Philanthropy Today

The Sierra Club California is losing members while trying to navigate tension over what its mission should be. Many older members protest what they say is the club’s turn away from wilderness protection, and newer members largely champion a focus on environmental justice. Officials of the state club, which counts 134,000 members, insist the two goals are compatible, while one older committee member said the club needs to evolve, even at the risk of alienating older members who are also important donors. (Los Angeles Times)

Background from the Chronicle: How Can Philanthropy Curb Climate Change?

Museums around the country are greeting this election season with examinations of democracy, and some are even getting involved in the democratic process. From an exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on representative government, to debates, hosted in part by Los Angeles’s Hammer Museum, on the role of the Electoral College, to the American Museum of Natural History in New York serving as an early-voting site, museums are finding ways to acknowledge the moment while mindful that some visitors come through the doors hoping to escape the crush of politics. (New York Times)

More from the New York Times on Museums and Art

• Art Museums Reach Out to Visitors From Behind Closed Doors (New York Times)
• New-York Historical Society Gets a New Name and a New Wing (New York Times)
• The Art World Explores Concrete Ways to Fight Climate Change (New York Times)
• Buy? Share? Borrow? Art Institutions Rethink Their Acquisition Strategies (New York Times)

More News and Opinion

• Philadelphia City Commissioner Calls Elon Musk Out for Spreading False Election Information About Nonprofit (CBS News)
• Taylor Swift Donates $5M to Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief Efforts (Daily Beast)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Did Taylor Swift Create a New Era for Food Bank Donations?

New and Opinion on the Middle East Conflict

• Brooklyn Nonprofit Apologizes for Removing Palestinian-American Artist’s Work (Hyperallergic)
• Opinion: Brown Says No to Divestment From Israel (Wall Street Journal)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: The Donor Revolt Comes to Annual Giving: Israel, Gaza, and Campus Unrest

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