{"id":6447,"date":"2026-09-02T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:37:45","slug":"jamie-levine-daniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2026\/jamie-levine-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Our Chair in Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/JamieAudience116002-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Interview with Our Chair in Philanthropy\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MPNL program\u2019s new Chair in Philanthropy, Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel, spoke to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/panl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PANL Perspectives<\/a><\/em> about her research specialties, how she started in the sector, and what attracted her to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MPNL<\/a>. Before this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamielevine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Levine Daniel<\/a> was an Associate Professor, in the School of Public Service, at NYU, following eight years at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, at Indiana University Bloomington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MPNL&amp;apos;s Chair in Philanthropy, Dr  Jamie Levine Daniel, talks about her background, 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tJeBtoEANTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-attracted-you-to-the-mpnl-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What attracted you to the MPNL program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Dr. Levine Daniel<\/strong>: \u200aThe exciting thing about this position is how collaborative, integrated and responsive to the community it seems to be. What struck me is that the impetus and inspiration to create a Chair of Philanthropy came from the community. The position is collaboratively funded by a number of donors. The other thing that&#8217;s exciting is the focus on helping to inform the nonprofit sector, and there&#8217;s a lot of back and forth between academic work and practical work in the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/JamieAtPodium2400.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Levine Daniel stands at a podium and speaks at the launch of the MPNL Alumni Association.\" class=\"wp-image-6456\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9876662988671716;width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/JamieAtPodium2400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/JamieAtPodium2400-320x324.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Levine Daniel speaks at the launch of the MPNL Alumni Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I liked what I saw at the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/summer-institute\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Institute<\/a> &#8212; how responsive key stakeholders seem to be to students and alumni. MPNL runs the Summer Institute really well, takes advantage of the two weeks to run courses, but also events for different stakeholders in the community. Being around the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/philanthrothink\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celebration of Philanthropy<\/a> event, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2026\/mpnl-alumni-association\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MPNL Alumni Association<\/a> launch, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wip\/wip-about\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women in Philanthropy<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/advisory-council\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advisory Council<\/a> meetings and other events, I saw an excitement and understanding about the importance of the sector and the work that people do &#8212; and the importance of data, research and best practices to improve organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-did-you-get-started-in-the-nonprofit-sector\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did you get started in the nonprofit sector?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Dr. Levine Daniel<\/strong>: I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland has a strong Jewish community, with a lot of Jewish institutions. We regularly gave in our home, and made donations. And I grew up with unnamed, just sort of in the background, Jewish values of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/tzedakah-101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tzedakah<\/a>, which often gets translated as &#8216;charity&#8217; but is more connected to &#8216;righteousness&#8217; and &#8216;justice,&#8217; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/mitzvot-a-mitzvah-is-a-commandment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitzvah<\/a>, which means &#8216;doing good deeds&#8217; and technically, means &#8216;commandment.&#8217; It probably comes as no surprise that first I worked in the nonprofit sector, then studied the nonprofit sector &#8212; and studied questions of justice and equity in a nonprofit context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-are-your-academic-interests-and-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are your academic interests and research?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/GivingToIsraelArticleTitle500.png\" alt=\"Two hands hold a heart-shaped American flag extended to a photo of the skyline of Tel Aviv, Israel.\" class=\"wp-image-6460\" style=\"width:539px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/GivingToIsraelArticleTitle500.png 500w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/GivingToIsraelArticleTitle500-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/09\/GivingToIsraelArticleTitle500-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Dr. Levine Daniel<\/strong>: \u200aMy main focus is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/voluntas\/article\/abs\/all-earned-revenue-is-not-created-equal-revenue-embeddedness-as-a-framework-for-exploring-crowdingincrowdingout-effects\/8BE5E8F800BCA9E6CBC24640575DFC2D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how nonprofits get the resources they need to do what they do, and how that acquisition impacts their service delivery<\/a>. And I&#8217;ve started to look at questions of power and equity. I study community foundations &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.gvsu.edu\/tfr\/vol15\/iss2\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">place-based, geographically bound organizations that have made commitments to address racism in their communities and practices<\/a>. As you may imagine, given current events, the contours of the project have changed shape and the questions that we&#8217;re able to ask and the access to information that we&#8217;re able to have, especially here in the United States, has been changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second project is a cross-border philanthropy project. I study money flows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilp.sites.tau.ac.il\/en\/post\/giving-to-israel-american-institutional-philanthropy-to-israeli-nonprofits-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">money transfers, from US nonprofits to Israeli nonprofits<\/a>. It&#8217;s a longitudinal project that I&#8217;ve been doing with two scholars at Tel Aviv University for six or seven years. There&#8217;s a large Jewish diaspora, but Jewish communal organizations are not the only organizations sending money abroad. This type of study is generalizable or applicable to any sort of cross-border philanthropy, any diaspora philanthropy among different communities, and raises questions about transparency and accountability. That&#8217;s one thing I&#8217;m looking forward to replicating with Canadian data, both from a data availability question, but also from views of different contexts and cross-border trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamielevine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>. Also, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamielevinedaniel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her website<\/a> for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MPNL program\u2019s new Chair in Philanthropy, Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel, spoke to PANL Perspectives about her research specialties, how she started in the sector, and what attracted her to MPNL. 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