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By Sorcha Pollak Chuck Feeney was a tenacious, empathetic and inexhaustible man with an impatience for self-importance and a fundamental drive to invest in people’s talents, a memorial to the late Irish-American billionaire philanthropist has heard. Dozens of Mr Feeney’s family members gathered in Dublin’s Trinity…

       Gerry Adams, the former President of Sinn Féin, has paid tribute to Chuck Feeney, the Irish American philanthropist who died on Monday, October 9 at the age of 92. “I am deeply saddened at the news of the death of my good friend Chuck Feeney,"…

[caption id="attachment_83461" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Charles "Chuck" Feeney David Cantwell © Provided by Forbes[/caption] Charles “Chuck” Feeney, who cofounded retailer Duty Free Shoppers, became a billionaire and donated much of his fortune anonymously—leading Forbes to dub him the James Bond of philanthropy—has died at age 92,…

Joanne Florino The notion of spending much of one’s fortune while living is a concept briskly taking hold in philanthropic circles around the globe. Giving away money fast—to do good right now—is an idea championed by some of the most high-impact, high-net-worth donors of the…

[caption id="attachment_83436" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] An artist impression of the Seamus Heaney Centre[/caption]   Queen's University Belfast has announced a £4.9 million (€5.7m) new landmark venue for the Seamus Heaney Centre, which will open for staff, students and the public early next year. The reimagined space…

By Joe Wilensky There will soon be a second “Feeney Way” at Cornell: a central thoroughfare at Cornell Tech to be named in honor of the transformative impact and legacy of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the university’s most generous donor. The former East Avenue…

[caption id="attachment_83426" align="aligncenter" width="515"] UL President Professor Kerstin Mey and Dr Chuck Feeney's son, Patrick Feeney, with one of the signs on the Feeney Way[/caption] THE main thoroughfare on the University of Limerick campus has been renamed ‘Feeney Way’ to honour the ‘transformative impact’ philanthropist…

[caption id="attachment_83396" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] University of Queensland received one of the first grants Atlantic made when grant-making began in Australia in 1998. The A$10M grant supported the creation of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (above). Image source: University of Queensland.[/caption] On February 1, 2022, during…

By Lucy Alexander As the pandemic and its restrictions strangled businesses large and small, an estimated 8 million more Americans fell into poverty from June to November last year, increasing the rate to almost 12 percent, or 22 percent for those without a college education.…

By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…