Photo: On Monday, September 13, Jewish Family & Children’s Service received a surprise ‘Now is the Moment’ Grant from Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Pictured is JFCS president and CEO Dr. Lorrie Henderson and vice president of Philanthropic Services Gail Baer. When Dr. Lorrie Henderson received a call to meet with the Trustees of Virginia…
Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS), a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare, and social services to all ages, faiths, and backgrounds, is currently experiencing an urgent demand for food donations and volunteers. The JFCS Just 3 Things food pantry serves youth transitioning out of the foster care system, clients…
Photo: Sacred Circle by Pam Reinke The Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc., an all-volunteer philanthropic non-profit, formed in 2002 and based in Phoenix which provides grants to grassroots charities that assist disadvantaged women and children at risk in AZ, is pleased to announce that it has awarded another $35,500 in grants. AZWP is now well over…
Photo: MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (SFA) has been selected to receive a one-time gift of $1.5 million from MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,…
Photo: Arizona Helping Hands warehouse, which supplies foster children and families with needed supplies. Arizona Helping Hands board of directors has announced that Dan Shufelt, president and CEO, will be retiring after seven years of leading the organization. “It’s time to move on to another phase in my life, taking pride in all that has…
By Gail Baer When we consider the word “philanthropist,” we often picture someone older with extreme financial wealth. Although this is certainly one type of philanthropist, the truth is…anyone can be a philanthropist because we all have the ability to care about and give something of ourselves to others. The word “philanthropy” comes from the Greek word…
If you could save a life would you do it? If you had the opportunity would you take it? A group of individuals, including David Saltzman (brother of AZJL publisher Cindy Saltzman) started a 5013C called Breath of Life Africa, to do just that. The Breath of Life Africa aims to deliver life-saving innovations where…
Early Giving Already Generated Nearly $843,000 in Donations WHAT 9thannual Arizona Gives Day 24-hour online fundraising event begins at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, April 6. 1,043 Arizona nonprofits are registered. Early Giving, which began March 16, has already generated more than $630,000 in donations from almost 4,700 donors. Last year’s Arizona Gives Day raised a…
On March 17, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan and Representative of the United States of America to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield together with the Michal Sela Forum, and UJA-Federation of New York called on the world to unite and adopt the latest technologies and innovations in the fight against…
For more than 30 years, the Bureau of Jewish Education has spearheaded the annual Passover Food Drive. This year’s drive is a collaboration between the BJE and community organizations such as Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Ezras Cholim and Jewish Free Loan. Each year, approximately 220 families receive these Passover basics as well as a…
