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From time to time, Atlantic Currents will be written by my colleagues at Atlantic and by the staff of organisations we support. This week, two programme executives with Atlantic’s U.S. Children & Youth Programme, Nicole Gallant and Marisha Wignaraja, share their thoughts about the importance…

Rural nonprofit organisations in the United States that consistently attract funding offer three key lessons for others that are struggling, according to this case study commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. The National Indian Youth Leadership Project and the Bridgespan Group are Atlantic grantees. Authors: Barry…

A Decade of Progress in Meeting the “Afterschool for All” Challenge   09 Jun 2009 Below is a powerpoint presentation delivered by Bob Stonehill, former head of the $1 bn 21st Century Community Learning Centers fund at the Department of Education, now the Chief Learning…

Original Source At the 2008 Annual Conference in Chicago, Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families awarded the 2008 Fred Rogers Leadership Award in Philanthropy for Children, Youth and Families posthumously to our beloved friend and colleague Debra Delgado. Debra was a wonderfully fun and compassionate…

Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…

Original Source Higher Achievement, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides middle school children from underserved areas year-round academic enrichment programs, has announced a three-year, $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to help expand its out-of-school-time (OST) programs to Baltimore. The grant will enable the organization,…

Original Source With a strategy focused on disadvantaged children, The Atlantic Philanthropies has partnered with MetisNet on a project surrounding the youth development field. On behalf of Atlantic, Chris Sturgis studied how to strengthen the field, identifying ways in which funders can work more effectively…

Original Source Los Angeles, CA -- Today After-School All-Stars (ASAS -- www.afterschoolallstars.org), a leader among U.S. after-school programming providers, announced a two-year, $1.5 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to support high-quality, national after-school programming for at-risk youth. ASAS was founded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger…