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Making a gift to Washington Hebrew Congregation is a meaningful way to celebrate life cycle milestones, remember loved ones, leave a lasting legacy, and demonstrate your commitment to our sacred work.

Your generosity sustains all that is inspirational, creative, innovative, and significant at WHC — from worship and music to lifelong learning, social action, pastoral care, and community programs. Your support ensures that we are here now and well into the future.

On this page, you can:

  • Make a gift to the Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund (our primary, unrestricted fund, used where it is needed most), or
  • Designate your gift to a specific endowment or special fund that supports a particular area of WHC life.

Not sure which to choose? In most cases, the Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund is the best option, as it allows WHC to address the greatest needs across the congregation, providing unrestricted support.

Donate to The Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund


Please use this form to make a gift to the Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund, WHC’s central source of unrestricted philanthropic support. This form accepts credit card and ACH payments only. If you wish to donate via an IRA, stock, donor-advised fund, or another method—or if you have any questions or need assistance—please contact Alexis Channin, Director of Development.

Email: achannin@whctemple.org   Phone: (202) 895-6312


Every gift makes a difference and helps our congregation.



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Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund (Area of Greatest Need)

While membership is the backbone of WHC, dues cover only 40% of our annual expenses. The rest, including security and education to clergy support, holidays, and lifecycle care, is powered by additional philanthropic giving from our members. Any contribution above and beyond membership dues strengthens WHC’s ability to meet our needs today and in the future.

The Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund is our central source of unrestricted philanthropic support. Unrestricted giving is essential to our ability to adapt and sustain. It fuels the programs that define WHC and allows us to direct support where it is most needed.

Use the form above to make a gift to the Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund. If you are looking to support a specific fund or endowment, please scroll down.

Donate to the Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund

"Washington Hebrew Congregation has been a source of community and support in good times and bad for our family for many decades.   At this critical moment in the life of community and nation, Washington Hebrew Congregation plays an important and increasingly vital role in bringing and keeping us together and bridging divides small and large.  Philanthropy plays an ever-increasing part in assuring that Washington Hebrew Congregation has the resources needed to carry out its mission.  For all of these reasons we are pleased to be able to sustain and support our community and Congregation."

Peter Winik, Past President and WHC Member

Restricted and Endowed Funds

If you’re looking to support a specific program, purpose, or area of impact at Washington Hebrew Congregation, we invite you to give to one of our endowed and special funds. Many of these funds are established in perpetuity, helping ensure the programs and priorities you care about at WHC can continue—now and for generations to come. 

Please review the list of funds below and select the one that best matches what you’d like your gift to support. In the form below, you’ll be prompted to choose a Fund Category and then the Fund Name that corresponds to the description above. 

List of funds and descriptions from here on the website: About Our Funds – Washington Hebrew Congregation 

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About Our Funds

Funds supporting WHC auxiliaries and the constituencies they serve

  • Besters Fund: Supplements programs for the Besters auxiliary
  • Jane Burka Sisterhood Leadership Fund: Provides resources to the Women of WHC for leadership training and development
  • Stephanie Morris Prime Timers Programming Fund: Provides recreational and entertainment opportunities for senior WHC members
  • Young Professionals (22-39) Fund: Supports programming for young professionals ages 22-39

Funds supporting the needs of the entire congregation and sustaining WHC’s continued vitality

  • WHC Endowment Fund: Provides economic stability, enabling WHC to fulfill vital aspects of our mission
  • General Fund: Provides budget support for various Congregational services
  • Library Funds: Supplements the annual need of Hurston, Selinger, and Tauber Libraries
  • The Lewis S. Wiener Annual Fund: Sustains Temple operations on an annual basis
  • Berz Family Lech Lecha Fund: Provides our Clergy team with professional development opportunities and multi-disciplinary executive tools to lead a state-of-the-art congregation
  • Julia & Jack Bindeman Fund: Provides for improvements to the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center
  • Samuel Burtoff, M.D. Streaming Support Fund
  • Lebbin Family Burial Assistance Fund: Assists members of the Washington Jewish community who do not have sufficient financial resources to pay for the cost of a burial at the Garden of Remembrance cemetery
  • Library Funds
  • Susan & Stephen Porter Memorial Fund: Provides an enhanced experience for all who enter our congregation’s doors
  • Schuble Historic Preservation Endowment Fund: Provides for assistance with collection and preservation of materials that document historical events in the Congregation
  • Michael D. Schuman Fund: Michael D. Schuman was a lifelong Milwaukee resident, lawyer, and for over 40 years, a public servant to Milwaukee’s Jewish Community. The Michael D. Schuman Fund was established by his Washington Hebrew family — Mark, Julie, Max and Mia Schuman — to honor and share his legacy with the WHC community. Supports the congregation by funding new Shabbat, holiday and membership initiatives. READ MORE
  • Rabbi Susan N. Shankman Clergy Endowment Fund: To create and maintain a dynamic, strong, and multi-talented clergy team for the Washington Hebrew community
  • Carlynn & Larry Silverman Family Endowment Fund for Jewish Life and Learning: Supports the ongoing work of the Congregation towards fostering education, Jewish life, and learning for members of all ages
  • Jillian & Lindsay Wiener Spread the Light Fund
  • Worship & Music Fund

