Time Runs Out on $5M Fundraising Goal for Colorado Ute Museum | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly

Time Runs Out on $5M Fundraising Goal for Colorado Ute Museum | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly: "Showing off a new tribal-funded, beautifully appointed place to call home, the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum’s relaunch in 2011 was not only off to a great start, the nonprofit was the belle of the ball in the West. The facility, which housed rich historical permanent exhibits on the history of the Ute people, including oral narratives, important flora and fauna, and scholarly archives, was declared by True West Magazine in 2012 as the “top history museum of the year.” It looked like the Colorado sky was the limit.

Sadly, the promising start devolved into missed fundraising goals, loss of support, and nonprofit staff having their paychecks held while refusing to reveal dwindling program numbers to tribal funders. The Durango Herald reports:"



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More European Museums Turning to U.S.-Style Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

More European Museums Turning to U.S.-Style Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "With European governments' austerity measures cutting into cultural budgets, major art museums abroad are increasingly seeking to tap private philanthropy along the American model writes, The New York Times as part of a package of articles on trends in the museum world."



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Inspired by Webcomic, Elon Musk to Give $1M to Tesla Museum - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Inspired by Webcomic, Elon Musk to Give $1M to Tesla Museum - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Combining a mutual love of science, innovation, and early twentieth-century inventor Nikola Tesla, technology magnate and billionaire Elon Musk has responded to an appeal from web artist Matthew Inman and agreed to donate a million dollars toward the creation of a museum honoring the early twentieth-century inventor.

Museum makeover: Fundraising campaign launched for city flood facility � Latest News � The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA

Museum makeover: Fundraising campaign launched for city flood facility � Latest News � The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA: Next week’s 125th anniversary of the Great Johnstown Flood provides the launching pad for a major fundraising campaign to completely update the Johnstown Flood Museum.

The campaign was given a roaring start with a $750,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation of Pittsburgh, Mark Pasquerilla, Johnstown Area Heritage Association chairman, said Thursday during a press conference at the museum.

Diverse Museum Donor Base Shows Changing Cleveland Giving – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Diverse Museum Donor Base Shows Changing Cleveland Giving – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Cleveland Museum of Art’s capital campaign to finance its newly finished expansion and renovation demonstrates how wealth and philanthropy have changed in the city in the last half-century, writes The Plain Dealer in one of a series of articles this week on the state of the institution.

Museums Courting Young Donors Find Big Generational Shift – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Museums Courting Young Donors Find Big Generational Shift – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Museums Courting Young Donors Find Big Generational Shift

Officials at museums of all sizes are worried that young people aren’t prepared to support them with gifts and patronage and are not equipped to assume leadership roles, reports a New York Times piece that is part of a special section on museums

Judge Rules Met Museum Allowed to Charge 'Suggested' Fee - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Judge Rules Met Museum Allowed to Charge 'Suggested' Fee - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: A New York State Supreme Court judge has thrown out key portions of two lawsuits over the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s admissions practices, ruling that the museum is not in breach of prior state and city agreements in charging a suggested entry fee, The New York Times and Bloomberg report.

Oprah's $12 Million Smithsonian Gift Largest In History Of National Museum of African American History

Oprah's $12 Million Smithsonian Gift Largest In History Of National Museum of African American History: WASHINGTON -- Oprah Winfrey has donated $12 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the museum announced Tuesday.

Sept. 11 Museum to Charge Mandatory Admission Fee - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Sept. 11 Museum to Charge Mandatory Admission Fee - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The organization’s board voted last week to approve the mandatory admission fee, determining that “it’s more fiscally prudent to have a straight ticket charge” than an optional donation for visitors, said Joseph Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations - NYTimes.com

Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations - NYTimes.com: For museums and other institutions confronted with the sometimes onerous restrictions that donors place on major gifts, forever can be a very long time.

Dallas Museum of Art gears up for new policy of free general admission and free memberships, which starts Monday | Center Stage

Dallas Museum of Art gears up for new policy of free general admission and free memberships, which starts Monday | Center Stage: It all starts on Monday at the Dallas Museum of Art, when it rolls out its new Friends Partners program. The most enticing component is the DMA’s new policy of free general admission and free memberships, which it defined on Thursday as “a program of engagement that is intended to build long-term relationships with visitors and to emphasize participation over the transaction-based membership model that has become common practice among museums.”

