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Naomi Eisenberger, executive director of The Good People Fund. (Courtesy)
April 23, 2018, 4:24 am
The charity fund exec who helps good people do their best for others
When not helming the #GamAni movement, Good People Fund director Naomi Eisenberger uses micro-philanthropy to leverage average Joes’ social and humanitarian projects
By Cathryn J. Prince
Julie Hammerman, who founded the JLens Investor Network, at the group’s 2017 conference on impact investing. (Courtesy of JLens/via JTA)
February 24, 2018, 1:40 am
Can Jewish charities do good and make money? Impact investors say yes
A growing number of activists are promoting the new ideal-driven form of investment, which they say is more sustainable and can go further than just donating to charity
By Ben Sales
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, speaks at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
December 29, 2017, 6:24 pm
Experts say millennial philanthropists are richest — and youngest — yet
With an estimated $59 trillion to be inherited over the next decades, charitable giving is seeing a game change
By Rich Tenorio
The members of the Brandeis School’s 2017-18 seventh-grade class said they appreciated hearing from a range of nonprofits in their city. (Ben Sales/JTA)
November 26, 2017, 12:22 am
To shoulder adult responsibility, Bay Area bar-mitzvah kids turn philanthropists
According to the Jewish Funders’ Network, US Jewish teens gave more than $1 million during 2015-16
By Ben Sales
A volunteer with the organization World Jewish Relief works with refugees in Greece. (Minos Alchanati/via JTA)
June 17, 2017, 3:29 am
Jewish charitable organizations preach tikkun olam to a tune of $125m.
People are still planting trees in Israel, but Jews aren’t the only tzedaka recipients — some 3 million in the developing world also receive aid
By Ben Sales
Bernie (left) and Ed Massey, co-founders of Portraits of Hope, in a laundromat with machines laminated in art by Portraits of Hope. (Laura Paresky Gould)
March 2, 2017, 5:13 am
Colorful brothers’ art activism literally makes the world a brighter place
Using disabled and disadvantaged artists to beautify public spaces, the Portraits of Hope initiative will this weekend hold a 24-hour paint-a-thon to benefit LA animal shelters
By Lisa Klug
Family members of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, (from L-R) wife Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump and sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. as they listen to the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 9, 2016 (AFP/Tasos Katopodis)
December 23, 2016, 11:44 am
Jewish charities benefit as Eric Trump Foundation flouts standards to favor pet projects
Son of president-elect directing donations to NGOs connected to family, including organizations backed by Ivanka
By JEFF DONN
Rachmiel Gurwitz meets with Damayan members, many of whom are human trafficking survivors. (Courtesy)
August 9, 2016, 3:20 pm
Rabbinical students learn to make social justice a reality
Now in its fifth year, T’ruah is helping five aspiring clergy get hands-on experience assisting the community where it counts the most
By Cathryn J. Prince
Kimberly Ferry, who had endured years of homelessness and mental health struggles, working at the Altamont Bakery in Tulsa. (Courtesy of Congregation B'nai Emunah/via JTA)
July 17, 2016, 1:07 am
How one Tulsa synagogue is baking its way to a better world
Many workers at B’nai Emunah’s Altamont Bakery come from difficult circumstances and credit the confectionery with helping turn their lives around
By Victor Wishna
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Las Vegas on June 18, 2016. (AFP/John Gurzinski)
July 15, 2016, 4:52 am
Trump pledged $250K to Friends of IDF, someone else paid
The Washington Post look into GOP candidate’s charitable giving finds unnamed donor covered for him in 2007
By JTA
Jack Lew with President Barack Obama in the White House ( AP/Susan Walsh, File)
December 31, 2015, 11:04 pm
US Treasury secretary named in suit over tax-free donations to Israel
Lawsuit aims to revoke nonprofit status of groups giving to Jewish state; American Palestinian writer said among litigants
By JTA
Illustrative photo of an operating room. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 1, 2015, 5:23 pm
Kidney donation sets off chain reaction of giving
Avraham Shapira wanted to keep his act a secret — but saved more lives by going public
By Rahel Jaskow
Ben Gurion robotics students work on a Helmsley Trust-funded project (Photo credit: Courtesy)
January 28, 2015, 7:42 pm
No ‘Queen of Mean,’ Leona Helmsley’s billions help Israelis
With over a billion dollars given away and another four to go, one of the world’s biggest charitable trusts is very active in Israel
By David Shamah
Sandy Koufax is out front in the Ron Lewis painting of Jewish major leaguers and others. The sale of 500 autographed prints is partly for profit and charity. (JewishBaseballPlayer.com/JTA)
December 28, 2014, 1:52 pm
Jewish ballplayers go to bat for charities in ‘team portrait’
500 signed prints a triple threat of sports fandom, a for-profit venture and charitable giving
By Hillel Kuttler
Israeli soldiers patrol near Ramallah on Friday, June 20, 2014 (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90)
From the WebJuly 18, 2014, 6:24 pm
Helmsley Charitable Trust gives $1.75 million in grants to Israel
Florida Jewish News: Two organizations that help the disabled and their families are to receive large donations
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