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Transition Form: Successor -> Fundholder

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  • As Successor(s), you will now become the Fundholder(s) and assume all privileges, including recommending grant distributions and investment allocations, designating Authorized Parties and submitting a succession plan.
  • Fundholder 1

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  • Fundholder 2

  • NOTE: All Fundholders have full privileges on the fund, and can act independently. To add other people to your account with fewer privileges, see steps 2-3 for designating Authorized Parties and Successors.
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  • Authorized Parties

    You may authorize your assistant, accountant, tax advisor, family member or other person to obtain confidential information about your fund balance, contribution and grant history, and financial information by phone, fax, mail or online. The individual(s) you name below will have these privileges only during your lifetime. You may add or remove Authorized Parties at any time by written request.
  • First Authorized Party

  • Please select which additional privileges, if any, you would like to extend. The individual you named will have these privileges only during your lifetime. We will mail them a Policies and Procedures booklet and an Authorized Party Agreement, which must be returned to us before they obtain this additional privilege. You may add or remove Authorized Parties at any time by written request.
  • Second Authorized Party

  • Please select which additional privileges, if any, you would like to extend. The individual you named will have these privileges only during your lifetime. We will mail them a Policies and Procedures booklet and an Authorized Party Agreement, which must be returned to us before they obtain this additional privilege. You may add or remove Authorized Parties at any time by written request.
  • Third Authorized Party

  • Please select which additional privileges, if any, you would like to extend. The individual you named will have these privileges only during your lifetime. We will mail them a Policies and Procedures booklet and an Authorized Party Agreement, which must be returned to us before they obtain this additional privilege. You may add or remove Authorized Parties at any time by written request.
  • If you would like more than three Authorized Parties on your fund, please call JCF at 212-752-8277.
  • All succession plans must be submitted in writing and approved by Jewish Communal Fund during your lifetime. You may change your successor designations at any time. You may not designate successors through your will. Successors assume all the privileges of recommendation following the death of the last surviving Fundholder. A successor may designate his or her own successors, unless the Fundholder has indicated otherwise.
  • Please select one of the above options to indicate how your Successors will share the responsibilities of the fund.
  • First Successor

  • Second Successor

  • Third Successor

  • Fourth Successor

  • Fifth Successor

  • First Successor Charity

    If you do not wish to name a successor, you may recommend that the remaining assets in the fund be distributed upon your death to one or more IRS-qualified public charities. The charities are subject to review and approval by the Jewish Communal Fund. If the organization is no longer a public charity or is not otherwise approved by JCF, we will transfer the income and principal remaining in the fund to the JCF Special Gifts Fund.
  • Second Successor Charity

  • I acknowledge that I have read the Policies and Procedures booklet and agree to its terms and/or conditions. I certify that all information in this application is accurate and complete and I will notify the Jewish Communal Fund of any changes.
  • I acknowledge that the Fundholders have elected to act independently, and each Fundholder has the right to name the fund, recommend grant distributions, and recommend investment alternatives unless and until both Fundholders notify the Jewish Communal Fund to the contrary. There may be circumstances in which the Jewish Communal Fund may, in its discretion, require the Fundholders to provide joint instructions.
  • I understand that if no Successor or successor charity designation is on file at the Jewish Communal Fund, then at the time of the death of the last Fundholder, the income and principal remaining in the fund will be transferred to the JCF Special Gifts Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Jewish Communal Fund assumes responsibility for distributing income and principal from said Fund.
  • I understand and agree that JCF reserves the right to deduct from my donor advised fund any legal fees or expenses that JCF incurs as a result of any judicial or regulatory action or inquiry (including an IRS audit), or any third-party claim, in each case related to grant recommendations and/or contributions I or other permitted parties have made in respect of the fund.
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