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From Social Movement to Social Change: Philanthropy and School Discipline Reform
By David Callahan What role does philanthropy play in social movements? It’s an interesting question, and there’s a long history of funder involvement in different movements—from civil rights in the 1960s to LGBT rights in the past decade. Just last week, I wrote about the role of…
Author: Inside Philanthropy
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Children’s Health Coverage: On the Road to 100 Percent?
By Ben Kerman, The Atlantic Philanthropies The 2015 open enrollment period offers an opportunity to build on tremendous progress in bringing health coverage to more children and their families. An analysis of recent census data by Georgetown Center on Children and Families confirms that many…
Author: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Bringing Everyone to the Table to Eradicate School Discipline Disparities
By Allison Brown and Kavitha Mediratta Representatives from Open Society Foundations and The Atlantic Philanthropies discuss philanthropy’s role in school discipline reform. This article was originally published in VUE magazine. Download the PDF > VUE website > The Atlantic Philanthropies funded the work of the Positive…
Author: VUE
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Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund
Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund Supporting Better Care for People with Complex Needs in Low-Income Communities Financing For Providers Developing Better Care Models and Quality Frontline Healthcare Jobs New York, NY — Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a…
Author: Vital Healthcare Capital
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives €138m Grant to Tackle Dementia
By Carl O’Brien Atlantic Philanthropies is to give €138 million – its largest grant to date – to Trinity College Dublin and University of California San Francisco to help tackle the looming dementia epidemic. Almost 50,000 people are living with dementia in Ireland, a number which is projected…
Author: The Irish Times
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Establish Global Brain Health Institute to Tackle Dementia
The Atlantic Philanthropies is giving $177 million to Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to establish the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), a groundbreaking initiative that aims to tackle the looming dementia epidemic and improve health and dementia care worldwide. This…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Chuck Feeney, the Billionaire Who Wasn't, Pledges $177 Million to Universities to Fight Dementia
By Kerry A. Dolan Chuck Feeney, the cofounder of Duty Free Shoppers, was dubbed “the James Bond of philanthropy” by Forbes in 2012. For years, his charitable entity The Atlantic Philanthropies anonymously gave away tens of millions around the globe. It’s been operating in daylight…
Author: Forbes
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Atlantic's Focus on Dementia Goes Global
For more than two decades Atlantic has invested in programs to strengthen the quality of our lives, with a major emphasis on addressing needs arising from a worldwide population living longer than ever. Part of that work has included support for initiatives to leverage the…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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After Spring Valley: Making Schools Safe and Supportive
The video shows a South Carolina school officer grabbing a high school student from her chair, knocking her to the floor and dragging her across the classroom. As a native of South Carolina, I watched with complete horror and sadness the viral video of a…
Author: Tasha Tucker, Associate Programme Executive, Racial Equity at The Atlantic Philanthropies.
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A Foundation Confronts Its Final Priorities
In 2014, preparing for its final burst of expansive, long-vision grants, Atlantic drew its core programs to a close, downsized its staff, ramped up a final communications strategy, and became, in all respects, an institution in the final stages of work. The Atlantic Philanthropies, the largest…
Author: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society