Meeting The Moment
Building a Foundation for the Future
Since 1950, Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas has served as an open door to all in need. As we celebrate JFS’s 75th anniversary, we invite everyone to join us in honoring our legacy and shaping the future. Our Meeting the Moment campaign is a catalyst for making our vision of self-sufficiency and well-being for all a reality.
To build a foundation for the next 75 years, JFS will expand our campus with a new facility, allowing us to serve more clients, and grow our endowment to ensure the long-term viability of Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas. These changes begin with reaching our $40 million campaign goal.
Campaign Breakdown
We invite you to help shape the future of JFS and the Greater Dallas community by investing in our $40 million comprehensive annual campaign which will fuel innovation, drive expansion, and secure sustainability for our essential services for the next 75 years.
INNOVATION
Whole-Person Care
Investment – $6,000,000
Adding primary care services will enable us to provide whole-person care. These funds cover construction, equipment, and staffing for the first medical clinic until receiving FQHC status and access to enhanced fee-for-service revenue. Funds will also be used towards providing the full breadth and depth of our integrated services as we build sustainable structures.
EXPANSION
New Campus
Investment – $28,000,000
Expanding our services starts with purchasing and renovating a new facility. Almost four times larger, the new building will include a second medical clinic, dental office, a sensory gym, client meeting and conference rooms, and an enhanced food pantry designed to better serve our community.
ENDOWMENT
Ensuring the Future
Investment – $6,000,000
The JFS Foundation ensures the long-term viability of our agency through planned giving and endowments. By investing in our endowment and growing the assets to over $15,000,000 by 2028, the foundation will increase its annual distributions and support the agency’s needs for years to come.
Thank you to our Capital Campaign donors
Donors who have made commitments of $100,000 or more. Updated April 30, 2025.
Karla & Larry Steinberg
The Dekelboum Family Foundation
Funk Family
Leslie & David Katz
Communities Foundation of Texas – W.W. Caruth Jr. Fund
Anonymous
Candy & Ike Brown
Feldman Foundation TX
Hillcrest Foundation
Ann & Nate Levine
Mike A. Myers Foundation
Barbara z”l & Stan Rabin
Harold Simmons Foundation
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
DJ & Les Weisbrod
M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation
Carol & Steve Aaron
Gilian & Steve Baron
Lori & Mike Cohen
The Lyda Hill Foundation
Hoblitzelle Foundation
Susie & Joel Litman
Mabee Foundation
Nancy Wiener Marcus
Meadows Foundation
Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation
North Texas Food Bank
Ochstein Family
The Richard & Roslyn Polakoff Family Trust
Margot Rosenberg Pulitzer Foundation
Texas Mutual Insurance
William & Sylvia Zale Foundation
Anonymous
Addy Foundation
Dr. Diane Fagelman & David Birk
Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Lisa & Randy Fleisher
Julie & Sander Gothard
Ynette & James Hogue
Julie and Jay Liberman/The Rubin Family Foundation
Julie & Scott Miller
Barbara & Clive Miskin
Sandy Nachman
Pollock Family
Cindy & Howard Rachofsky
Raelaine Radnitz
Betsy & Marc Rosen
Steve & Ruthy Rosenberg
Peachy Rudberg
Celia & Larry Schoenbrun
Jeri Lyn & Jeff Sebert
Rebecca & Neal Sklaver
Iris & Dennis Topletz
Fran & Jeffrey Toubin and Sam & Alan z”l Utay Families
Jackie & Steve Waldman
Peggy & Mark Zilbermann
Donors who have made commitments of $18,000 or more. Updated April 30, 2025.
Fonda & Jay Arbetter
Cheryl & Randy Colen
Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation
Ashley & Marc Grossfeld
Kahn Mechanical Contractors
Betsy & Mark Kleinman
Beverly & Cary Rossel
Pam & Ron Rubin
Meri-Kay Star
Julie & Michael Zimmermann
Lisa Blue Baron
Kari & David Goldberg
Michael Kaufman & Durward Watson
The Koz Foundation
Lisa & Ira Kravitz
Drs. Michelle & Brian Kravitz
Weezie & Mark Margolis
Cindy & Irv Munn
Carol & Harold Pinker
Helaine & Gerald Ray
Natalie Rosenbloom
Robin Sachs & Bob Farkas
Pam & Mike Saks
Barbara Spigel
Nancy & Jerry Szor
Tina & Richard Wasserman
Julie & Mike Weinberg
Larry Wolfish
Ethel Silvergold Zale
Susan & Daryl Beck
Linda & Dave Garner
Lori & Rick Golman
Stacy & David Olesky
Kyle & Alan Rabinowitz
Bobbie & David Repp