Results List
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Meet the 2013 Purpose Prize Winners
By Marc Freedman It’s a great honor to unveil the stories of our seven inspirational Purpose Prize winners for 2013. These individuals come from all walks of life, but hold one thing in common: each is changing the world in what was once seen as…
Author: Encore.org
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Charitable Giving Is Soaring — But Is It Effective?
Philanthropic donations are booming, but post-Great Recession poverty and inequity remain. By Martin Michaels Year after year, the citizenry of the U.S. continues to be one of the most altruistic on earth, volunteering an average of 7.85 billion volunteer hours according to a report by the Corporation for…
Author: MintPress News
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Meet the 2012 Purpose Prize Winners
By Marc Freedman If you’re looking for inspiration, here are five stories that reveal the power of social innovation – and the capacity of individuals in their encore careers. I’m proud to introduce this year’s $100,000 Purpose Prize winners. Each of them identified a significant,…
Author: Encore.org
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Anti-apartheid Veterans Left in the Lurch
BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town The South African government has introduced a Bill that will give pension and healthcare rights to the 56,000 registered veterans of the struggle against apartheid, but critics say the scheme does not go far enough IT IS 25 YEARS since…
Author: The Irish Times
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The Irish America Hall of Fame officially opens in Ireland
By Patrick O’Brien The Irish America Hall of Fame is officially inaugurated in Wexford today with Irish Tourism Minister Leo Varadekar doing the honors along with inductee Michael Flatley. The Irish America Magazine Hall of Fame is located near the shore where John F.Kennedy’s family…
Author: Irish Central
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The billionaire who selflessly and quietly gave it all away
by Kristin Romano Charles “Chuck” Feeney has amassed billions of dollars in wealth. However, he doesn’t own an opulent house, a car or a Rolex. He prefers taking cabs, riding the subway, or just walking when he’s in New York. He flies economy, even on…
Author: Irish America
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Celebrating Irishness: Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney
Charles Feeney was born to a working class family in New Jersey, USA in the early 1930′s. His father’s mother hailed from near Kinawley, in Co Fermanagh, from where she emigrated to the USA. In the 1960′s he co-founded Duty Free Shoppers, which sold luxury…
Author: The Silver Voice
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The opposite of greed
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,…
Author: Financial Mail
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Silent philanthropy finally comes out
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,…
Author: Business Day
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Where the Billions Will Go
By Tom Watson. The pledge by Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates, and other billionaires to give away large parts of their fortunes leaves a question: Where will the money go? There’s a new solicitor general in this country and his name is Warren Buffett.…
Author: The Daily Beast