Without you our community wouldn't have a future. But with you it does. 

At JCC Krakow, we are building a Jewish future each and every day. In a city where Jewish life was once thought to have seen its end, we have fostered a pluralistic, nurturing community of 850 Jewish members and growing. We bring Polish Jews back into the Jewish world, reconnecting them to their religious and cultural roots.

Since February 24th, 2022, we have also become one of the main humanitarian aid organizations supporting Ukrainian refugees in Krakow. We have helped over 200,000 refugees so far, 98% of whom are not Jewish. We have also welcomed over 200 Jewish-Ukrainian refugees into our JCC community, making our JCC a second home for over 850 members.

JCC Krakow exists to care for and serve the Jews of Krakow and we need your help to engage our entire Jewish community: from our pre-schoolers in Frajda to our teens in BBYO; from our young adults in Hillel to our Holocaust survivors to our newly arrived Jewish-Ukrainian members.

It is because of your generosity that we are able to provide all of them with a warm, nurturing space to embrace and develop their Jewish identity.

Please consider supporting JCC Krakow to ensure a bright future for Krakow’s Jews.

Your donation:

$10,800 - covers the cost of educating a child in FRAJDA Early Childhood Center for one year

$5,400 - covers care costs for one Holocaust survivor for one year

$3,600 - sponsors a Shabbat dinner for our Polish and Ukrainian Jewish members

$1,080 - sponsors a meeting of the Bagel Club for Young Families

$360 - supports the cost of welfare services for a Ukrainian family for a month

$180 - supports the cost of a Jewish education class for BBYO, our Jewish teen club

Donors of $100 or more will be acknowledged as Overseas Members.

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Friends of JCC Krakow Fundraising Guidelines: 

Please note that, in strict conformance with IRS guidelines, Friends of JCC Krakow does not accept contributions that are earmarked or required to be distributed to JCC Krakow or any other organization. The Directors of the Friends of JCC Krakow have complete discretion and control over the ultimate disposition of any contributions received by the organization. While donors may suggest that their gifts be used for a specific purpose, these requests are non-binding on the Friends of JCC Krakow. This ensures that gifts made to the Friends of JCC Krakow are tax-deductible and that Friends of JCC Krakow fulfills its duties and obligations as a U.S. tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Code.