New Member Form 2024-2025 - Form - Machar -- The Secular Humanistic Jewish Congregation of Greater Washington

2024-2025 New Member Commitment

Welcome to the 2024-2025 new member commitment process. We are thrilled that you are joining Machar and look forward to a great year together. Our history is rich and our future incredibly bright. We look forward to getting to know you and engaging with you as a part of our community.

At this time, we ask please that you:
1. Pledge your membership to Machar
2. Provide your personal and household information
3. Indicate your interest in volunteering in Machar programs and activities
4. If you want to enroll your child/children in the Jewish Cultural School please click on this link.

Note: Credit card payments add a 2.85% processing fee.

New this year, you can pay by electronic check (called ACH/eCheck), which is free. In order to pay by ACH/E-Check, you must enable PLAID, a security measure connecting your banking information securely to ShulCloud. If you have setup PLAID before, then the setup for Machar is instantaneous. Otherwise, this setup process takes 1 - 3 days.

First, if you want to pay by eCheck or by paper check, email our Congregational Administrator, Jackie Kropman, to get setup with a ShulCloud account. Then, after Jackie gets you setup, click here to enable PLAID before completing this form. If this is your first time using PLAID, you will have to wait 1 - 3 business days, and then access your bank account that you used in creating the payment method. There will be two micro deposits (<$1.00) of which you should make note. Then you can come back to this form and on the payment screen you will select the account to validate by clicking on “Verify Micro Deposits.” You will then be able to complete the registration process.

Household Information

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

ZIP Code

Home Phone

How many adults are in your household?

* Adult 1 First Name

* Adult 1 Last Name

* Adult 1 Email

* Adult 1 Cell Phone

Adult 1 Pronoun

Adult 1 Birthday

Adult 2 First Name

Adult 2 Last Name

Adult 2 Email

Adult 2 Cell Phone

Adult 2 Pronoun

Adult 2 Birthday

Children

How many children are in your family?

Child 1 First Name

Child 1 Last Name

Child 1 DOB

Child 1 Grade in School (if applicable)

Child 2 First Name

Child 2 Last Name

Child 2 DOB

Child 2 Grade in School (if applicable)

Child 3 First Name

Child 3 Last Name

Child 3 DOB

Child 3 Grade in School (if applicable)

Child 4 First Name

Child 4 Last Name

Child 4 DOB

Child 4 Grade in School (if applicable)

Child 5 First Name

Child 5 Last Name

Child 5 DOB

Child 5 Grade in School (if applicable)

Pledge Your Membership

WE ARE PLEASE TO OFFER RATES FOR NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE HALF THE PRICE FOR RETURNING MEMBERS.

Please choose the appropriate membership category, either “Standard” dues or “Above Standard” dues, proportional to household income.

Young Adult is under 35 years of age. Full-time students or unemployed recent graduates up to age 22 are free. Upon graduation and/or being full-time employed, please join at the Young Adult rate.

Associate member is anyone who is affiliated with another synagogue or lives outside the DC metropolitan area.

NEW MEMBER STANDARD DUES	ANNUAL
2 Adult Household	$528
1 Adult Household	$353
2 Young Adult Household	$278
1 Young Adult Household	$168
Associate Member	$96
Full -time Students or unemployed recent graduates	No charge

NEW MEMBER ABOVE STANDARD DUES	ANNUAL
Suggested for Household with AGI of $200K or more	$1,113
Suggested for Household with AGI of $150K -199K	$927
Suggested for Household with AGI of $100K- $149K	$716

Select Your Membership Type

You will be given the option to pay in installments.

Select Your Category

You will be given the option to pay in installments.

Please Select Your Category

Additional donations to Machar are appreciated and will be used primarily to fund outreach programs to enable us to make a greater impact in the community and to grow our membership!

Please indicate your additional financial contribution.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (REDUCED DUES)

In keeping with our tradition, no one will be turned away from membership at Machar due to an inability to provide financial support to our community. If you have a financial challenge that prevents you from paying your full dues, please send an email to our Congregational Administrator at administrator@machar.org for a board member to contact you.

Volunteer Opportunities

Teen Group

Our Teen Group this year will include teens from Machar, Kehila Chadasha, and Beth Chai, and so we expect to have many participating teens with lots of great activities with opportunities to make new friends! The Teen Group Coordinator this year will be Emily Griswold.

The annual fee for the Teen Group is $150/year per teen, to help offset the cost of the Teen Group Coordinator. Any surplus in Teen Group fees will be used to pay for Teen Group activity costs.

How many teens will be registering?

Teen 1 Name

Teen 1 Age

Teen 1 Email

Teen 1 Cell Phone

Teen 2 Name

Teen 2 Age

Teen 2 Email

Teen 2 Cell Phone

Teen 3 Name

Teen 3 Age

Teen 3 Email

Teen 3 Cell Phone

Total

Monthly payment plans can be indicated on the next screen.