Results List
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The Fierce Urgency of Atlantic: Bending the Arc in Our Final Years
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Thirteen years ago, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ founding chairman Chuck Feeney and our Board of Directors made the decision to complete our grantmaking by the end of 2016. That seemed a long time away. The distant target has now become next year. After extended deliberations during this…
Resource type: News
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UCSF Children’s Hospital Receives $100 Million Gift To Build New Hospital
Source: UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Children's Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both…
Resource type: News
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A fortunate life to give
Source: The Courier Mail (Australia)
By Stefanie Balogh Billionaire American Chuck Feeney, who has bankrolled much of Queensland's scientific and medical research, began his philanthropy in secret, writes Stefanie Balogh in New York FRUGAL to the point of eccentricity, Chuck Feeney travels the world economy class, wears a cheap plastic…
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Journalist, Billionaire and Rugby Legend, All Queensland Greats
Source: Brisbane Times
Chuck Feeney has been named one of Queenslands Greats, an honour bestowed as part of the annual Queensland Day celebrations. By Lydia Lynch Charles (Chuck) Feeney is, by global standards, a major philanthropist. His contribution to Australian philanthropy in general, and to the development of…
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives €138m Grant to Tackle Dementia
Source: The Irish Times
By Carl O'Brien Atlantic Philanthropies is to give €138 million – its largest grant to date – to Trinity College Dublin and University of California San Francisco to help tackle the looming dementia epidemic. Almost 50,000 people are living with dementia in Ireland, a number which is projected…
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Griffith University
$722,159
Resource type: Grantee
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Modern philanthropists do it their way
Source: The Australian
By Catherine Armitage.UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these "wretched billionaires who want to get involved". That's the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in their…
Resource type: News
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University of Arizona Foundation – Arizona Cancer Center
$250,000
Resource type: Grantee
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University of New South Wales, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society
$9,682,501
Resource type: Grantee
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Princess Alexandra Hospital Health Service District
$4,859,748
Resource type: Grantee
