Arts, Culture & Humanities
April 22, 2016 at 9:18 am
The Chicago Cubs easily lead the league in fashion statements, with manager Joe Maddon’s propensity for turning his slogans into T-shirts. And one of his designs has prompted the St. Louis Cardinals to rethink a policy at Busch Stadium. During the Cubs’ first visit to St. Louis this season, ushers have told fans wearing Maddon’s…
April 15, 2016 at 9:43 am
A great-grandfather in the United Kingdom will be awarded a Guinness World Record for becoming the oldest person to get a tattoo at age 104. Jack Reynolds chose to get his nickname, “Jacko,” and his birth date, April 6, 1912, inked on his upper right arm, Metro.co.uk reported. “I’m a big, strong lad, and I’ve…
March 25, 2016 at 9:49 am
The term “museum curator” brings to mind a professional with multiple degrees and thousands of hours of experience in cultural institutions. But a new museum exhibit at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, could change that—69 kids, ages of 6 and 14, curated it. The exhibit, themed “Anything Goes,” shows what happens when children are let loose within a huge…
February 26, 2016 at 9:57 am
There’s nothing I love more than seeing a great nonprofit fundraising campaign in action. Today, I thought I would share a recent favorite with you—the Write On crowdfunding campaign. I’m a long-time stationery enthusiast in my personal life. I love writing cards to people. In fact, when my husband and I first started dating and…
February 19, 2016 at 9:46 am
Don’t have any Millennials on your nonprofit board yet? Your future might be tough. There are a whole heck of a lot of good reasons to target Millennial visitors and supporters. They are not visiting cultural organizations at representative rates, they aren’t magically “aging into” increased care for arts and culture, and–perhaps most importantly–data suggests…
February 8, 2016 at 10:08 am
Philanthropy is the name of the game. Especially for Super Bowl 50 and the San Francisco Bay Area. This year’s host committee raised $12 million for local nonprofits, more than any other host committee has in years past, Fast Company reported...
February 5, 2016 at 10:50 am
The Carolina Panthers are favored to win Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, with the team’s star quarterback, Cam Newton, picked by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win the game’s MVP award. But do Newton and his team hold the edge in charitable giving? The Chronicle of Philanthropy took a look at both the Panthers and the…
December 28, 2015 at 10:20 am
It’s an overcast Sunday morning and most of Seattle is glued to the Seahawks game, but John Salvatier and Elizabeth Van Nostrand are waiting for members of the group they help run, Seattle Effective Altruists, to arrive at Salvatier’s house in the Central District. Van Nostrand explained that effective altruism “is extremely quantitative. ‘How much money…
December 16, 2015 at 9:57 am
A Field Museum employee taking memberships at the door pocketed $900,000 in cash over seven years and is being investigated by federal authorities, museum executives said Friday. Disclosure of the alleged theft was made in a federally mandated tax report the natural history institution filed earlier this month. “Yes, it’s embarrassing somebody got away with…
December 10, 2015 at 10:30 am
Some people would rather starve than beg, but public radio got over that hurdle a long time ago. But when the WBEZ pledge drive that wrapped up Tuesday was launched, its hat-in-hand appeal to its audience took a new approach that in some minds—including mine—went too far. A friend told me he heard a WBEZ…
