Support JFS
MANY WAYS TO HELP
With your support, we are able to give hope and make a critical difference in the lives of the more than 3,500 people we serve and support annually. We offer a variety of ways to help, from a cash gift now to volunteering to estate planning.
Do lasting good in our community by enriching the lives of those who are vulnerable and struggling. There are many ways to use your talent, time and resources to support JFS from sharing our Facebook posts to creating a legacy gift. JFS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Thank you to all of our 2020 donors! Please excuse any omissions or inaccuracies. For corrections, please contact David Kaplan, Development Director at dkaplan@jfssp.org or (651) 239-7496.
| $100,000 + |
| HealthPartners |
| St. Paul Jewish Federation |
| $50,000 – $99,999 |
| Shapiro Endowment Fund |
| $25,000 – $49,999 |
| F.R. Bigelow Foundation |
| Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation |
| $10,000 – $24,999 |
| Bruce Goodman |
| Hardenbergh Foundation |
| Helen Adler |
| Jimmy and Stephanie Levine |
| Mardag Foundation |
| Tom and Deb Frishberg Charitable Fund |
| $5,000 – $9,999 |
| Allina Health |
| Louis F. Hill |
| Mersky Family Foundation |
| Savin Family Fund |
| Steve Levin |
| $1,000 – $4,999 |
| Anita Dinerstein |
| Ann L. Bernstein Giving Fund |
| Benmaman and Allen Family Fund |
| Bruce & Annie Matza |
| Bruce Fink |
| Cathy Sussman |
| Christ Lutheran Church |
| Dr. Daniel & Pamela Weisdorf |
| Daniel & Susan Levey |
| David & Dede Smith |
| Dr. David Wark & Mary Ann Barrows Wark |
| Drs. David Rischall & Flora Soumekh |
| Deb Fineman & Rich Soule |
| Debra Olson |
| Digital Lift |
| Don & Rhoda Mains |
| Fink Family Fund |
| Fred & Karen Gordon |
| Heinrich Foundation Charitable Giving |
| Inver Grove Ford Lincoln |
| Dr. Irving & Gwen Lerner |
| Isaac Levin Marshall Fund |
| Jeffrey and Debra Kohen Fund |
| Jerome Bernard Simon |
| Jerry and Elaine Rudick |
| Jill and Darren Grover |
| Dr. Jim & Joanne Smith |
| Joanne Messerly |
| Jodi & Dan Saltzman |
| Joe & Sandy Wolkowicz |
| Jonathan Farber & Holly Brod Farber |
| Dr. Arnold & Judy Brier |
| Karen Hessel and Isaac Rischall |
| Kate Searls & Daniel Rybeck |
| Kenneth & Anna Hampton |
| Marsha Zimmerman |
| Marvin J. Pertzik Foundation |
| Mary and Robert Dinerstein Fund |
| Michael Sethna & Ruth Lynfield |
| Michael Zis |
| Minnesota JCC |
| Mitzi & Rich Gramling |
| Morgan MacBain |
| Myndal and Dan Silver |
| Nancy Karasov |
| Paul & Patty Gust |
| Rena & Barry R. Glaser |
| Richard & Joan Newmark |
| Richard Goodman |
| Ruth Strauss |
| Shirley Bloomfield |
| Steve & Wendy Baldinger |
| Steve Shafer |
| Susan Goodman Rappaport and David Suss |
| Ted & Jackie Flaum |
| Tim & Sheila Gothmann |
| Dr. Tom & Laurie Smith |
| Tom & Randy Edelstein |
| $500 – $999 |
| Drs. Aaron Milbank & Amelia Burgess |
| Adelman Family Fund |
| Andy Rapoport |
| Beth & Todd Johnson |
| BOND |
| Bonnie Abrahamson |
| Bonnie Braun Padilla |
