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The transition from apartheid to the new South Africa is rightfully viewed as one of the major advances in human history toward equality and democracy. But as I have written here before, many problems still exist: the South African government became an object of ridicule,…

Jennifer Wilson, Bermuda’s Nurse of the Year for 2008, spends her days driving the Azmobile from one island school to another. She coordinates an island-wide asthma education programme for Open Airways, an Atlantic-supported organisation that has helped cut hospital admissions for asthma sufferers by nearly…

Social-networking phenomenon makes it easy for donors to promote their favorite causes online Original Source By PAUL B. CARROLL For most people, networking on the Web means keeping up with friends or building business contacts. Now a number of charities -- and thousands of ordinary…

The Atlantic Philanthropies Hosts 'Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work' Day 24 Apr 2008. April 24, 2008 -- New York.  The sons and daughters of Atlantic Philanthropies' staff convened in the New York office today to learn about the organization and the various professional…

Are nonprofits overburdened and less effective as a result of grantmakers’ application and reporting requirements? This research report commissioned by Project Streamline found that the current system creates significant burdens on the time, energy and ultimate effectiveness of nonprofit practitioners.  The report examines current application…

By Marty Michaels.Grant makers seek new ways to share stories.Jonathan Fanton has solved a conundrum that plagues many nonprofit leaders: He's found a way to be in many places at the same time.Read the full article on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's website. Paid subscription required.

As communities all over the world grapple with systemic inequities embedded in the fabric of our neighborhoods and nations more than ever, we need investment from the philanthropic sector to create alternative methods of funding and support for nonprofits to bring bold ideas beautifully into…

Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…

[caption id="attachment_80157" align="alignright" width="405"] Helping foundations be more aggressive and adaptive in their support for advocacy and policy change. Learn more >[/caption] Foundations and advocates can no longer rely on the same old approaches to be effective when it comes to policy change. Progress is…

Leaders of limited-life foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability to do more good, to produce more social value, than if they were to hold the same resources in a lasting endowment and disburse…