“Why did every house crumble?” Surveying the destruction around him, even a mason like Dunnbahabur couldn’t quite fathom the totality of the damage the earthquakes brought to Bhumlichowk, his village in Nepal. In the neighborhood where he lives with his wife and four children, all 20 h…
The Jewish Community Legacy Project, funded in part by Federations, has helped 40 small Jewish communities respond to challenges posed by changing demographics.
Recently, JCLP helped an aging congregation outside Pittsburgh transition its real estate assets to an endowment at the Pittsbur…
Jewish Federations will join with 43 other nonprofit organizations in calling for presidential candidates to support keeping the federal charitable tax deduction intact. Federation-funded Jewish Agency shares disappointment over Israeli cabinet vote to overturn a landmark proposal that would…
The Negev Funding Coalition hosted a delegation of Federation leaders last month for a day of site visits and meetings with top Israeli business, government and nonprofit officials. This coalition of 7 Federations invests in high-impact community development projects, in collaboration with p…
Registration is now open for the 2015 GA, the premier annual leadership gathering that convenes thousands of top Federation and Jewish philanthropic leaders. Themed “Think Forward,” the conference program will tackle issues critical to our Jewish communal future, from cultivating the n…
