Art for Donors' Sake

Brandeis University's announcement last month that it will close its museum and sell its $350-million art collection to shore up the university's finances has unsettled the nonprofit world.

Although the institution said it might reconsider the decision to sell the art, its choice to close the museum is the latest in an expanding series of public rifts between prominent charitable institutions and donors. It is inevitable that the bad economy will lead to many more challenges over the

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