For Benée Hilton-Spiegel, the road to tzedakah began as a student at the University of Arizona. “When I would come home for the weekend, I would go to this salon that my friend owned and get my nails done or my hair cut,” she explains. During these visits, she would talk to the other women…
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With the slogan “saving wildlife with style,” a multinational team of entrepreneurs recently launched the fashion company Shongolulu with the goal of raising awareness and resources to protect endangered species and their habitats. Ten percent of the company’s profits are donated to non-profit organizations that work in wildlife conservation around the world. “As the most…
The Jewish Tuition Organization (JTO) recently announced that its 2015 year-end revenue, exceeded $4 million, up 12% from last year. The largest increase was in corporate support, which grew by 32.5%. Funds raised by the JTO are used for need-based scholarships for children at Desert Jewish Academy, Pardes Jewish Day School, Phoenix Hebrew Academy, Shearim…
PHOTO: Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus, z”l Courtesy of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev A substantial gift of approximately $400 million to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev from the estate of Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus of San Diego, CA, may be the single largest gift ever donated on behalf of an Israeli…
A dozen Phoenix-area Jewish organizations are well on the way to ensuring a stable financial future for themselves and the Valley Jewish community in general thanks to a partnership between a local and a national foundation. In February the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Life & Legacy…
Ask Joshua Simon why it’s important to give, and he will say, “Because I can make a difference.” As president of SimonCRE, Joshua is not your typical 30-year-old. He founded the company in 2010 at the tender age of 25 and started from nothing without any help. “We’ve grown in five years,” Joshua says of…
If it’s better to give than to receive, then generational giving must be even better still. Some of Judaism’s basic tenets are rooted in tzedakah (justice, but often translated as charity). To give beyond one generation into the next, to give to help sustain the Jewish people is a mitzvah in and of itself. “You…
Jenna crossed her fingers, heart racing, hoping she’d be the lucky girl to spend four days with us. Four days to escape for a bit. “At my school they draw our names out of a hat, and whoever’s name gets picked gets to come here to Camp Swift,” says Jenna. She wanted the chance to…
It has been a year of change for the Camp Swift Youth Foundation. A new director is at the helm and is securing community partnerships while instituting new leadership opportunities for teens. Kaylie Marsh, Swift’s new executive director, is a recent graduate in Nonprofit Management who served Swift in a variety of roles over the…
