Results List
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Alameda County Health Clinic Network for Neediest
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="628"] Karen Gersten-Rothenberg, director of Havenscourt Health Center, talks with Carlos Aguilar and his mother. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle[/caption] By Stephanie M. Lee Getting blood drawn should have been an easy part of Selesi Alatini's checkup. But on this day, the…
Resource type: News
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NAACP’s Ben Jealous: Beyond the Dream
Source: The Wall Street Journal
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Photo: Associated PressBy Benjamin Todd JealousFifty years after Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, American apartheid is dead. We have Dr.…
Resource type: News
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Interview - Christopher Oechsli
Source: Alliance magazine
The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever to spend out. Caroline Hartnell talked to Atlantic president and…
Resource type: News
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Wright Lassiter On The Cuban Healthcare System
Source: MEDICC
On 30 October 2012 Wright Lassiter, III, CEO of Alameda County Medical Center presented at the American Public Health Association's 140th Annual meeting on his efforts to make health care more accessible and effective. Video courtesy of MEDDIC. MEDDIC and Latin American Medical School (ELAM) are…
Resource type: Video
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“Deliberate Deployment” or Perpetuity? Questions to Inform Timing Strategies for Philanthropy
Source: Nonprofit Quarterly
Perhaps “deliberate deployment” should replace “spending down” in the philanthropic glossary.
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities
Source: Philanthropy New York
Members of El Centro del Inmigrante help residents in Staten Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. By Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to Founder and CEO, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesWith our U.S. offices located in New York City, Hurricane Sandy hit close to home. It impacted our…
Resource type: News
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: February 2013
Source: Just and Fair Schools Fund
The Just and Fair Schools Fund (JFSF) supports grassroots organizing initiatives that work to eliminate harsh school discipline policies and practices - and that uphold the right to education for all youth. Our newsletter shares updates on parent-, youth-, and congregation-led victories, partner spotlights, news, and resources to…
Resource type: News
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2013 Annual Letter
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This letter from Atlantic’s President and CEO, Christopher G. Oechsli, highlights some examples of what Atlantic’s grantmaking has achieved, lessons it has learned, and celebrates Chuck Feeney’s “think big” philosophy which has enabled all the foundation has done.
Resource type: Annual Report
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Philanthropy Trends: Giving While Living
Source: Philanthropy UK
Irish billionaire Chuck Feeney is one of a growing number of philanthropists who want to make a difference now not tomorrow and a leading advocate for ‘giving while living’.The trend for giving in one’s lifetime and over a shorter time, rather than in perpetuity, is…
Resource type: News
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Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award
Source: Elev8
Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award Elev8 Picked as a Model School-Community Partnership As Part of Together for Tomorrow School Improvement Program WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recognized two sites…
Resource type: News
