Highlights from a Jan. 18 PPGGNY panel discussion moderated by Margaret M. Holman, with panelists Mark L. Hefter, Ellen Smith Israelson, and Kim Isaacs Katz. Donor advised funds are the fastest-growing charitable giving vehicles. More than 270,000 Americans use a donor advised fund to streamline their charitable giving—and that number continues to increase. Fundraisers working…
If you weren’t able to join us yesterday for our lunchtime webinar on “Tools for Philanthropic Impact, Session 2: Metrics in Philanthropy,” we are pleased to provide a link to a recording of this dynamic conversation about a hot topic in the field of philanthropy. We are very grateful to our speakers—Rella Kaplowitz, Mirele Goldsmith…
Jason Flom is a music executive who is known for discovering Katy Perry and Lorde and for launching the careers of iconic artists including Matchbox Twenty and Kid Rock. A longtime JCF fundholder, Flom is also a dedicated advocate for criminal justice reform. He is a founding board member of the Innocence Project and serves…
A wave of more than 630 wildfires has spread throughout Israel in recent days, injuring 180 people and burning down 560 homes. Nearly 100,000 Israelis have been evacuated; in Haifa, hundreds of apartments were destroyed completely, leaving more than 1,000 people without homes. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority reported that more than 4,900 acres of…
After Hurricane Matthew made landfall on October 4, 2016, Haiti — which is still struggling to rebuild after the 2010 earthquake left more than 200,000 people dead and many homeless — is in a state of emergency. More than 900 people have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced. Below are several charitable…