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Bernard Osher, called the 'quiet giver,' donates large sums to education and the arts. Original Source Reporter Paul Van Slambrouck discusses the character of 'The Quiet Philanthropist.' From a distance, the philanthropic world can look much like the for-profit world. The metrics that seem to…

By Ian Wilhelm In the last 10 years, the Republic of Ireland has earned the nickname the Celtic Tiger for its rapid economic growth. Today, that tiger is changing its stripes -- a growing number of Irish entrepreneurs are becoming as passionate about donating money…

The Atlantic Philanthropies is giving $177 million to Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to establish the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), a groundbreaking initiative that aims to tackle the looming dementia epidemic and improve health and dementia care worldwide. This…

By Patty Stonesifer."It's not what you were given. It's what you do with it that matters."Although I was only 8 years old, I vividly remember my mother's reprimand. I thought my report card—with an unbroken string of E's for excellent—was cause for great praise. Instead,…

Susan Carey Dempsey.When Ted Turner made an historic announcement of a billion dollar pledge to the United Nations a decade ago, he wished out loud that lists of most generous donors would become as competitive as lists of the World's Richest. While there's some understandable…

Original Source By Heather Joslyn Six nonprofit workers in their 60s and 70s today have been announced as the winners of the third annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that promotes projects that use the skills and experience of older…

Original Source Barack Obama's campaign politicized and organized more youth than any campaign has in recent history. The Prospect asked nine organizers, writers, and thinkers at the forefront of progressivism and youth activism to suggest one way of incorporating these youth into the progressive movement.…

by TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Before its economic turnaround in recent years, Harlem was a case study in disinvestment. Banks were unwilling to make mortgage loans or to open branches, national chain stores could not be lured uptown, city services lagged and the neighborhood became economically isolated…

by Clay Holtzman, Staff Writer About 16 months ago, Bill Gates and fellow billionaire Eli Broad teamed up to make education reform a top issue in the 2008 presidential election. With a pledge to spend up to $60 million, the two influential philanthropists launched a…

"I won't be long." Those were the last words Michael Gallagher heard his son Aiden say as he left to buy jeans in Omagh on August 15, 1998. The 58-year-old has been very much the public voice and face of the bomb victims over the…