Alice M. Greenwald, an associate director for museum programs at Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum, was appointed director of the World Trade Center Memorial Museum, in New York, reports The New York Times. The museum is currently raising money to build its facilities in lower Manhattan at the…
Many programs that support nonprofit groups or their clients face stiff spending cuts—or elimination—under President Bush’s budget plan. Details of how the spending cuts would affect specific programs are detailed in The Washington Post and The New York Times. (Read The Chronicle’s article on how…
Rock the Vote, the 15-year-old nonprofit group aimed at registering young voters, is about $700,000 in debt with a dwindling staff, which former officials say is due to conflicting priorities, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jehmu Greene, a former president of the group who left last summer, says…
The Samsung Group, a South Korean conglomerate that has faced several scandals, announced on Tuesday that it would donate more than $800-million to charity for “causing concern to the people,” reports the Associated Press. Company officials said $466-million would support a scholarship fund set up…
Victor Mooney, a 41-year-old public affairs official from Brooklyn, built a 24-foot boat that he plans to row across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money and call attention to AIDS prevention, reports The New York Times. In dedication to Cardinal John O’Connor of New York, Mr. Mooney hopes to begin…
Charities are using poker events to raise money, reports The New York Times. The lucrative success of these events is prompting some states to consider legalizing them. However, critics of charity poker worry that nonprofit gambling raises ethical concerns and could undermine the social missions of…