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World Health Organisation accredits Ireland-Vietnam Virus Initiative co-funded by Irish Aid and Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The World Health Organisation has awarded accreditation to the Ireland-Vietnam Blood Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI) which is co-funded by Irish Aid and Atlantic Philanthropies. The IVVI carries out disease prevention and health promotion in Vietnam, a country wracked by blood-borne viruses such as HIV and…
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Feeney's New Formula for Giving
Source: The Australian
By Jill Rowbotham Encouraging responses to pilot philanthropy projects at the University of Tasmania and the University of New South Wales have reinforced American billionaire Chuck Feeney's new strategy for donating. Mr Feeney, 80, is renowned for the $500 million he has donated to medical…
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Feeney's 'remarkable' donation will advance the entire field of Australian biomedical research
Source: Philanthropy UK
By Ben Eyre The biggest private donation to a medical research facility in Australian history has been made by Atlantic Philanthropies, the charitable foundation of media-shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney. The AU102.5m (£50.8m) donation to scientific research in Queensland, included a record-breaking $50m (£24.8m) grant…
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“Morir rico es una desgracia”. Fundó un imperio, fue una de las personas más ricas del mundo, pero donó todo su fortuna: 8 mil millones de dólares
Source: La Nacion
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Charles Feeney, el multimillonario que regaló su fortuna de 8.000 millones de dólares en vida y se quedó sin nada[/caption] Constanza Bengochea LA NACION Hace un año, una noticia sacudió al mundo financiero: Charles “Chuck” Feeney había muerto. Falleció a los…
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Why Mackenzie Scott’s $6 Billion Rapid-Fire Donations Could Change Charitable Giving
Source: Robb Report
By Lucy Alexander As the pandemic and its restrictions strangled businesses large and small, an estimated 8 million more Americans fell into poverty from June to November last year, increasing the rate to almost 12 percent, or 22 percent for those without a college education.…
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Making and Living History
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Completion of our grantmaking at the end of 2016 brings us one step closer to the end of the path our founder, Chuck Feeney, and Atlantic started down 35 years ago.
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Giving While Living Featured on 'Top of Mind'
Source: BYU Radio
Christopher Oechsli, Atlantic's President and CEO, discussed founder Chuck Feeney and "Giving While Living" on BYU Radio's Top of Mind with Julie Rose. Listen now > Giving While Living Guest: Christopher Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies "The man Forbes magazine calls the most…
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Dare to Be 100: Die Broke
Source: Huffington Post
By Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford UniversityWho was it who said,"You can't take it with you?"Sounds right to me. I have seen Mao's tomb in Beijing and the acres of terra cotta warriors nearby. Woody Allen said, "I don't…
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An Irishman's Diary
Source: The Irish Times
By Conor O'Clery. THE OTHER DAY I saw a man wearing a tie. I had never seen this man wearing a tie before, although he is 79 years old. I have travelled the world with him, eaten out in his company in cities as far…
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€6.6bn Later ... Atlantic Philanthropies Holds Final Irish Board Meeting
Source: The Irish Times
Taoiseach praises organisation for its contribution to NI peace, education, healthcare By Colm Keena [caption id="attachment_80045" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A file image of Charles F. ‘Chuck’ Feeney, founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, before he was conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South…
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