Deborah Kaplan Polivy, Ph.D.

Polivy’s article “Three Thank You Templates and You’re OUT!” was recently published at eJewish Philanthropy. She analyses a specific series of thank you note templates sent to one donor and explores issues and approaches to donor correspondence. Because I coach so many fund raising professionals, a friend called the other day to ask my opinion […]

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Here’s an excerpt from an article about planned giving recently published by Deborah Polivy: Why don’t we use the correct language when speaking about endowment building? Why don’t we say building an endowment to ensure ongoing resources for our Jewish communities and organizations? We often use the terms “planned giving and/or “legacy giving” when what […]

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Deborah Polivy’s article “Annual Gift, Endowment Gift, or Both?” appeared on Page 1 of the December issue of Planned Giving Today. Planned Giving Today is the premier monthly resource serving the planned giving community and connecting readers to leading professionals in the field since 1990.

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Deborah has been hired by Ohr Torah Stone Colleges and Graduate Programs in Efrat, Israel to help the organization establish an endowment program in honor of the 70th birthday of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Rabbi Riskin founded the institution in 1983 with the mission to  “work toward the unification of the Jewish world by promoting a […]

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Deborah was just appointed as a consultant for NeighborWorks America, “a national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts.”  Her first assignment was to provide board training on effectiveness and fund raising for the Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc. Here are some quotes […]

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Deborah completed assignments for two very different clients in 2009 – Bikur V’Ezrat Cholim, a social service organization in Jerusalem, Israel and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, a family oriented facility in Springfield, Massachusetts – and yet the issues that each faced were the same.  Both organizations needed a new or refurbished building […]

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The endowment development project for the National Yiddish Book Center is complete. It primarily entailed three different parts. Reviewing current endowment policies and procedures and recommending changes. Drafting marketing piece and working with staff and design firm (see above and below). Training staff on endowment development (ongoing). Deborah Polivy and Maxine Stein, Director of Development […]

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Deborah’s newest client is the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts where she will help the organization design and implement a new endowment development program.

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