Help Kavana Make Its Match!
It's hard to believe that we only started a year and a half ago! We are well on
our way to our vision of creating an open and intimate community in which people
lead intentional Jewish lives. As you know, Kavana is a new model for Jewish community
that has experienced tremendous early success in
reaching people whose needs are not being met by
traditional institutions. Your support is
essential to getting Kavana off an running.
In recognition
of our start-up nature, our early success and our innovative approach, Kavana just received a $25,000 matching grant from the Natan Fund (www.natan.org)
in New York City. Specifically, this prestigious grant is given to those organizations
who are small, innovative and, ideally, doing things that are replicable and changing
the face of Jewish life today. As a matching grant, they are providing a 1:1 match for all incremental
or new contributions at or above $500 (we would like to
reach our goal and get their matching $$s by June 30 of
2008). With
this in mind, we're asking you to consider making either a new or
incremental contribution of $500 or more (we'll very happily accept donations in
any amount, however). This could be in the form of an increase to your previous
contribution or in a new contribution altogether.
- Online:
- By check to Attn: Kavana - PO Box 19666; Seattle, WA 98109.
If your donation is a tribute in honor of a special person/occasion, please let us know, and Kavana will happily send a card informing the honoree(s) of your generosity.
Note: Kavana is a 501(c)(3) organization and any donations to Kavana are fully tax deductible
Also note: While Natan will not match corporate matching dollars - we can still accept and will greatly appreciate your corporate matching dollars. SO - if you give $500 and work for a company that will match your donations, you will be giving Kavana the equivalent of $1500 - your gift for $500, the Natan $500 match and your corporate $500 match. (and, yes, Kavana typically qualifies for matching funds from most companies)
Please contact us at kavanaseattle@gmail.com if you would like to discuss an in-kind contribution of any of the following:
- Programmatic space
- Cooking services/food
- Legal services
- Accounting services
- Technical support
- Web design/web development
- Realty services, etc...
- Etc...
2) Frequent flyer miles:
Kavana hopes to collect frequent flyer miles and hotel points for two purposes:
- To bring speakers, performers, and teachers into our community, and
- To allow our professional and lay leaders to attend national conferences
Please contact us at kavanaseattle@gmail.com if you have miles/points to contribute.
3) Wish List:
Again, please e-mail us at kavanaseattle@gmail.com if you can would like to donate any of the following:
- Siddurim (prayerbooks) and Chumashim (Hebrew Bibles - the Five Books of Moses - used on Shabbat to read the weekly Torah portion)
- Office supplies
- Miscellaneous Jewish ritual items (candlesticks, Havdalah set, Challah board, etc...)
Again - please let us know if these are a tribute. Please email us if you are able to donate any of these items.
To better understand our financial model, philosophy, budget and our economics, simply email us for more information.
We ask you to think of your contribution as a start-up investment where the return on investment is a stronger Jewish community. Again - thank you!