I was surprised to learn, while volunteering as a teaching assistant for severely underprivileged students at St. Louis Aim High, that the students I was trying to tutor did not have even the basic tools to succeed and excel in school. In August 2013, I co-founded Performing for Pencils, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides…
A Jewish organization that provides much needed care and financial assistance to aging survivors of the Holocaust will receive the royalties from the American sales of “Mein Kampf.” Jewish Family & Children’s Service, which is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and serves the Boston metro area, will receive the reportedly tens of thousands of dollars generated…
Washington – Taking on politicians, especially during election season, has always been a tricky issue for Jewish not-for-profit organizations. The fear of being painted in partisan colors and tax regulations limiting charities’ political speech, have led Jewish organizations to take extra caution before speaking out on issues relating to political candidates. But not this year….
The salary of the top executive at the Birthright Israel Foundation in 2014 was half a million dollars. He took home much more. First there was his bonus, a $90,000 chunk awarded, according to a vague statement from a Birthright spokesperson, based on “key metrics and benchmarks.” Then there was the deferred compensation he accrued,…
A U.S. Senate subcommittee voted to more than double funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $25 million for the coming year. The increase approved Tuesday by the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee for Fiscal Year 2016, up from the current $13 million, was actively supported by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of…
Another Jewish social service agency has replaced FEGS as New York City’s largest social service group. The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, or JBFCS, is taking over $75 million worth of government and other contracts formerly filled by the Federation Employment Guidance Services, which shocked many in the nonprofit and Jewish community when…
The overseas aid and development group American Jewish World Service plans to lay off its community organizing staff two years after announcing a new focus on political advocacy to support its mission. Stuart Schear, the group’s vice president for communications, said that while AJWS was able to raise millions of dollars targeted for overseas aid,…
FEGS, the giant Jewish social service agency, filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of New York on March 18, the latest step in the months-long collapse of the massive charity. The Chapter 11 filing comes nearly two months after FEGS admitted it would close amid mounting financial problems. Concurrent with the filing, FEGS announced…
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