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Net assets of Chuck Feeney charity decline by $1.2bn
By Barry O’Halloran. THE VALUE of the assets held by Irish-American Chuck Feeney’s charity fell by $1.2 billion (€814 million) between 2007 and 2008, according to the organisation’s own figures. Combined financial statements for 2007 and 2008 for Atlantic Philanthropies show that the value of…
Author: Irish Times
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New award honors Feeney for entrepreneurship, generosity
By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…
Author: Cornell Chronicle
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Chuck Feeney’s Billions: RTE Radio Interview with Christopher Oechsli
Chuck Feeney spent years building up a multibillion dollar fortune and he has spent the last 35 years giving away that fortune. Through Atlantic Philanthropies, Feeney has given almost $9 billion to various causes.Later this year the company’s accounts are set to hit zero. The…
Author: RTÉ.ie
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Chuck Feeney donates €15 million to fight child poverty
In keeping with Atlantic Founding Chairman Charles F. Feeney’s Giving While Living approach to philanthropy, Atlantic will conclude its grantmaking by 2016 with the objective of addressing big urgent problems– with maximum impact – in a limited timeframe. This article looks at an example of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Chuck Feeney: The Billionaire Who Is Trying To Go Broke
This story appears in the October 8th issue of Forbes magazine — “Making it Big, Giving it Big” — the first Forbes 400 devoted entirely to philanthropy. By Steven Bertoni On a cool summer afternoon at Dublin’s Heuston Station, Chuck Feeney, 81, gingerly stepped off a…
Author: Forbes
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Alert: Beware of Scams Claiming to be from Atlantic, Chuck Feeney or Christopher Oechsli (updated 8/26/22)
New scam alert (August 26, 2022) Beware of emails claiming to be from Christopher Oechsli purporting to offer money to the recipient. The following is an example of such an email: Good day, my name is Christopher Oechsli, the president of Atlantic Philanthropies, I am…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Philanthropist Chuck Feeney's Tale Inspired Bain Capital MD Amit Chandra to Donate Wealth
Amit Chandra. Photo: The Economic Times By Masoom Gupte Last year, Amit Chandra had a high point in his life when he met the ‘James Bond’, of philanthropy. During a trip to San Francisco, the Bain Capital top boss and wife, Archana, met philanthropist Chuck Feeney,…
Author: The Economic Times
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Chuck Feeney, the Billionaire Who Wasn't, Pledges $177 Million to Universities to Fight Dementia
By Kerry A. Dolan Chuck Feeney, the cofounder of Duty Free Shoppers, was dubbed “the James Bond of philanthropy” by Forbes in 2012. For years, his charitable entity The Atlantic Philanthropies anonymously gave away tens of millions around the globe. It’s been operating in daylight…
Author: Forbes
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Feeney Awarded Inaugural International Philanthropy Medal
One of Australia’s biggest philanthropic benefactors, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, is the inaugural recipient of a prestigious new award recognizing global generosity. Feeney, an international business leader and philanthropist who made his fortune worth billions and quietly gave it all away, is the first person to…
Author: Pro Bono Australia
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The Quiet Change-Maker
Although Chuck Feeney has kept a low profile, his generosity has served as a catalyst for extraordinary scientific breakthroughs. Chuck Feeney, one of Stanford’s most generous yet least-known supporters, is on track to give away more than $7.5 billion to causes worldwide. PHOTO: Pascal Perich…
Author: Stanford Benefactor