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Foundation and cartoonist throw down the gauntlet before funders’ parley

By Jacob Berkman · March 20, 2009

The Fundermentalist reports on two developments that are sure to be hot topics at a major gathering of Jewish philanthropists next week in Florida: the Jim Joseph Foundation’s $11 million emergency grant for day schools and a cartoon poking fun at the obsession with social entrepreneurs.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy features Jim Joseph and Schusterman

By Jacob Berkman · July 21, 2008

(Sorry, posted these before, but the links required a subscription. The Chronicle has sent us links so you can read the stories for free, so click away...)

The Jewish philanthropic world is well-represented in this week’s issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

The Chronicle has a fairly lengthy story about the $1 billion Jim Joseph Foundation’s efforts to build a better Jewish world. Right now the foundation is granting out about $45 million per year.

And the president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation, Sandy Cardin, has an Op-ed about what foundations can do to inspire more volunteerism.

Thanks to the Chronicle for allowing us to give you free links to the stories, which are normally subscriber only.

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Jim Joseph gives $5 million to NYU to pay for advance degrees in Jewish education

By Jacob Berkman · June 27, 2008

The Jim Joseph Foundation will give $4.96 million over six years to New York University for a scholarship program to support graduate studies in Jewish education.

Starting in 2009, the San Francisco-based foundation will give full scholarships to eight students in NYU’s dual Ph.D. program in education and Jewish studies, which was founded in 2001, according to a press release on NYU’s Web site. And it will award 16 full scholarships to a new program for students to earn dual Masters degrees in education and Jewish studies. The recipients of the scholarships will be known as Jim Joseph Foundation Fellows.

The grant will also help pay for administration an adjunct faculty at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.

“The Jim Joseph Foundation believes ardently in the importance of Jewish educators and their critical role in ensuring a vibrant Jewish future,” Chip Edelsberg, the executive director of the Jim Joseph foundation, said in the release. “We are confident this significant investment in NYU supporting these degree programs will produce future Jewish educational leaders.

And now the pitch:

If you are an organization or a foundation and you have received or given a grant, please let me know and I’ll post it. (That way I don’t have to read about it a week late from the Chronicle of Philanthropy and then wait until it is 9 a.m. in San Francisco so I can give your PR person the old “What the heck, why didn’t you tell me about this?” call.)

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