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The Village
Annual Fund

June 18 - July 10, 2026

A local Jewish giving opportunity bringing the Jewish community in Portola Valley & Woodside together, with everyone pledging their support for the year ahead

Goal: $1,000,000

Make your pledge for 2026

Make a pledge, payable anytime between now and October 1, 2026

Pledges can be remitted via credit card, ACH, Zelle, DAF, check or any other means

What does being Jewish mean to YOU?

What does it mean to truly belong?

That’s the question that’s answered daily at The Village Chabad.

The heart of the mission is a tailored and meaningful Jewish experience – one that honors your individuality, your family, and the beautiful mosaic of our community.

Through classes, gatherings, and meaningful experiences, you have a place to connect – to Judaism, to community, and to something deeper: each other, Judaism, and your heritage.

Reimagining the Jewish experience

The Jewish experiences at The Village Chabad are warm, personal and real. They’re built around you, your family, and the unique fabric of this community.

At The Village Chabad, you don’t have to fit a mold. You can show up exactly as you are — and that’s why more than 280 families in Portola Valley & Woodside call this their Jewish home.

Today, we ask that you help seed the growth.

“The Village Chabad brings the small-town neighborhood feeling back to Portola Valley. My neighbors have become my friends thanks to Mayer and Dassi.”
– Jeff Epstein
“I support The Village Chabad because I view its approach as a warm and inclusive space dedicated to bringing people of all backgrounds together to celebrate shared heritage, sustain community, and support one another. By contributing to the Annual Fund, I enjoy sustaining this vital hub of connection, ensuring that essential programs — from holiday gatherings to adult speakers to youth education — remain open and accessible to every neighbor. I view supporting the Village Chabad as a commitment to keeping our community unified, vibrant, and spiritually connected for generations to come.”
– Julie Levenson
“Contributing to the annual fund is important to our family because we want to help ensure that the programming and special community of the Village Chabad can continue to thrive with funding it can reliably count on.”
– Elise Feldman and Nicholas Targ

What your donation makes possible

Every dollar given to the Village Chabad is carefully stewarded to ensure it’s used wisely and in ways that reflect back on the community.

Allocation of Resources

52%

Programs and Community

35%

Operations and Administration

13%

Development and Sustainability

Community Goal: $1,000,000

TOTAL RAISED:

One community

As a community, it’s our shared values that hold us together: expanding Jewish pride, Jewish continuity, and the Jewish spirit – especially as we raise future generations.

But our shared values only stay strong when we actively support them.

The goal of this campaign is 100% community involvement, no matter the size of the pledge.

Every family in our community is joining together to pledge support for our thriving Jewish community.

Visionaries ● $100,000+

Leadership ● $50,000 - $99,999

Debra & Mark Leslie
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Builder ● $25,000 - $49,999

Patrons ● $18,000 - $24,999

Partners ● $10,000–$17,999

Bobbie & George Andreini
David Cowan Foundation
Joanne Donsky & Stuart Oremland
Jeff & Sue Epstein
Alan & Carole Kushnir
Beth & Dan Nash
Jim & Sally Scapa
Josie & Stuart Shiff
Werdegar Family
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Supporters ● $5,000–$9,999

Kristin & Phil Berman
Doug Carlisle & Lauri Sanders
Laurel Sevier & Seth Gottlieb
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Friends ● $1,800–$4,999

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Chris & Michael Boskin
Cary and Staci Cole
Bart Dolmatch & Cindy Acree
Bob & Susie Fishman
Alan & Beverley Friedman
Brian Greenberg & Lea Goldstein
Jake & Miki Heller
Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund
David Lawee & Lorna Borenstein
Andrew & Helene Lipton
Andrew & Judy Mendelsohn
Darren Myers & Dena Pearlman
Joy & Zack Pearlman
Brett & Rivi Rochkind
Jason & Nancy Rosenthal
Gerry and Lela Sarnat
Michael Tennefoss & Tina Seelig
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Community ● Up to $1,799

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Ira Finkelstein
Jack Helfand & Lauren Greenberg
Jack Kabak & Judy Gaviser
Majda Jones
Len & Vivian Lehmann
Julie Levenson & Paul Pittman
Linda & Sidney Liebes
Andrew & Helene Lipton
Lori & Matthew Muffly
Alexander & Sasha Nemirovsky
Christin New & David Mittelman
Colin Parker & Kimberly Carlisle
Jerry & Joyce Shefren
Alan Spira
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Make your pledge for 2026

If Jewish continuity matters to you, this is where it happens.

It takes significant funding to keep The Village Chabad going and it takes all of you to show up and strengthen our Jewish village.

Our work is made possible solely through the support of the local community.

By joining, you’re supporting the organization that’s wholly dedicated to the spiritual and emotional well-being of the people who make this community what it is.