Frequently Asked Questions

Donors

  • Check
  • On-line donation
  • Call the Torah Fund office with credit card information to request ACH (Automated Clearing House) or wire instructions, to obtain DAF/IRA guidelines, and to make a contribution with stock/securities.

Good news for donors who give checks to their sisterhood affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President, the process will not change. Please continue to make checks payable to Torah Fund. For checks mailed directly to the Torah Fund office, they should be made payable to Torah Fund and mailed to:

Torah Fund
3080 Broadway, Suite K900
New York, NY 10027

The Torah Fund campaign cannot accept checks made payable to JTS. As in the past, do not combine any Women’s League payments with Torah Fund checks. If you wish to make a DAF (Donor Advised Fund) or IRA donation, please contact our Torah Fund Manager, Morgan Long, at TFManager@wlcj.org or call 405-870-2159.

Effective July 1, 2026, online donations may be made at wlcj.org and click on the “Donate to Torah Fund” button. For donations of $10 or more, an email acknowledgement will be sent for gifts made “in honor of” or “in memory of.” For donations of $18 or more, a mailed acknowledgement letter will be sent.

Torah Fund contributions may be made on-line by:

  • Credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover and Diners Club)
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • DAF (Donor Advised Funds) (subject to your DAF provisions)
  • Credit card by phone
  • ACH (Automated Clearing House) or wire
  • DAF (Donor Advised Funds)/IRA
  • Stock/securities

For all of these methods of payment, call XXXXX (Administrative Assistant) in the Torah Fund office at 405-870-2160 or email TFAA@wlcj.org. Please do not leave any account information on voicemail or email.

Information on purchasing a Torah Fund e-card will be available this summer.

Donations of $180 or more are eligible to receive a gift of a pin. The pins vary depending on level of donation.

  • Benefactors: $180
  • Guardians: $300
  • Associate Patrons: $600
  • Patrons: $1200
  • Scholarship Patrons: $2500
  • Keter Kavod: $5000
  • Golden Supporter: $8100

Benefactors and Guardians may obtain their Torah Fund pin from their Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President or contact the Torah Fund Administrative Assistant XXXX at 405-870-2160 or email TFAA@wlcj.org.

For other levels, you may receive your pin at the WLCJ Convention or the Torah Fund office will mail it to you. If you do not receive your pin or would like a higher level pin, please call the Torah Fund office at 405-870-2160.

Yes, payments for Torah Fund and other WLCJ payments cannot be combined. Torah Fund checks must be payable to Torah Fund.

For legacy bequests, please contact your Region Torah Fund Vice President. She will send you the Torah Fund Legacy Society Bequest Confirmation form and Torah Fund Legacy Society Making a Bequest in Your Will form (if applicable).

The forms should be sent to the Torah Fund office: Torah Fund, 3080 Broadway, Suite K900, New York, NY 10027 or via email to the Torah Fund Manager at TFManager@wlcj.org.

Please call Torah Fund Manager Morgan Long in the Torah Fund office at 405-870-2159 for instructions.

NEW! For online donations, you may select the sisterhood affiliate to receive credit for your Torah Fund donation. If you mail a check directly to the Torah Fund office, please write on the memo line of the check the name of the sisterhood affiliate that should receive credit for the donation.

United States Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents

The Torah Fund office will send Benefactor and Guardian pins to each Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President based on the sisterhood affiliate’s request to their Region Torah Fund Vice President. For the Shema Koleinu pins, sisterhood affiliates can pick up their pins at the WLCJ Convention. If no one from your affiliate attends convention, the Torah Fund office will mail pins to the sisterhood after the convention.

The Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President will need to complete the Donation Transmittal Form and send it to the Torah Fund office with the checks. The address is Torah Fund, 3080 Broadway, Suite K900, New York, NY 10027. The checks should be mailed using a trackable method, such as US Priority Mail. Checks should be sent monthly. Do not hold checks for longer than a month.

Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents will be able to access donation reports via the WLCJ website. Details will be provided in the weeks ahead.

Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents should call Torah Fund Administrative Assistant, XXXX at 405-870-2160.

We prefer to receive individual donor checks made payable to Torah Fund so that we can give individual credit and issue email thank you receipts for tax purposes. However, Torah Fund will accept one payment payable to Torah Fund covering multiple donors as long as the payment is accompanied by a transmittal form listing the details for each donor. Unfortunately, in this situation, Torah Fund is unable to issue thank you receipts for tax purposes. The sisterhood should issue the tax receipts.

Please contact our Torah Fund Manager, Morgan Long, at TFManager@wlcj.org or call 405-870-2159. Our Torah office hours are Monday through Thursday 9 am to 5 pm Eastern time.

Canadian Donors

If you require a Canadian tax receipt, at this time, you must make a Torah Fund donation by cheque only.

