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Modern philanthropists do it their way
By Catherine Armitage. UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these “wretched billionaires who want to get involved”. That’s the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in…
Author: The Australian
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Philanthropists Set Spending Deadlines
Original Source By SHELLY BANJO A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions to ensure urgent global needs are addressed in a timely way. By granting the entirety of funds within a certain period of time, these charitable efforts are looking…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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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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Ryans prove Ireland's foremost philanthropists with €10m gift
By JEROME REILLY Declan Ryan and the late Cathal Ryan, sons of Ryanair founder Dr Tony Ryan, have emerged as among Ireland‘s foremost philanthropists following a donation last week of $14m (€10m) to build schools in Sri Lanka — the latest in tens of millions…
Author: Independent.ie
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The disappearing philanthropists
Just when a culture of philanthropy takes hold in Ireland, the rich lose their money. Original Source By Conor O’Clery DUBLIN — Just off a two-lane country road south of Dublin, work has been going on for three years on a magnificent modern development set…
Author: GlobalPost
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Philanthropists Increasingly Focused on Advocacy
In a marked shift, a growing number of philanthropists and their foundations are spending large amounts of money and raising their voices to influence public policy, The New York Times reports. According to Joel L. Fleishman, author of The Foundation: A Great American Secret, this…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Original Source by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thailand, health workers…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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Inspiring Tomorrow's Philanthropists
The Atlantic Philanthropies Hosts ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work’ Day 24 Apr 2008. April 24, 2008 — New York. The sons and daughters of Atlantic Philanthropies’ staff convened in the New York office today to learn about the organization and the various professional…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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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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The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on ‘The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland’. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…
Author: Philanthropy Ireland