Foundations: Their Actual and Potential Influence on Jewish Communal Life


 

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Melvin B. Mogulof

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: American Jews; Fundraising and Philanthropy; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

There is a magnificent potential advantage to this small base of decision making. Consensus is easier to achieve —risks are potentially easier to take. In that sense, the "Eight," and those like them on a smaller scale, are structured to be the "venture capital" in the Jewish community.