“Hillel is showing the Jewish world that, if you take care of your own,…they, in turn, will want to serve our people”
Hillel is showing the Jewish world that, if you take care of your own...
Tag Archives: non-profits
“No one tells funders the truth. They need their money. They’re intimidated.”
JJ: What are the biggest mistakes Jewish philanthropists make? AS: They don’t fund enough...
“Most Jewish organizations…function and have value, yet we spread ourselves out over too many responsibilities”
Most Jewish organizations are a cable remote. We function and have value, yet we...
“The charitable sector is a bit like the Wild West — by design”
The charitable sector is a bit like the Wild West — by design. Foundations...
“Strategic philanthropy is possible because strong communal bodies take care of the basic needs of the community”
Strategic philanthropy is possible because strong communal bodies take care of the basic needs...
“…how could one sector possibly take market share away from another sector if it isn’t really allowed to market?”
…we tell the for-profit sector, “Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar...
“…if a nonprofit organization ever had a dream of building magnificent scale that required that for six years,…we would expect a crucifixion”
Amazon went for six years without returning any profit to investors, and people had...
“…we should be investing more money, not less, in fundraising, because fundraising is the one thing that has the potential to multiply the amount of money available for the cause that we care about so deeply”
…this one very dangerous question, which is, “What percentage of my donation goes to...
“Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, “We kept charity overhead low.” We want it to read that we changed the world…”
This is what happens when we confuse morality with frugality. We’ve all been taught...
“…the nonprofit sector is starved for growth and risk and idea capital”
…the for-profit sector can pay people profits in order to attract their capital for...