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The Atlantic Philanthropies is an organization dedicated to bringing about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

Ensure older adults are viewed and treated with dignity and respect, and empowered to shape their own destinies.

Ensure children are engaged in learning, healthy and connected to the key supports in their communities.

Ensure people have access to a quality health care system, regardless of their economic situation or geographic location.

Support reconciliation and peace-building, and improve access to justice and human rights for vulnerable groups.

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Atlantic Reports: "Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations"
The inaugural publication in Atlantic's new series, "Atlantic Reports," explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world who are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social change. More »
Financial Times: Philanthropy can be made to measure
Gara LaMarche provides suggestions to philanthropists on how to use evaluation to maximize their impact. More »
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
Conor O'Clery's "The Billionaire Who Wasn't" documents the story of Atlantic founder Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as co-founder of Duty Free Shops and secretly transferred all of his wealth to The Atlantic Philanthopies in 1984. Click here to read reviews of the book. More »
2006 Annual Report
Click here to read Atlantic's 2006 Annual Report, which highlights the outstanding work being done by our grantees to make lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. More »

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A Voyage of Discoveries
Read about how the The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is supporting an integrated programme for disadvantaged youth by conducting learning expeditions on a historically-inspired Bermudian schooner, The Spirit of Bermuda. More »
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Ha Noi School of Public Health
The Da Nang Eye Hospital, established in 1998, is the foremost eye-care institution in the Central and Highland regions responsible for providing eye care and disease prevention for 11 million people in eight provinces. More »
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Improving the Health Care System One Community at a Time
The Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Department oversees nearly 140 commune health centres (CHCs) in Khanh Hoa province, which has a population of more than 1 million. The vast majority of these facilities are in need of renovation or complete reconstruction. More »
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National Council on the Aging
The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program is a proven approach to help people with chronic illnesses develop a sense of control and be more effective in managing their health. Through a grant to the National Council on Aging, The Atlantic Philanthropies will support a competitive award programme for states wishing to build infrastructure for the CDSMP and offer it statewide to the large numbers of vulnerable people. More »
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On the Move ITN America
To establish a national network of transportation services for older adults based on the Independent Transportation Network. The model developed in Portland, ME, provides door-to-door transportation services to older adult members. More »
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Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a joint legislative advocacy and grassroots mobilization initiative begun in 2003 with the mission to enact rights-centered comprehensive immigration reform legislation in the US. More »
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Changing Lives through Restoring Sight
The Da Nang Eye Hospital, established in 1998, is the primary eye care institution in the Central and Highland regions responsible for providing eye care and disease prevention for 11 million people in eight provinces. The Hospital is also responsible for the training of community health staff for the identification, treatment and prevention of eye diseases throughout the region. More »
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Working to Restore Sight in South Africa
Through the training of general practitioners and ophthalmic technicians, the Sabona Centre project is creating a pool of public service-oriented cataract surgeons who provide an invaluable blindness prevention and sight-restoration service to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in South Africa. More »
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Business in the Community Northern Ireland
Business people in Northern Ireland tutor disadvantaged children to improve academic skills and to build self-confidence for future success in the workplace. More »
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Tackling Rural Poverty Among Older Adults
The Rural Community Network (RCN) conducted in-depth research that highlighted some of the key issues affecting older people living in rural poverty, including the central roles that voluntary and community groups play in their lives. More »
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Using Litigation to Defend Human Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights works to take on more cases and challenges in support of the protection of core constitutional and human rights. More »
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Combatting Stereotypes Out in Africa
Out in Africa uses its Atlantic grant to run an annual film festival featuring movies and short films that promote a sense of self-worth and political purpose within the LGBT community. More »
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Older Adults Listening to Older Adults
The Senior Help Line was established in 1998 to provide a listening service for older people who are lonely, neglected or isolated. The service was born from a consultative process undertaken by the North Eastern Health Board in 1997. More »
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Access Medicine TAC
The South African government gave the country�s provinces sufficient leeway to mount creative interventions that have helped ameliorate some of the devastation that HIV/AIDS has caused. These efforts have been complemented positively by robust interventions initiated by civil society organisations � most notably, the Treatment Action Campaign. More »
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Making the Most of Out-of-School Time
Citizen Schools has created one of the most sophisticated OST approaches for keeping disadvantaged youth engaged in learning. The organisation provides tutoring, apprenticeships and other educational activities after school and during the summer break. Its curriculum focuses on developing written and verbal communication skills, technological literacy, and proficiency in data analysis. More »
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Using Long-Range Planning To Fix a Long-Term Problem
For years, the nonprofit organisation called An Cosan has pioneered innovative childhood development and family-support services in Tallaght West and elsewhere in Ireland. More »
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Promoting Immigrants� Rights
The Immigrant Council of Ireland is working to build respect for diversity in Ireland and promote the rights of the increasing immigrant population. More »
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Shaping a Replicable Community-Based Eye Care Development Programme
Fred Hollows Foundation�s community-based vision care network includes 2,500 volunteer village health workers trained to identify eye problems. In addition, Fred Hollows staff has developed effective campaigns to raise awareness of blindness prevention, treatment services and to increase confidence in eye doctors. More »
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Ireland's First Centre of Expertise in Geriatric Care
Doctors, researchers and clinical staff at the Centre on Excellence in Ageing at St. James�s Hospital in Dublin are well on their way to changing the care of older people in Ireland. More »
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Providing a Vital Social Security Safety Net
More than 80,000 people have benefited from the assistance of the Centre for Criminal Justice since 1997. Income generated from successful claims for social security amounted to almost ZAR 4 million, a significant injection of capital into an impoverished area. More »
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Bridging the Gap Between School and Out-Of-School-Time Learning
Higher Achievement is an academic enrichment programme that offers four years of intensive, ongoing OST academic support to economically disadvantaged students in grades five through eight. More »
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Ensuring Human Rights Protections and Access to Justice
National Immigrant Justice Center, a programme of Heartland Alliance, ensures human rights protections and access to justice for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers through direct legal services, policy reform, litigation and public education. More »
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