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Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia)
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The natural-history museum has adopted salary cuts and imposed a hiring freeze. Staff salaries will be cut by 5 percent. Employees making $30,000 or less will not experience a pay cut.
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American Ballet Theater (New York)
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The ballet company is eliminating pension contributions and vacation pay in 2009 for its 86 dancers. The company’s contributions to the pensions of its administrative staff will be cut and the salaries of those staff members will be slashed from 1.5 percent to 10 percent.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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The orchestra has cut the salaries of its musicians by 11 percent.
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Detroit Institute of Arts
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The museum will eliminate 56 full-time and seven part-time jobs, about 20 percent of its work force.
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High Museum of Art (Atlanta)
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The museum plans to eliminate five full-time posts and three part-time jobs, and trim pay for its remaining staff members.
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Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
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The charity laid off 25 employees, roughly 21 percent of its staff.
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Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
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The organization has let go of 14 employees, almost 20 percent of its work force.
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company (New York)
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The dance troupe is not renewing the contracts of three senior dancers.
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Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.)
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The international-relief group laid off 22 staff members in New York, Seattle, and Portland, Ore. The group is freezing executive salaries and the hiring of new employees.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
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The museum has cut 74 merchandising jobs at its museum stores and has closed eight of the stores. Officials plan to reduce 10 percent of the museum’s work force before July 1. Previously, the museum instituted a hiring freeze, ended merit salary increases, and eliminated 53 positions over the last year.
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Miami City Ballet
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The ballet company has laid off eight of its 53 dancers.
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Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.)
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The environmental group is reducing its staff by 10 percent.
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New York City Ballet
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The ballet troupe is letting go of 11 dancers and reducing salaries by 10 percent for senior staff and 5 percent for junior staff. The company has adopted a hiring freeze.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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The museum is laying off 16 employees and will not fill 14 vacant positions. The museum is also cutting the salaries of its senior staff members by 5 to 10 percent, depending on seniority.
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Philadelphia Orchestra Association
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The orchestra has laid off 12 administrative staff members and six open posts will not be filled. The move represents a 20-percent cut in its administrative staff. Workers making more than $50,000 annually are taking a 10-percent pay cut on the portion of their salary that exceeds $50,000.
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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The orchestra laid off nine administrative workers, and froze the salaries of senior executives.
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Sesame Workshop (New York)
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The producer of Sesame Street and other children’s television programs is eliminating 67 of 355 staff positions.
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.)
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The foundation is laying off 14 staff members, freezing salaries, reducing retirement benefits by 50 percent, and will not fill vacant positions.
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UJA-Federation of New York
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The charity is cutting 52 jobs, roughly 11 percent of its staff. Additionally, 20 open positions will not be filled. The group has also instituted a salary freeze.
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University of Washington (Seattle)
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The institution is laying off 34 fund raisers from its advancement office. It has reduced 16 full-time jobs in the office to part-time positions, and 36 vacant positions there will be eliminated.
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WETA Public Television & Radio (Arlington, Va.)
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The organization is letting go of 15 employees and eliminating 14 vacant positions.
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— Compiled by Maria Di Mento
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