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Social impact bonds let you help ex-prisoners or former patients – and maybe see a good return DOES INVESTING in a scheme to keep repeat offenders out of prison sound like a good punt? What about one that would provide a Wii Fit to help…

One year ago on 23 March 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, culminating a tireless campaign by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), funded in part by The Atlantic Philanthropies.  In honour of health care reform’s first…

by James McCulloughA DESIRE to invest in human capital and help people prompted Wotif.com co-founder Andrew Brice to start giving away millions of dollars. Media-shy Mr Brice yesterday revealed how he had joined a growing number of multimillionaire philanthropists giving away millions to credible charities…

By JEROME REILLY Declan Ryan and the late Cathal Ryan, sons of Ryanair founder Dr Tony Ryan, have emerged as among Ireland's foremost philanthropists following a donation last week of $14m (€10m) to build schools in Sri Lanka -- the latest in tens of millions…

By GORDON DEEGANONE OF IRELAND’S best known children’s charities, Barnardos, has bucked the trend in the recession by increasing the amount it raised in 2009 through fundraising to €8.5 million.Figures by Barnardos Republic of Ireland Ltd show that the chief factor behind the 14 per…

This report aims to increase understanding of the gaps and overlaps in services being provided to address social issues in Bermuda. It is part of the Bermuda Civil Society Project (BCSP), an independent research and data analysis initiative designed to clarify how nonprofit agencies and other…

By Caroline Preston.  Atlantic Philanthropies, a multibillion-dollar foundation that supports a variety of causes including progressive priorities such as changing the U.S. health-care system, and the Avi Chai Foundation, a $593-million fund dedicated to strengthening Judaism, might not seem to have all that much in…

When you have as much money as Bill Gates, you have to work damn hard to get rid of it. At least if you want to disposeof it wisely. So in May the Microsoft founder, whose fortune is estimated at $53 billion (¤40 billion), was…

By Betsy Brill.  Last month Bill Gates and Warren Buffett issued a call to action to their fellow billionaires to publicly pledge at least half of their fortunes to philanthropy. The "Giving Pledge" initiative has already triggered generous responses from high-profile donors. In response, Eli…

HUNDREDS of runners are set to take to the roads around Youghal next Sunday in a bid to raise funds for one of Cork's best known charities. Youghal Athletic Club and local man Martin Drake have come together to organise a four-mile charity run with…