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Atlantic Philanthropies SVP Colin McCrea interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show, RTE (Ireland)
Colin McCrea, SVP, Atlantic Philanthropies was interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show on Ireland’s National Radio station (RTE) recently in a discussion on philanthropy. The morning chat show of 8 July, 2008, broadcast an interview exploring the field of philanthropy and the role it plays…
Author: Pat Kenny Show, RTE
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Atlantic Philanthropies Names Human-Rights Advocate as CEO
The Atlantic Philanthropies named Gara LaMarche, a veteran human-rights advocate, its new chief executive officer. He faces one of the more unusual challenges in philanthropy: The foundation plans to spend its entire $4 billion endowment within 10 years and go out of business. Mr. LaMarche,…
Author: Wall Street Journal
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The Transformer: Chuck Feeney '56 Champions the Pleasure of Giving While Living
Rendering of a portion of the future Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, showing the campus lawn, the first academic building (left) and the co-location buidling. Rendering: Luke Yoo/Morphosis By Emily Sanders Hopkins He is Cornell University’s biggest donor. Chuck Feeney ’56. Image: Fennell Photography…
Author: Ezra: Cornell's Quarterly Magazine
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Forbes Award: Buffett Cites Chuck Feeney as ‘My Hero’
Warren Buffett and Chuck Feeney (right) at the awards ceremony where the Irish American businessman received a Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award. By Tom Lyons Warren Buffett, the renowned billionaire investor, presented Chuck Feeney, the Irish American businessman and philanthropist, with a Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement…
Author: Irish Times
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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?
Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications Network By Bruce S. Trachtenberg The idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?” PNY gathered a group of three…
Author: Smart Assets
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The 50 Philanthropists Who Have Given Away the Most Money
Atlantic’s Founding Chairman, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, is number 9 on Forbes’ list of America’s 50 top givers in 2012. When Centre College in Kentucky declared in July that it had received a $250 million donation from its former trustee chair, Houston entrepreneur Robert Brockman, via a trust…
Author: Forbes
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5 Humble Humanitarian Heroes
By Oliver Lee You don’t need to be Angelina Jolie or Bono to be a great humanitarian. Nothing against celebri-tarians, of course. It can’t be easy galavanting across the globe, giving speeches for good causes, paparazzi pouncing every time you hug a malnourished Sudanese child.…
Author: TakePart
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Catalytic Philanthropy: Investing in Policy Advocacy
Philanthropy News Digest’s blog PhilanTopic named The Atlantic Philanthropies as an organization that has made policy advocacy a cornerstone of its philanthropic strategy in its post on why policy advocacy is one of the most important tools needed to drive social change: Policy advocacy —…
Author: PhilanTopic (Philanthropy News Digest)
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What Is the Most Daring, Audacious, and Successful Grant of the Past 100 Years?
A symposium of philanthropic leaders To mark the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation, we asked several philanthropic leaders about the most audacious grants of the past century—and what grants made today will be talked about 100 years hence. —THE EDITORS * * * Ted Turner’s shock…
Author: Philanthropy Magazine
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Foundations With a Limited Life
By DEBORAH L. JACOBS ALL IN THE TIMING John Hunting started the Beldon Fund in 1982, but in 1998 he devised a 10-year plan to wind it down., Photo: Adam Bird for The New York Times TRADITIONALLY people who set up private foundations — either during their…
Author: The New York Times