| Bremer Bank |
| Dr. Brian M. & Judith Krasnow |
| Brodie Beneficiary Endowment Fund |
| Burt & Lucille Garr |
| Charles & Susan Ward |
| Charlie & Dina Goodman |
| Dori Denelle |
| Doug & Lori Weissman |
| Elizabeth McClung |
| Epstein Family Charitable Fund |
| Dr. William and Farrel Braunstein |
| Fred Dulles and Cathy Jordan |
| Harriet Levy |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation |
| Jamie & Stewart Shacter |
| Jeff Natzke and John Frisk |
| Jim & Sandy Rutzick |
| Jim Scheib |
| Joel Glaser and Jethra Kapp |
| Drs. Leslie Hahn and Merrill Biel |
| Linda Alter |
| Loren & Rosie Geller |
| Louis & Janice Leichter |
| Rabbi Lynn C. Liberman & Elizabeth Barnard |
| Madeleine Anderson |
| Mark Lasoff |
| Melanie M. S. Baumhover |
| Michael & Susan Minsberg |
| Phillip Cohen & Mary Youle |
| Rebecca Glass |
| Dr. Rick & Diane Smookler |
| James & Robin Lackner |
| Roger & Jennifer Kramer |
| Ruth and David Olkon |
| Ruth and Maurice Rischall Endowment Fund |
| Ruth Markowitz |
| Sarah Levine |
| Scott and Julie Jaffe |
| Sherman Devitt |
| Socha-Perl Fund |
| Stan Lapidos |
| Stuart & Martha Schmitz |
| The Rischall Blumberg Charitable Giving Fund |
| Thomas & Vicki Hurwitz |
| Tom Cytron-Hysom |
| Will Thomas & Cynthia Launer |
| $250 – $499 |
| Alan & Elisa Bernick |
| Allen & Nancy Levine |
| Moses-Zirkes Family Charitable Fund |
| Andrea and Doug Silverman |
| Anne Geisser |
| Arlene Alm |
| Banning Fiber Ostrow |
| Barney & Dr. Pamela Harris |
| Barry & Cheryl Divine |
| Barry Kelner and Nancy Bender-Kelner |
| Bob & Jennifer Kaplan |
| Bob Boyce |
| Cantor Jennifer & Nicholas Strauss-Klein |
| Carla Feldhamer |
| Daniel & Carolyn Kleinberger |
| Daniel & Emily Shapiro |
| Deborah Evans |
| Elaine Steinman |
| Ellen Mack & Tom Bates |
| Elvira Anzueto-Ramirez |
| Gary Steinman and Holly Ross |
| Geoffrey Delp |
| Gillman Family Charitable Fund |
| Harvey & Christine Epstein |
| Herbert Kritzer |
| Jacy and Jason Grais Family Fund |
| Jamie Maddeaux |
| Janet Kampf |
| Janice Snyder |
| Janie and Joe Goldberger Charitable Fund |
| Jeff & Linda Kahn |
| Jeff Prauer & Barb Grossman |
| Jeri Glick-Anderson and Charles Anderson Donor Advised Fund |
| Jerry Helfand & Joan Cleary |
| Drs. Judi and Todd Marshall |
| Ira & Peggy Kipp |
| Len & Joyce Levitan |
| Lisa Cohen & Amy Jacobson |
| Mari Forbush |
| Martin & Ellen Sampson |
| Michael & Lesli Launer |
| Mike & Stacy Dockman |
| Mindy Geisser |
| Dr. Mitchell & Sally Rubinstein |
| Dr. Mitchell Wittenberg & Jaine Strauss |
| Molly Kitching |
| Rabbi Morris Allen & Dr. Phyllis Gorin |
| Rachel Hampton |
| Rena Waxman |
| Richard Markovitz |
| Robert Steinman Charitable Foundation |
| Ron & Karen Matz |
| Ron & Phyllis Ettinger |
| Sandy Neren |
| Sarah and David Wellington |
| Securian Foundation |
| Steve & Barbara Wolf |
| Steve & Michelle Shaller |
| Steve Godes |
| Steve Miles and Joline Gitis Charitable Fund |
| Stuart Bear & Marsha Schoenkin |
| Susan and Stanley Friedman |
| Susan Cobin |
| Temple of Aaron |
| Tom & Janine Braman |
| Volkswagen Group of America |
| Yuriy & Irina Natarius |
| $249 and Under |
| Agnes Pilko |
| Alan Milavetz & Bonnie Resnick |
| Albert Benjohar & Esther Lerman |
| Alden Hoffman |
| Alexandra Schwartz |
| Alina & Alex Ouchveridze |
| Alla Haspel |
| Alla Valdberg |
| Amanda Diamond Ring |
| Amy & Jeff Alch |
| Amy Doughty |
| Anatoliy Shapiro |
| Andrew and Kathleen Garon |
| Anna Spektor |
| Anne Stevens |
| Tony & Colleen Impellitteri |
| Ari and Rachel Parritz |
| Arkadiy Sokolovskiy |
| Aron & Ellen Rolnitzky |
| Avrom Brendzel & Ida Dreyfus |
| Barbara Kaster |
| Barbara Klick |
| Barbara Ross |
| Barbie Levine & Sara Lynn Newberger |
| Barry C. Rosenman |
| Barry Parnas |
| Bart & Margie Schneider |
| Ben & Bree Axelrod |
| Bernard McNally & Linda Passon-McNally |
| Sheldon and Beth Stone |
| Betty Baumgarten |
| Bill & Mary Lerman |
| Bill and Susan Robiner |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield |
| Bob & Sandy Loewenstein |
| Bonnie Jaffe |
| Brad Rappaport |
| Brent & Jessica Griffith |
| Brian & Laura Millberg |
| Broude Revocable Trust |
| Bruce & Julie Cohen |
| Bruce Noyes |
| Caren Page |
| Carol Gurstelle |
| Carol Whitman |
| Cary Libman |
| Catherine Gustafson Sanderson |
| Chad Weinstein & Cathy Huber |
| Charles & Janet Leavitt |
| Charles Anderson & Jeri Glick-Anderson |
| Cheryl Randall |
| Chris & Vic Rosenthal |
| Chris Kellogg & Jack Leveille |
| Christian Schlecht |
| Christina Rothstein |
| Clarence & Marilyn Turner |
| Cliff & Donna Cohen |
| Connie Barry |
| Courtney Howard |
| Craig Evans |
| Dan & Denise Jacobus |
| Dan & Gilda Gieske |
| Dan & Lisa Schibel |
| Dan & Nancy Klausner |
| Daniel Dudon & Joni Abramson |
| Drs. Daniel Japuntich & Dorothy Edelson |
| David & Laura Honan |
| David & Paula Schraber |
| David Milavetz |
| David Polansky & Sharon Schwartz |
| David Unowsky & Margie Newman |
| David Wolkowicz |
| David Wrightsman |
| Davida Alperin & Rabbi Sharon Stiefel |
| Debbie Goldberger |
| Deborah Brown |
| Deborah Katz |
| Dede Wolfson |
| Devitt Home Health Care |
| Devora Molitor |
| Diane Hallock |
| Dick & Esther Gillman |
| Dick & Liz Strimling |
| Donald Frishberg |
| Donna Ronning |
| Doug Silverman |
| Tim Rumsey & Rosemary Reger-Rumsey |
| Drew & Lindsey Jo Horowitz |
| E. Leah Krawetz |
| Earl Schwartz & Nina Samuels |
| Ecolab Foundation |
| Edith Naomi Smith |
| Edward & Faye Feinstein |
| Ella Baskina |
| Ellen Seesel |
| Elliot Siegel |
| Ellis & Riva Nolley |
| Enrica and Brian Zaidman |
| Eric & JoAnn Pasternack |
| Eric & Sue Lund |
| Esti Koen & Andrew Meltzer |
| Fairview Health Services |
| Frank & Cookie Gordon |
| Fred & Linda Morgan |
| Fred Haeusler and Leslie Martin |
| Gabriel Goldstein |
| Gail Rosenberg |
| Gary & Jane Smith |
| Gary & Jeannie Sultan |
| Gary & Susan Bloom |
| Gedaly & Alexandra Meerovich |
| Gennadiy Epshteyn & Margarita Kharshan |
| Geoff Marshall & Laurie Radovsky |
| Gerald and Joellyn Laurie |
