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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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Pressed by legislator, nonprofit foundations agree to invest in minority-led organizations
Original Source By Aurelio Rojas Faced with legislation that would require them to disclose their ethnic composition and detail grants awarded to minority organizations, 10 of California’s largest foundations agreed Monday to a multimillion-dollar, multiyear investment in minority communities. In return, Assemblyman Joe Coto, D-San…
Author: The Sacramento Bee
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The $600 billion challenge
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…
Author: Fortune
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'Giving while living' alters inheritances
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.…
Author: USA Today
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University of Limerick receives €6.7m in donations
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…
Author: Limerick Leader
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Fundraising halfway mark met
Original Source Written by CJ Baker More than 60 years after its closure, the Heart Mountain Relocation Center is becoming harder to forget. Just below the grounds that once held nearly 11,000 Japanese-Americans sits the construction site of a new Interpretative Learning Center. The new…
Author: Powell Tribune
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A California financier emerges as one of the nation's most prolific philanthropists
Bernard Osher, called the ‘quiet giver,’ donates large sums to education and the arts. Original Source Reporter Paul Van Slambrouck discusses the character of ‘The Quiet Philanthropist.’ From a distance, the philanthropic world can look much like the for-profit world. The metrics that seem to…
Author: The Christian Science Monitor
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Giving While Living: Chuck Feeney’s Role in This World
The term “Giving While Living” is globally associated with Chuck Feeney, the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a major international philanthropic foundation. He is the “anonymous donor”, a man who lives to give away billions. Photo: Charles Feeney – Atlantic Philanthropies Founding Chairman…
Author: Daily Maverick
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Irish recluse is biggest benefactor
The publicity-shy son of the low-budget airline founder has donated the sum during the past five years Original Source by Tom Lyons A son of the late Tony Ryan, co-founder of Ryanair, has emerged as one of Ireland’s leading philanthropists, having donated €27m in five…
Author: The Sunday Times (London)
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
By Martha Nichols Boston It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Author: Youth Today
