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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
The reasons behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ decision to spend all of its endowment are outlined in this 2009 speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley Grantmakers in Philadelphia. My talk this afternoon poses the question, which I…
Resource type: Speech
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Foundations help nonprofits hurt in Madoff affair
Source: Associated Press
By RACHEL BECK NEW YORK (AP) - Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout -- but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help. Human Rights Watch, The Center for Constitutional Rights and others are…
Resource type: News
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'Moral argument belongs at the center of the immigration debate'
Source: Boston Review
by Gara LaMarche Joseph Carens’s proposal is so eminently humane and sensible, and so thoughtfully put, that it is possible to forget while reading it just why it is extremely controversial. Amid the anti-immigrant ravings of Lou Dobbs, the immigration debate in the United States…
Resource type: News
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Gautengers open arms to displaced foreigners
Source: The Star (South Africa)
by BONILE NGQIYAZA The African Development Forum has succeeded in reintegrating more than a thousand displaced migrants into communities since Gauteng's last refugee camps closed in October. Ivory Park, Tsakane's Extension 10, and Alexandra, north-east of Joburg, which were flashpoints during the xenophobic attacks, are…
Resource type: News
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Separating generations a bad idea; When young, old live together, it's better for society.
Source: Newsday (New York)
by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Paul Arfin Susanne Bleiberg Seperson is director of the Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at Dowling College. Paul Arfin is president and chief executive of Intergenerational Strategies, a nonprofit charitable organization. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel,…
Resource type: News
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East Meets West helps Da Nang's disabled
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
The US-based organisation East Meets West (EMW) is to assist central Da Nang city in the implementation of a 480,000 USD project to help improve the quality of life for the city's disabled residents. An agreement to this effect was signed by EMW officials and…
Resource type: News
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Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities
Source: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
In the face of the nation's worst financial crisis since 1932, foundations are bracing to cope with assets that plunged as a result of Wall Street’s decline. New numbers from New Mexico suggest that foundations should turn to the underutilised strategy of supporting advocacy, organising…
Resource type: News
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First-ever study on ageing in intellectually disabled people
Source: Irish Examiner
A STUDY launched yesterday will lift the lid on ageing in persons with an intellectual disability in Ireland for the first time. The research, led by Trinity College, Dublin, will chart the health, social, economic and environmental status of around 800 persons aged 40 and older…
Resource type: News
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Older Nonprofit Workers Get $100,000 Awards for Their Work
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source By Heather Joslyn Six nonprofit workers in their 60s and 70s today have been announced as the winners of the third annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that promotes projects that use the skills and experience of older…
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Barbara Hogan paves a new path in SA
Source: SAPA
Original Source On World Aids Day, the British Government announced a donation of £15m (R231m) for the South African government's anti-HIV programme, in a vote of confidence for South Africa’s Minister of Health Barbara Hogan. In an interview with the BBC, Ivan Lewis, the UK’s…
Resource type: News