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By Tony Proscio A while ago, we collected some thoughts from careful observers of philanthropy — people who either make decisions about how to use charitable wealth or advise those who do — on the value of time-limited giving. Specifically, we asked: Under what conditions…

The Atlantic Philanthropies was presented with the 2016 The James L. Fisher Award for Distinguished Service to Education from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). This video, prepared for the occasion by CASE, illustrates the work of Atlantic's education grantees around the world. Learn…

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Our life may be limited, but the insights we gained from our work don’t have an end date.

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…