The Art of Using Gifts of Art

Charities find a wealth of uses for the treasures they receive

By NICOLE LEWIS

Two weeks after John A. D'Elia joined Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles as a fund raiser, the homeless shelter received an unusual gift: a painting by the French realist Jules Breton worth about $100,000.

The mission could have sold the painting, but Mr. D' Elia came up with another idea that promises...

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