You’re Not Alone: Non-profits in Massachusetts overstretched, underfunded

Many nonprofit organizations (which I assume includes historic sites) in Massachusetts are underfunded, overstretched, and vulnerable to cuts by state government, a new report from the Boston Foundation finds.
The report, Passion & Purpose: Raising the Fiscal Fitness Bar for Massachusetts Nonprofits, includes recommendations that address significant financial and organizational weaknesses in the state’s nonprofit sector as [...]

Charitable Giving Reaches New Record in 2007

U.S. charitable giving reached an estimated $306.4 billion in 2007, exceeding $300 billion for the first time, a new report from the Giving USA Foundation finds.
According to Giving USA 2008, which is researched and written by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, every type of public charity saw gains in [...]

National Trust Historic Sites membership fees

Most National Trust Historic Sites offer a their own membership program in addition to the one for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and every year or so we like to offer a comparison so that Sites can evaluate the fees. Intern Stephen Neuhauser recently assembled these fees into a chart and I offer [...]

Investing in Historic Sites?

Prompted by the sale of the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, Daniel Gross at Newsweek just posted a critique of historic sites as investments in “People Who Buy Glass Houses: Are Architectural Landmarks Worth the Investment?” by examining the finances at the Glass House, a National Trust Historic Site. Gross suggests that [...]

Admission fees for National Trust Historic Sites

A review of admission fees at National Trust Historic Sites shows that they range from a low of $4 (Hotel de Paris Museum) to a high of $25 (Glass House), not counting five sites that are free. The median fees are $11 for adults (general admission), $8 for seniors, and $4 for children. [...]