Securing Our Future

Through the Centennial Fund, Nanci and David Farber Continue
Their Family’s Transformative Impact on Jewish Education

“W

hen we help each other, it makes us all stronger.

The Centennial Fund is the central endowment for Jewish

Inclusion, tolerance, understanding and positive

Detroit and will help secure the long-term welfare of the

support are essential if we are to thrive, here and in

community. Jewish Education is a central area of focus, and

Israel.” There may be no better way to summarize the

Nanci and David’s Centennial gift will support the Hillel Day

simple, yet profound philanthropic vision of Audrey and

School endowment. The couple have had five children

Bill Farber and their family. Indeed, these were the words

attend the school over the years, though this in itself was

of Nanci and David Farber, who have followed in Audrey

not the reason they decided to make the gift. “We feel that

and Bill’s footsteps in their deep commitment to Jewish

Hillel Day School fills a great need in our community and we

Detroit. Like their parents, Nanci and David were born

want them to continue to do that well into the future,” they

and raised in metro Detroit and have maintained strong

say. “We have invested a great deal into their physical space,

connections to their community. Over the past five years,

but we realize that there are so many facets to successfully

the Farber family has made foundational gifts to Farber

running and nurturing a Jewish day school. Supporting this

Hebrew Day School, the Farber Soul Center, and Hillel

endowment will help ensure their continued success.”

Day School—where they established the Farber Family

Thanks to the extraordinary vision and generosity of the

IDEA Collaborative—among other major donations in the

Farber family, Jewish education will continue to thrive in

community. Now, with a gift to the Centennial Fund,

metro Detroit long into the future.

Nanci and David will continue the family’s transformative

impact on Jewish education.