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Original Source Cummings Zuill is a member of the Atlantic Philanthropies Board of Directors. The Centre on Philanthropy is an Atlantic grantee. By Ruth O'Kelly-Lynch A new scholarship for charity workers and those working with in faith-based associations has been created. The Cummings V. Zuill Leadership…

Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation's history. The gift, announced today by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan,…

Original Source The Bridgespan Group and the National Indian Youth Leadership Program are Atlantic grantees. Rural nonprofits lag their urban counterparts in funding from the federal government, private foundations, and corporations and are less able to help disadvantaged residents in their communities, a new report…

Original Source The University of KwaZulu-Natal is an Atlantic grantee. by MICHELLE FAUL South Africa is launching clinical trials of the first HIV/Aids vaccines created by a developing country, a feat by scientists who forged ahead even when some of their political leaders shocked the…

The Aids Law Project, the Legal Resources Centre and Lawyers for Human Rights are Atlantic grantees. by Louise Flanagan Destitute people who were arrested while sleeping outside the Methodist Church in central Joburg a week ago say police beat them, insulted them, gave them electric…

The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City and the Atlantic Philanthropies, seeks applicants for the following Scholarship and Fellowship Programs: The Predoctoral Scholarship program is designed to support 2 years of doctoral work for nurses…

Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. ARLINGTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities In Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization, has received a major grant from the Walmart Foundation to improve educational opportunities for young people through its network of Performance Learning Centers…

NUI Galway is an Atlantic grantee. by LORNA SIGGINS Western Correspondent MORE THAN 3,000 Irish teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 are caring for parents or relatives, according to recent Census figures. However, new research commissioned from NUI Galway (NUIG) by the Minister of State…

Original Source KIPP and Harlem Children's Zone are Atlantic grantees. The $100 billion education stimulus package gives Education Secretary Arne Duncan unprecedented leverage to energize the languishing school reform effort. Mr. Duncan has said from the start that he wants the states to transform about…

The University of Limerick Foundation gave out €8.2 million in grants last year, after a sharp rise in donations and gifts, writes Gavin Daly. The foundation’s figures for the 12 months to the end of August last show an increase in income and expenditure compared…