Episode 4 of What Gives? The Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.

Guest: Gali Cooks, inaugural President & CEO of Leading Edge, the Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership.

The vast majority of senior leaders in Jewish nonprofits will need to be replaced in the coming years.

Leading Edge partnered with a Senior Editor from Harvard Business Review to distill the most important elements of running a successful nonprofit CEO search.

By Libbie Landles-Cobb, Kirk Kramer, and Betsy Haley Doyle. The Bridgespan Group.

How funders can align their good intentions with nonprofits’ real needs.

eJewish Philanthropy, April 17, 2015

John F. Kennedy once said that “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” JFK probably didn’t know, but his statement was profoundly Jewish for, in Judaism, leadership and learning are inextricably linked.

This quote came serendipitously to my attention this week, as we prepare to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Wexner Foundation, which, by putting this principle to practice, has been transforming communities across North America since its inception.

Michael J Austin, Tracy Salkowitz, Jewish Funders Network, The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies