Resources

This funding guide from Tuti B. Scott and Slingshot answers core questions about giving Jewishly with a gender lens. If you or your giving circle is interested in how this can be done more effectively, this guide provides case studies of visionary leaders and organizations doing this work and tools to help you make better grants with a gender lens.

Watch these videos to learn more about the different tools Amplifier offers to help you with your giving conversations and leadership development for your lay leaders.

Case study on the power of giving circles.

This booklet contains a selection of organizations and initiatives that focus on economic development in Israel, plus a few bonus Israel-related organizations. We put this together to showcase the diversity of interesting activity happening in the realm of economic development, using Natan's expertise in the field. The profiles in the following pages have not been vetted or reviewed by a professional review body.

Get a taste of the giving circle process in 90 minutes using this all-inclusive Pop-up Giving Circle workbook created by Amplifier. Use this facilitation guide along with the Pop-up Giving Circle Pop-up Giving Circle Participant Workbook.

Run a pop-up giving circle to raise and grant funds supporting Israel and communities impacted by the war.

Jewish tradition inspires us not only to give, but to do so with so intention. Use this guide as a starting point to help you reflect on how you gave this year, and to set intentions for how you’d like to give next year.

This guide will bring you on a step-by-step journey to clarify your values, research global causes, explore the work of impactful organizations, and assist you in giving ethically. There are many ways to use this guide from leading a discussion around global Jewish responsibility, to including global giving in your portfolio, to launching a giving circle on global issues, and more! Created in partnership with OLAM.

The One Year vs. Multi-Year Grant resource will help your circle consider options about your grantmaking timeline. Learn about the benefits and challenges of different grant durations.

This Article highlights the Phoenix Men’s giving circle through Federation and how it has increased giving and involvement among this cohort.

Get a taste of the giving circle process in 90 minutes using this all-inclusive Pop-up Giving Circle workbook created by Amplifier. Use this participant workbook along with the Pop-up Giving Circle Facilitation Guide.

The following principles were created by a diverse group of Jewish funders who came together under the auspices of Jewish Funders Network to discuss how Jewish funders can align philanthropy to Jewish values. The principles included are intended to spark reflection, conversation, and policy change among Jewish funders. Outlining broad standards of conduct, they can help funders frame the right questions to ask themselves and their fellow funders as they navigate complicated questions about power and ethics in relating to grantees and to their wider communities.