An #introduction. I'm a former Senior Partner at #McKinsey focused on technology and business transformation.

After leaving McKinsey at the end of 2020, I shifted focus and set up https://www.israel-impact.com to advise #philanthropic #foundations and help them grow the #non-profits they support in Israel.

I love #books & #Jewish learning and live in #Raanana, #Israel with my wife and our three children.

#mazeldon #philanthropy

#amazon To Close Charitable Program #amazonsmile - Slashdot

Amazon will be closing its charity program, AmazonSmile, in the coming weeks in order to "focus its #philanthropic giving to programs with greater impact." #nexstar reports

https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/01/19/0330216/amazon-to-close-charitable-program-amazonsmile?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
#philanthropy #nonprofit

#Amazon closing #AmazonSmile to focus its #philanthropic giving to programs with greater impact
Written by Amazon Staff
The company, which ranks among the top corporate philanthropists in the U.S., will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where it can make meaningful change—from building #affordablehousing to providing access to computer science education for students in underserved communities. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-to-focus-its-philanthropic-giving-to-programs-with-greater-impact

❓ Who are we - part 2.

ERSTE Foundation is a #private #savings #bank #foundation in accordance with the Austrian Savings Banks Act. According to its foundation #declaration, it has to fulfil two functions at the same time: to serve the #commongood and to hold a permanent #stake in #ErsteGroup. We invest parts of the #dividend from our stake in Erste Group in #philanthropic #projects. More about our #governance: https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/erste-foundation-as-shareholder/

#JohnMastodon #NewKidOnTheBlock

#Servus from #Vienna! ✋
We are here now too!
And getting to know the #Fediverse. Please be patient with us!

Who are we? ERSTE Foundation is a #philanthropic #foundation based in #Austria 🇦🇹 with partnerships and programmes in #CentralEurope, #EasternEurope and #South-EasternEurope.

We create #infrastructure and #innovation for a #Europe 🇪🇺 in #change: in #society, #economy and #culture.

We are looking forward to getting in touch with many interesting people here! ❤️

New #bibliometric study with Ji Ma:

We explored how coauthor #networks, scholarly #reputation, and the prevalence of female authors influence #consensus formation in the field of #nonprofit and #philanthropic studies.

https://osf.io/6b7qg/

The degree of consensus for all major topics has increased over time---for every 10% growth in the volume of literature, shared language increased by 1.4%.

This is good news. Research on nonprofits and #philanthropy uses increasingly coherent language.

#Universities, public #research institutions, but also #philanthropic operations may have sabotaged #Kant‘s imperative in an unintended way.

I am not talking about Kants deontology or his “Golden rule” but about his “sapere aude” - “Dare to know!”

While an United Nations of scientists has pushed our limit of understanding nature and ourselves further and further, the “daring” part seems to have been buried under polite bureaucracy.

Anonymous Donors Put #Wealth #Redistribution Into Activists’ Hands
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-21/with-millions-in-tech-wealth-a-nonprofit-tries-radical-philanthropy
Challenging #philanthropic norms, a Bay Area organization gave more than $3 million to #Black-led organizations and individuals impacted by #police violence.

So what's everyone working on this week at your #nonprofits or #philanthropic orgs?

I'll start: taking some time off after submitting 10 local and state gov. grant applications for three clients over the past three weeks 😬

Jeff #Bezos #philanthropic pledge clashed with #Amazon’s mass job cuts.

The billionaire committed to giving away most of his fortune just as it emerged that his company was planning its largest-ever round of layoffs…

https://qz.com/jeff-bezos-philanthropy-amazon-layoffs-1849781304

This week I will be tooting about #ARNOVA, the professional association of researchers in my field of #nonprofit and #philanthropic studies. Our annual conference is in Raleigh NC this week. My mission: improving #research #transparency and enhance #OpenScience. Passed the first hurdle #SchipholAirport from the train station to the gate in 45 minutes

This week I will be tooting about #ARNOVA, the professional association of researchers in my field of #nonprofit and #philanthropic studies. Our annual conference is in Raleigh NC this week. My mission: improving #research #transparency and enhance #OpenScience. Passed the first hurdle #SchipholAirport from the train station to the gate in 45 minutes

I had dinner with friends and we were discussing #giving and #philanthropy in general, and the fact that the #genX and #millennials in the next 20 years will have $60 trillion in #assets and they are really pushing the #nonprofit #sector to change. Are we really ready to get their #attention? Are the #charitable organizations at the moment ready to engage and keep these two generations #engaged in #philanthropic #project? Are we ready to #embrace #impact #investing?

Philanthropic FTX Foundation Sunsets Operations Amid Bankrupt Exchange’s Fallout - The philanthropic effort created by the troubled crypto exchange FTX has detailed ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/philanthropic-ftx-foundation-sunsets-operations-amid-bankrupt-exchanges-fallout/ #westrealmshiresservices #philanthropicefforts #democraticsuperpacs #bahamasinnercircle #effectivealtruism #alamedaresearch #deeplysaddened #ftxfoundation #philanthropic #altruismfund #barbarafried #bankruptftx #news

#Russophobia
#West
#US
#NATO

" Throughout the West today, players of #piano or #tennis or relativity theory who happen to be from #russia and want to continue playing whatever they play are pressed to make public statements that would make their lives and those of their families back home difficult at best. Investigative journalists discover an abyss of #philanthropic donations by Russian #oligarchs to music and other festivals, donations that have been welcome in the past but are now found to subvert artistic #freedom, unlike of course the philanthropic donations of their #Western fellow-oligarchs. Etc."

The so-called #philanthropy we are shown in the #forcedNews media is not #philanthropic - its #publicRelations.

#GeorgeBrandis the creature who helped destory #internetFreedom in #Australia with the #DataRetention Bill was "#caughtOnCamera" (we say) delivering #cakes to essential workers.

Yet the "counter #terrorism" measures he introduced can't stop a nutbags ploughing heavy vehicles into a #placeOfWorship like what happened yesterday.

Rot, #Brandis.

Go shove your rotten cakes.