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$18 Million Grant Supports Innovative Program to Bolster Success of Middle-School Students in Five Chicago Public Schools
Source: LISC Chicago
Integrated Services in Schools Program to be managed by LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program AgenciesTo increase the success of middle-school students in Chicago and bolster their chances of graduating high school, The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation with a focus on children and youth, will award…
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South Africa: Community Prosecutions Can Help Reduce Crime
Source: Bua News
By Bathandwa Mbola Partnerships between community prosecutors, municipalities, local communities and police forums can significantly help reduce crime rates as well as anti-crime initiatives. This is according to findings revealed on Wednesday by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) - sponsored community prosecution project survey, which…
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$40 Million Health Care Campaign to Launch, Announce New National Ad
Source: Health Care for America Now!
Leading Labor Groups, Community Organizations, DC Think Tanks, Online Activists, and Women's Groups Join Together to Announce Major New Campaign 03 Jul 2008 Simultaneous Launch Events in 52 Cities Including 37 State Capitals. Health Care for America Now, an unprecedented coalition of major organizations including…
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Campaign exceeds goal
Source: The Ithacan Online
By Aaron Munzer President Peggy R. Williams announced last Friday that Ithaca College's first Capital Campaign has far surpassed its goal after raising $145 million - a sum that jumped after a last-minute gift of $25 million from the Atlantic Philanthropies. The college beat their…
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How Long Should Gifts Just Grow?
Source: New York Times
As nonprofit institutions have seen donations and investments grow spectacularly in recent years, the urge to keep the money rolling in is being supplemented by a new pressure: make it flow out faster. Politicians, consultants, watchdog groups and even some philanthropists say that foundations, universities,…
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Govt. pays $200,000 for new study into black males
Source: Bermuda Sun
Government has committed $200,000 to pay for a study to look at the "attainment gaps between young black and white men in Bermuda." The full cost of the study is $400,000, but the U.S. based Atlantic Philanthropies is paying for half of it. Former Premier…
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Families 'locked in poverty cycle'
Source: Irish Times
Better education levels and more economic resources mean we have an awesome responsibility to ensure that children of all backgrounds benefit from "the rising tide", President Mary McAleese said yesterday. She paid tribute to the work of staff at a Galway-based family research centre established…
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Way to Grow
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children's Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 - and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
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Nonprofit Groups Lag in Recruiting Older Workers, Report Says
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Nonprofit groups lag significantly behind government agencies and businesses in their efforts to keep and recruit older workers, a new report concludes - and that could jeopardize their ability to fill a growing number of job vacancies. "Many nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders show little…
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Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Royal Gazette
By Kristin White For many years there has been a Secret Santa of sorts for our local nonprofits.When their good works caught the eye of this secret benefactor, they would be blessed with financial grants upwards of one hundred thousand dollars.In the nonprofit community, this…
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