End of Year Giving 2021

Click to watch our 2021-22 Annual Campaign video.

Make a tax-deductible gift for 2021 by 11:59 PM on Friday, December 31.

The Annual Campaign supports the day to day life of this community — funding staff, scholarships and programs for members of all ages. Due to fluctuating factors beyond our control, revenue from membership contributions and education tuition is not keeping pace with our needs. While our members are actually contributing more per member to Beth Am, we are seeing a shrinking membership and Youth Education student pool due to demographic shifts in the area. This results in a larger gap that needs to be filled by the Annual Campaign and other fundraising.

There has always been a gap between what we collect in membership contributions and what it costs to provide our full range of service and care for those members. That’s a fact of life for every synagogue. This is true for youth education as well — there is roughly a 30% gap between what we charge for education tuition and what it actually costs. Because we want to keep our programs as accessible as possible, we accept this gap and the challenge to fill it through other means.

Our leadership team is working hard to budget carefully so that we can live within our means. It means a combination of reducing our expenses, and increasing our revenue.

We ask you to place Beth Am at the top of your year-end giving list, and for your extra generosity this year. To learn more, please visit www.betham.org/give or contact Mandy Eisner, (650) 493-4661, ext. 211.