It is quickly becoming standard practice for art galleries to provide financial backing for museum exhibitions, but what are the long-term costs of this trend?
Increasingly Messy Funding Relationship between Museums and Galleries
Continuing Illinois Budget Impasse Hurts Homeless and College Students
What do college students have in common with the homeless? In Illinois, they are among the innocent victims of the ongoing, eight-month-long state budget battle.
The Frick Pittsburgh Is Latest Museum to Join Google Cultural Institute
A virtual gallery of 150 objects from the Frick’s diverse collection has been added to more than 6 million works of art and artifacts already available for online viewing. How do museums benefit from this exposure?
Portland Nonprofit Provides Affordable Homeownership
Home ownership is a challenge for most Americans, especially in a hot market like Portland, OR. One community organization is helping residents meet that challenge.
Nonprofits in America: New Research Data on Employment, Wages, and Establishments
This data rich article by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is one of those pieces we see as being required reading for leaders and board members of nonprofits and philanthropy. It is basic business intelligence that should help inform your work and strategies.
What Gave It Away?
This is the comment I received this morning on an article we published some time ago.
Mansplaining on International Women’s Day Gets Very Weird
It’s often said that to spark true change in the world, empower a woman. Activists took to social media yesterday to show their support for women, just as some male leaders illustrated why we need the day to begin with.
Environmental Justice Activists React to Candidates in Flint Debate
Some environmental activists believe that both candidates in the Sanders/Clinton debate failed to connect the dots when it comes to the disproportionate effects of environmental and climate disasters on communities of color.
State Budget Shortfall Threatens Privatization Plans and Care at LSU Hospital System
“Charitable” hospital system in Louisiana may reduce services if the state slashes $65 million in funding.
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories and Academic Freedom at Oberlin
The limits of free speech and academic freedom on campus are being tested by the social media postings of an Oberlin professor of rhetoric.
Indiana Judge’s Ruling for Resettlement Nonprofit “A Message for Xenophobes”
Activists are saying that the ruling barring Indiana from trying to exclude Syrian refugees is the first that takes on the political use of fear-mongering on terrorism by some governors.
Why the Lack of Transparency from Trump on His Veterans’ Fundraiser?
If Trump cannot handle a simple charitable event in an organized and transparent way, what does this say about him as a candidate?