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Gara LaMarche '76's Job Is To Give Away $4 Billion
Original Source By Thomas F. Ferguson ’74 By the time most people are 50, they have learned to spend less than they earn. Gara LaMarche ’76 has had to unlearn that rule in his job as CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a $4 billion global…
Author: Columbia College Today Alumni Magazine May/June 2008
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National Peace Accord Trust featured in ex-combatants documentary
The following documentary on the situation of ex-combatants in South Africa features one of Atlantic’s grantees: the National Peace Accord Trust. It aired on Al-Jazeera on 19 April, 2009. In 1961, Nelson Mandela formed the military wing of the ANC to help in the struggle…
Author: Al Jazeera
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Plus 50 Initiative to expand to meet training demands
The Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is expanding to meet the growing training and career development demands of older individuals who may have to prolong retirement or go back to work because of the tough economy. “The expansion of…
Author: Community College Times
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Giving Circles Change Donors' Giving in Positive and Significant Ways
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, and the Aspen Institute are Atlantic grantees. OMAHADonors say they give more, give more strategically, and are more knowledgeable about nonprofit organizations and problems in their communities when they participate in…
Author: Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
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Billionaire advocates giving while living to support Ireland through the recession
By Ben Eyre Publicity shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney has featured in a documentary on Irish television to inspire ‘giving while living’. In ‘Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story’, Feeney talked about how he made and then anonymously gave away a multi-billion-dollar fortune, including $1.2…
Author: Philanthropy UK
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Homewood 'Children's Zone' Vision Advocated
Harlem Children’s Zone is an Atlantic grantee. by Joe Smydo John Wallace, a professor who’s spent more than two years planning the Homewood Children’s Village, said his proposal to provide comprehensive social services to neighborhood children could be operational within 18 months. “I think we…
Author: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
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TAC Statement on new cabinet appointments and resources for health
The Treatment Action Campaign is an Atlantic grantee. TAC E-Newsletter The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) welcomes the appointment of Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi as the Minister of Health, and the re-appointment of Dr. Molefi Sefularo as the Deputy Minister of Health. Both the Health Minister and…
Author: Treatment Action Campaign
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Responding to Economic Crisis, Plus 50 Initiative Expands to Help Older Workers
With unemployment figures on the rise and the economic recession wreaking havoc on retirement accounts, the Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is spearheading a movement by community colleges to help workers age 50 and over train for new jobs…
Author: Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges
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SA leads innovative nursing education
From South Africa’s state-of-the art virtual learning facility for nurses in Bloemfontein, to innovative teaching practices at the Western Cape to cope with doubled intake numbers, higher nursing education in South Africa is set to be dramatically transformed as the new University-based Nursing Education SA…
Author: UNEDSA
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Lobbyists Ramp Up Efforts On Health Care
Listen at the NPR website RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And long before President Obama sent out the invitations for yesterday’s meeting on health care, major players were already lobbying on the issue. Now, those lobby campaigns are about to arrive in America’s homes. NPR’s Peter Overby…
Author: National Public Radio (NPR)