The Jewish philanthropic Koret Foundation has announced $50 million in grants to 12 Bay Area colleges and universities, including $12 million to UC Berkeley and $11.7 million to Stanford, the two largest dispersals. The foundation made a similar round of grants in 2016. The new grants will support programs that help schools recover from the…
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Philanthropy
Analysis
Inside the ‘Super Fund’ that aims to keep the Jewish nonprofit world afloat
This piece was first published in The New York Jewish Week and is reprinted with permission. Tuesday, March 3, was the day the American Jewish community…
Philanthropy
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Local Voice
To accurately count Jews of color, we need to challenge our assumptions
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Film
Jewish Film Institute receives emergency grant from motion picture academy
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U.S.
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Philanthropy
Taubes help fund coronavirus housing for Oakland homeless
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Opinion
It’s time to talk about democratizing Jewish philanthropy
Well before the pandemic, American political life was plagued by questions about how power and resources should be distributed. Always a matter of life or…
Philanthropy
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark gives $1 million to ADL
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