Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School Awarded $25,000 PEJE Challenge Award

Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School is pleased to announce that our school was awarded a 2011 PEJE Challenge Award—a $25,000 grant awarded to schools that have developed initiatives to drive increased revenue through innovation. Beth Tfiloh was selected out of 141 applications from across North America.

“The challenge for applicants was to think innovatively, to defy their status quo, and to initiate bold changes within their school with the intention of stimulating growth in one of their key revenue streams” said Amy Katz, Executive Director at PEJE.

Beth Tfiloh’s application focused on our legacy giving development efforts. Since the launch of this initiative, our expanded planned giving program now includes the Kadima Legacy Society, which recognizes members of the Beth Tfiloh community who have made arrangements during their lifetime to leave a Legacy Gift to Beth Tfiloh. Additionally, Beth Tfiloh offers planned giving education for both our school and congregational leadership, teaching them how to make their own legacy gifts, as well as to encourage other in the community to follow their example. To help inspire future legacy gifts, Beth Tfiloh has profiled current legacy gift donors in various communications throughout our organization.

Special thanks to our Legacy Development Chair, Ricka Neuman, Vice-Chair, Ken Hornstein, and Linda Hurwitz along with Calla Samuels who helped with the grant writing process. We are so proud to receive this award and wanted you to share in our accomplishment.