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International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic's 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…

2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin AmericaSAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize.Five social entrepreneurs over 60 will receive…

By Emily S. HopkinsOn June 28, Cornell received a $15 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic) to support financial aid for students in the Cornell Tradition program. The gift, which will be paid in three annual installments of $5 million each beginning this month,…

By Miriam SteffensWhen it comes to philanthropy, many seriously wealthy Australians have deep pockets and short arms. IN THE midst of an unprecedented mining boom that's creating more millionaires than ever, rising standards of living and wealth, it is our dark little secret. Australian of…

By Lorna Siggins.NATIONAL policy planning should take a “life course” perspective from birth to old age, an NUI Galway (NUIG) report has found. The research by NUIG’s Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and School of Business and Economics says that planning should extend as far…

By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs CorrespondentPEOPLE ARE waiting four years for the Government to decide on their applications to become Irish citizens, with some rejected for frivolous reasons such as receiving parking fines, a new report says.The study, Living in Limbo – Migrants’ Experiences of…

Austin, TX – Today, Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Texas released a new report, Business Leaders Support Child Health: A Fiscally Responsible Investment for Texas. The document profiles statements made by the state’s leading Chambers of Commerce, prominent business leaders, hospitals and healthcare providers, economists and…

Irish-American billionaire Chuck Feeney has donated $10 million to Australia's premiere HIV research institute, the Kirby Institute. >>Watch the Video Transcript ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: Tonight in Sydney, Australia's premiere HIV research institute has been renamed the Kirby Institute in honour of the former High Court…

THIS is a season of fiscal austerity for governments, and state and local officials across the country are threatening to cut programs that aim to help the less fortunate. With tax revenue down and budgets constrained, they say they have little choice. By Paul Sullivan.  Now,…

More than one in every five people in Northern Ireland has a disability – an incidence rate notably higher than that found in Britain or the Republic of Ireland. Many of these disabilities are as a result of the violent conflict which Northern Ireland has…