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Philanthropy adapts to the Obama era. Original Source by Lauren Foster Last November, two weeks after Barack Obama was elected president, Gara LaMarche took to the podium at the annual meeting of Southern California Grantmakers. The president and chief executive of The Atlantic Philanthropies was…

Original Source By Aurelio Rojas Faced with legislation that would require them to disclose their ethnic composition and detail grants awarded to minority organizations, 10 of California's largest foundations agreed Monday to a multimillion-dollar, multiyear investment in minority communities. In return, Assemblyman Joe Coto, D-San…

By Lauren Foster When Mark Lachs, an internist who specialises in the care of the elderly, looks into the not-so-distant future, he sees millions of retirees and not enough doctors. The baby boomers are moving through the belly of the beast and are coming out…

A new book reveals how Mayor Ron Clarke fell out with a wealthy benefactor. Sue Lappeman reports. A NEW book has revealed how Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke blew his friendship with a secretive billionaire American philanthropist who bankrolled the Couran Cove and Runaway Bay…

This New York Times article features two Atlantic ageing programme grantees — Civic Ventures and the Rose Community Foundation. Both organisations engage older people in encore careers and volunteer positions that combine personal meaning and social impact to solve society’s greatest problems. The Rose Community Foundation received a re-grant…

JOHN W. CONROYVIETNAM — DANANG,For the last 15 years, retired Beekmantown dairy farmer Mark Conroy has been directing humanitarian development work in Vietnam for the East Meets West Foundation.He only last year stepped down as country director and is now the foundation's senior consultant, heading…

AARP and the Foundation Center are Atlantic grantees. By Mindy Fetterman You used to have to wait for a loved one to die before you found out how much you were going to inherit — if you were going to inherit at all. No more.…

University of Limerick Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Anne Sheridan EVEN in times of hardship people's generosity towards the University of Limerick seems to know no bounds. The latest figures submitted to the Companies Registration Office reveal that the University of Limerick Foundation, which…

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…

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…