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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces Inaugural Class of Fellows
Source: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
[caption id="attachment_80972" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Twenty-nine advocates, organizers and artists selected from across the U.S. and South Africa will work to tackle anti-Black racism and white supremacy. Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity[/caption] NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) named its…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Founding Chairman Grants Speed Medical Research and Collaboration on Several Continents
Source: Gara LaMarche
Since coming to Atlantic a few years ago, I’ve become aware, on an almost daily basis, of the enormous impact that this formerly anonymous foundation has had over the years across a range of areas and geographies. One part of the story that should be more widely…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Grantmaking in the Cancer and Biomedical Fields: 1986-2015
This report summarizes The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investments totaling more than $1 billion between 1986-2015 to advance cancer research around the world. [caption id="attachment_76572" align="alignright" width="450"] Atlantic invested $32 million to help establish the Translational Research Center in Queensland, Australia. Professor Ian Frazer is TRI’s founding…
Resource type: Research Report
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Learning Lessons from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Irish Government Working Together
Source: Institute of Public Administration
This report summarizes a roundtable held in April 2017 in Ireland to discuss how government and philanthropy can work together effectively. The discussions drew on lessons Atlantic and the Irish government learned from working together for more than a decade, starting in 2003. Over the…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ School Discipline Reform Portfolio
Source: Philliber Research & Evaluation
Between 2009 and 2016, Atlantic invested $47 million in efforts aimed at ending unfair and excessively punitive discipline policies in U.S. schools that put many students—especially children of color— at risk of ending up on a pathway to prison. Atlantic focused its efforts on raising awareness of the problem of…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Resource type: News
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Source: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
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Stephen McConnell Appointed to Advocacy and Policy Position With The Atlantic Philanthropies Ageing Program
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, June 9, 2008 -- Stephen McConnell, currently Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy at the Alzheimer's Association, will join The Atlantic Philanthropies to lead its Ageing Program's policy and advocacy work in the U.S.As Ageing Program Policy and Advocacy Program Executive, McConnell…
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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3 Million to Voices for America's Children
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source Voices for America's Children in Washington, D.C., has announced a $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen the organization's advocacy efforts on behalf of children and families in the United States. The three-year grant will be used to improve coordination among the…
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Relationships: MetisNet and The Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: MetisNet
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…
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