Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation (Rockville, Md.): Appointed James E. Connolly, executive vice president and general manager at Wyeth Vaccines (Madison, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer. Alliance for the Arts (New York): Announced the resignation of Randall Bourscheidt,…
KQED Imposes Weeklong Furlough
KQED, a public television and radio station in San Francisco, has put in place a weeklong companywide furlough, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Seattle Microfinance Group Dissolves
Unitus, a microfinance organization in Seattle, has announced that it is ceasing its operations and all 45 of its employees are losing their jobs, reports the Puget Sound Business Journal.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Massachusetts Human-Services Charities Merge
The Center for Human Development, a Springfield, Mass., human-services organization, and Hawthorn Services, a charity in Chicopee, Mass., that helps senior citizens, have merged to form a single organization, according to a news release on the Center for Human Development’s Web site.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Food Charity in Georgia Cuts Staff
Angel Food Ministries, in Monroe, Ga., has laid off 49 of its 260 employees and has cut the salaries of its management staff by 20 percent, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Decline of Leadership Development for Nonprofit Professionals of Color?
Some leadership-development programs for nonprofit leaders of color are going away. Is this indicative of a sectorwide trend?
By ROSETTA THURMAN
Contributor
Maryland Lung Cancer Charity Merges With Chicago Group
Protect Your Lungs, a Potomac, Md., charity focused on supporting lung-cancer research, has merged with the LUNGevity Foundation, a similar group in Chicago, according to a news release on LUNGevity Foundation’s Web site.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Managing in Tough Times: Advice From a Leading CEO
Barry Salzberg, chief executive of Deloitte, offers advice to nonprofit executives about how they can better manage their organizations.
By Richard White
Contributor
Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow to Human-Rights and Aid Groups
Human-rights and aid organizations say the Supreme Court loss could prevent them from engaging in peace-building and humanitarian work.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Two Pittsburgh Health Charities Merge
The Multiple Sclerosis Service Society and United Cerebral Palsy Community Living and Support Services, both in Pittsburgh, are merging, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Merger of Senior Citizen Centers in Pennsylvania
The Yorktown Senior Center and the September House Senior Center, nonprofit retirement-housing centers in York, Pa., have merged and are building a new senior center, says The York Dispatch.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Portland Harbor Museum, in Maine, has merged with the Maine Maritime Museum, in Bath, according to The Times Record.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What It Takes to Grow: Charities and Foundations Tackle the Challenge
Nonprofit and foundation leaders are meeting in New York this week to figure out ways to help organizations with proven results grow. One new source of aid: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced it will spend $100-million on a new Impact Capital Fund.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Volunteerism Increases at Highest Rate in 6 Years
The new report defies the popular notion that hard economic times suppress civic participation.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Two Southern California Hospitals Plan Merger
Two Southern California hospitals, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Community Hospital of Long Beach, are in talks to merge, according to the Press-Telegram, a newspaper in Long Beach, Calif.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Blue Shield of California Foundation Hires New President; Other New Appointments
Asia Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed David D. Arnold, president of the American U. in Cairo, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Douglas Bereuter, who plans to retire. Associated Grant Makers (Boston): Appointed Jeffrey Poulos, executive director of StageSource (Boston),…