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OASIS Receives $2.5 Million from The Atlantic Philanthropies To Expand
The OASIS Institute has received a $2.5 million grant – its largest ever – to fund a five-year plan to significantly grow its services to the nation’s dramatically expanding aging population. The grant is from The Atlantic Philanthropies of New York, a leader in initiatives…
Author: PNN Online
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Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference
By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it’s time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…
Author: The Chronicle on Philanthropy
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Dropout-Prevention Program Sees to The Basics of Life
Original Source By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer Word was getting around about the new problem solver on campus. So the mother tracked her down one recent day in a makeshift office on the second floor of a Southeast Washington public school. “I don’t…
Author: The Washington Post
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Secretive Philanthropist Breaks Long Silence
By Marty Michaels On an otherwise unremarkable day in November 1984, Charles F. (Chuck) Feeney arrived in Nassau, the Bahamas, as one of the wealthiest men in America, having quietly amassed a fortune based on a global empire of duty-free shops that sold liquor and…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth Spurt
Proponents of a move to rapidly expand successful nonprofit programs – or “take them to scale” – tend to have in mind relatively new charities started by ambitious social entrepreneurs. Yet few large nonprofit groups are growing as fast these days as Big Brothers Big…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Volunteers take the driver's seat
When Virginia James decided she was too old to drive, the 92-year-old resident of Portland, Maine, looked for a new way to get around. She came across the Independent Transportation Network (ITN), which began in Portland in 1995. It brings together volunteer drivers, donated cars…
Author: USA Today
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HHS Announces More Than $13 Million for Community Prevention Programs for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the release of more than $13 million to 16 states to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans. This announcement, part of a collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies announced earlier this…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Filling the Void
Introducing the 2006 Social Capitalist Award winners–25 entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can’t stand a vacuum. The entrepreneurial mind abhors a vacuum. Market failures, unmet demand, even the maddening lure of a blank napkin–all beckon as explicit…
Author: Fast Company
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The Architect's Philanthropist
While many have reflected on the modest man who flew coach and wore a $10 wrist watch, I will remember the stories from hundreds of people whose lives were changed under the canopy of buildings, campuses, and infrastructure made possible by his generosity. Architecture is…
Author: Architect
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Countering Violent Conflict & Polarisation: How Can Donors Help?
In early February, around 200 global delegates from the fields of philanthropy and peacebuilding were hosted in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by SCI (Social Change Initiative). The event was also supported by Community Foundation Northern Ireland, Community Foundation Ireland, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the International Fund for Ireland, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs,…
Author: Social Change Initiative
