Did you know? 100% of our operating budget comes from alumni, parents, and friends like you. There are many ways you can support Duke's Jewish community by making a gift today.
You can make your gift to Jewish Life at Duke securely and easily right here on our website!
Select "Duke University" as the grantee, Tax ID: 56-0532129. Copy and paste the following into the free text field to designate the funds accordingly: "Jewish Life at Duke Fund Code 1132340."
Using the Fidelity Charitable Grant portal? Select Select "Duke University" as the grantee, Tax ID: 56-0532129. In the "Use" field, select "Create your own," and enter the following into the custom use free text field: "Jewish Life at Duke Fund Code 1132340."
To donate by phone, call Duke’s Alumni & Development Records Office at (919) 684-2338 or Jewish Life at Duke at (919) 684-6422.
Want to donate through your employer's matching gift program? Find out if a particular organization will match your gift.
You can make a gift of stock easily online. Under Designate my Gift, please indicate "Jewish Life at Duke"
Our Federal Tax Identification Number is 56-0532129 (Duke University). Gifts to Jewish Life at Duke are tax-exempt, and apply toward your total giving to Duke University.
To donate by mail, take your check payable to “Jewish Life at Duke” and send it to the following address:
Jewish Life at Duke
Alumni & Development Records
Duke University
Box 90581
Durham, NC 27708-0581
Please include a note if your gift is in memory or in honor of a loved one and include the honoree’s email or mailing address if you would like them to be notified (gift amount will not be shared).
Parents and grandparents of current students who make a gift of $360 or above are entitled to membership in the Jewish Life at Duke Parents Circle.
Your support helps Jewish Life at Duke provide a warm and welcoming home-away-from-home for your student. In appreciation, Parents Circle members may select one of the following appreciation gifts: a parent (or grandparent) T-shirt, power bank, or embossed journal.
Jewish Life at Duke's endowment helps ensure the vitality of the Jewish community at Duke in perpetuity. Unrestricted endowments can be established with a gift of $50,000 or more; endowments established with gifts of $100,000 or more may be designated to specific programs or areas of interest.
To learn more about endowment giving and our funding priorities, please contact Joyce Gordon, Director for Jewish Life at Duke at 919-681-2911 or by email at joyce.gordon@duke.edu.
We are grateful to all of our donors. In addition to endowment donors, those at the following giving levels are acknowledged in the Jewish Life at Duke annual report:
Deciding how to allocate your gift? You can support Jewish Life at Duke in a number of ways, including:
Gifts made through a will, retirement account designation, or life income gift may allow you to provide lasting support for Jewish Life at Duke while accomplishing your own personal and financial goals. To learn more about supporting the future of our Jewish community and Duke or to notify us of your intentions to make a legacy gift, please contact Aviv Sheetrit, Associate Director for External Relations at 919-684-1949 or by email at aviv.sheetrit@duke.eduor our liaison in the Office of Gift Planning, Jeremy Arkin, at 919-613-6195 or by email at jeremy.arkin@duke.edu.
25 by '25: Give to Commemorate our 20th Anniversary
As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke University, we look ahead to our future. What better way to celebrate two decades of Duke’s Jewish home-away-from-home than by ensuring its endurance for generations to come?
“Just as my ancestors planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who will come after me.”
-Talmud
25 by ’25 is a 5-year planned giving campaign to support the future of Jewish Life at Duke University. In partnership with Duke’s Office of Gift Planning, our goal is to secure 25 legacy gifts by 2025, and we need your help.
Join your fellow Duke Jewish alumni, parents and friends by remembering Jewish Life at Duke with a legacy gift in your will, trust or retirement account.
Welcome to the Duke Heritage Society
A gift to Jewish Life at Duke is a gift to Duke: Your planned gift to Jewish Life at Duke grants you membership in the Duke Heritage Society, honoring alumni and friends who have included Duke in their estate plans or have made another type of planned gift to Duke. You will receive a Duke Heritage Society lapel pin and certificate, will be invited to special events, and can elect to receive the quarterly Duke Blueprints e-newsletter.
Ways to Give
Plan your estate and charitable giving in a way that benefits you, your family, and Duke’s Jewish community. Enjoy tax and income benefits by giving in one of the following ways:
How to Get Started
Making a legacy gift to Jewish Life at Duke can be rewarding and relatively simple.
If you have already included Jewish Life at Duke in your estate plans — thank you! We invite you to share your confidential and non-binding estimate by contacting Aviv Sheetrit at 919-684-6422 or aviv.sheetrit@duke.edu.
The Senior Giving Challenge raises awareness in the senior class about the role of philanthropy in the Duke experience, and encourages seniors to make a donation of any amount to any area at Duke before they graduate.
Seniors, did you know that you can designate your senior gift to Jewish Life at Duke? 100% of JLD's operating budget is funded by donations; all the programs, meals, and opportunities you've loved are made by possible by philanthropic donations.
Make Your Donation
Three Ways to Make Your Senior Gift
Search for @DukeSeniorFund, Comment: Jewish Life at Duke
Celebrate your Mentor!
Has someone you know made all the difference in your Duke experience? Honor them with your senior gift!
Here’s how
Contact Aviv Sheetrit, Associate Director for External Relations, at 919-684-1949 or by email: aviv.sheetrit@duke.edu.