The Grant Allocation Process
The Grant Allocation meeting for the Jewish Teen Foundation was one of the most highly anticipated and important meetings of the year. At...
A Letter from the President
Jeremy Pearl, J.D., LL.M. is the President and CEO, in addition to the Senior Vice President and CFO of the Jewish Community Foundation....
The Inner Workings of Philanthropy
The most recent meeting of the Jewish Teen Foundation was momentous. We had to decide which organizations to invest in and in what...
The Other Side of Philanthropy Speed-Dating
Kathy Karpé is the Director of Development for Casa de Amparo, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support those affected by...
Speed Dating- Philanthropy Style
We have started to begin the final process of the Jewish Teen Foundation (JTF). This means that we are in the final stage of selecting...
Maimonides Eight and Sustainability in Giving
During our last immersive and enthralling retreat, we had the opportunity to narrow our selection of non-profit organizations, gain...
Kol Almanah V’Yatum Lo Taanun
The Torah commands of us many things, some of which may feel outdated or inapplicable such as tithing (saving 10% of land for the poor-...
Jewish Values: Helping the Orphan
StartFragment The Jewish Teen Foundation (JTF) uses Jewish values to fuel the strategic grantmaking process. Yet, if one were to Google a...
The Economics of Philanthropy
Strategy in philanthropy can seem like a large open field: one can choose to take any path and make any choices along the way. However,...
Giving: not just a Jewish value, but a tradition
The main facet of the Jewish Teen Foundation is philanthropic giving based on Jewish traditions and values. As I researched the history...
