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One Life to Give
Source: Irish America
Conor O'Cleary interviews Chuck Feeney about his philosophy of giving. Irish America 12-01-2003 Chuck Feeney has just put into practice something he had been considering for many years. He has decided that all the vast wealth he accumulated in his lifetime should be given away…
Resource type: News
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Minister for Children Launches EPIC National Advocacy Service
Source: EPIC (Empowering People in Care)
Launch of EPIC's Advocacy Service Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (center), launched the EPIC National Advocacy Service on 7 May 2013. Launch of EPIC's Advocacy Service EPIC's Advocacy Service leaflet. Download as a PDF > Launch of EPIC's Advocacy Service Jennifer Gargan,…
Resource type: News
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New aging centre opens at St. James
Source: Southside People
EUR48 MILLION 'Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing' has been unveiled at St. James's Hospital by the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney. The facility will combine prevention and clinical care, research and teaching in the same location to explore novel approaches to the…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies: Australia
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This book tells the story of Atlantic’s $368 million investments in Australia between 1998 and 2016 to grow the country’s biomedical research, bolster higher education, advance social equity and boost leadership capabilities in related sectors. [caption id="attachment_80446" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In Brisbane, students visit a Translational…
Resource type: Research Report
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Enriching a University to Strengthen Learning and Research
[caption id="attachment_10694" align="alignright" width="250"] Students attend 2012 commencement ceremony. Photo: Cornell University[/caption] The nearly $1 billion investment in Cornell University made by Atlantic and its Founding Chairman has enriched the experience of students and faculty on campus; strengthened its academics, research and athletics; and enabled…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoint Christopher Oechsli as Interim CEO
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
NEW YORK, NY, June 27, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that its Transition Committee has selected Christopher Oechsli as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board announced earlier this month that President and CEO Gara LaMarche did not intend…
Resource type: News
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10 Americans Over 60 Win The Purpose Prize for Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
Source: Civic Ventures
News ReleaseFrom Fighting U.S. Foreclosures to Rebuilding Afghanistan, 10 Social Innovators Receive $750,000 Total for Combining Passion and Experience for Social Good Civic Ventures today announced the 2010 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five $100,000 and five $50,000 prizes will go to social entrepreneurs over 60…
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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Viet Nam Journal: Over 11 Years, Atlantic Grants Help Spur a Country’s Transformation in Health
Source: Gara LaMarche
Several of the staff of the Hue Central Hospital were kind enough to come to work last Sunday morning to give my Atlantic colleagues and me a tour of what has become a world-class facility in the ten years since our Founding Chairman, Chuck Feeney,…
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The Corner Office, Non-Profit Edition: A Practitioner’s Thoughts on Social Justice Management
Social justice management should be both more humane and tougher, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Yale School of Management. I was at first flattered when I heard that students here at the Yale School of Management…
Resource type: Speech