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The opposite of greed
Source: Financial Mail
By Carol Paton. Jay Naidoo, co-founder of investment holding company J&J Group, has given away a third of his wealth to charitable causes — echoing the “giving campaign” of US billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Naidoo, who with fellow former trade unionist Jayendra Naidoo,…
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Silent philanthropy finally comes out
Source: Business Day
By Katy Chance. A “ROLLICKING story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed with secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy”, is how The Economist describes the 2007 book, The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune,…
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The $600 billion challenge
Source: Fortune
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation's billionaires to pledge to give at least half their net worth to charity, in their lifetimes or at death. If their campaign succeeds, it could change the face of philanthropy. By Carol J. Loomis. Just…
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Secret diaries reveal the real Bertie
Source: Irish Independent
A WORKAHOLIC, devout Catholic, sports obsessive who seldom went in front of the cameras without his make-up on. This is just part of the picture painted by the, until now, secret diaries of Bertie Ahern. The former Taoiseach's official appointments diaries, released for the first…
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Children at Centre of Pilot Domestic Violence Service
Source: The Irish Times
By Ronan McGreevy.The first dedicated service for child victims of domestic violence in Ireland has been launched in Co Mayo. The Mayo Children's Initiative (MCI) in Castlebar is funded exclusively by Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation set up by Irish-American billionaire Chuck Feeney. Atlantic Philanthropies has…
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'Giving while living' alters inheritances
Source: USA Today
AARP and the Foundation Center are Atlantic grantees. By Mindy Fetterman You used to have to wait for a loved one to die before you found out how much you were going to inherit — if you were going to inherit at all. No more.…
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Cover: The 25 Best Givers
Source: Barron's
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The KIPP Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne McGee. THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PHILANTHROPY this year is to make your dollars go far --…
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University of Limerick receives €6.7m in donations
Source: Limerick Leader
University of Limerick Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Anne Sheridan EVEN in times of hardship people's generosity towards the University of Limerick seems to know no bounds. The latest figures submitted to the Companies Registration Office reveal that the University of Limerick Foundation, which…
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Net assets of Chuck Feeney charity decline by $1.2bn
Source: Irish Times
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…
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Pensioners given the voice to fight against fuel poverty
Source: Irish News
Original Source Age Sector Platform is an Atlantic grantee. Photo: CAMPAIGN: Bill Carson, Alison McElhinney and Phil Evans at the age sector platform PICTURE: Hugh Russell FIFTY-ONE per cent of all households experiencing fuel poverty in Northern Ireland are pensioner households. In Northern Ireland almost…
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