• The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts raises enough to keep a Thomas Eakins masterpiece in Philadelphia.  [New York Times]

• The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission agrees to change the name of the New York Public Library's main building to the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.  [New York Times]

• The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, Connecticut unveils a nine-month, $1.5 million restoration project.  [New York Times]

• Midlife and older adults explore internships in nonprofits as a way to try something new.  [New York Times]

• A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego.  [Associated Press]

• Verna Dautervive donates $25 million to USC in memory of her husband.  [Los Angeles Times]

• The Jimmy Fund, the official charity of the Boston Red Sox, auctions off the jersey that was buried under the new Yankees' stadium.  [Washington Post]

• Charities walk a fine line when wealthy benefactors don't pay off their pledges.  [Chicago Tribune]

• Pilar O'Leary, head of the Smithsonian Latino Center, resigned in February after an internal investigation found that she violated a variety of rules and ethics policies.  [Washington Post]

• The Museum of Modern Art and the foundation that operates the Guggenheim Museum can proceed with a lawsuit aimed at proving their ownership of two famous Picasso paintings.  [Bloomberg]

• Ken Langone gives $100 million in unrestricted funds to New York University Medical Center.  [New York Times]

• Preservationists battle a development proposal for St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan in Greenwich Village.  [New York Times]

• Gunmen abduct two foreign aid workers in southern Somalia.  [Associated Press]

• Many philanthropists choose to remain anonymous, for safety and privacy reasons.  [Los Angeles Times]

• As costs of food and fuel skyrocket, the U.N.'s World Food Program struggles.  [Los Angeles Times]

• John Shakely, president emeritus of the California Community Foundation, talks about pre-emptive philanthropy.  [New York Times]

• With the much-talked about transfer of wealth now under way, people reconsider the meaning of inheritance.  [New York Times]

• Two of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's three artistic directors resign.  [New York Times]

• Harvard Law School plans to waive tuition for third-year students who pledge to spend five years working for nonprofit organizations or the government.  [New York Times]

The New York Times Magazine's Money Issue is devoted to philanthropy.  From celebrity involvement in social causes to the increasing use of metrics in grant-making, this week's issue is worth checking out. 

• Philanthropy might not be enough for Mike Bloomberg, some of those who know him say.  [New York Times]

• Con artists rip off a Girl Scout group in Westminster, Colorado, buying cookies with a fake $100 bill.  [Associated Press]

• The chief of malaria for the W.H.O. has complained about the growing influence of the Gates Foundation.  [New York Times]

• Patricia Cornwell donates $1 million to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and buys $250,000 worth of ads to explain quotes taken out of context.  [New York Times]

• Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, explains how Google decided what causes to focus its giving on.  [Slate Magazine]

• Three armed men in ski masks steal $163.2 million worth of artwork from a Zurich museum in one of the largest art robberies in Europe's history.  [Associated Press]

• Dioceses nationwide continue to consolidate parishes in the face of rising costs, aging priests, and shrinking congregations.  [New York Times]

• Slate Magazine and the Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University complile a list of the largest American charitable contributions; Leona Helmsley and Barron Hilton the list.  [Slate Magazine]

• Madonna, Chris Rock and others raise $3.7 million at the United Nations, leaving some officials uneasy with the commercial promotion aspect of the event.  [Associated Press]

• The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation gives $20 million to three arts institutions in Miami-Dade, and will hold a $20 million open-invitation contest for projects that advance the arts in South Florida.  [New York Times]

• Patty Stonesifer, founding chief executive of the Gates Foundation, will retire by the end of the year.  [New York Times]

• The White House proposes a $34 million increase for the Smithsonian, despite the institution's troubled year.  [Washington Post]

• Helene Whitlock Alley posthumously donates $7.3 million to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, shocking foundation officials who had not anticipated such a large gift.  [Washington Post]