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By Jessie MonizWhen 24-year-old Gavin Smith gained just 16 votes running against a former Premier in her own constituency back in 2003, it seemed like his political career was over before it had even started.But in the years since then, Mr Smith has shown that…

(Kyoko Uchida manages PubHub, the Foundation Center's online catalog of foundation-sponsored publications. In her last post, she looked at four reports that examined efforts to protect and promote international human rights.)This week PubHub is concluding its month-long focus on civil and human rights by featuring a…

The reasons why The Atlantic Philanthropies made what may be the largest U.S. advocacy grant ever in order to support health reform are outlined by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Grantmakers in Health conference in Orlando, Florida. Occasionally it is better not…

How well are minorities represented within foundation staff and boards, and how well are the less advantaged served through grants?  In June 2009, a group of nonprofit leaders had a candid panel discussion on diversity in philanthropy, referencing the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ new report, Philanthropy…

Famously private, and equally generous, Chuck Feeney helped transform Irish academic research. Original Source by Cormac Sheridan This coming September, the great and the good of Ireland's government and education sectors will assemble in Dublin as part of a yearlong celebration of the 10th anniversary…

Original Source Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The battle over the future of health care has taken to the airwaves, with interest groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on television and radio advertisements supporting or…

Just when a culture of philanthropy takes hold in Ireland, the rich lose their money. Original Source By Conor O'Clery DUBLIN — Just off a two-lane country road south of Dublin, work has been going on for three years on a magnificent modern development set…

A Harlem Education Project That Won Big Corporate Backing Now Faces Cutbacks as Donors Close Their Wallets Original Source By MIKE SPECTOR NEW YORK -- Geoffrey Canada has spent decades building a strategy for saving poor children from crime-ridden streets and crumbling public schools. His…

Original Source By Lauren Foster Ann Beeson has tackled some tough issues in her career as a human rights advocate and litigator, including challenging the National Security Agency's illegal surveillance of Americans without a warrant and the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Now, as executive…

Original Source By Susan Daly The great philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once said that inheriting a fortune was a curse. Cast one eye over the troubled offspring of assorted rock stars, billionaires and celebrities and Carnegie's words ring true today. Now a new generation of Daddy…