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Our culminating grants aim to address 21st century problems and achieve significant, lasting results in fields and places where we've been historically involved.

The health of a nation’s population rests on factors such as the availability and accessibility of care, quality training for medical providers, and public policies that promote healthy behavior. Atlantic helped Viet Nam, South Africa, and Cuba address those and other needs through its grantmaking.…

People should be able to live as well as they can for as long as they can. In pursuit of that goal, Atlantic helped expand access to quality and affordable health care, especially for people for whom it has been out of reach. We also…

Dignity. Respect. Fairness. Full and equal access to civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. Add all those up, and you have the basis for what constitutes rights that should be available to all people. Our work concentrated on helping build and sustain organizations at…

Driven by founder Chuck Feeney’s strong and passionate belief in how investments in higher education and research ripple through all levels of society, Atlantic made both key grantmaking priorities over the years. Our work focused on helping produce the best and brightest minds, create new…

To help build a more effective nonprofit and philanthropic sector, Atlantic’s grantmaking contributed to improving the use of data, bolstered scholarship and strengthened infrastructure institutions. Grants also supported efforts to promote standards of excellence, make better information available about charities to the general public, and…

Across the world, people are uprooting themselves seeking better lives in other countries. Yet, millions of people migrating to the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, South Africa and immigrating to the United States are often denied basic rights and face discrimination and exploitation. Atlantic’s investments have…

Few social issues have progressed over the course of history faster than equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Atlantic’s investments over 9 years provided crucial support to organizations in the Republic of Ireland and South Africa working to change laws and attitudes and…

Apartheid in South Africa produced many ill effects. Among them was a weakened nursing profession, which for many years had been the backbone of health care in the country. Atlantic supported efforts to revitalize, develop and restore pride in nursing. Atlantic’s investments between 2007 and…

We've supported the building and development of facilities for higher education at key centers of excellence and promise.