

Support Hillel Academy’s Endowment Funds
When you donate to Hillel Academy’s endowment funds, you help us provide permanent, long-term support for our core missions. Hillel Academy is dedicated to nurturing a community of lifelong learners – students, faculty, and staff – who embrace the spirit of inquiry and understand the importance of continuous personal and intellectual growth.
Our endowment funds play a crucial role in maintaining this dynamic educational environment through teacher development, ensuring that Hillel remains accessible for families who value our learning community but may face financial barriers.
At Hillel Academy, we are committed to making Jewish education accessible to all. Each year, we provide almost half a million dollars in financial aid to ensure that Jewish education is affordable for every family. We invite you to learn more about our endowment funds and consider making a gift to support Hillel Academy’s continued success.
Scholarship Funds
Our scholarship funds help make Jewish education possible for all families at Hillel Academy:
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Allan Fox Scholarship Endowment Fund
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Hillel School of Tampa Scholarship Endowment Fund
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Jonathan Anton Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Chernin Family Scholarship Endowment Fund
Educational Funds
These funds provide critical support for our educational programs, materials, and enrichment:
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Bernard & Sherle Solomon Educational Fund (supports materials and educational resources)
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Hillel Day School Library Endowment Fund (supports library resources and programs)
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Mike Eisenstadt Fund for Music Education (supports music education programs)
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Hillel School Unrestricted Endowment (supports the school’s general operations and needs)
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Steve & Laura Kreitzer Hillel School Endowment Fund (supports special programs and projects)
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Miriam Lengyel Endowment Fund (supports general educational initiatives)
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Schilit Family Endowment Fund
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Wainberg Family Endowment Fund
Professional Development Funds
Investing in our educators through ongoing professional development ensures that we continue to provide the best educational experience:
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Hillel School of Tampa Professional Development Endowment Fund
Your generosity ensures Hillel Academy’s continued excellence in education, Jewish identity, and community building for generations to come.
What are the different ways to make an Endowment Gift?
There are a variety of ways to make a gift to Hillel Academy’s Endowment. To learn more and to make a gift contact Director of Advancement, Julie Begani, development@hillelacademytampa.com
Some of the most popular options include:
Cash/Securities
Cash gifts or securities (stocks and bonds) may be given in a single sum or paid over a multi-year installment plan. Donations of appreciated stocks will eliminate paying taxes on the gains.
Bequests
A simple but powerful way to make a gift is to name Hillel Academy in your estate plan. You can leave a specific monetary sum, or a percentage of your estate to Hillel. If you have already named Hillel Academy in your will, please let us know, or if you need sample language of a codicil to state your intentions, please contact us.
Gifts of Retirement Funds
Retirement plans offer another simple opportunity for investing in Hillel Academy’s future. If retirement assets remain in your estate, your heirs may have to pay unnecessary income and estate taxes. By naming Hillel Academy as the beneficiary of your retirement plan, the amount passing to Hillel will not be subject to income or estate tax.
Life Insurance
An outright gift of a paid life insurance policy makes an excellent charitable donation. You can name Hillel Academy the beneficiary of an existing policy, or take out a new policy with Hillel as the owner and beneficiary.
Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)
Charitable remainder trusts are individual trusts that can be funded with appreciated property. Remainder annuity trusts distribute a fixed dollar amount of income, and remainder unitrusts distribute a variable amount either for a set term of years or for the lifetimes of the beneficiaries.
Hillel Academy then receives the remainder of the trust assets. Possible advantages include:
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Annual income for you and/or other beneficiaries
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An immediate charitable deduction
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Elimination of capital gains tax on appreciated stocks
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Estate tax savings
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Freedom from the burden of managing the property you put in the trust