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Interview - Christopher Oechsli
Source: Alliance magazine
The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever to spend out. Caroline Hartnell talked to Atlantic president and…
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When Philanthropy Goes Wrong
Source: The Wall Street Journal
By ADAM MEYERSONEntrepreneur and philanthropist Chuck Feeney recently made news when his foundation donated $350 million to Cornell University. The huge gift was made to clinch that institution's victory in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's competition to build a technology-incubating campus in New York City. Behind the scenes,…
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Silent philanthropy finally comes out
Source: Business Day
By Katy Chance. A “ROLLICKING story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed with secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy”, is how The Economist describes the 2007 book, The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune,…
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Cover: The 25 Best Givers
Source: Barron's
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The KIPP Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne McGee. THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PHILANTHROPY this year is to make your dollars go far --…
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Why Mature Activism May Save the Planet
Source: AARP Bulletin Today
Original Source AARP and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. By: Rob Gurwitt It was not a promising start. Getting ready to head out for the Utah wilderness, Lee Verner had packed her clothes in a black bag, laid it down on a black chair and…
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Some 'big ideas' from the left
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Policy proposals are worth checking out. Original Source By Chris Satullo Inquirer Columnist Conservatism's long heyday in national politics is grinding to an ugly halt. The demise may have been inevitable; cue in Eric Hoffer's oft-quoted line that every cause begins as a movement, turns…
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Crisis of age requires cure
Source: FT Times
By Lauren Foster When Mark Lachs, an internist who specialises in the care of the elderly, looks into the not-so-distant future, he sees millions of retirees and not enough doctors. The baby boomers are moving through the belly of the beast and are coming out…
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There Are No Pockets In A Shroud
Source: The Chattanoogan
By Roy Exum If you were to go to Da Nang General Hospital in Vietnam today, you would be startled over the fact it is painted green a brilliant shamrock green to be more precise in a veiled effort to thank the Irish-American who built…
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Spreading the wealth
Source: Sunday Business Post
Chuck Feeney has given most of his vast fortune to charities while steering clear of the limelight. Irish people should follow his lead, writes Colin McCrea, who is a vice-president of his organisation. Unseen and unheard - and that's just the way he wanted it…
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Giving more than the "Giving Pledge"
Source: GlobalPost
By Conor O'CleryEditor's note: Conor O’Clery is the author of the biography of Chuck Feeney, “The Billionaire Who Wasn’t.” Chuck Feeney DUBLIN, Ireland — Chuck Feeney, one of the world's major philanthropists, has some reservations about The Giving Pledge, an effort by Warren Buffett and Bill and…
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