Detroit Art Museum Hits $100-Million ‘Grand Bargain’ Target
The Detroit Institute of Arts said Monday that it has effectively reached its fundraising goal to satisfy a pledge to the city’s bankruptcy rescue fund, the Detroit Free Press reports.
For-Profit Herzing U. Switches to Nonprofit Status
Herzing University, a commercial career college with some 6,000 students and campuses in eight states, has converted into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes.
Save the Children Reviews Ebola Procedures After Nurse Is Infected
Save the Children is examining safety protocols at an Ebola treatment center it operates in Sierra Leone to determine how a Scottish nurse contracted the virus, Bloomberg reports.
Warhol Art Giveaway Likely to Result in Wave of Exhibits
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts said Monday that it has wrapped up a massive donation of tens of thousands of works and photographs by the late artist to more than 300 museums and colleges, setting the stage for a wave of Warhol exhibitions in the next few years, the Los Angeles Times writes.
Impact Investing Eyed by More Community Foundations, Study Finds
As community foundations pay more attention to underlying structural causes of poverty, a small but growing number of them are experimenting with investing in social enterprises to meet their mission, Forbes writes, citing recent research by the Democracy Collaborative, a nonprofit that promotes community-development strategies.
Ray Rice’s Ex-Team Makes 2nd Gift to an Anti-Violence Group
The Baltimore Ravens have donated $400,000 to a Maryland organization that works to combat relationship violence, the football team’s second gift to such a group since controversy erupted last summer over its handling of the Ray Rice case, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Fla. Homeless Group’s Clients Now Paid for Stadium Work
Homeless clients of a Tampa nonprofit are again working at the city’s Raymond James Stadium but are now being paid for the labor, reversing past practice that saw them receive food and shelter from the charity for staffing stadium events, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
New York City to Measure Diversity Among Arts Groups
The effort by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs will collect information on racial and ethnic diversity among employees, boards, and visitors at New York museums and performing-arts organizations, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Leading and Managing Nonprofits: the Best Advice of the Last Year
Chronicle editors selected nine stories from 2014 that will help you sort through fads, test new ideas, and find success in unexpected places.
Grant-Maker Stories That Will Matter in 2015
A new breed of CEOs, including Patricia Harris of Bloomberg Philanthropies, is reshaping philanthropy, and employees exert new pressures on corporate giving as well. Meanwhile, diversity woes persist at foundations, and red flags go up about veterans charities.