990 Talk

International diplomat and fundraising master, Rabbi Meyer May, Executive Director at the Simon Wiesenthal Center (http://www.wiesenthal.com) joins us this week for a fascinating discussion about his career, fundraising, staying relevant, and strengthening world peace (16:25). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (5:36), "Where we were right and Where we were wrong" (68:11), and a special birthday edition of "Ask the Amateurs" (74:12). 

Elyse Saretsky and Tatum Drazen from JUF's YLD (https://www.juf.org/yld/) join us to talk "Big Event", board management, millennial engagement, and what it means to be the number one address for young professionals in Chicagoland (14:25). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (4:25), "Office Would You Rather" (feat. Tatum Drazen) (53:35), and "Ask the Amateurs" (67:43).   

This week we welcomed Dr. Amir Pasic, Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies at Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. We discussed the goals and purpose of his school as well as the importance and benefit of higher education to nonprofit professionals and philanthropists (15:01). Other segments include "Board of Directors"(4:10), Ask the "Expert" with an actual expert (51:34), and the 990 Talk debut of our sponsor, the mortgage master, Michael Knopf (57:28).  

We were privileged this week to be joined by Eli Beer, Founder and President of United Hatzalah (https://israelrescue.org/). We discussed his personal inspirations, the successes and challenges involved in building a multi million dollar and ethnically diverse nonprofit, as well as his own takeaways from his battle with Covid-19 (17:18). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (5:05), and two new segments called "Linkedin Film Room" (52:03), and "Office Would You Rather" (56:30). 

President and CEO of Evolve Giving Group (https://evolvegivinggroup.com), Amy Schiffman, joins us for a jam packed interview focused on maximizing and building a better nonprofit board, recognizing the silver linings of the coronavirus pandemic, some personal tips for us, among many other things (19:15). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (4:38), "Guess the gofundme" (61:27), and "Where We Were Right" with quite the tangent (70:52).

Jason Riley, Executive Director of national nonprofit "Tickets for Kids Charities" (https://ticketsforkids.org/) joins us this week to discuss his organization, board development on a national level, staying ahead of the game through Covid, among other things (26:40). We also tackle the "Board of Directors" of being a kid in summer camp (5:15), do some "Linkswipe" including a few hot takes (62:02), and call our Uncle Chuck for his thoughts on a couple of things (71:08).  

After bombarding him on twitter enough times, Pittsburgh Steelers OT Zach Banner finally agrees to come on the show to discuss using his platform to combat antisemitism as well as the focus and story behind the B3 Foundation (http://b3foundation.org/) (Go donate!) (21:30). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (4:11), "Ask the Amateurs" (45:16), and "Where We Were Wrong" (53:25).

Ari and Sruly welcome the newest edition to the 990 Talk family, our intern Carli. We take some time to get to know her and nominate today's "Board of Directors" in her honor (7:12). Then, investment banking professional and founder and chairman of Kol HaNearim (https://www.kolhanearim.org/), Michael Reidler, joins us for a fascinating interview about what it really means to work in for-profit to sustain your nonprofit (30:10). (He also may have ended the great 990 Talk debate.) Other segments include "Guess the NFP" (70:55), and Ask the "expert" (80:10).