About Our Funds
Touro Synagogue Support: These donations help support the various aspects of the operating budget
- Touro Synagogue Support (General Fund) - helps defray the operating costs of the congregation
- Adult Education - helps fund educational programs for adults
- Building Preservation Fund (Restricted fund for emergency capital repairs) - helps fund repairs to our facilities
- Caring and Mitzvah - helps support the initiatives undertaken by our Caring and Mitzvah group to cultivate community
- David Kanter Worship Fund - provides funding to enhance the worship experience at Touro Synagogue
- Discretionary Funds - allows our clergy to assist the congregation in supporting our community at their discretion
- Donald Mintz Lecture Fund (Speaker Events) - provides opportunities for Touro to produce speaker and lecture programs
- Hearing Impaired Assistance - helps provide listening devices and other equipment for use during worship
- Jazz Fest Shabbat Fund (restricted) - ensures the continued production of our annual Jazz Fest Shabbat worship
- Karen J. (Kitty) Greenberg Arts and Education Scholarship Fund – provides funding for our youth to attend Touro Synagogue Religious School, Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Hava Nashira Song Leaders program, Camp Kutz Leadership Camp, and NFTY conclaves and events
- Music/Choir - helps fund the adult choir and our music program
- Prayerbooks - helps fund the purchase of new Mishkan T’Filah prayer books and other worship books
- Pulpit Flowers/Oneg Support - helps fund our Oneg Shabbatot and flowers on the bimah for every Shabbat (These donations allow you a sponsorship recognition at specific levels)
- Religious School Support - helps fund our fully accredited Religious School for ages Pre-K through 10th grade
- Torah Study Support - helps fund our weekly Torah Study group
- Youth Activities - helps fund activities for our children and youth group.
Touro Synagogue Foundation: These funds are given as gifts to the Foundation for a directed purpose
- General Foundation Fund - helps sustain our endowment which will serve as a souce of dependable and sizable income for our synagogue
- Adelaide Bergman Music Fund - assists in the presentation of the High Holiday music
- Barbara S. Loeb Tikkun Olam Fund - assists Touro Synagogue's social action initiatives within the Greater New Orleans community
- Debra Van Der Linden Sidelnik Memorial Fund (Youth Leadership) - supports scholarships for our students to attend youth leadership development programs
- Jackie Wolff Scholarship Fund (B'nai Mitzvah Education and Camp Scholarships) - supports life-long Jewish education for both children and teachers
- Robert Katz & Alice M. Katz Scholarship Fund (Camp Scholarships) - provides scholarships for Touro children to attend Jewish summer camp