The Center for Arts and Culture, a resource for news and information on policies affecting the arts located in Arlington, Va., has closed its operations, reports Backstage.com. Although no official reason for the closure of the nonprofit group has been announced, a letter on the center’s Web site…
China is appealing to its growing middle class to help support the country’s poor, reports The Guardian (UK). The government declared this call to action amid rising concern that as the country becomes wealthier but more divided, philanthropy remains slow and underdeveloped. While the rich in China…
Charities related to Cesar Chavez’s farmworkers union do little to help poor people, says newspaper
Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian mining and oil billionaire, plans to spend millions to open two art museums in St. Petersburg and Moscow, reports The Art Newspaper. According to Vladimir Voronchenko, president of Mr. Vekselberg’s foundation, the museums will include works from the billionaire’s…
Andris Pukke, the founder of a nonprofit credit-counseling group, AmeriDebt, this week agreed to pay up to $35-million to settle two lawsuits that accuse him of misleading his clients and charging exorbitant fees, reports The Washington Post. The settlement still has to win court approval. Mr.…
A growing number of poor nations around the world are hiring international nonprofit groups to operate their health clinics and hospitals, reports The New York Times. The approach has allowed wealthy countries and other donors to bypass inefficient, sometimes corrupt, government agencies to support…
North Korea has banned the United Nations World Food Program and other international relief organizations from providing food aid in the country despite concern that a famine is looming, reports The Wall Street Journal. North Korea said instead of such assistance it wants help to build roads and…
State budget cuts have forced the Missouri Arts Council, in St. Louis, to cancel an innovative program that supported local arts groups, reports The Kansas City Star. The program annually would collect the interest generated by the council’s endowment and distribute it to organizations. The Kansas…