Music Charities to Benefit From Lawsuit
Music-education programs in New York State will benefit from a $12-million settlement with a record company that had been accused of paying radio stations to play certain songs, reports the Associated Press. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general, Eliot Spitzer,…
Chairman of 9/11 Fund-Raising Group Steps Down
The man who chairs the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation will step down from those posts at the end of May, reports the Associated Press. John C. Whitehead, 84, cited his age as a reason for the departure. He will remain on the board of the…
House Panel Votes to Limit Pay at Museum
House committee votes to limit salaries at the Smithsonian Institution
Former Foundation Leader Attracts New Scrutiny
A group of faculty union leaders from the California State University System asked Bill Lockyer, the state’s attorney general, to investigate the rehiring of Barry Munitz, former chancellor of the system, reports the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Munitz was ousted from his former job as head of the J.…
Grant Makers Need to Be Less Cautious, Says Foundation Leader
Foundations should take greater risks and be more vocal about their efforts, said Maxwell King, the new chairman of the Council on Foundations, during the association’s annual conference, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “There are some factions in the Council on Foundations that are…
Mass. Company Provides Ads for Charities
Thirty concrete trucks in Millis, Mass., now bear the logos and contact information for charities in the region, reports The Boston Globe. The three brothers who own Tresca Brothers Sand & Gravel take suggestions from customers, employees, and charities about which nonprofit groups to feature on…
New York Theaters Turn Fund Raising Into ‘Art’
New York nonprofit theaters, such as the Roundabout Theatre Company, have “worked at refining fund raising into an art,” using such nontraditional approaches as performances by go-go dancers and poker games to woo wealthy patrons, reports The New York Times. Read The Chronicle’s article about the…
The Czech Republic opened its first food bank recently, reports the Czech Business Weekly. The Czech Food Bank Federation, in Prague, is expected to process 800 tons of food each year. Sixteen other countries in the European Union have similar organizations, with France operating the largest number…