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The Quiet Change-Maker
Source: Stanford Benefactor
Although Chuck Feeney has kept a low profile, his generosity has served as a catalyst for extraordinary scientific breakthroughs. Chuck Feeney, one of Stanford's most generous yet least-known supporters, is on track to give away more than $7.5 billion to causes worldwide. PHOTO: Pascal Perich…
Resource type: News
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Growling and Kicking for Social Change
It is time for Americans to bring together two powerful forces that are often disconnected - the desire to serve and the necessity to take social action to change systems that often give rise to the need for these services, said Gara LaMarche, President and…
Resource type: Speech
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New award honors Feeney for entrepreneurship, generosity
Source: EZRA
By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…
Resource type: News
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Olin Lecture Reflects on Philanthropy of Chuck Feeney '56
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_77570" align="alignright" width="459"] Christopher G. Oechsli, foreground, speaks with President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, center, and interim President Hunter Rawlings during the 2016 Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall. Photo: Lindsay France/University Photography[/caption] By Blaine Friedlander In the Olin Lecture – a Reunion weekend highlight…
Resource type: News
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Frankly, they don't give a damn
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
By Miriam SteffensWhen it comes to philanthropy, many seriously wealthy Australians have deep pockets and short arms. IN THE midst of an unprecedented mining boom that's creating more millionaires than ever, rising standards of living and wealth, it is our dark little secret. Australian of…
Resource type: News
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Charlie hunting millionaire angels
Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
by Daryl PassmoreAUSTRALIA'S biggest philanthropist will recruit some of Queensland's richest people for a "committee of angels" to raise tens of millions of dollars a year for charity.KEEPS ON GIVING: American billionaire and philanthropist Charles 'Chuck' Feeney. PIC. Rob Maccoll Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)American billionaire Charles…
Resource type: News
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Giving Strategically, When the Government Can’t Help
Source: The New York Times
THIS is a season of fiscal austerity for governments, and state and local officials across the country are threatening to cut programs that aim to help the less fortunate. With tax revenue down and budgets constrained, they say they have little choice. By Paul Sullivan. Now,…
Resource type: News
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On ‘The Case for Big Government’
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
By Gara LaMarche. It’s bold of Jeff Madrick, a journalist who writes about economics in The New York Review of Books and elsewhere, to title this book “The Case for Big Government.” Despite the colossal failures of government in recent years -- from the inadequate…
Resource type: News
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Charter Schools' Big Experiment
Source: The Washington Post
New Orleans's Post-Katrina Test May Offer Lessons for Ailing Systems Original Source By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer NEW ORLEANS The storm that swamped this city three years ago also effectively swept away a public school system with a dismal record and faint prospects…
Resource type: News
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One Life to Give
Source: Irish America
Conor O'Cleary interviews Chuck Feeney about his philosophy of giving. Irish America 12-01-2003 Chuck Feeney has just put into practice something he had been considering for many years. He has decided that all the vast wealth he accumulated in his lifetime should be given away…
Resource type: News