Results List
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2 Ways to Help More People Have Encore Careers
Source: Forbes
By Marc Freedman, Next Avenue Contributor(This article is adapted from The Upside of Aging, edited by Paul H. Irving.)Healthier and more energetic than their predecessors, many of those moving beyond the middle years today want continued purpose in life. They want engagement, stimulation and challenges. Many want to help. They…
Resource type: News
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Mission to create an enduring funding resource for Island’s charities
Source: The Royal Gazette
Dr Myra Virgil is using lessons learned from a prestigious American grantmaking fellowship to create an organisation that will provide an enduring source of funds for local charities — many of whom are currently locked into a life or death struggle for survival due to…
Resource type: News
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Found: Older Volunteers to Fill Labor Shortage
Source: The New York Times
This New York Times article features two Atlantic ageing programme grantees — Civic Ventures and the Rose Community Foundation. Both organisations engage older people in encore careers and volunteer positions that combine personal meaning and social impact to solve society’s greatest problems. The Rose Community Foundation received a re-grant…
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Sara Gould Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow
Source: The Foundation Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Cheryl LoeCommunications Project ManagerThe Foundation Center(888) 356-0354, ext. 701communications@foundationcenter.orgNew York, NY — February 15, 2011. Sara K. Gould, former president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, has joined the Foundation Center in the role of The Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow. During this…
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What Is the Most Daring, Audacious, and Successful Grant of the Past 100 Years?
Source: Philanthropy Magazine
A symposium of philanthropic leadersTo 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 announcement in 1997 that he…
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Bangladeshi Elders “Imprisoned” by U.S. Culture
Source: New American Media
By Abu Taher. Rezina Begum, 65, moved to New York just a year ago to live with her daughter’s family, only to find her lifelong perception of America as a living poem of happiness, pleasure and prosperity turned upside down.“What a life it is,” Begum…
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Ethnic Seniors Avoid End-of-Life Talk, but Want More Options
Source: The Immigrant Magazine
New America Media/Northwest Vietnamese News, News Feature, Julie Pham,Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here.At the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA) in Seattle, Marie Thu Le, 75, confessed that “When my time comes, I don’t want to be dependent on machines. I don’t want to be…
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Highlight on 2010 MacArthur Fellow Drew Berry
Biomedical animator Drew Berry was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010. The Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. For more information on this article: http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/news/highlight-2010-macarthur-fellow-drew-berry
Resource type: Video
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Announcing the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows
Source: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is delighted to announce the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows. The goal of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is to create a cadre of professional leaders who will serve as positive change agents…
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The Foundation Center Elects Two New Board Members: Marcia Smith and Valdemar de Oliveira Neto
Source: The Foundation Center
NEW YORK, May 19 -- The Foundation Center, the nation's leading authority on organized philanthropy, has elected two new trustees to its board: Marcia A. Smith and Valdemar Neto (known as "Maneto"). Ms. Smith is senior vice president at The Atlantic Philanthropies, a global foundation…
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