Daily News Roundup: Staff Walkout Roils Colo. Art Museum

Most Staff Quit Colo. Museum in Fight With Director: Nearly every employee at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has walked out, accusing the institution’s executive director of abusive labor practices and failing to deliver on program promises to donors, reports The New York Times. The museum’s board said a former judge it hired to investigate found no basis for the allegations.

Closely Run Barr Foundation Opens Board to Outsiders: The $1.7 billion Boston grant maker will add two seats to a board that had consisted of founder Amos and Barbara Hostetter and foundation President Jim Canales, reports The Boston Globe. Mr. Canales said the Hostetters “want to transition Barr from a family to a legacy foundation.” Read Chronicle articles about diversity on big foundations’ boards and how the Barr fund is expanding its reach.

How to End the “War” Over Planned Gifts: Robert Sharpe Jr., who heads a consulting firm that works with nonprofits on planned giving, details in Wealth Management magazine ways for fundraisers and financial advisers to cooperate rather than compete in serving donors and clients contemplating philanthropic uses of their estates. Read an article from The Chronicle’s Resource Center on how nonprofits can build ties with financial professionals.

Founder of Pioneering New York Health Charity Steps Down: Irwin Redlener, who leaves his post this week as head of the Children’s Health Fund, reflects in a New York Times article on his three decades leading the charity. The fund, which Dr. Redlener launched in 1987 with musician Paul Simon, now operates the country’s largest network of mobile clinics serving low-income families.