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Charitable Giving
December 4, 2019, 11:52 am
Donor-advised funds simplify charitable giving
New incentive gives $100 to donors’ synagogues
By Johanna R Ginsberg
An Avi Chai float at the Celebrate Israel Parade. “[The foundation] focused sharply on Jewish literacy,” an observer says.
November 14, 2019, 12:42 pm
Avi Chai Says Goodbye, But Not ‘Mission Accomplished
A foundation with a laser focus on Jewish education hopes a new generation can finish what it started
By Shira Hanau
An NIF donor might choose to give grants to groups working on climate change. Photos courtesy of NIF
November 14, 2019, 12:34 pm
A Portfolio With A Progressive Bent
New Israel Fund creates a values-based vehicle that promotes democracy and pluralism
By Stewart Ain
November 14, 2019, 12:22 pm
JNF Opens Online Portal For Donor-Advised Funds
By Stewart Ain
Efrat Oppenheimer, director of family philanthropy for JFN Israel, left, and Maya Natan, JFN Israel’s executive director. “People aren’t born philanthropists but they can grow into it,” Natan says.
November 14, 2019, 12:20 pm
Nurturing ‘A Family Context’ For Israeli Giving
Jewish Funders Network working to cultivate philanthropy in the Jewish state for ‘the long run’
By Michele Chabin
Students from the Arad Music Conservatory performed at a session on federation fundraising at the General Assembly. Arad is the sister city of Federations in both New Jersey and Delaware, and the conservatory benefits from that partnership. Photos by Michele Chabin
November 7, 2018, 2:18 pm
Partnering to spur giving
Federations’ ‘sister-city’ programs let donors see their donations at work and establish deep bonds
By Michele Chabin
Julie Hammerman, who founded the JLens Investor Network, at the group’s 2017 conference on impact investing. Courtesy of JLens
November 7, 2018, 2:13 pm
Can Jewish charities do good and make money?
‘Impact investors’ say the answer is yes
By Ben Sales
Birthright participants celebrate the program’s 10th anniversary in Jerusalem in January 2015. Hadas Parush/Flash90
November 7, 2018, 2:00 pm
‘Engaging’ millennials is all the rage
Is it the best use of Jewish philanthropy?
By Jack Wertheimer
November 7, 2018, 12:55 pm
Human rights groups in Israel feeling the funding squeeze
Multiple factors at play as social justice groups facing a ‘crisis’
By Michele Chabin
November 7, 2018, 12:53 pm
Brazilian Jewish day school nets $1.1M in scholarship blitz
By Marcus M. Gilban
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