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Startup Nation

yoav@negevdirect.com 11/08/2009

That headline, believe it or not, refers to Israel, and also serves as the title of a new book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Start Up Nationaddress the trillion dollar question: How is…

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New York Jewish Federation Raises $43M

yoav@negevdirect.com 11/04/2009

By JAMIE ROMM JerusalemPost.com 11.3.09 “The UJA-Federation of New York raised $43 million at its annual campaign kickoff last week, funding that will go toward Jewish families in need throughout the world. The fund-raising…

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New Cash Influx For Jewish Education

yoav@negevdirect.com 09/09/2009

“School’s back in session — and, despite the recession — new money is coming in for Jewish education. This week Manhattan’s Heschel School, a pluralistic Jewish day school, announced new gifts totaling $75 million,…

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Cutting Donor Acquisition? Read This First.

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/26/2009

When times are tough, budgets get cut. But, while cutting acquisition may look sensible now, the pain will come in two to three years. Why? Because that’s when acquisition-acquired donors move from break-even to…

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Donation Levels

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/06/2009

Weinberg Foundation announces donation levels: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced that it would give out more than $200 million over the next two years, including some $21 million in new grants over…

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Postal Rates to Rise (Yet Again)

yoav@negevdirect.com 02/11/2009

Standard Mail and standard nonprofit rates will increase an average of 3.8% in May, in keeping with legal limits established under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. Standard Mail was previously knows as Third…

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Wishing Obama well.

yoav@negevdirect.com 01/20/2009

Now please President Obama, help patch up the U.S. economy… fast! “I know, regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, or in which country you’re reading this, you join us in wishing…

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