Today, Jewish Communal Fund CEO Sue Dickman is in Israel where she presented a $100,000 grant to Olim BeYachad, a nonprofit that helps Ethiopian-Israelis gain employment and become self-sufficient. This gift from the JCF Special Gifts Fund will fund the participation of 40 Ethiopian-Israeli young adults in EELP (Employment, Empowerment, and Leadership program). This gift was…
Talk highlights dramatic shifts happening in Israeli philanthropy. JCF fund holders had the opportunity to learn more about Israel’s growing philanthropic community last week at a Lunch & Learn with Sigal Yaniv Feller, the Director of Advisory Services in Israel at Jewish Funders Network. Sigal’s insightful presentation took fund holders on a journey dating back 70…
The Jewish Week printed a letter to the editor on 9/24/2014 written by JCF Executive Vice President & CEO Sue Dickman highlighting the significant support for Israel that our fund holders have generously granted out. The letter is a response to an article written about recent philanthropic trends in light of the recent conflict in Israel.…
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…
Jewish Communal Fund and State of Israel Bonds recently hosted a well-attended cocktail reception and briefing on the topic “Challenges and Opportunities for Israel in 2013” with Aluf Benn, Editor-in-Chief of Haaretz. Shira Lewis, a JCF fund holder who is also a member of the national Board of Directors, the National Women’s Division Associate Chair and the Rockland County…