A video slide show celebrating 60 years of Israel A collaboration between Bonnie Goodman and Professor Gil Troy (McGill University) in honor of Israel’s 60th Birthday. This is Bonnie's artistic rendition of the updated version of Professor Troy's article “Why I Am A Zionist”, first published in 2001. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0LKUMDtowc[/youtube] Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem … Continue Reading
Blackbaud Announces Acquisition of Kintera
Blackbaud, Inc., the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced yesterday that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of a Software as a Service solution to the nonprofit and government sectors. The news is attracting concern among some nonprofit leaders. The anonymous fund raiser who writes the blog Don’t Tell the Donor writes that while Blackbaud’s “press release seems almost giddy, I’m not so sure nonprofits will be thrilled that their viable options for major providers continues to shrink." … Continue Reading
Facing Tomorrow: The Panels
updated 1 June: The official website for the Facing Tomorrow Conference has posted a list of the various panels, a brief synopsis, the participants, and in many cases transcript highlights. You can locate these here. It appears that videos from most of the panels have now also been posted. This is what is available. … Continue Reading
Making News This Morning
From The Jerusalem Post, Globes and Haaretz, respectively; on-point stories on our core themes. Analysis: Misunderstanding the rich American uncle American Jewish giving, like American philanthropy generally, is based on a culture of personal generosity that Israelis have never encountered and don't understand. The American philanthropic industry is so large and sophisticated that an entire profession of highly-trained professionals, with advanced degrees in economics and management, exists to assist wealthy people (and literally thousands of American Jewish foundations) in giving away hundreds of billions of dollars each year in effective ways. The Haaretz article Haviv refers to in his story is from May 12th: Let's be done with all the Talanskys Jerusalem is full of wheeler-dealers, … Continue Reading
Steinhardt’s Latest
Michael Steinhardt, money manager turned philanthropist dedicated to creating a renaissance in American Jewish life, is chartering new waters. The venture, announced yesterday, is for New York City’s first publicly funded school devoted to Hebrew language and culture. Planned for Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn) and a targeted Fall 2009 opening, the school's goal is to provide "academic excellence and kids fluent in Hebrew.” From Anthony Weiss in The Forward: "A group of individuals with financial backing from the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life is prepared to submit an application on June 4 to the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Board of Regents to open the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn. According to Steinhardt’s daughter Sara Berman, … Continue Reading
Click Here. Now Here. Wait. Click Here.
You’ve added a donation button to your Web site. That means you can sit-back, relax and watch Seinfeld reruns while the money flows into your organization. Right? Wrong. “Online donations are something that a lot of organizations really want to do, but there is, unfortunately, really complicated stuff that you need to understand to effectively make choices,” said Laura Quinn, director of Idealware, a Portland, Maine nonprofit that provides software reviews for other nonprofits. Read more from Laura about the nuts and bolts you need to know here. … Continue Reading
High Impact Philanthropy: The 2008 JFN Conference
We would like to thank the Jewish Funders Network for providing this Conference summary to us. The audio files are available here in the right side-bar. 2008 Conference--A Few Highlights Top-level presenters, artists, politicians, and thought- leaders, "seminar on wheels" site visits, and a turnout that meant the David Citadel, Jerusalem, was bursting at the seams were all part of the scene at the 2008 International Conference. It was a rare opportunity to network with a dynamic, multigenerational group of Jewish philanthropists from around the world, and an experience that by all accounts re-energized giving, helped form powerful new collaborations, and suggested new philanthropic strategies for improving impact across a range of initiatives. We are working to share the contents and … Continue Reading
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