JCYC Planned Giving

Planned Giving

8. Why does the Japanese Community Youth Council need planned gifts?

JCYC has been consistently successful in attracting grants to support its work, but only gifts from individuals, especially bequests from estates, that can ensure its future. These gifts are not subject to a fluctuating economy or to shifts in political winds. They come from individuals deeply committed to the work of JCYC and are needed to build JCYC's endowment, the income from which will provide a reliable source of ongoing support to JCYC for years to come. They also provide a lasting tribute to the donors, honoring their names and the names of their loved ones perpetually.

In 1969, a group of Japanese American youth organizations established a youth council. The intent of the council was to serve as a forum for information sharing and discussion of issues impacting young people and to help re-establish Nihonmachi as a center of activities for Japanese American youth. This council eventually came to be known as the Japanese Community Youth Council.

As the council began to address the concerns of young people, the need for a facility was identified. A vacant, two-story building on Sutter Street was transformed into the first JCYC facility and was the genesis for the eventual development of a multi-service community center. In May of 1970, JCYC was officially incorporated as a non-profit organization.

Over the past three decades, JCYC has become one of San Francisco's most successful youth organizations. While still committed to children and youth from the Japanese American community, JCYC has evolved and grown into an organization, which annually serves over 8,000 young people from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.

Through a continuum of services, JCYC programs can support children and youth from the time they start pre-school until they are ready to move onto college. The organization strives to offer young people a comprehensive array of services to ensure that they have the resources and support necessary to grow into healthy, productive adults.

In addition to providing direct services, JCYC has also organized and led some of the largest and most successful youth collaborations in San Francisco.

You can read about JCYC's children's programs by visiting Chibi Chan Preschool and Tomodachi Summer Program. Learn about Facts & Figures of JCYC.

Frequently asked questions about planned giving:

1. Can the Japanese Community Youth Council help me get my estate plan done?
2. How do I include the Japanese Community Youth Council in my will or living trust?
3. What's the big advantage in making the Japanese Community Youth Council a beneficiary of my retirement plan?
4. What kind of donors should consider a charitable remainder trust?
5. Gifts that pay you
6. Can you provide me with an estimate of my tax and income benefits?
7. How can I give my home and keep it, too?
8. Why does the Japanese Community Youth Council need planned gifts?
9. What should I do if I have already remembered the Japanese Community Youth Council in my estate plan?

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