Legacy Gifts

Our Legacy Society recognizes special individuals who have included the New Israel Fund of Canada in their estate plans through a bequest, a beneficiary designation, or other promise. Legacy Society members are honoured here on our website, in our annual reports, and throughout the year.

By joining the Legacy Society, you help tell others the importance of making a legacy gift to the New Israel Fund of Canada.

If you choose to join:

• There is no membership fee or minimum gift. Every legacy gift is important to us .
• In celebration of your commitment, we will recognize your gift in our Annual Report, here on our website, and in other publications (unless anonymity is preferred).
• You are invited to contribute an interview and family photo to our our website — a wonderful way to share the values that brought you to the New Israel Fund family and your vision for Israel’s future.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Legacy Society Members

These generous supporters who have named NIFC as a beneficiary of their estate plans are honored as members of NIFC’s Legacy Society.

• Efrim Boritz and Naomi Fromstein
• Fredelle and Harold Brief
• Isser Dubinsky and Antoinette Wertman
• Joan Garson and David Baskin
• Mark Guttman and Lesley Simpson
• Barbara and Sy Landau (z”l)
• Ben Murane and Naomi Kramer
• Allan Risk and Daniel Gelfant
• Ian Silver
• Sharon Weintraub
• Betty and Eliot Goldwarg
• Barry Schneider
• Anonymous (2)

Founders’ Circle Members

In addition to being a member of our Legacy Society, the following supporters made early, significant contributions to NIF’s international Legacy Giving campaign and thus are recognized internationally.

• Joan Garson and David Baskin
• Isser Dubinsky and Antoinette Wertman
• Barbara and Sy Landau (z”l)
• Ben Murane and Naomi Kramer
• Allan Risk and Daniel Gelfant
• Sharon Weintraub
• Mark Guttman and Lesley Simpson
• Efrim Boritz and Naomi Fromstein

Legacy Endowments

These generous endowment funds in support of our work have been established in loving memory of family or as lasting personal legacies:

• Allan Risk and Daniel Gelfant Foundation
• Arthur Minden Endowment Fund
• Boritz-Fromstein Fund for Human Rights
• Levy/Berenstein Endowment Fund
• Morris A. Gross Endowment Fund
• Raicus Fund
• Silk Endowment Fund

A gift to NIFC through your will or trust enables you to support our mission and make a difference in the lives of future generations of Israelis.

A bequest:

• Is easy to arrange.
• Will not alter your current lifestyle in any way.
• Can be easily modified to address your changing needs.

Some sample language you may use is:

Option 1: Specific Amount

“My Trustee* shall pay or transfer to the N I F CANADIAN CHARITABLE TRUST (CRA # 13007 0626 RR0001) in the sum of $_______.”

Option 2: Percentage of Estate 

“My Trustee* shall pay or transfer to the N I F CANADIAN CHARITABLE TRUST (CRA # 13007 0626 RR0001) ________% of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate.”

* Depending on the terminology commonly used in the province where you reside, “executor” or “liquidator” may be used instead of “trustee.”

Designated Gifts

If you are designating your gift to a specific area, please include the following language:

“If, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the N I F CANADIAN CHARITABLE TRUST, it should become impossible, inadvisable, or impractical to use this gift for the specified purpose(s), then the Board may in their discretion use the gift to the best advantage of the Charity, keeping in mind my original wishes. In any such alternative application, the support provided by this bequest shall be clearly identified with the name of __________________.”

Got Questions? 

If you or your attorney would like NIF to provide you with customized beneficiary language that is specific to your goals and interests, please contact Ben Murane, Executive Director, at ben@nifcan.org or 416-781-4322 extension 1. 

Please Note: The New Israel Fund of Canada is not engaged in legal or tax advisory services. Please consult with your professional advisor as to which giving vehicle is right for you, and when creating bequests, seek drafting and counsel from an attorney.

Every donor to the New Israel Fund of Canada has a unique financial and family situation and there are many ways to make a legacy gift.

Below are some of the ways that you can make a lasting impact.

Scenario 1

Your Goal
In the future, make an important impact on NIFC that doesn’t cost you anything during your lifetime.

Your Strategy
Create a bequest in your will or trust, by specifying a donation of cash or a portion or percentage of your estate.

Your Benefits
Make a lasting gift that is simple to arrange.

Scenario 2

Your Goal
In the future, leave more of your estate to your heirs while still benefiting NIFC.

Your Strategy
Name NIFC as beneficiary of your (1) RRSP/RRIP plan or (2) life insurance policy, since those assets may be taxed if left to your heirs.

Your Benefits
Making a lasting gift that is simple to arrange and at a lower cost to your heirs.

Please Note: The New Israel Fund of Canada is not engaged in legal or tax advisory services. Please consult with your professional advisor as to which giving vehicle is right for you, and when creating bequests, seek drafting and counsel from an attorney.

We encourage you to speak with us while making your plans, in order for you to enjoy certainty that your legacy wishes are sustainable by NIFC and possible within Canadian law.

Below are some of the options designed to support NIFC’s work over the long term.

We welcome Legacy Gifts made in the form of:

• Wills or Living Trusts
• Life Insurance Policies
• RRSPs/RRIPs
• Stocks and Securities

If you would like to gift a different type, such as real estate or other property, please contact us.

We welcome Legacy Gifts dedicated that:

• Make an immediate impact by supporting our General Fund
• Make an immediate impact on a specific issue by designating your General Fund support to an area of our work (see below)
• Sustain our impact over decades to come by supporting our Endowment Fund
• Sustain our impact on a specific issue by establishing or growing an endowment fund benefitting an area of our work
• Honour a relative by establishing an endowment fund benefitting our General Fund or an area of our work

We welcome gifts towards these approved Issue Areas:

• Jewish-Arab Shared Society
• Human and Civil Rights
• Social and Economic Justice
• Religious Pluralism
• Palestinian Citizens of Israel
• Democracy
• Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
• Minority Rights
• Canadian Education and Outreach

Learn about our Issue Areas and our legacy of impact in each.

We are unable to accept Legacy Gifts that:

• Support a specific NGO in Israel
• Support an issue not named above, without prior arrangement
• Endow permanently a specific event or project
• Endow a permanent fund smaller than $10,000 or temporary fund smaller than $5,000

Please Note
The New Israel Fund of Canada is not engaged in legal or tax advisory services. Please consult with your professional advisor as to which giving vehicle is right for you, and when creating bequests, seek drafting and counsel from an attorney.

Please use our legal name and CRA number in any estate planning documents:

N I F CANADIAN CHARITABLE TRUST
13007 0626 RR0001