It’s Your Legacy

IT’S YOUR LEGACY is a collaborative endowment program that benefits the St. Paul and Minneapolis Jewish community organizations, schools, and congregations. This program is funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul and the Minneapolis Jewish Federation in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ initiative, and enables donors to fulfill their philanthropic goals while strengthening the Twin Cities Jewish community, now and in the future. Legacies left by members of our community help sustain vital programs, services, and institutions that assist the vulnerable and advance Jewish life locally, in Israel, and around the world.

It’s Your Legacy just celebrated its first year of programming in the Twin Cities. We are pleased to announce that 28 participating Twin Cities Jewish organizations have secured 464 legacy commitments worth an estimated $18 million. This future influx of funding for our Jewish community is nothing short of transformational.

Minneapolis Jewish Federation, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY^TM program, initiated It’s Your Legacy as part of the national effort to infuse legacy into the culture of our Jewish communities.

As part of the one-year celebration, we asked some donors about their desire to leave a legacy gift to the local Jewish community and how the It’s Your legacy program helped shape that process.

Download the program from the Twin Cities It’s Your Legacy Event featuring our incredible community professional advisors who have sponsored It’s Your Legacy.

A Lasting Jewish Impact Is Well Within Your Reach

What Is IT’S YOUR LEGACY?

IT’S YOUR LEGACY represents a shared commitment by community organizations, schools, and congregations to work together to secure a vibrant Jewish future. IT’S YOUR LEGACY is sponsored and presented by the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul and the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and created in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY^TM program.

Why Leave a Legacy?

You can secure vital Jewish community programs today while ensuring a safety net is in place to protect and strengthen our Jewish community for generations. Your legacy ensures that you’ll be remembered—and your work and Jewish values will continue beyond your lifetime.

How Can You Build for the Future?

Throughout Jewish history, the religious mandate to repair the world has been a hallmark of our culture. Our children are taught tzedakah (justice) through their parents and grandparents’ examples of volunteering, giving, and caring for those unable to care for themselves.

IT’S YOUR LEGACY is a program sponsored and presented by the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul and the Minneapolis Jewish Federation in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ initiative, and is a collaborative effort of our communtiy organizations, schools, and synagogues.

IT’S YOUR LEGACY is partnering with the institutions listed below. In addition, we are happy to accept gifts on behalf of your most cherished organizations.

Neither the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul and Minneapolis Jewish Federation nor IT’S YOUR LEGACY partner agencies are engaged in rendering legal or tax advisory services. Individuals considering gifts to the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul, Minneapolis Jewish Federation, or its IT’S YOUR LEGACY partner agencies should obtain the services of a financial advisor, such as an attorney, certified public accountant and/or chartered life underwriter.