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10 August 2010
The Top Jewish Donors and Jewish Giving: Why the Disconnect?

An interesting American article from Robert Evans and Avrum Lapin on an intersting trend of Jewish Giving.

 

The list of the 60 top charitable contributions in 2008 includes some remarkable gifts. They totaled $15.78 billion, up from a cumulative total of $7.79 billion in 2007, which was the best year ever for recorded charitable giving in the United States. That said, we wonder aloud how the Jewish donors on the list are making their Jewish charitable decisions and why their giving has not been directed for Jewish priorities.

10 August 2010
A Developmental Appraoch to Philanthropy

The chart below, written by Robert Hyfler, suggests five steps in the development of the Jewish philanthropist and maturation of philanthropic foundations and grant making/funding entities.  Attention to this ladder of development can lead to strategies to move along a path of communal engagment and can be a useful tool in assessing the current midnset of funders and potential funders.  Note that the "virtue' in each step is often retained as the individual or philanthropic entity progerssess to the next step.

28 April 2010
Australian Jewish Funders Conference 2010
9 March 2010
The Advantage of Cluster Funding
Cluster Funding provides a positive framework for grantmaking in this time of economic crisis, ensuring that stretched resources are well used, disadvantage is addressed with long-term ositive outcomes, and people are recognised for who they are and what they have to offer.
 
1 March 2010
The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets the Business Plan by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey R Solomon

An honest assessment for how to determine your individual relationship with charitable giving in today's world

11 November 2009
Evaluation: Who Decides?

by Bob Goldfarb in ephilanthropy.com.au  10 November 2009

It is certainly in everyone's interest to spend money wisely. But when it comes to evaluating the results, it's all too easy to assume that methodologies and numbers are objective and that strategic success can be quantified. It's true that you can count students enrolled at a school, hot meals served at a soup kitchen, or attendance at an art exhibition. It's not so easy to measure how good the teachers are, the overall well-being of the clients of the soup kitchen, or the quality of the art on display.

11 November 2009
How to Build A Better Nonprofit Board: It's About the Board Chair

BY FC Expert Blogger Alice KorngoldSun Oct 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM

This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone.

Yes, positioning the right person as the board chair is key. Because the chair has the greatest influence on how the board uses its time in meetings and in between meetings, who will be on the board, and who will be groomed for future leadership.

I have seen organizations rise or fall, depending on the board chair's effectiveness. Even the most extraordinary nonprofit CEO cannot achieve the enterprise's fullest potential without a good board chair.

5 June 2009
Record $5 Million Donation To Performing Arts

A Melbourne benefactor has become Victoria's biggest individual donor to the performing arts with a major endowment to the Arts Centre. Miss Betty Amsden OAM has established the Betty Amsden Arts Education Endowment for Children with a gift of $5 million, one of the largest gifts ever to the performing arts in Australia.

 

To view the full article please click this link -

http://www.theartscentre.com.au/about-us/media-centre/news.aspx?id=7222&page=1

 

12 March 2009
The Case for Arts & Culture

by Bob Goldfarb

 

It’s hardly news that philanthropists are reconsidering their priorities in the face of the economy’s woes. The move to provide for basic needs, for example, is a natural and laudable response to the jump in unemployment. It’s important, though, not to lose sight of the long-term welfare of the Jewish community, and that includes arts and culture.

 

To view the full article please click this link -

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/the-case-for-arts-and-culture/

 

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