JCC Receives Largest-Ever Endowment Gift

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The generosity of Irwin and Ann Katz (of blessed memory) will be remembered forever through an endowment created by their children to sustain arts programming at the JCC. The Irwin and Ann Katz Cultural Arts and Education Endowment Fund was established with a gift from the family representing the largest-ever endowment gift given to the JCC. The endowment will provide funding of about $35,000 every year to support JCC arts programming.

Irv Katz (1919-2015) was a founding partner of accounting firm Katz, Sapper & Miller and was devoted to the JCC for more than 70 years. He was the only board president to serve two consecutive terms, leading the JCC at a pivotal time after World War II when the organization was raising funds to purchase land and construct the current facility.
The annual Ann Katz Festival of Books & Arts was transformed from a one-week book fair to a major three-week cultural arts event when in 2000, Irv made a significant commitment to an annual contribution over a 15-year time period. In addition to financially supporting the growth of adult continuing education programs, Irv Katz also led the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (1972-75).

About the JCC Indianapolis
The JCC Indianapolis’s mission is to enrich the community by perpetuating Jewish tradition and heritage while celebrating diversity of beliefs through arts, education, health and wellness programs. JCC Indianapolis, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014, is located at Arthur M. Glick JCC, 6701 Hoover Road and is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, the United Way of Central Indiana and an affiliate member of the JCC Association of North America.