JCF Trustee Emerita Susie Stern and her husband, Jeff, recently hosted a Jewish Communal Fund fireside chat in their home featuring Mario Gabelli, one of the great investment managers of our time. Mr. Gabelli, a longtime JCF fund holder, spoke about the economy, his personal and corporate philanthropy, and how the upcoming presidential election may…
H.S. Sophomores Learn About Philanthropy and Donate $200 to Meir Panim in Israel The tenth graders at Ma’ayanot High School experienced the joys and challenges of engaging in thoughtful and strategic philanthropy as part of their Interdisciplinary Day focused on Philanthropy & Poverty. Students participated in a 90-minute Giving Circle which awarded a $200 grant to…
Dozens of wealth managers, financial planners, accountants, attorneys, foundation professionals and philanthropy advisors came together on April 19 in a beautiful conference room at Bernstein with sweeping views of Central Park to launch a new chapter of Advisors in Philanthropy (AiP) in New York City. AIP’s mission is to inspire and educate advisors, helping them…
By David Roth (This blog post originally appeared on the JFN website and is reprinted with permission). On February 17, 2016, JFN held a joint event in Jerusalem with the Jewish Communal Fund. I was very moved by the partnership between the two organizations as I am both a JFN member and have a donor…
Wealth managers, take note of these statistics: Women in the U.S. control $5 trillion of wealth. More than half of women with investible assets of $1 million think that their financial advisor doesn’t understand them. Less than 25% of financial advisors are women, the same percentage as a decade ago. 70% of women leave the…