, scholarly approach.
Ruth & Samuel Cohen Rabbinic Chair
More information coming soon.
Men of Kol Ami (MoKA)
Help fund MoKA as they create belonging and serve the congregation throughout the year.
Honorary List of Funds
We recognize the donors who created these funds to honor and memorialize their loved ones.
· 2nd Century Legacy Endowment
· Adelstein Tzedakah Fund
· Bernice Epstein Social Action Fund
· Clara F. Bloom Library Fund
· David & Helen Plotkin Student Fund
· Dorothy & Seneca Erman Memorial Concert Fund
· Goldfarb Family Youth Fund
· Gordon First Gallery Fund
· Jacobson Scholarship Fund
· Jessica Issaharov Fund
· Lillyan A. Kaplan SACTACC
· Ruth & Samuel Cohen Outreach Program
· Marcia Goldberg Fund
· Marcus Family Fund
· Mintz Youth Fund
· Myerson Campership Fund
· Rebecca Katz Memorial Youth Library Fund
· Sam & Jane Kurn B’nai Mitzvah Fund