Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
A Jewish nonprofit is working to get climate-minded voters to turn out, putting aside divisions over the war in Gaza that are roiling Jewish communities across the country. Dayenu, a nonpartisan group that claims tens of thousands of members and social media followers, and has dozens of branches in synagogues, helped persuade the country’s largest Jewish denomination, the Union of Reform Judaism, to divest from fossil fuels. It has also lobbied for federal clean-energy efforts. Its founder, Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, calls this an existential moment for the climate, and that urgency keeps volunteers with starkly different views of the war working alongside one another. (New York Times)
More on Nonprofits and the Election
- How Nonprofits Are Engaging Reluctant Voters Ahead of the Presidential Election (NYN Media)
- Nonprofits Must Be Prepared For Political Upheaval If Trump Wins. Many Aren’t (Fast Company)
More from Town & Country’s Philanthropy Issue:
- The MacKenzie Effect: How Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Is Changing the Giving Game (Town & Country)
- Warren Buffett’s Kids Will Be the Most Powerful Philanthropists on Earth (Town & Country)
- The Best Philanthropic Moments of the Year (Town & Country)
- Fellow Warriors: A Few of the People Town & Country’s 2024 Philanthropy Cover Stars Are Working Alongside to Make Progress. (Town & Country)
More News and Opinion
- For a Stalwart Voice of Liberal Catholicism, a Complicated Centennial (New York Times)
- Salma Hayek Pinault Redefined Hollywood. Now She’s Redefining Philanthropy. (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
- How Philanthropy Can Move From Quick Wins to Long-Term Impact (Devex)
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