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Original Source Foundations are stepping up their advocacy efforts to help the poor and other disadvantaged people, according to a report released today by the Foundation Center. The report found that grant makers and charity officials were more optimistic about the efficacy of social-justice grant making —…

The Center for Constitutional Rights is an Atlantic grantee. by NINA BERNSTEIN Twice the immigration judge asked the woman’s name. Twice she gave it: Xiu Ping Jiang. But he chided her, a Chinese New Yorker, for answering his question before the court interpreter had translated…

Original Source While existing in perpetuity continues to be the norm for the majority of family foundations, 25 percent say they are currently undecided about their lifespan options, while 12 percent plan to limit their lifespan, a new report released jointly by the Foundation Center…

Original Source By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - It's a challenging year for non-profits as a sluggish economy and rising prices make it more difficult for groups to raise money from cash-strapped families and businesses. Heading into the busiest fundraising time of year, non-profits'…

From the Hob by Paul Keating ONE of the enduring objectives of folk music is its ability to remind us of our common humanity and bonds that should unite us rather than divide us. Sometimes, though, the harsher side of life informs and inspires us…

The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…

Last week was a dramatic one, on both sides of the Atlantic, in the battle to preserve fundamental human rights against the recent disturbing tendencies of two of the world’s leading democracies to invoke fear of terrorism to claim extraordinary and excessive powers. In the…

When Gordon Johnson was a teenager, his Dad took in two nieces and two nephews whose parents were unable to care for them. He never forgot his father’s big-spirited act, or the neglect by government care agencies that made it necessary. Mr. Johnson pursued a…

As The Atlantic Philanthropies began the final phases of closure, management knew that, as the largest limited life foundation to spend down its assets, it would be a model for the philanthropic sector, particularly to other foundations interested in the concept of limited life or…

How does a foundation insure that its archive exists not simply as a static repository, but rather as a vibrant space that continues to “live” and be relevant, useful and influential?