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[caption id="attachment_83347" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Senior Fellows convening, hosted by the Atlantic Institute at Rhodes House, Oxford, in February 2018. Credit: Atlantic Institute.[/caption] “Use your wealth to help people. Use your wealth to create institutions to help people. When it comes down to it, it’s always…

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…

Purpose. Conflicts of interest can hurt Atlantic, our grantees, and you and, in some cases, break the law. Complying with this policy will help prevent these problems and maintain high ethical standards. Approach. Our policy emphasizes (a) disclosure rather than prohibition of conflicts of interest,…

In this statement, Diane Feeney, Director of the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and daughter of Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney, talks about the FACT’s final grants and her family’s decision to spend down their foundation’s entire endowment to do more to solve today’s problems. In April…

The following documentary on the situation of ex-combatants in South Africa features one of Atlantic's grantees: the National Peace Accord Trust. It aired on Al-Jazeera on 19 April, 2009. In 1961, Nelson Mandela formed the military wing of the ANC to help in the struggle…

By TAURIA RAYNORA building once used for illicit activity has been completely transformed by a grassroots organisation that provides free assistance to entrepreneurs.Youth on the Move (YOM) was founded on the principle that the ability to achieve something positive, is within everyone's reach.It's a message…

Launched in 2009, The Fermanagh Trust’s Shared Education Programme works to: develop linkages among schools in different sectors, build bridges between Catholic and Protestant communities creating the potential for future joint working, sharing and collaborating in education, create more cohesive and sustainable communities, and provide…

Original Source The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James's Hospital, Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. Written by Paul Mulholland The development of the Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, has been hampered as a result of the…

A group of current and former students launched a campaign yesterday to identify peers they claim have been pushed out of Philadelphia public schools through closings or cutbacks to key programs.Youth United for Change said the closure of 24 schools last year, combined with cuts…

The Washington Post's WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the "bold" decision by…