Staff and Budget Cuts at Nonprofit Organizations: a Sampling

American Repertory Ballet (New Brunswick, N.J.) The dance troupe has canceled the remainder of its season.

Baltimore Public Works Museum The museum has laid off its five employees and has closed its doors.

Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove, Calif.) The church is laying off employees, but it did not disclose how many. It is also selling some of its property and will no longer broadcast its Hour of Power television program in eight metropolitan areas.

Florida’s Blood Centers (Orlando) The blood-services organization has laid off 42 employees.

Girl Scouts of Central Texas (Austin) The youth organization has laid off 16 people, about 15 percent of its staff, and has reduced the salaries of its executives.

Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis) The charity is cutting its independent-living services for disabled and elderly people and its domestic-violence programs.

Hanover Hospital (Pa.) The hospital has laid off 50 of its 1,300 employees and has reduced the hours of 29 staff members. The organization also eliminated 20 vacant positions, and its chief operating officer took a 10 percent salary cut.

Hospice of Michigan (Detroit) The organization has laid off 75 workers.

Indiana University Foundation (Bloomington) The fund-raising arm of the university has laid off 18 of its 201 staff members.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Philadelphia) The arts center laid off 15 staff members and plans to cut some of next season’s performances.

Laguna Playhouse (Laguna Beach, Calif.) The theater group has laid off four production employees.

Mercy Flights (Medford, Ore.) The nonprofit ambulance-service organization has laid off nine of its 87 employees and will leave vacant one unfilled post.

Technology Collaborative (Pittsburgh) The economic development group plans to lay off four of its nine workers.

12 Miles West Theatre Company (Madison, N.J.) The theater company has suspended its operations and is weighing whether to reopen.

Union Station Kansas City (Mo.) The historical and cultural organization has eliminated eight full-time positions and transferred one full-time employee to part-time work. The group has also cut pay and benefits to employees. In 2009, 40 positions were eliminated.

See additional samplings of layoffs and cuts at nonprofit groups:

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