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Intergenerational Bond Keeping Families Afloat During the Recession – New Report Finds
NUI Galway’s Professor Thomas Scharf; TCD Professor Virpi Timonen; Author, Roisin Ingle; Dr Catherine Conlon, and Gemma Carney, NUI Galway Family networks and a strong bond between young and old are keeping many Irish people afloat during the recession, according to new research on the…
Author: NUI Galway
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Interview - Christopher Oechsli
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…
Author: Alliance magazine
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Global Health to Launch Hub at UCSF With $20 Million Gift
Jaime Sepúlveda, who leads UCSF Global Health Sciences, discusses the impact of philanthropist Chuck Feeney’s $20 million gift on students, Mission Bay and health worldwide. Click here to watch a version of the video in Spanish. By Kristen Bole The University of California, San Francisco…
Author: University of California San Francisco
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Next Avenue Website to Be Inspirational and Informative Hub for Booming 50+ Population
Visit Next Avenue > America is in the midst of an age boom. The 50+ population in America has grown from 74 million in 1999 to more than 99 million today, and is projected to be 127 million in 2030. While part can be attributed…
Author: Next Avenue
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic’s 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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The French American Charitable Trust launches report, Giving More, Making Change
In this statement, Diane Feeney, Director of the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and daughter of Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney, talks about the FACT’s final grants and her family’s decision to spend down their foundation’s entire endowment to do more to solve today’s problems. In…
Author: French American Charitable Trust
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Bring Meaning to My Money
By Mitch Anthony As successful baby boomers liquidate businesses or transition to “doing something more meaningful with their lives,” there is growing interest in capitalizing, in a philanthropic sense. This sentiment is growing and there are not enough wealth managers in the marketplace that can provide…
Author: Capital Magazine
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Raising the Grade for Teachers
By MELANIE GRAYCE WEST Making sure that teachers are effective and that students are prepared for college are just two of the issues that a group of foundations is determined to help solve. Kavitha Medirata The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund that is administered by…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Activism 'academy' to focus on young people's role in politics
By Lorna Siggins. YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Dall W. Forsythe Appointed Vice President for Finance and Operations at The Atlantic Philanthropies
July 6, 2010 – Dall W. Forsythe has been appointed Vice President for Finance and Operations at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective July 6, 2010, President and CEO Gara LaMarche announced today. In this role, Forsythe will oversee the Finance and Information Technology departments and will…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies