By Clare Nolan, Janet Camarena, & Jen Bokoff

Key findings include:

• Fewer Americans give;
• Giving is distributed across more channels than ever before;
• Baby Boomers remain the most generous generation, and the number of Boomers saying they give is increasing;
• Generation X is on deck…and there are way more Gen X-ers than you think
  
  

Many foundations are adopting new approaches for creating social change—approaches that aim to influence the actions and investments of the public and private sector, as well as address the complex conditions that hold social problems in place.

Based on interviews with 114 practitioners representing 50 foundations and 8 philanthropic services organizations, Being the Change explores how foundations are applying their assets, knowledge, skills, networks, and people in new ways in order to create impact at scale and change systems.

What does "rich Jewish content" mean? What is the value of engaging more deeply with Jewish text, tradition, and values? Rabbis, educators, and other community experts respond.

This report, based on in-depth interviews with a broad range of artists, presenters, arts nonprofit leaders, and funders, finds that the field of Jewish arts and culture in North America is in serious need of three things:

• More support for Jewish artists and arts organizations
• More robust distribution networks
• More engaged and coordinated funders
  
  

Conclusions from a series of meetings of nonprofit and philanthropic foundation CEOs in Israel

By the CEOs Organization and the Forum of Foundations in Israel

Two new reports from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors explore impact investing:

Relationships between funders and their grantees are crucial because the two must work well together if they are to achieve shared goals. But funder–grantee relationships can be fraught due to the inherent power imbalance between those who have resources and those who need them. How can funders effectively navigate this dynamic to build and maintain strong relationships with their grantees?

Jewish nonprofits are not yet the leading places to work; however, there is an increased recognition of this challenge and the need to address it.

This report presents findings of the second annual survey of employees of American Jewish nonprofits conducted by Leading Edge.