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[caption id="attachment_19627" align="aligncenter" width="978"] Visitors at Constitution Hill look at the display at the Women's Goal Museum which used to house female political prisoners.[/caption] South Africa Atlantic began its work in racial equity in the nascent years of post-Apartheid South Africa. In 1991, Atlantic’s Founding…

1. Purpose The Atlantic Code of Ethics sets forth standards that we should follow when we engage in Atlantic business or in activities that could reflect on Atlantic.  The Code applies worldwide, complementing local policies specific to our individual offices.  We must respect both the…

Improving Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color: New National Collaborative Aims to Identify and Share Best Practices and Fund Cross-Cutting Academic and Community-Based ResearchA new multifaceted effort, RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color, has launched to identify and…

By David Callahan What role does philanthropy play in social movements? It’s an interesting question, and there’s a long history of funder involvement in different movements—from civil rights in the 1960s to LGBT rights in the past decade. Just last week, I wrote about the role of…

Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…

The foundation will have given away more than $8 billion when it shutters in 2020. Now as it spends its last millions, Atlantic is innovating better ways to leave a lasting impact. [caption id="attachment_79059" align="alignnone" width="650"] [Illustration: Sylverarts/iStock][/caption]By Ben Paynter When it was founded in…

Download the report (PDF)New York, NY – The Atlantic Philanthropies joined 10 of the nation’s leading foundations today in releasing a report, “A Time for Action: Mobilizing Philanthropic Support for Boys and Young Men of Color” outlining recommendations for coordinated action and funding across the…

Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The California Endowment, Ford Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation  Today, the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force released…

 Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes   Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other leading…

It is time for Americans to bring together two powerful forces that are often disconnected - the desire to serve and the necessity to take social action to change systems that often give rise to the need for these services, said Gara LaMarche, President and…