yossi@jfunders.org

Yossi Prager leads JFN’s Consulting services as Senior Managing Director. Yossi is a distinguished philanthropic leader who has spent the past 30 years as Executive Director of successful foundations, in the process educating the field in the Jewish values underlying Jewish giving. In 26 years at AVI CHAI, Yossi oversaw the allocation of over $400 million, leading the foundation from rapid growth to ultimate spend-down. Yossi’s work to date has left an enduring mark on the Jewish philanthropic world.

Yossi has also served as an adjunct faculty member at New York University, where he taught on foundations and social change. He edited a book on Judaism and philanthropy entitled “Toward a Renewed Ethic of Jewish Philanthropy.” Yossi lectures frequently and is widely published on Judaism, Jewish education and philanthropy. Yossi is a graduate of Yale Law School and practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton in Manhattan before entering the field of Jewish philanthropy.