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Why Donating Millions Is Hard To Keep Secret
Source: Wall Street Journal
Anonymous Gifts Are Growing, But Groups Are Under Pressure To Reveal Benefactors' Names As anonymous giving to charities increases, it's getting harder for donors to maintain the anonymous part. Wealthy philanthropists last year made 37 gifts of $5 million or more without publicly revealing their…
Resource type: News
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Older & Bolder: Irish Seniors Organise for Action
Source: Gara LaMarche
On a visit to Ireland last week, I got a glimpse of a compelling example of the power that an organized community can have – “The Older & Bolder Campaign,” a collaborative initiative among five organizations working to improve the quality of life for older…
Resource type: News
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More seniors decide to stay on the job
Source: Arizona East Valley Tribune
There was a time when Barbara Jacovitch says she was rejected as being too old for a job when she was in her 40s. Today, at age 69 the Chandler resident is working 32 hours a week as a customer service representative at the McKesson…
Resource type: News
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More Parental Power in Revised NCLB Urged
Source: Education Week
Original Source By David J. Hoff Washington The No Child Left Behind Act has expanded parents' power over their children's education and given them more information about student achievement than ever before. But Congress ought to take further steps to promote parental involvement when it…
Resource type: News
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Health training gets R16m shot in the arm
Source: Business Day
A UNIVERSITY of Cape Town (UCT) training programme for senior public health sector officials had received a R16m shot in the arm from an international funding body, the university said yesterday. International research showed health systems across the globe lacked management capacity, especially in the…
Resource type: News
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One Life to Give
Source: Irish America
Conor O'Cleary interviews Chuck Feeney about his philosophy of giving. Irish America 12-01-2003 Chuck Feeney has just put into practice something he had been considering for many years. He has decided that all the vast wealth he accumulated in his lifetime should be given away…
Resource type: News
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Eastern Mediterranean societies are adversely impacted by the global brain health crisis
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are a global health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 the number of people with dementia will more than triple—reaching 152 million. The Spark The risk of dementia is tightly linked to aging. The expansion of aging populations…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Insights: Government Partnerships & Engagement
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
As detailed in this new Atlantic Insights, partnering and engaging with government was a key strategy in the foundation's work to provide people with opportunity, dignity and equity. The volume’s three case studies show how Atlantic engaged with government to help: Keep U.S. students off the…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies: Northern Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_80715" align="alignright" width="450"] Jean Brown (left) and Renee Crawford, longtime leaders of Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group, have worked together for over 20 years to forge a better life for their community. Photo: Richard Wade[/caption] This book tells the story of how The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investment…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies: Australia
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This book tells the story of Atlantic’s $368 million investments in Australia between 1998 and 2016 to grow the country’s biomedical research, bolster higher education, advance social equity and boost leadership capabilities in related sectors. [caption id="attachment_80446" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In Brisbane, students visit a Translational…
Resource type: Research Report