Results List
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Launch of Big Dreams, a family book about reading
Source: youngballymun
youngballymun is a complex community change initiative that is working to improve the learning and well-being outcomes for all children and young people in Ballymun. Adopting a life-cycle approach from pregnancy and infancy and right through to early adulthood, youngballymun supports the integration of evidence-based…
Resource type: News
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The French American Charitable Trust launches report, Giving More, Making Change
Source: French American Charitable Trust
In this statement, Diane Feeney, Director of the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and daughter of Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney, talks about the FACT’s final grants and her family’s decision to spend down their foundation’s entire endowment to do more to solve today’s problems. In April…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy on Trial – Prosecution’s Opening Statement by Gara LaMarche
Charged with not fulfilling its mission of advancing the public good, philanthropy was put on trial at the April 2011 Council on Foundations' conference. Former Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO Gara LaMarche served as the prosecution, and Ralph R. Smith, Executive Vice President of the…
Resource type: Video
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The Moral Case for Change
Source: Yes! Magazine
By Gara LaMarche.Note: This article is adapted from a speech by Gara LaMarche called “The Moral Life of Philanthropy,” given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in September 2010. You can read the full speech hereIn 1965, Bill Moyers, then a young White House aide,…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy On Trial
Source: Council on Foundations
The Defendant: Philanthropy at large. The Charge: Not fulfilling its mission of advancing the common good.The Sentence if Found Guilty: Loss of specialized tax status.Culminating the conference was Philanthropy on Trial, a courtroom "mockudrama" that sought to answer the question: Is philanthropy meeting its mission of…
Resource type: News
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The European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia (EFID) launches the European Awards
Source: Network of European Networks
by Werner KrüperA group of Foundations, composed of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, the King Baudouin Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung join their forces to launch the ‘Living well with Dementia in the Community - European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia-Awards‘ in order…
Resource type: News
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Taking scientific approach
Source: Mail & Guardian
An important term used in healthcare in recent years has been 'evidence-based practice' or 'evidence-based medicine'.Healthcare practitioners have recognised that practices, techniques and therapies which have been long-used sometimes do not have a foundation in research. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) or evidence-based practice (EBP) seeks to…
Resource type: News
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Democracy and Confinement
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, accepted the John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service at the commencement ceremony at Bard College, Eastern Correctional Facility. He spoke to graduates about the linked issues of democracy and confinement. No public honour has meant…
Resource type: Speech
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Delivering Quality Care to the Children of Viet Nam
The National Hospital of Pediatrics (NHP) is the anchor of paediatric medicine in Viet Nam. It is the preeminent specialty hospital that helps children with serious health problems in the northern and central regions. The hospital in Ha Noi is also the main teaching and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Creating Integrated Schools To Improve Tolerance and Promote Peace
Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society where religious segregation is a feature of almost every aspect of life. For example, 94 per cent of children are educated in religiously segregated schools and, unsurprisingly, research shows that high numbers of young children already have sectarian…
Resource type: Grantee Story