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A two-year, $2-million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies will build the U.S. Dream Academy's capacity and soon support a planned expansion that, by 2013, will bring 15 more Learning Centers to the 10 communities the organization currently serves nationwide. With the stated intention of providing…

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…

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…

The U.S. federal government must assume more of the costs of afterschool care to reduce the burden on low-income families, according to this report by the Harvard School of Public Health.  The study provides a roadmap to ensure that all low-income students benefit from afterschool…

  Original Source By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer It's the question on everyone's lips in philanthropy: Who is the mysterious donor giving away millions of dollars to at least a dozen colleges across the country? A circle of successful businesswomen? A publicity-shy (or playful)…

Original Source By Suzanne Perry The nonprofit world will take a break from its economic woes and celebrate a big political victory on Tuesday when President Obama signs landmark legislation that boosts national service, volunteerism, and innovative social projects. The president, fulfilling a campaign pledge…

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Big Brothers Big Sisters will take time to recognize and thank its mentors and donors during National Volunteer Week 2009 (April 19-25) as record numbers of volunteer inquiries are creating an increased demand for money to mentor more children. Big Brothers Big…

If the high school dropout rate continues at current levels, the state will be in serious trouble in the not so distant future as an uneducated workforce grows. The estimated number of Texas students at risk of not graduating exceeds two million. Those two million…

Original Source The Tulsa-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation has announced that it is co-sponsoring an initiative with the Samberg Family Foundation to help Teach For America corps members add Jewish context and values to their secular work as teachers in the United States. As part…

Original Source By STEPHANIE STROM Despite a worldwide economic decline, the nine-figure gift is not dead. Charles F. Feeney, the iconoclastic philanthropist known as “the billionaire who wasn’t,” is giving $125 million to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center to support development of a complex…