Abstract

Jewish philanthropy to Israel, as measured by the annual United Jewish Appeal (UJA) campaigns, declined in the 1990s. A model of donors’ costs of gathering and updating stocks of information about recipients predicts both the centralized structure of general Jewish philanthropic giving (the Federation system) and the recent shifts away from giving through umbrella organizations. Donors have been changing the paths of donations, increasing their giving directly to foreign groups like the “Friends of ...f#x201D; organizations. While the UJA has had lower amounts to send to Israel, the decline has been more than compensated for by increases in such direct giving to Israel, even when measured in real terms.

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