Next Week: How to Build a Diverse Nonprofit Staff
Don’t miss our virtual forum Tuesday, August 3. See details below.
Nonprofit News From Elsewhere
Far from the layoffs, art sell-offs, and other cutbacks that larger museums have faced during the pandemic, many smaller museums have done fine. The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Mass., kept its 12 employees thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program, and it expanded its audience by turning to digital programming. Similarly, the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History in Weston, Mass., did a good business in appraisals for those rummaging through the family treasures in their attics and basements during the lockdown. Even the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, which is a hands-on type of place, weathered the crisis thanks to rental income from surplus space it owns. Small staffs and a limited reliance on visitor numbers were key to these organizations’ survival. (WGBH)
More News
- Anti-Poverty Organizations Call on NYC to Strengthen Nonprofit Human Services (NYN Media)
- American Ballet Theater’s Executive Director Announces Her Departure (New York Times)
- Appalachian Beekeeping Collective Works to Revive Forests Left Scarred and Abandoned by Mines (New York Times)
Opinion and Analysis
- Corporations Aren’t Going to Save America (Vox)
- What Is Unrestricted Funding? Two Philanthropy Experts Explain. (Conversation)
- Jews With Money: A New Book About Philanthropy in America Misses the Story of How Jewish Communal Life Was Built (Tablet)
#EquityTalk: Who to Listen to?
This fall, the Chronicle will profile people remaking their organizations and the nonprofit field as a whole to advance equity. We would like to know who you are listening to — writers, activists, podcast hosts, and social-media influencers as well as leaders, fundraisers, and other frontline workers bringing about change that’s driving conversations. Please use this form to provide as many as three names. Thank you!