Funds promoting the visual, musical, and performing arts at WHC

  • C. Haskell Small & Ruth Behrend Small Music Fund: Encourages the study and appreciation of Jewish music in the WHC Religious School
  • Lillian & Alfred Bennett Fine Arts Endowment Fund: Maintains/restores art, acquires new pieces, and sponsors exhibits and education
  • Cantorial & Concert Fund: Supports musical activities and events as designated by the Cantor and the Performing Arts Committee
  • Abraham & Freida Hochberg Creative Cultural Fund: Supports cultural and educational programs including the Amram Scholar Series
  • Kol Rinah Choir Fund:  Supports WHC’s volunteer adult choir
  • Cantor Mikhail Manevich Fund: Provides a robust source of income to support general music and worship activities
  • Irene & Abe Pollin Music Program Initiative: Provides a broad range of musical events and enhances the Shabbat worship experience with monthly services featuring our cantors and a new musical component
  • Abe & Sylvia Shrinsky Creative Worship Program Fund

Funds that assist people in need, from the WHC community to the world beyond our walls

  • H. Max & Jodie and Stephen Ammerman Interfaith Fund: Supports programs promoting interfaith exchange
  • William R. & Nora H. Lichtenberg Membership Endowment Fund: Subsidizes WHC membership for low-income individuals and families
  • Mitzvah Day Fund: Provides support for Mitzvah Day community service projects
  • Sylvia & Saul Ritzenberg Humanitarian Fund: Supports humanitarian aid in the greater D.C. area
  • Naomi & LeRoy Robins Medical Emergency Fund: Provides first aid and emergency support for the High Holy Days
  • Abram Simon Elementary School Fund: Supports the Washington, D.C. public school named in memory of Rabbi Abram Simon
  • Abram Simon Elementary School Camp Fund: Provides funds for Simon Elementary School students to attend summer camp
  • Tikkun Olam Values (TOV) Fund: Supports and enhances WHC’s social justice activities and provides critically needed resources to ensure the continuity of our commitment to healing the world
  • Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Young Leadership Community Service Fund: Provides support for the community service activities of the Congregation’s young leadership groups
  • Ivy Zola’s Help-a-Friend Fund

Funds sustaining opportunities for lifelong learning, from early childhood through adulthood

  • Amram Sunday Scholar Series Endowment Fund: Founding fund and a major contributor to the Amram Scholar Series
  • Shelly & Michael Brody Teacher Training Institute Endowment: Provides continuing education for Religious School faculty
  • Lois & Richard England Children’s Library Endowment Fund: Supplements purchases for the children’s library
  • Leo & Elizabeth Goodman Public Issues Endowment Fund: Sponsors series or public issue forum and other civil action programs
  • Andrew Kaplan Youth Endowment Fund
  • Carol Kellner ECC Memorial Fund:  Supports Early Childhood Center activities
  • Rose E. Koenig Religious School Fund: Enriches Religious School education
  • Harriet M. Kriesberg Fund for the Study of Torah: Supports programming focused on Torah study
  • Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig Scholarship Fund
  • Zena Mason Early Education Fund: Provides continuing education for Early Childhood Center faculty
  • Kamy Loren Nathanson Bar/Bat Mitzvah Kiddush Cup Fund
  • Albert & Scott Pelmoter Youth Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Allan and Katherine Schwartzberg Jewish Studies Endowment Fund: Sponsors a lecture for the Amram Scholar Series

Funds offsetting the cost of congregational publications

  • Dr. Edward A. & Mildred B. Cafritz Prayer Book Fund: Provides prayer books and other worship materials for services

Funds enabling the full participation of members with special needs in congregational life

  • Lois & Richard England Special Needs Endowment Fund: Provides services to enhance worship for our special needs congregants, including “Listen In”
  • Harold “Buddy” & Shirley Robinson Memorial Education Scholarship Fund: Provides scholarships for B’nei Mitzvah students whose alternate learning styles call for individual tutoring preparation
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Alexis Channin
Director of Development
achannin@whctemple.org

WHC EIN: 53-0196646

Washington Hebrew Congregation
(Temple)

3935 Macomb Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202-362-7100

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11810 Falls Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-279-7505

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