When Adam Swig throws a party, people come — a lot of people. Where else can you hear the Shabbat blessing and then some underground rap, or take a Valentine’s Day selfie with a goat, or dance to Latin music with former Giants baseball player Andrés Torres? Swig says the secret is simple. “Making it…
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Philanthropy
Bay Area
Consolidation of federations going swimmingly on both sides
When the East Bay and San Francisco-based Jewish Federations announced in the spring that they would consolidate and become one organization, with the…
Philanthropy
New Israel Fund launches unique home for progressive donor-advised funds
New Israel Fund, the San Francisco-based progressive nonprofit, has developed a new avenue for politically liberal Jews who want to support organizations…
Philanthropy
Day of Philanthropy to honor Alvin Baum Jr.
The name Alvin Baum has achieved household status in Bay Area nonprofit circles, particularly among those involved in the Jewish and LGBTQ communities,…
Philanthropy
Temple Isaiah to receive $150,000 grant for family outreach programs
Temple Isaiah of Lafayette has received $150,000 in grant money from the Rodan Family Foundation in order to continue and expand family outreach…
Business
Marc Benioff, philanthropic gadfly
In 1996, Marc Benioff was in southern India, taking a much-needed sabbatical from his high-stress, lucrative job at Oracle, when he was offered a kernel…
Philanthropy
Hebrew Free Loan event celebrates interest-free loans for women
There was a time — until the 1960s, in fact — when married women couldn’t open a bank account without their husband’s permission. And it was 1974 before…
Trailblazers
Philanthropist Dick Rosenberg isn’t resting on his laurels
Sitting in his expansive office in the former Bank of America building in San Francisco, retired banking executive Richard Rosenberg says he’s cutting…
Philanthropy
S.F.-based Pritzker Fund endows major historical photo collection in Israel
In the black-and-white photograph, men and boys lean against the Western Wall, while women sit just behind them. The year is 1880, or thereabouts, and…