Rent & mortgage
Housing costs, or a gap between one paycheck and the next.
What we help with
Some of the reasons
people come to us.
Bar & Bat Mitzvah
A milestone arriving in a month that cannot absorb it.
A wedding
The cost of marrying off a child.
Finding a job
Between jobs, or looking for a way back in.
Credit card debt
Interest compounding faster than you can pay it down.
Something else
Every situation is different. Tell us yours.
Independent by design
We answer to no one
outside this community.
We are a nonprofit, independent of any shul or political group. That independence lets us decide every case on need alone — without the nonsense of politics.
We cannot help with everything, and we will say so straight away if we cannot.
Ongoing campaign
$5 every Erev Shabbat.
A standing weekly gift given before Shabbat. On its own it is small. Together it is what keeps the fund ready.
In their own words
Hear it from the people
who built the fund.
A short introduction to what SBF does and why it exists.
Help us be ready for the
next family who asks.
Donations here fund the loans and support we give to families in this community.