By a recently laid-off professional Jewish nonprofits often act more like family than like a business. This can create a positive familiarity, and that can also have challenges. When it comes to laying off employees, it becomes especially complicated. I’ve now been laid off twice - each time by a mission driven nonprofit, and whose mission I support and believe in. Both times it was a financial … [Read More...] about Laying Off Your Employee with Kindness
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A New Paradigm for Boards of Jewish Nonprofits
By Sherwin Pomerantz Those of us who are lay leaders of nonprofits are fed a regular diet of emails from self-styled gurus who seem to make more than a decent living doling out prescriptions for (a) how best to manage boards of directors; (b) the relationship between lay leadership and the professional staff; (c) how decisions get made in such frameworks, and the like. For the … [Read More...] about A New Paradigm for Boards of Jewish Nonprofits
A Glimpse Behind While Forging Ahead
By Avrum Lapin We hosted a webinar On July 14th, as Board members of The Giving Institute, to share the results of the Giving USA 2020 Report on Philanthropy. We provided analysis of giving results and trends in 2019, the state of philanthropy in the current environment given the challenges of COVID-19, the volatile political environment, […]
Amidst a Summer of Uncertainty for Camps, We Counselors Weren’t Forgotten
By Solomon Fox Looking back at the middle of March seems like an eternity ago. Businesses started to shut down, schools transitioned their operations to virtual platforms, and everyone was focused on the present. While our country began to battle a viscous pandemic, few knew what the next couple of months – especially what our […]
An Appeal to Funders
Thriving Small Nonprofits With A Unified Voice and Message
By Bradley Caro Cook, Ed.D. Preface This article and research are a collaborative effort of 11 nonprofit organizational leaders. Together we planned and collaborated to produce this appeal. BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW is a scary, scary, time for nonprofits of all sizes. In light of an international pandemic, many Jewish organizations have entered crisis mode. Many […]
Tips for Virtually Engaging Millennial Families with your Institution
By Rabbi Yael Buechler While my generation of millennials has been notoriously institutionally-weary, there is good news on the horizon. As we begin to raise our own families, we are more likely to be open to the idea of connecting with traditional institutions. As a millennial with young children and as a Jewish communal leader […]
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