Fred Schwartz

Author(s):  
Tomasz Kuncewicz

FRED SCHWARTZ, founder of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, was an inspiring entrepreneur and philanthropist who dedicated his life to preserving the memory of Holocaust victims and preventing future genocides. He died in New York at the age of 85. After a moving visit to Oświęcim in 1991, Schwartz established the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation in 1995. In 1998, after years of dialogue with the Polish government and the Polish Jewish community, the Hevrah Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue was the first Jewish communal property returned to the Jewish community under a law passed by the Polish Parliament. The Jewish community of Bielsko-Biala, which reclaimed the synagogue, in turn donated it to the foundation which renovated and opened it and the adjacent Kornreich family house as the Auschwitz Jewish Center in 2000. A pioneer of Polish-Jewish reconciliation and the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland, Schwartz created several related non-profit organizations. Of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, he once said: 'The most important thing is it’s an expression of life, it is vitality, the fact that ashes can rise up and really be re-formed as life again.'...

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Bjork ◽  
Brian Palaggi ◽  
Ryan McKee

Non-profit organizations in the United States are becoming more dependent on the use of social media accounts, to market to their mobile audiences, because they are free to use. With the constant advancements in technology, True Friends marketing department struggles to keep up with the lack of staff and necessary resources. The researchers chose to investigate how True Friends Organization could improve the quality of their mobile engagement through the analysis of their social media and Google analytics accounts. Specifically, the researchers implemented action research to evaluate if the increased use of Instagram expands True Friends mobile audience. The researchers evaluated how technology helps to create unique cultures amongst mobile audiences, as well as why social media as a medium is so important. Participants of this study included True Friends mobile audiences on Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. Their mobile audience consists of participants from California, England, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin. The study meticulously focused on social media as a medium for True Friends to communicate with their mobile audience, and how each of their accounts helps to create a distinct culture.


Author(s):  
Shannon Lucky ◽  
Dinesh Rathi

Social media technologies have the potential to be powerful knowledge sharing and community building tools for both corporate and non-profit interests. This pilot study explores the social media presence of a group of forty-six Alberta-based non-profit organizations (NPOs) in this information rich space. In this paper we look at the pattern of presence of NPOs using social media and relationships with staffing structures.Les médias sociaux ont la capacité d’être de puissants outils de partage de la connaissance et de rassemblement communautaire pour les organisations à but lucratif et sans but lucratif. Cette étude pilote explore la présence dans les médias sociaux d’un groupe de quarante-six organisations sans but lucratif (OSBL) albertaines dans cet environnement riche en information. La communication portera sur les modèles de présence des OSBL dans les médias sociaux et les liens avec les structures organisationnelles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
M. V. DUBROVA ◽  
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N. N. ZHILINA ◽  

The relevance of the article is determined by the fact that in Russia there is no effective mechanism of state support for the activities of non-profit organizations in the field of “green Finance”. The role of non-profit organizations is leveled, which can become a serious help in solving economic problems, in particular, the problems of recycling and processing of secondary raw materials, the placement of industrial waste and household garbage, and landscaping of large megacities. The main financial burden in the field of “green economy” falls on States and large enterprises. Meanwhile, we cannot ignore the important role of non-profit organizations that can not only draw attention to environmental problems to the public, but also offer their own measures to solve environmental problems. In this regard, it becomes relevant to consider the participation of non-profit organizations in the implementation of environmental projects by attracting “green Finance”.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
M. V. DUBROVA ◽  
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N. N. ZHILINA ◽  

he relevance of the article is determined by the fact that in Russia there is no effective mechanism of state support for the activities of non-profit organizations in the field of «green Finance». The role of non-profit organizations is leveled, which can become a serious help in solving economic problems, in particular, the problems of recycling and processing of secondary raw materials, the placement of industrial waste and household garbage, and landscaping of large megacities. The main financial burden in the field of «green economy» falls on States and large enterprises. Meanwhile, we cannot ignore the important role of non-profit organizations that can not only draw attention to environmental problems to the public, but also offer their own measures to solve environmental problems. In this regard, it becomes relevant to consider the participation of non-profit organizations in the implementation of environmental projects by attracting «green Finance».


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