August 22, 2012
Glasspockets
Rick Cohen, National Correspondant for Nonprofit Quarterly, calls on foundations to be more transparent by considering the public purposes that would be better served from proactive standards of disclosure.
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The love story between a people and a book...
A couple of years ago, my sons, among other first graders, participated in something called chagigat hasefer, the celebration of the book.
MATCH 4 Helps Jewish Day Schools Raise Nearly $10 Million In Donor Funding
By Dan Perla
The results of MATCH 4[1] are in and the numbers are impressive. Consider the following statistics:
Eric Benhamou and Impact Investing
On March 7, at JFN's New York headquarters, we hosted member Eric Benhamou and the Israel Venture Network for a breakfast meeting to learn about ways to create sustainable social change through social enterprise and venture philanthropy.
Day 2: Hot water, hold the berries
Yesterday when I decided I was joining my husband in support of this challenge I did not realize how hard this would be. I crave vegetables and fruits and even though we are trying to keep this challenge with a balanced diet , it requires that you drink tons of water.
Day 2: Learning more
I’m just getting started with the SNAP Challenge and find myself on a tour of NYC urban agriculture. The visits we made are hopeful signs of folks trying to make a difference on issues of healthy food, social enterprise and urban living, while trying to make good food more affordable.
The New Science of Giving
A young Houston couple is planning to give away $4 billion—but only to projects that prove they are worth it. Can they redefine the world of philanthropy? In the Wall Street Journal, Brad Reagan profiles the approach of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
Philanthropists and Investors
David Werdiger, a JFN member, encourages funders to fully embrace the corporate sector's risk/reward model in their funding: smart philanthropists, like the smart investors, should make themselves aware of the options available for achieving the desired social change and invest accordingly.
מדד הגישה החיובית
"גלובס" מציג לראשונה בישראל תוצאות מחקר מקיף, שבדק עד כמה הערים בישראל נגישות לבעלי המוגבלויות החיים בהן ■ חולון היא העיר הנגישה ביותר, ראשון לציון ושוהם מיד אחריה, ובנצרת ובחיפה בעלי המוגבלויות הכי שבעי רצון ופחות מדווחים על תחושות בדידות וקושי
Ten Years On: Are Donors Different? Were They Ever?
What if donors just don’t care about nonprofit performance? Why measure? Writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Timothy Ogden suggests that, for all the talk about donors caring about performance and impact, the stark reality is that there persists a false perception of reality that leads to wrong-headed theories of change and ineffective actions.
What Are Foundations For?
Writing in the Boston Review, Robert Reich explores the "peculiar institutional form of the foundation," identifying important questions about the role of plutocratic power in a democratic society.