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Charendoff: There is too much waste in the Jewish world

By Jacob Berkman · October 13, 2010

Tamar Snyder at The Jewish Week has a Q&A with the outgoing president of the Jewish Funders Network.

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Fundermentalvision: Where is Jewish philanthropy?

By Jacob Berkman · April 22, 2010

Check out the video from the Jewish Funders Network conference, featuring The Fundermentalist interviewing professionals on the foundation side and the nonprofit side about the state of philanthropy in 2010.

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Fundermentalist from Phoenix at the JFN conference

By Jacob Berkman · April 12, 2010

For the next couple of days, I’ll be filing from Phoenix, where the Jewish Funders Network is holding its annual conference.

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Check out the Forward’s special section on giving…

By Jacob Berkman · November 12, 2009

The Forward published its annual section on giving this week, and while the philanthropy world might not be quite are wealthy as it used to be, this section is certainly rich.

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More from the GA: Council on Foundation’s Gunderson is bullish on philanthropy

By Jacob Berkman · November 11, 2009

One of the hidden gems of this year’s GA proved to be a nighttime cocktail hour with the Council on Foundation’s president Steve Gunderson, in which Gunderson, who served for years as a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, said unequivocally that we are about to enter a golden age of philanthropy.