| Gordon & Carol Altshuler |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way |
| Greg & Meredith Anderson |
| Haddie Derechin |
| Harry Cooperman |
| Harvey & Suzanne Kaplan |
| Helen Lifson |
| Hillard & Helene Ward |
| Howard & Suzanne Malmon |
| Dr. Howard Fink & Stephanie Bell |
| Howard Mironov & Janet Dubinsky |
| Howard Tomar & Judy Smith |
| Hugh & Maureen Gitlin |
| Ilia Boroda and Asia Kogan |
| Inessa Sukhanova |
| Inga Oelschlager |
| Ira & Marina Gorina |
| Irina & Mikhail Margolin |
| Jacob & Elaine Govze |
| Jacqueline Pastor |
| Jacqueline Rucker |
| James & Karen Forman |
| James Clemens |
| James Liston & Dr. Sandra Rosenberg |
| James Porter & Ms. Elyse Rabinowitz |
| James Tintner |
| Jan Ringer |
| Jane Purcell Coffee |
| Janet R Gabor |
| Janice Creamer |
| Jason & Laurie Fink |
| Jay Krasnow |
| Jeanine Lange |
| Jeff & Laurie Hunt |
| Jeff & Melanie Goldetsky |
| Jeffrey & Wendy Ringer |
| Jeffrey Feldman |
| Jennifer & Michael Wall |
| Jennifer Lang |
| Jenny Winkelman |
| Jerald Glantz & Dr. Debra Caspers |
| Jerry & Sue Schwartz |
| Jerry Swarsensky |
| Jerry Waldman & Judith Belzer |
| Jessica Karp |
| Jill Ann Marks |
| Jim & Julie Podlich |
| Jim & Leslie Strohm |
| Joan Farber |
| Joanie Levey |
| Joanna Lowinger |
| Jody Cohen Press |
| Joe & Adela Peskorz |
| Joel & Janet Knoepfler |
| Joel & Peggy Mandel |
| Jan and Joel Dorn |
| Joel Levenson |
| Johanna Lester |
| John Allison & Rebecca Picard |
| Jonathan & Becca Kvasnik |
| Jonathon Gershberg |
| Joseph & Sandra Marin |
| Judy Rein Hoffman |
| Miss Kady Philee McCalister |
| Karen Bruning |
| Karen Helfand & Susan Woodstrom |
| Karen Hites |
| Karla and Preston Diamond |
| Kay Ruth Weber |
| Kelsey Goldstein |
| Kenneth Page |
| Klavdia Fridman |
| Larry & Linda Eisenstadt |
| Dr. Larry & Sue Savett |
| Larry Wechsler |
| Laurence & Ardyce Ehrlich |
| Marlene and Lawrence Joseph |
| Lee & Amy Friedman |
| Dr. Lee & Laurie Kamman |
| Lee Litman |
| Leonid Moyseyevich Khait |
| Leslie Rosenberg |
| Lidiya Berg |
| Linda Axelrod |
| Linda Clark |
| Linda M Byrne |
| Linda Schloff |
| Lisa & Paul Dorn |
| Lisa Brenner |
| Lise Adatto |
| Lois Baum |
| Lois Silverman |
| Mace & Audrey Goldfarb |
| Maggie Madden |
| Marc & Jo Ellyn Cohen |
| Marcee Maupin |
| Margie & Larry Solomon |
| Marilyn and Steve Reichstein |
| Marjorie A. Resnick |
| Marjorie Sigel & Dick Van Deusen |
| Mark Usem & Lynn Mandle Usem |
| Mark Fellman & Robin Caplan |
| Mark Ratner and Marci Frost |
| Marvin & Harriet Levine |
| Mary and John Rogers |
| Matt Leichter |
| Matthew & Stephanie Clark |
| Matthew Gilson & Barbara Schulman |
| Melissa Krasnow and Danley Chan |
| Merton & Patricia Horne |
| Michael and Donna Kaplan Foundation |
| Michael & Joanne Silverman |
| Michael & Wendy Klein |
| Michael Belzer |
| Michael Kanner |
| Michael Weiss |
| Michael Zaslofsky & Mary Van Slyke-Zaslofsky |
| Mike and Rima Dvorkin |
| Mike Neren & Barbara Krovitz-Neren |
| Mikhail & Klara Grinberg |
