We sometimes pay lip service to failure but our actual tolerance for risk and failure in the Jewish community is limited. We don’t support those that fail, we don’t circulate the learnings that stem from failure, and we don’t reward risk-taking.

Cross-posted at eJewish Philanthropy and at Jewish Journal.

MATCH 4 is a matching grants program funded by the AVI CHAI and Kohelet Foundations in partnership with Jewish Funders Network (JFN) and the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE). MATCH 4 provides a 1:2 (50 cents on the dollar) match for new or significantly increased gifts to Jewish day schools. MATCH 4 grants are capped at a maximum of $50,000 per school.

A new Decalogue of effective Jewish philanthropy.

The New York Jewish Week.

Yesterday when I decided I was joining my husband in support of this challenge I did not realize how hard this would be.

Cross-posted at eJewish Philanthropy.

In the last couple of decades, a tectonic shift has altered the landscape of Jewish philanthropy. The phenomenon is not only Jewish – the number of foundations in the United States has grown fivefold in the last 20 years; the same growth in donor-advised funds has taken just a decade.

Okay so we went shopping this afternoon and we ended up at the Fairway market because it’s supposed to have really good pricing on products.

I’m just getting started with the SNAP Challenge and find myself on a tour of NYC urban agriculture.

Last night the SNAP Challenge started in earnest for me. I had wandered through the grocery store earlier in the week to scope out what I might be able to buy with my $36 for the week and how to plan my meals.