Washington Human-Services Group Plans Substantial Layoffs
CDM Services, a Vancouver, Wash., group that provides in-home care to disabled and elderly people, plans to lay off 100 of its 200 employees beginning on Nov. 1, writes The Columbian.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Iowa Charities Plan Merger
Rebuilding Together Des Moines, which helps low- and moderate-income families with home repairs, and the Des Moines Neighborhood Resource Office, an education leadership group, plan to merge, according to The Des Moines Register.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Civil-Rights Museum Cuts Staff
Read about that and other efforts nonprofits are making to cope with the bad economy in the Layoffs and Mergers blog.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Virginia Hospitals Announce Merger
Martha Jefferson Hospital, a 107-year-old hospital in Charlottesville, Va., plans to merge with Sentara Healthcare, in Norfolk, Va., according to The Daily Progress.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Museum Fires 56 Security Personnel
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has fired 33 security officers and 23 gallery attendants and is replacing them with 14 reserve police officers and 100 college students, writes the Indianapolis Star.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Facebook’s CEO ‘Friends’ Schools—With a $100-Million Gift
A seemingly out-of-the-blue $100-million gift from Facebook’s 26-year-old founder draws concerns about how the money will be used.
By Maria Di Mento and Caroline Preston
Wealthy Blacks Give Most Donations to Education and Religious Groups, Study Finds
A new survey shows differences between the causes supported by wealthy whites and blacks. Blacks make their biggest gifts to education and religion.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Facebook’s CEO Gives $100-Million to Fix Schools
The first major charitable commitment by Mark Zuckerberg, a founder of the popular social network, will help Newark, N.J., improve its public schools.
By Maria Di Mento and Caroline Preston
John Kluge, a billionaire who bestowed big gifts on colleges and other institutions, died at age 95.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Liberace Museum, in Las Vegas, which housed the showy musician’s costumes, cars, pianos, and other memorabilia, will close on October 17, after 31 years of operation, writes the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor