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This opinion piece by was first published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy as Give Millions While You’re Young: a Plea to the Wealthy.Philanthropy is just a drop in the bucket, but one that can trigger a watershed momentChuck Feeney started Atlantic Philanthropies when he was 53,…

by SEÁN FLYNNPROFILE: PROFESSOR DON BARRY, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (UL): The University of Limerick has been physically transformed but it still needs to move up the world rankings of leading universities - that's the next big challenge for its self-effacing president, Don BarryFOR SUCH A…

By Roy Exum If you were to go to Da Nang General Hospital in Vietnam today, you would be startled over the fact it is painted green a brilliant shamrock green to be more precise in a veiled effort to thank the Irish-American who built…

Few people outside of the philanthropic world know who he is, but Chuck Feeney gives more to Australia than any local business player - and he thinks this is wrong. It is difficult to tell James Packer, Rupert Murdoch, Frank Lowy and Richard Pratt that…

Philanthropic donations are booming, but post-Great Recession poverty and inequity remain.By Martin MichaelsYear after year, the citizenry of the U.S. continues to be one of the most altruistic on earth, volunteering an average of 7.85 billion volunteer hours according to a report by the Corporation for National and…

The calling of Gavin Smith and the Chewstick movement WRITTEN BY COOPER STEVENSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY: SCOTT TUCKERChewstick founder Gavin Djata Smith and Carly Lodge There is a corps of Bermudian creatives that, every Saturday night, makes its way into Hamilton to gather on Court Street and…

By Paul SullivanKEN NOPAR, who advises others about philanthropy, will face his own decision on charitable giving when his parents die. Should he and his brother keep their parents’ private foundation going or transfer the assets into a donor-advised fund, where they have less control…

Colin McCrea, SVP, Atlantic Philanthropies was interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show on Ireland's National Radio station (RTE) recently in a discussion on philanthropy. The morning chat show of 8 July, 2008, broadcast an interview exploring the field of philanthropy and the role it plays…

By Joe Wilensky There will soon be a second “Feeney Way” at Cornell: a central thoroughfare at Cornell Tech to be named in honor of the transformative impact and legacy of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the university’s most generous donor. The former East Avenue…

Original Source and Video Broadcast: 30/07/2009 Reporter: Kerry O'Brien Quietly spoken American billionaire Chuck Feeney has flown under the public radar for most of his long and very successful life. Over decades he built an international empire of duty free stores, but in the eighties,…