Results List
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University of California, San Francisco–Cardiovascular Research Institute
$250,000
Resource type: Grantee
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UCSF Foundation
$632,753,202
Resource type: Grantee
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The ‘Giving While Living’ Superhero
Source: Outlook Business
Chuck Feeney is the biggest philanthropist people know nothing about. The reclusive former billionaire not only decided to give away all his wealth in his own lifetime, but also leads a life of disarming simplicity. By N Mahalakshmi Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do…
Resource type: News
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UCSF starts $1.5B hospital complex
Source: San Francisco Business Times
by Ron LeutyUCSF Medical Center broke ground on its $1.5 billion women’s, children’s and cancer hospital complex, a two-city-block project in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. Leaders hope the 878,000-square-foot project will be the site where basic research from across 16th Street — at the University…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Founding Chairman Grants Speed Medical Research and Collaboration on Several Continents
Source: Gara LaMarche
Since coming to Atlantic a few years ago, I’ve become aware, on an almost daily basis, of the enormous impact that this formerly anonymous foundation has had over the years across a range of areas and geographies. One part of the story that should be more widely…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Community Mourn the Loss of Founder Charles F. Feeney
October 9, 2023 – San Francisco, CA – Charles Francis “Chuck” Feeney, an Irish American businessman and philanthropist who devoted his entire personal fortune to global philanthropy in his lifetime, died peacefully on October 9 in San Francisco. He was 92. Chuck Feeney’s philanthropic organizations,…
Resource type: News
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Chuck Feeney, Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett’s Hero, Honored by Ireland Fund
Source: Irish Central
By Niall O'Dowd San Francisco: Chuck Feeney whose Atlantic Philanthropies foundation has given away $7.2 billion to worthy causes, many of them Irish, was honored by the American Ireland Fund at an emotional and deeply deserved event in his honor on Friday night. It was…
Resource type: News
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
Source: Youth Today
By Martha Nichols Boston It's a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Establish Global Brain Health Institute to Tackle Dementia
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies is giving $177 million to Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to establish the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), a groundbreaking initiative that aims to tackle the looming dementia epidemic and improve health and dementia care worldwide. This…
Resource type: News
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Five $100,000 Purpose Prizes Awarded to Americans Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
Source: Civic Ventures
2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin AmericaSAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize.Five social entrepreneurs over 60 will receive…
Resource type: News