Let me also add two more titles to my previous response on nonprofit
management books:  Thomas A. McLaughlin's __Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances:
A Strategic Planning Guide__ (1998) and David La Piana's __Nonprofit
Mergers: The Board's Responsibility to Consider the Unthinkable__ (1994).
McLaughlin's book also comes with a computer disk to create forms,
checklists, agreement templates, etc. --Amy

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Brent Lyles
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: nonprofit mergers


Amy,

Just in case you haven't already seen them, there's a few recent books on
nonprofit mergers. They focus on social services, like you say, but they try
to make some broader points as well. One I haven't seen yet, but that seems
promising, is by the Aspen group. According to a review I read, one of the
book's more surprising messages is that nonprofit mergers usually do NOT end
up saving much money.

Anyway, if you do a search at Amazon for "nonprofit merger" you'll see a
bunch of titles on this topic. (And then you can go order them through your
favorite locally-owned bookseller.) I hope you'll keep the world posted on
your findings!

Cheers,

Brent Lyles
Texas Memorial Museum of Science and History
Austin, TX

-----Original Message-----
From: Audra Oliver [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: nonprofit mergers


I can quickly think of two cases where a "Pioneer" organization "merged"
with a historical organization, other cases where an organization has
"folded" but given their collection to another organization.  These were
more than five years ago.  If you're interested in these please email me at
[log in to unmask]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Scrivner" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: nonprofit mergers


> Hello,
>
> I'm conducting some very informal research and a literature review on the
> topic of nonprofit mergers.  (From the listserve archives, this has been a
> topic in the past with the most recent post dated one year ago.)  There is
> an emerging body of research in this area, but the focus is mainly on
social
> service nonprofits.  There is a frustrating lack of specific information
> related to nonprofit mergers in the museum field.  I've read with much
> interest the listserve's archives on the topic and I'm wondering if people
> would be willing to share their knowledge of the subject as it relates to
> the museum field.  Specifically, I'm trying to get a feel for just how
many
> museum mergers have taken place over the last 5 years or so (I'm including
> my own institution, Cincinnati Museum Center, in this count.)  Specific
> examples would be wonderful.  Does anyone know if this data exists (I have
> not had any luck finding it.)
>
> It will be very interesting to see how the pending economic recession will
> affect this issue. I look forward to hearing people's thoughts on this
> issue.
>
> Amy Scrivner
> Cincinnati Museum Center
>
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