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Australia's Richest Man Plans to Give It Away
Source: The Wall Street Journal
The non-inheritance movement is going global. Original Source Following on the footsteps of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the richest man in Australia has now promised to give away his fortune to charity. Andrew Twiggy Forrest, the iron-ore magnate behind Fortescue Metals, this week said…
Resource type: News
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Funding threat to advocacy groups for immigrants
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source by RUADHáN Mac CORMAIC, Migration Correspondent THERE IS a "real question" over the long-term future of immigrant advocacy in Ireland, according to a new report. This is because the two philanthropic bodies that fund much of the sector will cease providing support by…
Resource type: News
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Charles Feeney
Source: Time Magazine
Others Who Shaped 1997 Summary: Charles Feeney is designated one of 1997's influential people of the year by Time Magazine in recognition of his anonymous philanthropy over the last 20 years. For more click here (subscription required): www.time.com
Resource type: News
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'Philanthropic Divide' Between States Widens, Report Finds
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source The gap between the ten states with the most foundation assets and the ten states with the least continues to widen, a new report from the Helena-based Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits finds. According to the report, The Philanthropic Divide…
Resource type: News
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A California financier emerges as one of the nation's most prolific philanthropists
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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…
Resource type: News
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies SVP Colin McCrea interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show, RTE (Ireland)
Source: Pat Kenny Show, RTE
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…
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The Best Poverty-Fighting Bet
Source: Slate
The Google IPO event of the nonprofit world Original Source By Georgia Levenson Keohane If any good comes out of the misguided farm bill passed last month, it will be the recognition that Americans are hungry. Amidst the egregious agricultural subsidies, the bill earmarks billions…
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Investing in Change: Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world that are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social change. We are starting with this topic because funding advocacy too often is the philanthropic road not taken, yet…
Resource type: Research Report
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Growing Up Fast
Source: Philanthropy Magazine
Will Houston's charter school expansion revolutionize urban education? Original Source by Jay Mathews It all began with the waiting lists. At Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, long waiting lists are seen as evidence of high standards and prestige. But long waiting lists were the cause of…
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