Deborah Kaplan Polivy, Ph.D.

I loved having the opportunity to work with you on this wonderful and exciting project. Your insight, wisdom and experience are a tremendous asset and compliment my work beautifully.

— Maxine Stein, Director of Development, National Yiddish Book Center

Deborah was recently appointed to the Board of Overseers of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University by President, Ron Liebowitz.

Deborah’s article, “Why Do We Put So Much Energy Into Attracting New Donors?“, appeared on eJewish Philanthropy on February 14,2017. Read the article here.

Deborah will appear on the NonProfit Coach with Ted Hart on February 21. Tune in!

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Deborah will be speaking in San Francisco on April 26 at the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy on The Donor Lifecycle Map: A Model for Obtaining and Retaining Donors and Increasing the Size of Their Gifts.

Based on a workshop that Deborah conducted for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, she answers the question, “When Is the Time to Start an Endowment?” on eJewish Philanthropy.

Deborah’s article, “The Stranglehold of the Annual Campaign” was posted on eJewishPhilanthropy, September 16, 2016.

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Deborah will be giving a workshop for The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven on October 19 entitled “Are You and Your Donors Ready to Talk About Endowment? Understanding Annual, Capital and Endowment Gifts“.

Deborah’s article, “A Response to ‘Six Main Reasons Fundraising Fails’ or the Travails of a Development Director” on eJewish Philanthropy strongly resonated with readers. She was inundated with emails and inquiries based on the content. You might want to read it if you have not or review it again if you have.

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Deborah will be giving a speech on October 27, 2015 for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Create a Jewish Legacy Program

Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Moving Your Doors from Dec to Doc
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How to Transform Declarations of Intent to Documented Gifts

Deborah has been working with the Jewish Senior Life Foundation in Rochester, New York, to help the organization design its endowment policies and procedures, to produce a terrific marketing booklet and to create a strategy for using the brochure.

Read Deborah’s newest article printed on July 23, 2015 in eJewish Philanthropy:

Approval of the budget is often a rote exercise of whatever is produced by staff and/or a finance or executive committee without much explanation or input by the board…Read more

Deborah will be interviewed by the folks at Cause Planet on May 28.

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• “Pyramid or Cycle: What I Might Have Done,” Planned Giving Today, forthcoming, February, 2015.
• The “Ask” – A “How To” Prepare and Succeed in a Personal Solicitation for a Gift, a workshop for the  Community Foundation for Greater New Haven on April 22, 2015.
• “The Donor Pyramid vs the Donor Lifecycle Map: Which Makes Most Sense for Fund Development,” to be presented at the North American Jewish Day School Conference, Philadelphia, March 8, 2015 and the Planned Giving Group of New England all day annual meeting, Boston, May 6, 2015.