Congregation Agudat Achim

Funds & Endowments

Restricted Funds

  • Youth Activities – Kadima & USY subsidies, Tot Shabbat expenses
  • Library – Book purchases and supplies
  • Prayer Book Fund – Chumashim & Siddurim purchase at the direction of the Ritual Committee
  • Health & Accessibility – Handicapped accessibility signs, wheelchairs, etc.
  • Judaica – Religious item purchases
  • Kathy & Carl Englebardt Hospitality Fund
  • Biblical Garden – Supports the maintenance of the Biblical Garden outside our front doors
  • Capital – Major synagogue capital expenses

Other Funds

  • General Fund – Supports general synagogue operations
  • Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund – Rabbi makes private donations as needed
  • School Discretionary Fund – Supports projects & purchases at the discretion of the religious school director
  • Tzedakah Fund – Supports charities
  • Social Justice / Tikkun Olam – Supports social justice work
  • Adult Education – Supporting our general Adult Education programming
  • Catering – Supports Catering operations
  • Cemetery Operations/Perpetual Care – Cemetery groundskeeping
  • Cemetery Improvements/Capital Fund – Routine maintenance throughout, including Memorial Garden
  • Laura Scheinzeit Cemetery Beautification Fund – Entrance garden maintenance
  • Kiddush – Supports Kiddush expenses
  • Hospitality – Supports Congregational meal/gathering expenses
  • Security Fund – Security presence during in-person events
  • Anita Merims Fund – Supports Ways & Means (unrestricted use)
  • High Holiday Fund – From the high holiday appeal; supports the general fund.

Education Endowment Funds

The Henry Schaffer 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
  • Irving & Sylvia Yulman Fund
  • Samuel & Mae Silverman Fund
  • Paul Doigan Memorial Fund
  • Mildred & Martin Becker Fund
  • George & Sonia Young Fund
  • Fred Schneider Memorial Fund
  • Ruth Seaman Memorial Fund
  • Bill and Barbara Rowen Memorial Fund

Designated Funds: (specified purposes)

  • Sadie Schneider Rosh Hodesh Learning Fund – Programs for congregants’ personal growth
  • Youth Scholarships – Educational scholarships for teens
  • Joseph Cohen Memorial Lecture Fund – Lectures on Bible or Israel
  • Alan Westheimer Education in Israel Fund – Teen travel to Israel
  • Prager Family Jewish Music Fund – Jewish musical events
  • Philip Stark Visual Arts Fund – Artwork and decoration in the building
  • Adult Education Fund- Adult education programming
  • Dorothy Golub Spira Israel Experience Fund – b’nei mitzvah gifts for Israel visits
  • Hutten Family Memorial Fund – b’nei mitzvah gifts of Judaica
  • David Feingold Memorial Fund – Annual award to one CAA Hebrew High School graduate