Friday, September 3, 2010

Compensating Fundraisers

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

Avi Chai in Sunset: An Ongoing Case Study

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

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

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

    “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

Jewish Social Leadership Training in Jerusalem

January 12, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The World

by Lauren Wilner

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

December 16, 2009 by Dan Brown  
Filed under Education, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog

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»

Skin-In-The-Game Commitments

November 20, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The Blog

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»