April 29, 2012
A Philanthropist Helps Small Charities Win Bequests
Camp B’nai B’rith, in Beaverton, Ore., got training in how to create this bequest brochure from a program started by a Jewish philanthropist. Campers in Wisconsin will also benefit from the same program, which has already attracted 100 bequest pledges.
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Camp B’nai B’rith, in Beaverton, Ore., got training in how to create this bequest brochure from a program started by a Jewish philanthropist. Campers in Wisconsin will also benefit from the same program, which has already attracted 100 bequest pledges.
Harold Grinspoon is a generous donor to Jewish causes, but he also wants other people to give money to causes he cares about. So he’s spreading an idea devised by the Jewish Community Foundation San Diego to help small charities seek bequests and other types of planned gifts.
Four years ago, his foundation created a program to help Jewish camps learn to ask their supporters to leave them money in their wills. The foundation put up money for training and coaching and offered
