Making Your Temple Dollars Count
Funding Our Vision
How do our finances support our vision?

We are committed to making sure that we spend our funds on what is important to our members.

By allocating our expenses as shown above (informed by the Isaiah 2020 census and focus groups), we illustrate how we will fund our community's priorities. Some expense items (such as salaries) support all five initiatives, while other expense items (such as books for JQuest) support one.

Temple Isaiah is 
your Jewish neighborhood.

Temple Isaiah is listening. 

Temple Isaiah is
there when you 
need us.

Ensuring Fiscal Viability
We want our membership to understand clearly how our budget matches our vision for Temple Isaiah. Please use this information to start a dialogue that leads up to the annual membership meeting on Tuesday, May 3 (please mark your calendar!)

Your contributions serve an invaluable purpose: supporting the true costs of running Temple Isaiah and ensuring we fulfill our synagogue's mission and reach always toward our highest ideals.

We want every member to know where your money is spent, count on you to review and weigh in on our budget priorities, and highlight the necessity of your on-going generosity through membership commitments and philanthropy on behalf of our community. Our goal, always, is serving your needs through the financial sustainability and strength of Temple Isaiah.

For more information about Isaiah 2020, please visit www.temple-isaiah.org/isaiah2020

Questions about Temple expenses?
Please contact [email protected]

Please join us as we move from strength to strength,

Jasmine Tarkoff, Executive Vice President
Deb Kirsch, Executive Director
Steve Lipson, Treasurer
Jen Boxerman, Director of Comm. and Development
Alan Gennis, Development Chair
Julie Bell, Membership and Engagement Chair
HOW DO WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS? 
BY CREATING PROFOUND CONNECTIONS. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES:
350 JQuest students
61 Singers in the youth and adult choirs
450 Winter Nights Shelter Volunteers

STAY TUNED FOR MORE IN OUR NEXT INSTALLMENT
NEXT MONTH: LEARN MORE ABOUT TEMPLE ISAIAH REVENUE
Projected Revenue
Fulfilling Our Mission

When you make your annual membership commitment, pay tuition, or make a donation, your funds go directly toward fulfilling Temple Isaiah's charitable mission.

Temple Isaiah's mission is to embody, enhance and perpetuate our Jewish tradition by providing a welcoming spiritual home where the membership gathers to worship God, study Torah, engage in acts of Tikkun Olam, participate in Jewish rituals and life cycle events, and experience the joy of being part of a caring community.


Temple Isaiah | 945 Risa Road | Lafayette | CA | 94549