Compensating Fundraisers
July 28, 2010 by Stephen G. Donshik
Filed under Local Israel, Managing Your Nonprofit
Compensating Fundraisers: A Dilemma for the Non-Profit Organization and the Fundraiser
Last week I discussed engaging a professional firm or a professional fundraiser to assist in developing the financial resources of Israeli non-profit organizations. In the posting I»
Avi Chai in Sunset: An Ongoing Case Study
July 4, 2010 by eJP
Filed under American Philanthropy, In the Media, Jewish Philanthropy
As many of our readers know, the Avi Chai Foundation is in sunset – in other words, they are in the process of spending down their assets with the intent of closing the foundation.
In terms of prominent American foundations,»
It’s Camp Time!
June 17, 2010 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
Despite the continuing financial struggles of many families, nonprofit Jewish overnight camps are filling up. As in 2009, camps are projecting a flat or increased enrollment over last year. Yet, over the next two months, tens of thousands of kids»
A New Vision for JTS
May 14, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
a letter from Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor, JTS:
Dear JTS Students, Faculty, and Staff,
We at The Jewish Theological Seminary have spent much of the past eighteen months thinking about the future and reassessing our goals. It is clear that»
Seeing Clearly With Double Vision
May 10, 2010 by eJP
Filed under Growing Jewish Education in Challenging Times, In Case You Missed, The Blog
by Robert Lichtman
Why do children learn in parallel rows in the winter and in circles in the summer?
The parallel rows are the desks in the day schools. We can demonstrate what day school students learn about the history»
Matthew Bronfman: A New Generation Philanthropist
May 6, 2010 by Dan Brown
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, Local Israel, The Blog, The Limmud Experience
- “Thriving Jewish communities throughout the world can do nothing but strengthen the Jewish world.”
Matthew Bronfman, Moscow, April 16, 2010
Slowly, changes are a-foot on the American Jewish philanthropic landscape. The federation system – like several other organizations»
Facts, Meaning and Leadership
April 20, 2010 by Bob Goldfarb
Filed under Opinion, The Blog
Facts never speak for themselves. Information is easy; meaning and interpretation are hard, as we are reminded every time the results of a new survey are released. Now that we have the summary findings of the Avi Chai Foundation’s January 12, 2010 by eJP by Lauren Wilner December 16, 2009 by Dan Brown Yesterday Avi Chai Foundation hosted a discussion on day school enrollment – the data, trends and implications. Drawing on information collected by several organizations, including AVI CHAI, PEJE, RAVSAK, SSDSA and PARDeS, a group of educators, journalists, funders, and communal» November 20, 2009 by eJP by Sarah Kass Who can forget December 11, 2008? On the day Bernie Madoff was arrested, millions if not billions of (Jewish) philanthropic dollars went up in smoke. Since then, surviving Jewish philanthropists have rearranged their investment strategies and surviving»Jewish Social Leadership Training in Jerusalem
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The World
From New York City to Jerusalem to Budapest, participants in the Jewish Social Leadership Training Program gathered in the office of Jerusalem’s Memizrach Shemesh January 4-10 in the first of a series of meetings designed»Current Day School Enrollment: The Glass is Half Full
Filed under Education, The American Jewish Scene, The BlogSkin-In-The-Game Commitments
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The Blog
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