The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland will launch a women’s giving circle as part of the national Amplifier Jewish Giving Circle Incubator program. Federation development professional Joanne Van Ness Menashe and 36 other community leaders across North America will soon launch giving circles in their own communities. Locally, Charlene Zidell has teamed up with Joanne…
BB Camp accepts JCamp180 challenge B’nai B’rith Camp is taking part in JCamp180’s Sustain Your Match challenge campaign, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The campaign runs through Dec. 31, 2017. Over the next three years, BB Camp is eligible to receive a portion of each new gift made by first-time donors in matching…
OAJC moves mission to federation The Oregon Area Jewish Committee has integrated its mission-related activities into the newly named Jewish Community Relations Council (formerly the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Community Relations Committee). Recognizing that being an independent organization was becoming increasingly unsustainable, the OAJC leadership explored several different models before proposing an “organizational integration”…
Joanne Van Ness Menashe has done a great many things in her illustrious career working for nonprofits throughout the state, but it’s her latest position with the Oregon Ballet Theatre that is bringing her back to her roots. Though she got a degree in botany, plant pathology from Oregon State University, Menashe knew before even…
