FOUNDATIONS FOR THE
FUTURE
Sustaining and Expanding Our
IMPACT יסודות לעתיד T H E B R A N D E I S SC HO O L O F SAN FRANC ISC O
“When your child attends Brandeis, you feel the presence of the Jewish community. That’s not always the case in San Francisco. The values Brandeis instills through Jewish education help children learn to be good citizens of the world, understanding the importance of learning, leading, and giving back. It is also important that a Jewish Day School exists as part of the San Francisco community, to help form bonds and connections with other organizations. This visibility exposes other members of the San Francisco community to Jewish people and our contributions to the world around us.”
Why NOW? In a world transformed by October 7th and its aftermath, Jewish families are searching more than ever for a place where they and their children feel safe, seen, and supported in their Jewish identities. At Brandeis, we are committed to meeting this moment by nurturing a school community that offers both security and a joyful embrace of the extraordinary diversity of Jewish life and practice. We believe that a strong, vibrant, and inclusive Jewish education is essential not only for our own students but for the resilience of the Jewish people as a whole. For sixty years, Jewish values have been the roots anchoring Brandeis in our mission to ensure academic excellence and to develop ethically fluent and spiritually grounded leaders. As the oldest and largest Jewish day school in Northern California, we are proud of our achievements and embrace our responsibility as a leading voice in Jewish education. Brandeis is ready to build on our strengths and boldly chart a new path. We know that the work we do here touches communities far beyond our own, from academic innovation like our maker spaces, vertical integration of K-8 math, and values-centered civics initiatives, to our trailblazing approach to inclusivity in Jewish life and learning. Now is the time to build the future of Jewish life and education—the foundations for which exist in the bones, in the very soul, of The Brandeis School of San Francisco. starts from our rich history of innovation in Jewish life and student achievement in and out of the classroom. Through this campaign, we are deepening and sustaining the strength of our community and expanding our impact to set a new standard for the field of Jewish education.
Sustain Our COMMUNITY, Expand Our IMPACT, and Enhance Our CAMPUS
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LONG‑TERM SUSTAINABILITY
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MISSION‑DRIVEN ENHANCEMENTS
$7M Endowment for Innovation & Impact
$13M Capital Projects
1. Competitive compensation to recruit & retain world‑class educators
1. Kitchen & lunch program
2. Robust tuition assistance so every mission‑aligned family can enroll
2. Faculty/staff collaboration hub + new home for Aftercare (D.E.N.)
3. Communications & research to share Brandeis innovations with the wider Jewish world
3. Dynamic, green outdoor learning & play spaces
The Difference YOUR GIFT MAKES INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY
The endowment will sustain our generous tuition assistance program—which currently supports 50% of students—and ensure that every mission-aligned family has access to a Brandeis education now and for generations to come.
SUPPORT FACULTY EXCELLENCE
To ensure world-class educators in every Brandeis classroom now and in the future, we must promise competitive salaries and benefits, and invest in our teachers’ professional excellence.
EXPANDING IMPACT
We are advancing the depth and breadth of our mission-driven communication to reach more audiences and create more impact. This endowment will ensure that the foundation we’ve built at Brandeis is a cornerstone of the Jewish future.
KITCHEN
We are building a kitchen to launch a lunch program that enhances student experience, supports Jewish life through food, and strengthens Brandeis’ competitiveness among San Francisco independent schools.
FACULTY & STAFF SPACE + DESIGN.EXPLORE.NURTURE SPACE
We are building a dedicated campus space for faculty to collaborate, gather, and work side-by-side in a new building with our Design.Explore.Nurture (DEN) aftercare program—a vital resource for working families—where students can engage in self-directed play that nurtures creativity, curiosity, and confidence.
OUTDOOR SPACES
We envision transforming our campus with greener, more dynamic outdoor spaces that integrate occupational therapy play for young learners and open new possibilities for academics in areas such as climate science, environmental studies, and sustainability.
Your LEGACY, Our FUTURE By investing in Brandeis today, you’re not just supporting a school. You’re nurturing a dynamic Jewish community, empowering future leaders, and ensuring our values endure for generations to come. We invite you to join us in this trailblazing campaign for The Brandeis School of San Francisco.
Here’s how you can support Brandeis: CASH OR SECURITIES: Contribute directly to the campaign with a check, credit card, or wire transfer. Gifts of stock may provide tax deductions and may allow you to avoid capital gains taxes.
PLEDGE OVER TIME: We accept pledges to support the campaign that are payable over three to five years.
GIFTS OF REAL PROPERTY: The value of property can be converted into a gift to the campaign. Donors may tax tax deductions following tax laws for donated property and also may benefit from no capital gains on appreciated property
IRA DISTRIBUTIONS: If you age 70½ or older, the IRS may require you to take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from your tax-deferred retirement account. To eliminate or reduce the impact of RMD income, consider making a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).
PLANNED GIFTS: As part of this campaign, we encourage you to consider making a planned gift.
Because of the nature of the need for cash for capital projects, planned gifts are encouraged for support of the endowment to support tuition assistance, faculty excellence, and expanding impact and to ensure your values live on through future generations.
Dear Brandeis Community,
I believe we are lucky to find ourselves at Brandeis in this time of generational change and challenge in the Jewish world—lucky to have our school and community’s unshakeable foundation of innovation and inclusivity, excellence and achievement. That unshakeable foundation at Brandeis is what will lead us boldly into the future. Guided by our vision, values, and history, we are embarking on a $20 million campaign to enhance our campus, invest in our community, and expand our impact.
The future we build together will be bright. We are establishing an endowment to make sure every family can access our program, to sustain our outstanding teachers through competitive compensation packages, and to advance communication to get out there and tell our unique story; and making mission-driven campus upgrades including building a kitchen and lunch program, creating a gathering space for teachers and new home for our Aftercare Program, and transforming outdoor areas into dynamic and green play and learning environments. As we look forward to the next sixty years at The Brandeis School of San Francisco, I hope you will join the Trustees, campaign leadership team, other early leaders, and me as we strengthen our school, and our Foundations for the Future, today. Warmly, Dr. Dan Glass Head of School To learn more about how you can join this transformational campaign, contact Director of Development Stacy Youkilis at 415.294.4843 or Syoukilis@sfbrandeis.org.
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN CABINET CO-CHAIRS Tahlia & Jordan Bliss Lynette Stejskal & Russell Cohen Tahlia & Joseph Tartakovsky
Jessica and James England Ellen & David Ginsberg Suzanne Schneider & Dov Herbstman
Nelli & Kevin Perkins Jennifer Saslaw & Max Simkoff Mika Varma & Jonathan Terdiman
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www.sfbrandeis.org OUR MISSION
OUR VALUES
The Brandeis School of San Francisco inspires students to lead lives of learning purpose. We provide a challenging academic environment and a welcoming, inclusive community, each deeply enriched by Jewish thought, values, and traditions.
Kindness – Chesed We treat one another and ourselves with empathy and compassion. Integrity – Ometz Lev We act honestly, responsibly, and courageously. Service – Tikkun Olam We embrace our collective responsibility to help repair the world.