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August 2023
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Using data to guide strategic grantmaking in Jewish early childhood education
“Understanding the needs of young families, educators, and other factors in the marketplace is critical to making strategic future investments that will help our communities thrive across generations.” Co-authored by Koret’s Danielle Foreman for eJewish Philanthropy, this op-ed uses data-driven findings to better serve the Jewish early childhood education marketplace.

December 2022
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To sustain our JCCs for years to come, vote with your feet
“The institutions we depend on to connect Jewishly are now depending on us to show up and rekindle those feelings and experiences of community that were lost.” In this op-ed originally published in the J, Weekly, Koret’s Rachel Schonwetter shares why it’s time to show up for our local JCCs, and what we can do.

December 2022
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Nervous about election results? You should be. Americans hardly know anything about civics
“If children don’t have civic opportunities where they live and we aren’t teaching them the fundamentals of democracy, then how can we expect them to protect it as adults?” Koret’s Ashley Rodwick reflects on the future of US civics education in this op-ed originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle.

March 2021
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Nonprofits have saved us. Now let’s save them.
One year after the Bay Area initially shut down, Koret’s director of programs, Danielle Foreman, reflects on the impact of our community’s nonprofit sector, as well as its future. (photo: Getty Images / EyeEm)

February 2021
|U.S.
The economic wisdom of George Shultz
Koret director Michael Boskin pays tribute to colleague, mentor, and friend George Shultz, a longtime Koret advisor who left a lasting impact on US policy, diplomacy, and the economy. (Photo: Mary Anne Fackelman / White House via CNP/Getty Images)

December 2019
|San Francisco Bay Area
Addressing the Bay Area’s new face of hunger
Koret’s Senior Program Officer, Ashley Rodwick, reflects on the changing landscape of food insecurity in the Bay Area.

May 2019
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Building bridges to a better future
Jeffrey Farber, Koret’s CEO discusses the growing divide between diaspora Jews and Israel.

January 2019
|San Francisco
Communities need local philanthropy
What can parks teach us about philanthropic giving? It turns out, quite a bit.