Michigan Human-Services Group Cuts Jobs
Officials at the Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency, in Pontiac, Mich., have announced that 19 employees will lose their jobs on April 1, writes the Daily Tribune.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
West Virginia Groups Merge to Create New Community Foundation
The Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, in Morgantown, and the Greater Morgantown Community Trust plan to merge, reports The Times West Virginian.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Community Action of Northeast Indiana, in Fort Wayne, has laid off five employees due to government budget cuts, according to WANE-TV, a local television station.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Rochester, N.Y., Opera Group Disbands
Citing financial troubles and low attendance, the Mercury Opera Rochester, in N.Y., has shut down, reports the Democrat and Chronicle.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Big International Nonprofit Plans to Disband
The Academy for Educational Development, a 50-year-old international group announced it would transfer its programs elsewhere and close its doors.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Cleft Palate Groups’ Proposed Merger Raises Ire of Donors and Board
Smile Train, of New York, and Operation Smile, of Norfolk, Va., which both work to repair cleft palates and lips of children in impoverished countries, announced on Feb. 14 that the two charities were planning to merge, but some board members of the charities are unhappy with the arrangement, writes The New York Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Environmental Groups in Washington State Merge
Two environmental groups—EarthCorps, in Seattle, and Friends of the Hylebos, in Federal Way, Wash., have merged, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Seaport Museum Implements Cuts and Furloughs, Loses Board Members
The struggling Seaport Museum New York has recently implemented employee furloughs and has eliminated its development and curatorial departments, writes The New York Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Jewish Human Services Groups Merge
Officials at the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Boston, in Waltham, Mass., have announced a plan to merge with Jewish Family Service of the North Shore, in Salem, Mass., according to the Salem Gazette.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
After a Frugal Year, 2011 May See a Jump in Top Donors’ Giving
People on The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 50 list of the most-generous donors gave a total of $3.3-billion. The economic downturn caused the wealthy to give less than any other year since the list was created in 2000.
By Maria Di Mento and Caroline Preston