Naomi Levine is executive director of New York University’s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising and is an expert on Jewish philanthropy and nonprofits.

New York University’s Heyman Program for Philanthropy and Fundraising provides professional development training for nonprofit executives, employees and volunteers.

Warren Bird is director of research and intellectual capital for Leadership Network, a nonprofit organization that works to foster Christian leadership, innovation and church growth. He has studied and profiled many of the nation’s biggest and fastest-growing churches and is a co-author of A Multi-Site Church Road Trip: Exploring the New Normal. Bird’s dissertation in 2007 examined whether megachurches foster […]

The Center for the Study of Religion and Sexuality is a part of Columbia University’s Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality; the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life; and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. It is in place to provide forums and resources in a world where intersections of sexuality and religion […]

The Center for Indian Studies, SUNY at Stonybrook is dedicated to “multi-directional flow of knowledge and scholarly exchange that enhances local and global communities.”

GreenFaith is an interfaith coalition that works with houses of worship, religious schools and people of all faiths to help them become better environmental stewards. The Rev. Fletcher Harper is executive director.

Aytzim, meaning “trees” in Hebrew, is an organization that works to provide resources to promote environmental activism in Israel, the Middle East and throughout the Jewish Diaspora. They seek to bridge the differences between and within religions and people, helping to build a peaceful and sustainable future for Israel and the Middle East. The group maintains […]

Prema Kurien is a professor of sociology at Syracuse University. Her books include A Place at the Multicultural Table: The Development of an American Hinduism and Ethnic Church Meets Mega Church: Indian American Christianity in Motion.

United Sikhs is an international nonprofit group that works to help underprivileged and minority communities. The U.S. office is in New York.