Scholars and practitioners hold a common assumption that American Jewish philanthropies have transferred ~$2 billion to Israeli grantees annually since at least 2007. Even if we were to assume no growth in real value in American Jewish philanthropy to Israel since 2007, $2 billion in 2007 would mean $2.3 billion in 2015 values. However, we identify a total of $1.8 billion, our findings, which are more inclusive in terms of donors and yet somewhat lower in terms of funding, lead us to suggest that this assumption is an over-estimation. Click on the link below to learn about our innovative methodology and more detailed findings.

The Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame (GCSHOF) is facing a pivotal organizational moment. The passing of long-time board member Les Levine is bringing attention and resources to the organization. In addition, 2025 will mark the GCSHOF’s 50th Anniversary. Clarifying the organization’s mission is essential to determining the organization’s priorities and setting the organization up for sustainable growth and operations. This report identifies short-, medium-, and long-term considerations, provides a landscape of peer organizations to inspire the GCSHOF’s strategy, and proposes next steps toward sustainable operations.

Arts, artists, and creative strategies can be critical vehicles for achieving social, economic, and community goals. Creative placemaking is one type of arts-led planning that incorporates the goals of communities with stakeholder participation. Questions exist, however, around who participates in the creative placemaking process and to what end. Here we brought together people from diverse backgrounds to facilitate community development and engagement through creative placemaking. We examined how a this type of workshop can reshape perceptions people have of creative placemaking.