Dallas Museum of Art takes bold step of offering free general admission AND free memberships | Center Stage

Dallas Museum of Art takes bold step of offering free general admission AND free memberships | Center Stage: Beginning Jan. 21, the Dallas Museum of Art will take the unprecedented step of offering an unusual one-two punch: Free general admission and free memberships, making it the first art museum in the country to do so, DMA director Maxwell Anderson announced at a press conference this morning.

Shelburne Museum announces $4.5 million in contributions and breaks ground on Center for Art and Education

Shelburne Museum announces $4.5 million in contributions and breaks ground on Center for Art and Education: SHELBURNE, Vt. (May 16, 2012) Shelburne Museum Director Thomas Denenberg announced three major gifts to the museum’s capital campaign totaling $4.5 million.

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massnonprofit.org ::: November 6, 2011 — The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem has raised $550 million toward a $650 million goal, the largest capital campaign ever undertaken by a Massachusetts museum, which, when completed, will give it the largest endowment of any museum in the state and one of the top 10 in the country.

Proceeds from the Peabody Essex Museum capital campaign, reportedly underway since 2006, announced in The Boston Globe today, will be used as

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican: On Tuesday, founder Louis Schalk did a run-through of the presentation he'll give on his project Friday at SPREAD 2.0 at the Santa Fe Farmers Market building in the Santa Fe Railyard.

SPREAD is a community dinner, held twice a year, that funds projects and creative initiatives by artists from New Mexico.

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin: NEW YORK, N.Y.- Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. The gift will be dedicated to helping fund operations, exhibitions and programs over the next five years as the Rubin continues its initiatives to diversify its leadership and broaden its funding base. In support of these goals, Mr. Baylis concurrently announced that Patrick Sears has been named Deputy Director of the Museum and Cynthia Guyer has been appointed to the newly created position of Head of External Affairs.

Center for the Future of Museums: Creating your own Arcadia: Where do you start?

Center for the Future of Museums: Creating your own Arcadia: Where do you start?: "I’m often asked, “What will be the financial model be for museums in the future?” That model may well combine the idealism and mission-driven focus of nonprofits with strategies adapted from the for-profit realm. This week’s guest post is from Diana Peacock, director of Community Wealth Ventures, a for-profit subsidiary of the nonprofit anti-hunger and anti-poverty organization Share Our Strength. CWV is a management consulting firm that helps nonprofits achieve their goals for growth, sustainability and impact through a variety of strategies including business model assessment, business planning, strategy implementation and social enterprise. I’ve invited Diana to share some ideas on how museums bolster their financial sustainability while magnifying their impact. Here is the first installment of her response."

New Ringling Museum of Art director Steven High aims to reach the 'underserved' - St. Petersburg Times

New Ringling Museum of Art director Steven High aims to reach the 'underserved' - St. Petersburg Times: "The goal is to grow membership,' High says, especially people in their mid 20s and mid 30s, an elusive group for many museums. 'To make a member come three to four times a year so that membership becomes a deal. To reach that point where they feel like shareholders in this organization. Then, ideally, a percentage will step up and enter a new stage of philanthropy.'"

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Hard Times at Maine Historic Site

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Hard Times at Maine Historic Site: "July 20, 2011; Source: Keep MEcurrent.com | The Willowbrook Village Museum is an historic museum that focuses on rural life in 19th and early 20th-century Maine, but the challenges that the organization is facing reflect a current and very real trend with nonprofits generally and historic sites specifically throughout the state. KeepMecurrent.com reports that because the museum has fallen short of some $120,000 in annual operating costs, it only has cash on hand to operate through October 2012."

Museums, other nonprofits join forces to survive economy - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Museums, other nonprofits join forces to survive economy - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Masich, president and CEO of the Heinz History Center, has been involved with mergers with the Meadowcroft Museum in Avella, the George Westinghouse Museum in Wilmerding and the Fort Pitt Museum, Downtown. Now the center is 'dating' the Pittsburgh Police Historical Association."