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[caption id="attachment_83415" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Atlantic staff in 2016[/caption] In 2010, Atlantic commissioned philanthropy consultant Tony Proscio, in conjunction with Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society, to write a series of reports charting the final years of the foundation, the largest endowed institution…

Although our doors will close at the end of 2020, the legacy of our commitment to racial and health equity will continue through the Atlantic Fellows programs.  Established in 2015 as one of our final “Big Bets”, the Atlantic Fellows programs are a global network…

Atlantic made a grant to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to conduct the following surveys, reports, guidance, and case studies on time-limited philanthropy and Giving While Living. Strategic time horizons–the length of time for which a philanthropic organization chooses to actively carry out its mission–have increasingly become…

Jaime Sepúlveda, who leads UCSF Global Health Sciences, discusses the impact of philanthropist Chuck Feeney's $20 million gift on students, Mission Bay and health worldwide. Click here to watch a version of the video in Spanish. By Kristen Bole The University of California, San Francisco…

How can we achieve more impact through partnerships between philanthropy and government? What does philanthropy need to do differently to better work with government groups to address the 21st century’s most pressing problems? And how can better communication play a part in achieving these goals?…

One of Australia’s biggest philanthropic benefactors, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, is the inaugural recipient of a prestigious new award recognizing global generosity. Feeney, an international business leader and philanthropist who made his fortune worth billions and quietly gave it all away, is the first person to…

Perhaps “deliberate deployment” should replace “spending down” in the philanthropic glossary.

Our founder, Chuck Feeney, had close connections to the regions where Atlantic made its major investments. In each, he and Atlantic saw opportunity to make a lasting difference within his lifetime.

Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…

As a major international conference on philanthropy comes to Belfast this week, bringing with it speakers and delegates charged with distributing billions of pounds, Sam Goodwin talks to John R Healy, chairman of Philanthropy Ireland, about what difference giving has made to Northern Ireland WHEN a conference…