Results List
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Source: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
Resource type: News
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Forum Mourns Tragedy at Immigrant Center in Binghamton, New York
Source: National Immigration Forum
The National Immigration Forum is an Atlantic grantee. Washington, DC The following is a statement by Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, a non-Partisan pro-immigrant advocacy organization based in Washington. What happened in Binghamton is a horrific tragedy. It appears that an…
Resource type: News
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Watchdog Group Calls for More Funding to Benefit Society
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source A new report from the Washington, D.C.-based National Committee for Responsive Philanthropyargues that foundations and other grantmaking institutions are not delivering as much social benefit as they could. To help foundations and others do more, NCRP has released a set of measurable guidelines that…
Resource type: News
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'Moral argument belongs at the center of the immigration debate'
Source: Boston Review
by Gara LaMarche Joseph Carens’s proposal is so eminently humane and sensible, and so thoughtfully put, that it is possible to forget while reading it just why it is extremely controversial. Amid the anti-immigrant ravings of Lou Dobbs, the immigration debate in the United States…
Resource type: News
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Baltimore after-school center for at-risk youth plans to expand
Source: Baltimore Examiner
Original Source By Carolyn Peirce An after-school center for at-risk youth in Baltimore hopes to reduce the number of high school dropouts through a $2 million grant to build more centers and improve programs providing students with technology training and support with their academics. The…
Resource type: News
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The Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Altering Course in a Perfect Storm
Source: Gara LaMarche
The roots of the global financial crisis, and the paths out of it, are matters for debate. But what no one disputes is that the landscape in which foundations like Atlantic are working has been dramatically altered, and likely will be for some time to…
Resource type: News
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Planning for new society in wake of immigration
Source: Irish Times
Excerpt: We must recognise that immigration is changing Irish society, and plan for proper integration of those who are driving our growth, writes Denise Charlton, chief executive officer of the Immigrant Council of Ireland. Click here to read the full article (subscription required): www.irishtimes.com
Resource type: News
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Progress and Setbacks in Civil Liberties in Northern Ireland
The state of civil liberties and the most crucial next steps in human rights for Northern Ireland are outlined in this speech by Martin O’Brien, Programme Director of Reconciliation & Human Rights, The Atlantic Philanthropies, at the P.J. McGrory Lecture lecture in Belfast.
Resource type: Speech
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Not-So Sweet Home Alabama: What Alabamians Are Saying About Their State's New Immigration Law
Source: Center for American Progress
Kassi Cruz picks tomatoes in Steele, Alabama, on October 3, 2011. Cruz decided to pitch in to help after the majority of migrant workers left after the new Alabama immigration law took effect last week.By Center for American Progress Immigration TeamAlabama has reawakened the ghosts…
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As We Enter 2008, a Look Back Shows Policy Gains for Atlantic Grantees
Source: Gara LaMarche
The end of one year and the start of the next is a traditional time for looking both back and forward, and a good time to check in with readers of this column – an unusual experiment in philanthropy that we started in July, a…
Resource type: News
