Want To Give to Jewish Charities? Don't Do It Over the Phone. – Forward.com

Want To Give to Jewish Charities? Don't Do It Over the Phone. – Forward.com: "Jewish charities handed over a huge portion of the money they raised in telemarketing campaigns in New York in 2013 to for-profit telemarketing contractors, according to a March 4 report by the office of Eric Schneiderman, New York State’s attorney general.

B’nai B’rith International and the Anti-Defamation League each got less than 9% of what donors gave to their phone campaigns, according to the attorney general’s figures. Those are terrible results: Three-quarters of the campaigns included in the attorney general’s report kept larger shares."



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Gaming Can Mean Big Revenue, Little Profit for Jewish Groups – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Gaming Can Mean Big Revenue, Little Profit for Jewish Groups – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Several Jewish charities have reported losing money on bingo and poker fundraising in recent years despite taking in millions of dollars in revenue on the games, according to The Jewish Daily Forward.

Is There Anything Jewish About Giving to Charity? – Forward.com

Is There Anything Jewish About Giving to Charity? – Forward.com: hese questions, which arise while reading “Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition,” by Gary Anderson, a Catholic scholar who teaches at Notre Dame, may seem crude: Isn’t charity supposed to be its own reward? Not in Jewish tradition, which wrestles with the question of whether and how we will be compensated for sustaining the widow and the orphan and for being kind to the stranger.

ShalomLife - Young Leaders Spearhead Launch of New Philanthropy Fund

ShalomLife - Young Leaders Spearhead Launch of New Philanthropy Fund: "hat’s exactly what businessmen Jonathan Bloomberg, Noah Godfrey and Sam Mizrahi are doing. And the trio, who are chairing UJA Federation’s SixPoints Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund, have successfully encouraged their contemporaries to join them in learning about Jewish philanthropy and making an impact on our community.   "

'Jewish philanthropy must adapt to changes'

'Jewish philanthropy must adapt to changes': "The Jewish Federations system has to adapt to the changing patterns in Jewish generosity or risk becoming increasingly irrelevant, according to Jeffrey R. Solomon, an expert on Jewish giving and the president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies."

Jewish Philanthropy as a Part of Jewish Identity | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog

Jewish Philanthropy as a Part of Jewish Identity | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog: "Jewish Philanthropy as a Part of Jewish Identity

September 13, 2010 by eJP


According to a study just published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Jewish-American families are more likely than those of other faiths to give to charities focusing on basic needs such as food and shelter. The study, by economist Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm, was based on data from the 2001, 2003 and 2005 waves of the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study.

While the results may still hold true today, one wonders how a more timely analysis might have benefited fundraising professionals."

Richard Joel and Daniel Forman: Faith in a changing economic environment | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News

Richard Joel and Daniel Forman: Faith in a changing economic environment | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News: "In this piece, Richard Joel, the president of Yeshiva University, and his top fund raiser, Daniel Forman, talk about how the economy has affected faith and money raising. (When last we spoke with Forman, he was leading YU as it embarked on a $1 billion fund raising campaign in July 2008.)"