Lessons learned from Jewish fundraising

1. You Gotta Have Faith: Lessons to
Learn from the World of Jewish
Philanthropy
Lynne M. Wester
UNC Charlotte
Donor Relations Guru
@donorguru

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3. Involvement vs. Commitment

4. My :

10. Tzedakah
• Righteous Behavior
• Justice

15. The Ladder
• Giving begrudgingly and making the recipient
feel disgraced or embarrassed
• Giving cheerfully but giving too little
• Giving cheerfully and adequately but only
after being asked
• Giving before being asked
• Giving when you do not know who is the
individual benefiting, but the recipient knows
your identity

16. Climbing…
• Giving when you know who is the individual
benefiting, but the recipient does not know
your identity
• Giving when neither the donor nor the
recipient is aware of the other's identity
• Giving money, a loan, your time or whatever
else it takes to enable an individual to be self-
reliant

28. Other Things I Picked Up…
• Kaddish
• Kashrut
• Pareve
• Shiva
• Glatt
• Minyan
• Yahrzeit
• Payot
• Tzitziz
• Kippot
• Chametz
• Eruv
• Mikvot
• Shul
• Sheitel
• Schwarma
• Baruch Hashem
• G-d
• Megillah
• Tuchus
• Hamentashen
• Rugelah
• Challah
• Purim
• Have an easy Fast
• L'Shanah Tovah
• A Get
• …too many more

29. Todah Rabah!
• Lynne M. Wester
• @donorguru
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