| Milton and Bernice Bernick Endowment Fund |
| Miriam Josephs |
| Mitch & Margie Fink |
| Dr. Morgan & Marilyn Tamsky |
| Nancy Chase |
| Nancy Fushan |
| Natasha Gurevich |
| Neal & Barbara Frank |
| Neal & Susan Shapiro |
| Nina Leikikh |
| Pam and Jeffrey Orren |
| Pamela Margolis |
| Patricia Rogin Pearson |
| Patrick and Darleen Simmons |
| Dr. Paul & Karen Schanfield |
| Paul & Lois Bloomberg |
| Paul Schroeder |
| Paul Sweetser |
| Pearl Rosen |
| Persis Knobbe |
| Dr. Peter & Madee Wilton |
| Peter Douglas & Anne Strasser |
| Phil Rose |
| Philip and Renae Goldman |
| Phillip Geller & Nancy Goldstein |
| Phyllis and Stanley Getzler |
| Phyllis Robinson |
| Prawer Family Giving Fund |
| Rabbi Adam & Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker |
| Rabbi Adam Rubin |
| Rabbi Esther Adler & Rob Lebowitz |
| Rakhill Koyrakh |
| Raline Paper |
| Ralph Wittcoff |
| Ray & Elissa Getsug |
| Ray Conroe & Maureen Shannon |
| Raymond Phillips |
| Rebecca and Shane Noecker |
| Regina Klachko |
| Judge Richard & Liz Spicer |
| Richard Epstein & Melissa Weisman |
| Dr. Richard Weil & Lindsay Nauen |
| Dr. Rick Brody & Margaret Flynn |
| Rita and David Clement |
| Robert & Marina Zigelman Koyrakh |
| Robert Bander |
| Rolla Breitman |
| Rollye Winnig |
| Ron & Elaine Goren |
| Rona and Daniel Goldstein |
| Judge Rosanne Nathanson |
| Roxanne and Gary Portnoy |
| Roxanne Markoff |
| Ruth Andersen |
| Ruth Ann Schumeister |
| Ruth Wolf |
| Sally Lorberbaum |
| Stu and Sally Siebell |
| Scott & Cori Rutchick |
| Scott Kipp |
| Shirley Kulevsky |
| Sholom |
| Shoshana Olkon |
| Sofya Introlegator |
| Stan Calof |
| Dr. Stephen & Katharina Liston |
| Stephen Gordon & Pat Gavan-Gordon |
| Steve & Betsy Sitkoff |
| Steve & Gail Brand |
| Steve & Ruth Abrahamson |
| Steve and Sheri Lear |
| Steve & Stephanie Greenstein |
| Steven Edelson |
| Steven Foldes & Riv-Ellen Prell |
| Steven Silverman |
| Stewart & Lynne Segal |
| Stewart & Sheila Derechin |
| Stuart Appelbaum & Jean King |
| Stuart Management Corporation, Wellington Activities |
| Susan Gonzalez |
| Susan Watchman |
| Suzanne Leonard |
| Ted & Elaine Kvasnik |
| The Brandis Charitable Giving Account |
| Chaplain Shawn Latourelle |
| The Jane Stein Kerr Family Fund |
| Thomas Wolfe & Sally Silk |
| Tim & Carole Bloom |
| Tim & Wendy Oskey |
| Tom & Ardis Wexler |
| Tom & Sue Stillman |
| Tom Kigin & Donna Avery Kigin |
| Tom Lipschultz |
| Toni Raihill |
| Troy Beugen |
| Victor Boshnyak |
| Victoria Fodor |
| Vilyam & Marlena Kogan |
| Vitaly & Serafima Shumilovsky |
| Vladimir & Galina Dreyster |
| Ward Bauman & David J. Harris |
| Warren & Susanne Cohen |
| Warren Gordon |
| Wendy Goltzman |
| Will Pomerantz & Miriam Krause |
| William Leo Tilton |
| Yakov & Anna Estraykh |
| Yelena Abramovich |
| Yevgeny & Regina Freydin |
| Yoav & Rosalyn Segal |
| Yuliya Makhlin |
| Yuliya Verenych |
| Zev Olkon |
| Zouber Family Fund |
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
Booker T. Washington