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Irish America Hall of Fame inductees are announced
By PATRICK COOPER, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer. Irish America Magazine has announced the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees who will be inducted on March 15th, 2011 in New York. The inductees in alphabetical order are: Dr. Kevin Cahill is President-general of the American Irish Historical Society…
Author: Irish Central
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Keeping Memory Alive
It wasn’t easy ten years ago when 19 people from diverse backgrounds in Northern Ireland came together to talk about setting up the Healing Through Remembering (HTR) Project. Intense feelings and bitter memories of the conflict made it sometimes hard to be in the same…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Imagining great Irish culture
by Paul Keating The political and economic news from Ireland continues to spin out of control seemingly in a more troubled downward spiral as the government collapses, and the citizenry hopes to change that direction with new elections. The doom and gloom cycle continues unabated,…
Author: Irish Central
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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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Effective Advocacy: Lessons for Charities and Grant Makers
On 30 November 2010, The Chronicle of Philanthropy held a live online discussion about advocacy campaigns – including the lessons learned from the Health Care for America Now campaign. The team that conducted an independent evaluation of the historic HCAN advocacy campaign, Dan Cramer of Grassroots Solutions and Tom…
Author: Atlantic Philanthropies
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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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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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The 2009 Slate 60 - The largest American charitable contributions of the year.
By Patty Stonesifer. “It’s not what you were given. It’s what you do with it that matters.” Although I was only 8 years old, I vividly remember my mother’s reprimand. I thought my report card—with an unbroken string of E’s for excellent—was cause for great…
Author: Slate
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Economic downturn fails to dampen philanthropy
Philanthropy is flourishing despite the downturn, according to a Barclays Wealth report published today. Original Source By Rachel Cooper A survey by Barclays Wealth of 500 wealthy individuals in the UK and US revealed that around 75pc had not reduced their contributions to charity, while…
Author: The Telegraph
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Social Justice Grantmaking Seeing a Resurgence, Report Finds
Original Source After a number of years of declining faith in the efficacy of social justice philanthropy, grantmakers and practitioners are showing renewed interest in the field, a new report from the Foundation Center finds. A follow up to a 2005 report, Social Justice Grantmaking II (highlights, 12 pages,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest