Results List
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Ensuring That Vital Resources for the Poor Aren’t “Left on the Table”
Source: Gara LaMarche
Helping vulnerable and disadvantaged people to make lasting changes in their living conditions is at the core of Atlantic’s mission, and in every country in which we work there is significant and sometimes – as in the United States – growing inequality. The persistence of…
Resource type: News
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Make Big Plans: Cornell Olin Lecture
Atlantic President and CEO Christopher G. Oechsli joined Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes for a conversation about Atlantic’s founder, Chuck Feeney, and the vision and values behind the foundation’s grantmaking at Cornell and around the world. At the event, Hunter R. Rawlings…
Resource type: Speech
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Giving Circles Change Donors' Giving in Positive and Significant Ways
Source: Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, and the Aspen Institute are Atlantic grantees. OMAHADonors say they give more, give more strategically, and are more knowledgeable about nonprofit organizations and problems in their communities when they participate in…
Resource type: News
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Parham receives grant to improve treatment of hearing loss in elderly
Source: UConn Advance
Original Source by Kristina Goodnough Dr. Kourosh Parham, assistant professor of otolaryngology, has received the Jahnigen Scholar research award as part of the American Geriatrics Society's long-term project to increase geriatrics expertise in surgical and medical specialties. Parham, who has a longstanding interest in age-related…
Resource type: News
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School Discipline Reform and the Role of Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Chronicle of Social Change
By Kiersten Marek Atlantic Philanthropies’ work in the area of school discipline reform is a particularly striking example of how limited-life philanthropy can play a key role in social movements for children and youth. Atlantic Philanthropies has a large and diverse giving portfolio, covering the areas…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Support Cornell University’s Applied Sciences NYC Initiative Through Significant Grant
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to announce a grant totaling $350 million to Cornell University to support the Cornell University/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s consortium for the Applied Sciences NYC initiative. The consortium’s ground-breaking partnership with the City of New York seeks to build what will…
Resource type: News
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Special Invitation - Quality Peer Learning Community call - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Source: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
The APAN Online Community extends an invitation for you to join their next Quality Peer Learning Community call on Wednesday, July 9th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, featuring guest speaker Dr. Claudia Weisburd, Executive Director of the Center for Afterschool Education at…
Resource type: News
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FRAC After School Guide
Source: Food Research And Action Center
This handbook published by Atlantic-grantee the Food Research and Action Center offers step-by-step suggestions on how to access crucial funding sources and provides valuable information on the resources available to afterschool programs for nutrition education. FRAC is a grantee of The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Resource type: Research Report
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UCSF Children’s Hospital Receives $100 Million Gift To Build New Hospital
Source: UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Children's Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy's Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline
Source: American Educator
By Kavitha Mediratta Last year, at the beginning of ninth grade, my son's friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for bringing a brick to class. Emmanuel had found the brick in the schoolyard, and with the satirical wit of a 14-year-old, named it "Softie" and…
Resource type: News