Yes, I want to help, with a gift that never ends...

• Remembering the IFLA in your will
• Designated gifts
• Make a donation

Since parts of the IFLA's overhead expenses are covered by occasional grants, 98% of your contribution goes for loans to the people we help.

	Home loans to Ethiopian immigrants help them get out of caravans into permanent housing

But more than that: Your gift to the IFLA is a gift in perpetuity. Because all loan repayments are immediately loaned out again to help others, your contribution continues to circulate through the years ahead. A gift, for example, of $10,000 recycled in the course of 10 years provides 100 loans of $1,000 each - resulting in a "helping value" of $100,000!

In view of our waiting list of loan applicants, we urgently need new contributions. Your gift to the IFLA may be earmarked for any of our existing loan categories, or for general loans. General contributions enable us to respond to urgent needs which do not currently fit into existing categories.

Because of our excellent record of reliability and accountability in administering funds, hundreds of donors have chosen to use the IFLA for direct donations and for operating their charitable loan programs in Israel.

All our transactions regarding loans and repayments are fully automated, allowing us to provide contributors with reliable and up-to-date records at any time. Donations are tax-exempt in Israel and overseas to the maximum allowed by law.

If you want to help Israel in a way that's better than charity, we urge you to consider giving loans through the IFLA.

Remember the IFLA in your will

Please consider mentioning the IFLA and include a bequest in your will or living trust. Bequests are tax-deductible in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Israel. Your legacy to the IFLA allows us to continue and expand our loan programs. Your good deeds and memory will continue to live in perpetuity.

Named Loan Funds

Major donors receive an annual report of loans made from their loan fund at the IFLA which tells how many loans were made, how much money remains to be repaid, and the amount available for new loans. Donors often dedicate a loan fund in the name of a loved one or friends, on the name of their foundation, or establish a memorial fund.

These perpetual funds are an excellent way to remember and be remembered, and many people have chosen to open an interest free loan account in their own name at the IFLA. Others created a fund through their Will. Named loan funds have been created to honor the birthday of close friends, a special anniversary, a wedding or bar/bat mitzvah. We currently have 170 named loan funds. This is a very important, Jewish way to help people share a simcha with those less fortunate and it allows the IFLA to meet the mounting requests and waiting list for loans. Named loan funds usually require a grant of $5,000, but the threshold for major donors is between $18,000 to $36,000 and more. We have several funds created with million dollar gifts.

Personalized loan application cards are printed for named Funds with wording that the donor wants us to print at the top of the card. We are especially seeking funding for general loans for anyone in need in addition to designated "categories" of need.

All contributions over $5,000 may be endowed in your name or the name of a loved one you may want to commemorate or memorialize.

An IFLA business loan helped this silversmith
from Russia open his own jewelry studio

Yes, I want to help the IFLA...

To help the Israel Free Loan Association continue to provide interest-free loans to new immigrants and needy Israeli families you can make contributions by bank transfer, check or credit card. You can also use the credit card form to request specific information from the IFLA without making a contribution.

Bank transfers:

Contributions can be wired into our account at
The First International Bank of Israel,
27 Azza Street, Rechavia, Jerusalem, Israel 91040,
Israeli bank number 31, branch number 013, account number 409-212512, account name: The Israel Free Loan Association
For transfers from outside Israel please add the SWIFT code: FIRBILITXXX, JERUSALEM.

Checks:

If you live in the U.S.A., Canada or Great Britain, please print out this form, fill in the details, and send it to the local IFLA office in your country with a check made out to that IFLA branch. You will then receive a tax-deductible receipt. In all other countries, please send the form and check (payable to the Israel Free Loan Association) to our headquarters in Jerusalem. Click here for addresses in: the USA, Canada, UK.

Credit Cards:

To make a contribution to the IFLA by credit card please fill out this secure online form. You can also use this form (without specifying your credit card details) in order to request specific information from the IFLA.

All contributions to the IFLA are acknowledged. You will receive a receipt recognized by the tax authorities in Israel, the United States, Canada, and the UK.

Thank you for contributing to the IFLA!