Madison House has entered a two-year memorandum of understanding with the University that could eventually bring its operations under the University, according to a Sept. 18 announcement by the University. Madison House is the independent nonprofit that has connected University students with volunteer work in Charlottesville since 1969.
During the two-year memorandum period, Madison House’s professional staff will become University employees and several of its administrative functions will move into University systems. The organization will remain a 501(c)(3) nonprofit for the length of the two-year memorandum.
The agreement is not a finalized merger between the two entities, however. At the end of the two years, Madison House could become a department or division of the University, or it could keep its nonprofit status for certain functions while running other programs under the University. Madison House Executive Director Mary Denlinger described the memorandum as noncommittal, but important…