Results List
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in Bermuda: 1992–2013
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Between 1992–2013, Atlantic invested $28.2 million in Bermuda to strengthen nonprofit organisations that promote civil society, build capacity for advocacy and social change, and advance the practice and strategies of philanthropy. This report tells the story of the impact of Atlantic’s, and our grantees’, work…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Role and Contribution of Philanthropy to the Lives of Older People in Ireland
Source: The International Journal of Aging and Society
Atlantic’s philanthropic work has played a role in transforming the ageing sector in Ireland since 2008, according to this report. Several methods were used in a sector-wide evaluation, including documentary analysis, one-to-one in-depth interviews, a cross-sectional survey of grant-holders and collaborative work with Northern Ireland.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Transforming Human Services for Older Adults: Progress Report 2007–2010
Source: Alliance for Children and Families
This report, funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, examines the effect and impact of solutions generated by the Alliance for Children and Families’ New Age of Ageing Initiative at the midpoint of its five-year pilot project. The project aims to increase the number of trained professionals…
Resource type: Research Report
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Summary of Lessons for the Field from Atlantic Philanthropies’ “Out-of-School Time” Initiative
Source: Harvard Family Research Project
A five-year investment to keep disadvantaged youth engaged in learning during out-of-school time (OST) hours by the Atlantic Philanthropies has yielded important lessons for funders and built the OST field through its focus on organisational capacity, evaluation, advocacy and professional development, according to this 2010…
Resource type: Research Report
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Bridgespan Study Examines Rural Funding Challenges
Source: The Bridgespan Group
Rural nonprofit organisations in the United States that consistently attract funding offer three key lessons for others that are struggling, according to this case study commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. The National Indian Youth Leadership Project and the Bridgespan Group are Atlantic grantees. Authors: Barry…
Resource type: Research Report
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Investing in Change: Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world that are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social change. We are starting with this topic because funding advocacy too often is the philanthropic road not taken, yet…
Resource type: Research Report
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic’s investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children’s prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Securing a Bill of Rights
The 1998 Belfast Agreement stressed the centrality of protecting human rights to building a better future for Northern Ireland. The Agreement made explicit commitments to producing a Bill of Rights (BOR) for Northern Ireland. This process of achieving a Bill has been beset with political…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Providing Better Legal Defence for the Poor in Texas
More than 15 per cent of Texas’ 22 million people live below the poverty line – most of them in rural areas. Texas is one of 16 states that require county governments to provide a majority of funding for indigent legal defence services. Each county…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Securing Human Rights for People with Disabilities
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…
Resource type: Grantee Story