Endowment Chairman Coaxes Funds for the Arts
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Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is working to make friends in Congress.
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Randolph-Macon Womanâs College in Lynchburg, Va., is exploring the possibility of sharing its most valuable asset: a world-class collection of American art.
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The head of one of the world's largest funders of biomedical research is has said that he's set to substantially increase funding.
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An investment fund for philanthropist Rachel Mellon contributed $495,000 to a labor-backed group that is running ads in Iowa in support of Democrat John Edwards' presidential campaign.
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A salonlike party space and a nonprofit art gallery are the latest attempts by the National Arts Club to pump some fresh blood into its aging ranks.
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Retired Boston developer and map aficionado Norman B. Leventhal is contributing $10 million for a permanent endowment of the Boston Public Library's map center, the library's largest gift ever.
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Big-name arts organisations spared but smaller groups suffer in embarrassing funding climbdown
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Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, said late Monday that he believed Eli Broadâs decision to keep his art collection in a private foundation that makes loans to museums is a positive development because it means none of the artworks will be sold, an act that would limit access to them by the Los Angeles museum and others. The museum will open the $56 million Broad Contemporary Art Museum next month, and it has long been speculated that Mr. Broad would donate his collection at least in part to the museum. But Mr. Broad said he had recently decided to keep his collection in his foundation because no museum, the Los Angeles one included, could commit to exhibiting a significant portion of it permanently. Asked if he viewed Mr. Broadâs decision as demonstrating a lack of confidence in him or the museum, Mr. Govan said: âQuite the reverse. Since Day 1 heâs privately and publicly given me a lot of support.â Mr. Govan said that âfrom the public perspective, I donât think most people care when they walk in the door whether the museum owns the works or not, as long as they donât lose themâ to private sales. And, he added, âheâs got 2,000 works, so there is plenty to go around.â.
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By JAMES COATES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE  Q. I do some fund-raising for a small arts organization, and many corporations are going to online applications, which so far I have been able to sort out.
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The Conservatives are set to make an "unambiguous commitment" to giving more funds to public services.
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Harvard University&#39;s endowment paid its two top investment managers about $25 million each last year, less than the pair earned a year ago, but still enough
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The new head of one of Americaâs richestâand most troubledâarts organizations shares his vision for the museum.
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When Genesio Morlacci left &#36;2.3 million to a small college here, many people were astonished at the wealth amassed by a man who operated a dry-cleaning shop and later worked as a part-time janitor in retirement. But to those who knew Morlacci well, his bequest came as no surprise.
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Harvey S. Shipley Miller, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, plans to donate his collection of contemporary works to the museum.
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Brown University has received a &#36;100 million gift for its financial aid program, prompting a restructuring of how the university awards aid to its students.
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How should Harvard spend its money? This is a pretty obvious question that won't be asked enough in the months ahead, now that the world's largest university endowment is looking for another investment chief to succeed the outgoing Mohamed El-Erian.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks;  others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering  the chance to own fine art.