If a tax receipt is not required, effective July 1, 2026, online donations may be made in US dollars at wlcj.org and click on the “Donate to Torah Fund” button. 

Good news for donors who give cheques to their Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President or Region Torah Fund Vice President, the process will not change. 

Continue to make cheques payable to the Jewish Theological Society and write TORAH FUND on the memo line.

If you mail your cheques directly to the Jewish Theological Society, they should be sent to:

Jewish Theological Society
100 Elder Street
Toronto, Ontario M3H 5G7

Write TORAH FUND and the name of your Sisterhood Affiliate (if applicable) on the memo line.  Also include your email address and phone number.  Each donor will be mailed a tax receipt by February of the following year.  For questions related to receipts, please call 416-789-2193 Ext. 2140.

At this time, Canadian donations to Torah Fund cannot be made on-line (if a tax receipt is required).

If a tax receipt is not required, effective July 1, 2026, on-line donations may be made in US dollars at wlcj.org and click on the “Donate to Torah Fund” button.  For donations of US $10 or higher an email acknowledgement will be sent for donations made “in honor of” or “in memory of”.  For donations of US $18 or higher an acknowledgement letter will be mailed.  To pay in US dollars by credit card by phone, call XXXXX (Administrative Assistant) in the Torah Fund office at 405-870-2160 or email TFAA@wlcj.org.  Please do not leave any account information on voicemail or email.

Information on purchasing a Torah Fund e-card in US dollars will be available this summer.

Donations of $180 or more will receive a gift of a pin. The pins vary depending on level.

  • Benefactors: $180
  • Guardians: $300
  • Associate Patrons: $600
  • Patrons: $1200
  • Scholarship Patrons: $2500
  • Keter Kavod: $5000
  • Golden Supporter: $8100

Benefactors and Guardians may obtain their Torah Fund pin from their Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President or contact the Torah Fund Administrative Assistant XXXX at 405-870-2160 or email TFAA@wlcj.org.

For other levels, you may receive your pin at the WLCJ Convention or the Torah Fund office will mail it to you.  If you do not receive your pin or would like a higher-level pin, please call the Torah Fund office at 405-870-2160.

Yes, payments for Torah Fund and other WLCJ payments cannot be combined.  Canadian Torah Fund cheques must be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society.  On the memo line, please write Torah Fund. Please mail cheques to:

Jewish Theological Society
100 Elder Street
Toronto, Ontario M3H 5G7

For legacy bequests, please contact your Region Torah Fund Vice President.  She will send you the Torah Fund Legacy Society Bequest Confirmation form and Torah Fund Legacy Society Making a Bequest in Your Will form (if applicable).

The forms should be sent to the Torah Fund office: Torah Fund, 3080 Broadway, Suite K900, New York, NY 10027 or via email to the Torah Fund Manager at TFManager@wlcj.org.

Only one sisterhood affiliate may receive credit for your Torah Fund donation. If you select a Canadian affiliate, you must submit your cheque to that affiliate’s Torah Fund Chair/Vice President or the Region Torah Fund Vice President.

If you select a US affiliate, you may mail your check payable to Torah Fund (in US funds) directly to Torah Fund, 3080 Broadway, Suite K900, New York, NY 10027. Please write on the check’s Memo Line the name and city of the sisterhood affiliate that should receive credit for the donation.  You may also make an online donation at wlcj.org.

Canadian Sisterhood Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents

The Torah Fund office will send Benefactor and Guardian pins to each Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President based on the sisterhood affiliate’s request to their Region Torah Fund Vice President.  For the Shema Koleinu pins, sisterhood affiliates can pick up their pins at the WLCJ Convention.  If no one from your affiliate attends convention, the Torah Fund office will mail pins to the sisterhood after the convention.

The Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chair/Vice President will need to complete the new Canadian Donation Transmittal Form and mail or deliver it with the cheques to the Jewish Theological Society office.  The address is: Jewish Theological Society, 100 Elder Street, Toronto ON  M3H 5G7.  Cheques should be sent monthly.  Do not hold checks for longer than a month. 

Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents will be able to access donation reports via the WLCJ website.  Details will be provided in the weeks ahead.

Sisterhood Affiliate Torah Fund Chairs/Vice Presidents and Region Torah Fund Vice Presidents should call Torah Fund Administrative Assistant, XXXX at     405-870-2160.

Yes. The Jewish Theological Society accountant will accept one cheque from a sisterhood affiliate if it is accompanied by a Transmittal Form listing all donors and their mailing addresses and email addresses.  Each donor will be mailed a tax receipt in February of the following year.

Please contact our Torah Fund Manager, Morgan Long, at TFManager@wlcj.org or call 405-870-2159.  Our Torah office hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time.  For questions related to receipts, please call 416-789-2193 Ext. 2140.