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‘James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune
Source: The New York Times
By Jim Dwyer As it happens, Donald J. Trump is not the only person to announce plans to shut down a personal philanthropy, just the best known. This is the story of a man who made and kept that same promise. Nearly five years ago,…
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The Irish-American Billionaire Who Gave Away His Fortune
Source: The Irish Times
Chuck Feeney, ‘the anti-Trump’, has written his final Atlantic Philanthropies cheque.
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New Leadership Needed to Address White Nationalism in U.S., Stalled Progress in South Africa
In recent articles, the Executive Director and South African Programme Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity called for a renewal in civil rights leadership in the U.S. and in South Africa. America’s Rising White Nationalism Calls for a New Type of Civil Rights…
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Chuck Feeney's Legacy Lives on as Philanthropic Fund Winds Down
Source: Irish Independent
By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor - philanthropist and former billionaire Charles 'Chuck' Feeney - at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…
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PM Chucks in magic money man
Source: The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia)
By Peter Cameron PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is courting Australia's richest to take up where the federal Budget largesse left off. Mr. Rudd left little to chance. He enlisted Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney to twist the tails of the rich and famous. Mr. Feeney was…
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A fortunate life to give
Source: The Courier Mail (Australia)
By Stefanie Balogh Billionaire American Chuck Feeney, who has bankrolled much of Queensland's scientific and medical research, began his philanthropy in secret, writes Stefanie Balogh in New York FRUGAL to the point of eccentricity, Chuck Feeney travels the world economy class, wears a cheap plastic…
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An elusive billionaire gives away his good fortune
Source: Los Angeles Times
Chuck Feeney, who nudges others to give while living, plans to donate $8 billion by 2016. Just don't put his name on anything. By Margot Roosevelt One by one, speakers rose to toast the elderly gent with baggy pants and a shy, gaptoothed smile. "Of…
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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…
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