Named Endowment Funds: $100K or more
- Endowment Funds for Extracurricular Activities
- Campus Maintenance Endowment Funds
- Cultural Heritage Days Endowment Funds
- The Etgar Endowment Fund
- Graduate Support Endowment Funds
- Jewish Holiday Celebration Endowment Funds
- Judaica Endowment Funds
- Library Resource Endowment Funds
- New Israeli Citizens Endowment Funds
- Scholarship Funds
- Staff Development Endowment Funds
- Endowment Funds for Special Summer Camp Programs
Endowment Funds for Extracurricular Activities
From $100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Through extensive extracurricular activities offered at the Village, Yemin Orde youngsters are able to join scouting troops and sports teams, and participate in dance, karate, drama, and music (both individual and group instruction), home repair clubs and carpentry.
- Arts and Crafts: $100,000
- Photography: $100,000
- Orchestra: $200,000
- Choir: $150,000
- Karate: $100,000
- Dance: $100,000
- Drawing: $100,000
- Drama: $100,000
- Music: $150,000
- Sports: $100,000
- Home Repair: $150,000
Campus Maintenance Endowment Funds
From $100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
The beauty and maintenance of the buildings and gardens at Yemin Orde are fundamental to the healing process of the children. Yemin Orde is the children’s home and, as with any home, children take comfort from their surroundings. Maintaining and investing in the environment sends an important educational message to the children. Yemin Orde is also home to 30 staff families who live on the 77 acre campus.
- Landscaping: $100,000
- Equipment: $100,000
- Children’s Houses’ Annual Maintenance: $150,000
- Administrative Buildings’ Maintenance: $100,000
- Staff Housing Maintenance: $100,000
- Vehicle Maintenance: $100,000
Cultural Heritage Days Endowment Funds
From $100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Respect for each child’s cultural heritage is extremely important at Yemin Orde and is intensely interwoven in the children’s experiences at the Village. In their education and in their daily lives, programs are designed to connect each child with his/her past.
This philosophy is practiced in many ways, such as participation by the entire Village in the Ethiopian holiday “Segd” and other cultural holidays such as Pushkin’s birthday, an annual Brazilian Festival, and the May 9th victory of the Russians over the Nazi regime.
The Etgar Endowment Fund
From $100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Each fall, students entering the 12th grade embark on the Etgar (literally, the Challenge) a three-day hike from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean. The goal of the hike is to build self confidence, to reinforce team spirit and cooperation, and to enhance the feeling of belonging in Israel.
The hike finishes in the amphitheater in the Village where the entire community is waiting for the seniors and cheering them on. The Etgar is a wonderful way to welcome the new ninth graders and other children into the spirit of Yemin Orde.
Graduate Support Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde remains home for many young people long after they have graduated from the Village’s high school, particularly for those with no family in Israel. Graduates in the army receive care packages and emotional support. Yemin Orde helps with career and educational guidance counseling, and provides graduates with need-based scholarships to universities and other institutions of higher education. Scholarships may be established in honor or in memory of a loved one.
- Military Service Support: $100,000
- Graduate Guidance and Support Funds: $100,000
- Graduate Scholarships: $100,000
- Graduate House Endowment Funds: from $150,000
Jewish Holiday Celebration Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Jewish Holidays are an important element of life at Yemin Orde, particularly for those children who did not have the opportunity to observe the holidays in their native countries. Many graduates return to the Village to celebrate with their Yemin Orde “family”, particularly those with no other support network in Israel.
Judaica Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Endowment Funds are needed to ensure that each child at the Village is able to observe Jewish rituals. Funds are needed for items such as Prayer Books, Tfillin and Tallisim, Holiday celebrations and B’nai Mitzvot celebrations.
- Tfillin, Tallisim and Prayer Books: $100,000
- B’nai Mitzvot Celebrations: $100,000
- Shv’ut Am Conversion Program: $100,000
Library Resource Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde’s library houses books and periodicals in several languages, a computer room, and is used as a central meeting space in the Village. Endowment funds are needed to purchase new books, periodicals and to maintain the building and its furnishings.
- Book Acquisition: $150,000
- Resource Development: $100,000
- Library Maintenance: $100,000
- Yemin Orde’s Archive
Maintenance and Update: $100,000
New Israeli Citizens Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Successful absorption into Israeli society depends not only on providing strong language, cultural and academic support, but also on exposing young immigrants to Israeli society through visits to sites of national and historical importance. Every year, as part of its absorption enrichment programs, Yemin Orde gives the children the opportunity to experience their new homeland through field trips, and visits to museums, theater performances, and other cultural events around the country.
- Field trips to sites of historical and national importance: $150,000
- Cultural activities: $100,000
Scholarship Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde provides graduates with need-based scholarships to universities and other institutions of higher education. Nearly 400 graduates are currently being helped. Scholarships may be established in honor or in memory of a loved one. Yemin Orde needs 250 scholarship endowment funds.
Staff Development Endowment Funds
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Staff from Yemin Orde are rigorously trained in the methodologies and philosophy of the Village. In addition, staff from Yemin Orde themselves are trainers to others working in the field of residential education in Israel. Workshops are held at the Village or at other residential facilities. Many staff that have been trained by Yemin Orde continue to work in the field at other residential institutions.
Endowment Funds for Special Summer Camp Programs
$100,000 ($20,000 a year for 5 years)
Each summer, Yemin Orde hosts children and families-in-need from all over Israel including those who come to the Village for special summer programs. Participants include terror victims and their families, children of foreign workers and Arab children from neighboring villages. Yemin Orde children act as counselors and through this work learn the value of helping others in-need.