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  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)…

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…

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…

The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations. Original Source By Eyal Press In the days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, sat at his desk in Lower Manhattan and reached out to people…

Original Source The late Ken Fletcher was widely known in the 1960s as a larrikin tennis player with the best forehand in the world, who never fulfilled his potential. But his death three years ago hardly made the headlines, and his friends fear his role…

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…

ANCHORS: CHARLES OSGOOD REPORTERS: CYNTHIA BOWERS CHARLES OSGOOD, host: Do unto others is a lot more than just words. Particularly for the publicity shy billionaire you're about to meet. Our Cynthia Bowers makes the introduction. CYNTHIA BOWERS reporting: On a day when a lot of…

Although Chuck Feeney has kept a low profile, his generosity has served as a catalyst for extraordinary scientific breakthroughs. Chuck Feeney, one of Stanford's most generous yet least-known supporters, is on track to give away more than $7.5 billion to causes worldwide. PHOTO: Pascal Perich…

Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, discussed his concerns about a growing need for a stronger moral framework for philanthropy at the Starr Forum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Forty-five years ago, a young aide named Bill Moyers sat in the…

It is too easy to assume that donations from social entrepreneurs are driven by all the wrong motives, writes SARAH CAREY. Original Source THERE’S NOTHING that depresses me more than cynicism. I can be harsh, but it tends to come from anger or disappointment. Cynicism…