Results List
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Harvest Time for The Atlantic Philanthropies – 2012-2013: Decline & Rise
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
This report, the fourth in a series about The Atlantic Philanthropies’s concluding years, details unexpected turns in the foundation’s approach to commit its entire endowment in a limited time frame. The report covers late 2012 through the end of 2013, some three to four years…
Resource type: Research Report
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The ‘Giving While Living’ Superhero
Source: Outlook Business
Chuck Feeney is the biggest philanthropist people know nothing about. The reclusive former billionaire not only decided to give away all his wealth in his own lifetime, but also leads a life of disarming simplicity. By N Mahalakshmi Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do…
Resource type: News
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Young People Demand: Where Is My Public Servant?
Source: UK Authority
By Dan Jellinek Public Achievement chief executive Paul SmythA Northern Ireland-based project helping young people from tough social backgrounds become online political campaigners is looking to expand its model outside the UK, UKAuthority.com has learned. WIMPS - "Where Is My Public Servant?" - was set…
Resource type: News
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College Graduates Should Consider Options for Health Insurance
Source: Los Angeles Times
Securing healthcare isn't a priority for Chapman senior Devyn Bisson. "I'm way more preoccupied with how I'm going to make money," she said. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)By Lisa ZamoskyDevyn Bisson is a 22-year-old Orange resident about to graduate from Chapman University with a…
Resource type: News
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Foundations Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Source: Grantmakers In Health
By Kimberley Chin, Programme Executive, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesSound policy can only be effective if it represents the experiences and voices of the people it is trying to benefit. The theme for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual meeting this year, The Power of Voice, is…
Resource type: News
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Portadown’s CURBS Programme Gets ‘Happy’
Source: CURBS Portadown
The CURBS Portadown programme brings together young people from the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland to learn film and media, sport and art. Here programme participants have put their media skills to use, filming Portadown community members from all walks of life in…
Resource type: Video
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How ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative Just Might Save Black Boys
Source: The Root
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="660"] Photo: Thinkstock/The Root[/caption] By Tanya E. Coke By linking education and criminal justice, the initiative could finally address the key problems that are holding back young men. On Thursday, President Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper, a joint initiative of government, philanthropy and…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies Announce Support for The New Bermuda Community Foundation
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New Foundation Will Continue Growth of the Island’s Philanthropic Sector, Support Advances in Racial Justice, Democracy and HealthJanuary 30th, 2014 (Hamilton, Bermuda) – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced their support today for the Bermuda Community Foundation, a new public charity dedicated to grantmaking for nonprofit organisations throughout…
Resource type: News
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Curing Violence Starts at the Community Level
Source: Mediaplanet
Photo: Flickr via MediaPlanetBy Emily MorrowDavid* was a model eighth-grader. He had exemplary grades, a near perfect attendance record and scored well on all his state exams.Then, he made his first suicide threat.He was hospitalized for a day or so, but when doctors didn’t see…
Resource type: News
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Program to Address Disparities in School Discipline Policies that Fuel “School to Prison Pipeline” in Four U.S. Cities
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) announced today a $1 million, two-year grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, to engage community and school-district partners in four major U.S. cities with the goal of addressing school discipline practices and policies that contribute…
Resource type: News