Distributions from the Kay Family Marin Outreach Fund are used to increase the visibility of Jewish Family and Children’s Services in Marin County so that local residents can become fully aware of the wide range of services our agency offers. This is the second JFCS Named Endowment Fund established by Barbara and Barry Kay and their daughters, Julie and Jenna. Their first endowment fund honors the memory of Barbara’s parents. The family chose to dedicate the Kay Family Marin Outreach Fund in honor of JFCS staff and volunteers—past, present and future—who, by sharing their expertise and caring and by meeting… Read More

May their memories be for a blessing. Established in 1997, the Joyce and Ernest Lampert Endowment Fund helps make it possible for older adults in need to receive the loving, expert home care services they require to remain living safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible. By creating their Named Endowment Fund at JFCS, the Lamperts honored the memory of their parents in a perpetual and meaningful way. Freda and Max Steinberg, Joyce’s parents, immigrated to Toronto from Russia when both were quite young. Once grown and married, Max went into the ladies’ clothing business,… Read More

The Albert and Victoria Carsen and Etta Singer Memorial Fund provides direct and practical support for Bay Area seniors, helping to ensure that they are able to remain living safely and with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. Susan Carsen, a longtime JFCS friend, established this fund in loving memory of her parents, Victoria and Albert Carsen, and her maternal grandmother, Etta Singer. Susan’s mother, Victoria, a native New Yorker, maintained season tickets to a variety of cultural events until her death. Her many friends ensured that Victoria was able to get to the shows, concerts,… Read More

The Dollinger Family Fund provides a perpetual source of support for individuals and families in need of critical assistance. The Dollinger Family Fund was established in the summer of 2004, in celebration of Marci and Marc Dollinger’s 10th wedding anniversary. Marci, who hails from Memphis, Tennessee, and San Francisco-born Marc, initially lived in Los Angeles. In 2002, they relocated to Marin, where they raised their two daughters—Rebecca, who at age 8 had just completed the second grade at Brandeis Hillel when this fund was created in 2004—and Shayna, then 4 and a preschooler at the Jewish Community Center. Marc is… Read More

The Benjamin and Elizabeth Leavitt Fund, established by Barbara and Barry Kay in loving memory of Barbara’s parents, provides financial support for the comprehensive social services that JFCS offers to Russian emigres, helping them build successful new lives in the Bay Area. Born in 1903 in Plissa, Wilna Geberne, Benjamin Leavitt emigrated from Russia with his parents when he was 12. The family settled in the small Connecticut town of Fitchville, but eventually Benjamin moved to Bridgeport and went into business as one of the original owners of a Hertz franchise. Barbara’s mother, Elizabeth, affectionately called Betty, was born in… Read More

The LGBT Fund permanently endows Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ LGBT Program, which offers targeted services for the Bay Area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their family members. A former JFCS Board member and chair of our LGBT Leadership Task Force, which advises the agency on strategies to grow and strengthen our innovative LGBT program, established this named continuity fund in loving memory of Stephen G. Perger and Donald Yaquinto. By doing so, she has permanently endowed a JFCS program that recognizes and addresses the specific needs of the area’s LGBT community, especially its Jewish component. If you… Read More