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Original Source The Academy for Educational Development, the Children's Aid Society and The After-School Corporation are Atlantic grantees. The Toyota USA Foundation has announced grants totaling $3.3 million to twelve organizations working in the areas of K-12 math, science, and environmental education. The foundation awarded…

Chuck Feeney, ‘the anti-Trump’, has written his final Atlantic Philanthropies cheque.

By Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford UniversityEvery life can be measured by the friends that one makes along the way. My life is incredibly richer because of the friendship of one man, John Gardner.A PBS special on his life work…

The following statement was issued by a group of Atlantic's Reconciliation & Human Rights grantees in South Africa. Civil Society Statement Regarding the Killings at MarikanaWe are human rights organisations that seek to protect and promote the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (the Constitution).…

MEDICC today announced co-founder Gail Reed’s inspirational TEDMED talk on the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) has been selected and featured as a TED Talk. The popular TED Talks platform widely shares "Ideas Worth Spreading" and has attracted more than 1 billion views since 2006. Reed’s…

One result of the Bush Administration’s striking combination of ineptitude and contempt for law and government is a growing shelf, on its way to becoming a library, of books that chronicle and analyze the ways in which constitutional rights and international law have been assaulted…

Kennedy Discusses Benefits of Expanded Learning Time and the Massachusetts Model Washington, D.C. Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy discussed the critical importance of improving student performance and closing the achievement gaps for all students through expanding time for learning and enrichment at the Center for…

[caption id="attachment_83347" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Senior Fellows convening, hosted by the Atlantic Institute at Rhodes House, Oxford, in February 2018. Credit: Atlantic Institute.[/caption] “Use your wealth to help people. Use your wealth to create institutions to help people. When it comes down to it, it’s always…

While Atlantic’s grant-making has ended, our legacy remains an active catalyst of change. Through the Atlantic Fellows programs, future generations of leaders and change-makers are given support and resources as they strive for the advancement of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. Our legacy also continues…

Atlantic's grantees have touched the lives of millions. These short films share a few of their stories.