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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies' President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
Resource type: Speech
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Introducing Atlantic Currents
Source: Gara LaMarche
Since the announcement a few months ago of my appointment as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, I've had an unusual opportunity to hear what many people know - and don't know - about us. Some only know that we were once the "anonymous…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $1.5 Million Grant to ASAS
Original Source Los Angeles, CA -- Today After-School All-Stars (ASAS -- www.afterschoolallstars.org), a leader among U.S. after-school programming providers, announced a two-year, $1.5 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to support high-quality, national after-school programming for at-risk youth. ASAS was founded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoints Gara LaMarche New Chief Executive Officer
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
For further information please contact:Kate Bullinger in New York at +212 916 7302Colin McCrea in Dublin at +353 1 799 5912THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES APPOINTS GARA LAMARCHENEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERPhilanthropy Executive Brings Record of Innovative Leadership to an Organisation Committed to Social Change and to Disbursing…
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Irish Hospice Foundation Welcomes Support for Hospice/Palliative Care in New Social Partnership Deal
Source: Irish Hospice Foundation
Towards 2016 Ten-Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement 2006 - 2015 PRESS RELEASE The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the provision in the new Social Partnership agreement to prioritise hospice care over the next three years by further developing palliative care throughout Ireland, with particular reference…
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NCOA Receives a Major Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to Enroll Limited Income Beneficiaries in Medicare Part D
Source: National Council on the Aging
Contact: Scott Parkin (202) 479-6975 Scott.Parkin@ncoa.orgWASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2006 The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has received a $7.9 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to bolster its work enrolling Medicare-eligible seniors and people with disabilities who have limited incomes and resources in…
Resource type: News
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Civic Ventures Announces National Initiative to Invest in Social Entrepreneurs Who Lead with Experience
Source: Civic Ventures
Initiative Draws Attention to 'Immense Untapped Resource' - Americans in the Second Half of Life Eager to Make Social Contribution - For Immediate Release - December 1, 2005 Contact: Anne Purdy (415) 901-0111 Fenton Communications apurdy@fenton.com Stefanie Weiss (202) 478-6151 sweiss@experiencecorps.orgFive Over 60 Will Win…
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Why The Atlantic Philanthropies Decided to Emerge into the Public Sphere
The top five reasons The Atlantic Philanthropies have embraced communications and emerged into the public sphere are recounted in this speech by John R. Healy, Atlantic’s former CEO, to the Communications Network in Cleveland, Ohio in November 2005. The subject of John R. Healy's address…
Resource type: Speech
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The United States and the World: Our Roles and Responsibilities
John R. Healy, former CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, addressed Independent Sector at its 25th Annual Conference: Reshaping the Social Compact.
Resource type: Speech
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Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region
Source: Grantmakers in Aging (GIA)
Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region The federal Administration on Aging (AoA) has called upon the nation's leading aging organizations to provide much needed assistance to older adults affected by the recent hurricanes. In response to…
Resource type: News