The Wall Street Journal featured an interview with Goldman Sachs’ Senior Investment Strategist, Abby Joseph Cohen, given at the Jewish Communal Fund’s third annual Economic Outlook Breakfast held at the Harmonie Club in March. Ms. Cohen was among the esteemed panelists at JCF’s event, which included Dana Saporta, an Economist for Credit Suisse’s Investment Banking…
Bloomberg radio’s Carol Masser moderated panel discussion at Jewish Communal Fund 3rd Annual Economic Outlook Breakfast Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) hosted its third annual Economic Outlook Breakfast on Tuesday at the Harmonie Club. Bloomberg Radio’s Carol Massar, co-host of “Taking Stock,” moderated the panel, which featured Goldman Sachs’ Senior Investment Strategist Abby Joseph Cohen, CFA,…
Jewish Communal Fund helps teens evaluate charities In mid-March, 20 teens who are members of the JCC Rockland Teen Leadership Initiative (TLI) will sit around a table in the teen lounge and review requests for funding from several local Jewish communal agencies. They will have a maximum of $5,400 to allocate toward grants for local organizations…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the leading newspaper focused on the nonprofit sector, highlights Jewish Communal Fund’s new Private Client Group in its latest issue: The Jewish Communal Fund … has also created a “Private Client Group” to offer counseling and other resources to people with donor-advised funds worth at least $1-million. “In the last year or so, it became apparent…
Philanthropists often say that giving away money is tougher than any other job they have had. What makes philanthropy particularly demanding are the tensions and trade-offs donors constantly struggle with to achieve thoughtful, effective giving. As F. Scott Fitzgerald aptly said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas…