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Global Health to Launch Hub at UCSF With $20 Million Gift
Jaime Sepúlveda, who leads UCSF Global Health Sciences, discusses the impact of philanthropist Chuck Feeney’s $20 million gift on students, Mission Bay and health worldwide. Click here to watch a version of the video in Spanish. By Kristen Bole The University of California, San Francisco…
Author: University of California San Francisco
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30 Years of Giving While Living: Our Final Chapter
Giving While Living To devote one’s wealth to making a difference sooner rather than later. “Thanks to our outstanding grantees, there have been thousands of success stories.” 30 years Building opportunity and making lasting changes. “At the heart of our work are the values of…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Found: Older Volunteers to Fill Labor Shortage
This New York Times article features two Atlantic ageing programme grantees — Civic Ventures and the Rose Community Foundation. Both organisations engage older people in encore careers and volunteer positions that combine personal meaning and social impact to solve society’s greatest problems. The Rose Community Foundation received a re-grant…
Author: The New York Times
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Five $100,000 Purpose Prizes Awarded to Americans Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
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 America SAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five social entrepreneurs over 60…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Doctors Kamiar and Arash Alaei on CNN's "Sanjay Gupta, MD"
Dr. Arash Alaei was released from prison in Iran last month after serving three years of his sentence. He arrived in the U.S. on October 22, when he was reunited with his brother Kamiar, also imprisoned but released in late 2010. During the Alaei brothers’…
Author: Physicians for Human Rights
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Historic Decision at the United Nations
Human Rights Council Passes First-Ever Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Geneva) – In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based…
Author: Human Rights Watch
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces President and CEO Gara LaMarche to Step Down; Transition Plan Underway
NEW YORK, NY, June 03, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that President and CEO Gara LaMarche has notified it of his intent not to seek a second five-year contract and step down from his position at the Foundation on September…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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A Letter from Atlantic’s Board Chair
Dear Friends and Colleagues, As you may already know from the press release and letter released earlier today, Gara LaMarche has decided to step down as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, effective September 1, 2011. I wish to thank Gara for all the good things…
Author: Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
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Irish billionaire inspires Warren Buffet, Bill Gates to give it all away
By Cathy Hayes Irish American billionaire Chuck Feeney has been praised by Warren Buffett among the world’s richest men as the person who has inspired a ‘giving while living’ pledge by scores of billionaires who have pledged to give away the majority of their fortunes…
Author: Irish Central
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Billionaires gather in Arizona to discuss giving
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says a private gathering at an Arizona resort where Oprah likes to hang out was a great chance for the American billionaires who have pledged to give away at least half their wealth to meet each other, compare notes, eat and…
Author: Mercury News