The Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), the largest Jewish donor advised fund in the country, announced today that it was making an emergency grant of $100,000 to the Israel Trauma Coalition from its Special Gifts Fund, JCF’s institutional endowment. The Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC), which was created by UJA-Federation of New York in 2001, brings together more than…
“Nobody gives away money as wisely as they earn it,” noted Andrew Tisch at Jewish Communal Fund’s NextGen Advisors Network breakfast, which was held on March 19 at his office. Andrew, co-chairman of the Board and chairman of the Executive Committee of Loews Corporation and former President of Jewish Communal Fund (2003-2006), engaged the group…
This summer the nonprofit world was rocked by a campaign to “Debunk the Overhead Myth.” With a growing body of research and years of experience behind them, a coalition of experts claimed that, counter to popular belief, “overhead is a poor measure of a charity’s performance.” While 62 percent of Americans believe that a typical charity spends…
[This article originally appeared in eJewishphilanthropy and is republished with permission.] In our first book, The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan, Charles Bronfman and I noted that one of the largest problems in philanthropy is the lack of intentionality of many, if not most, donors as they give money away. Here…
[Note: This post is reprinted with permission of Jewish Teen Funders Network; view the original post here.] From menurkeys to sweet potato latke recipes, there are many creative ways to celebrate this year’s unique overlap of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving. In an effort to move beyond the kitsch, I would like to offer some additional ideas for blending…