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The Atlantic Philanthropies is making new grants totaling €14.7 million to improve the care and wellbeing of people living with dementia in the Republic of Ireland. These grants are the subject of ongoing discussions with the Government. The grants are being made to: The Health…

Philanthropist Charles F. "Chuck" Feeney being conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMESBy Louise HoldenLast year University of Limerick expressed its gratitude to the billionaire philanthropist…

Members of El Centro del Inmigrante help residents in Staten Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. By Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to Founder and CEO, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesWith our U.S. offices located in New York City, Hurricane Sandy hit close to home. It impacted our…

The Atlantic Philanthropies commissioned this report to analyse the impact of projects funded under Atlantic’s Human Capital Development (HCD) strategy in Ageing, which focused on improving health and support services for older adults by increasing the geriatric knowledge and skills of practising health care professionals…

As detailed in this new Atlantic Insights, partnering and engaging with government was a key strategy in the foundation's work to provide people with opportunity, dignity and equity. The volume’s three case studies show how Atlantic engaged with government to help: Keep U.S. students off the…

Will support the limited-life foundation’s efforts to share its legacy and lessons learnedThe Atlantic Philanthropies have announced the appointment of Bruce S. Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor. An accomplished leader in philanthropic communications, Trachtenberg will help produce and disseminate Atlantic’s final phase print, video…

 Doug Mills/The New York Times The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform in The United States: How Did We Get There and What Lies Ahead? DATE Wednesday, May 19, 2010TIME 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMLOCATION The Atlantic Philanthropies, 75 Varick Street, 16th Floor, NYC REGISTRATIONSpace is limited; please RSVP online.…

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Children & Youth Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland has been a catalyst for change in encouraging government investment in evidence-based prevention and early intervention programmes, according to this evaluation commissioned by Atlantic. In June 2009, The Atlantic Philanthropies published an evaluation…

The top five reasons The Atlantic Philanthropies have embraced communications and emerged into the public sphere are recounted in this speech by John R. Healy, Atlantic’s former CEO, to the Communications Network in Cleveland, Ohio in November 2005. The subject of John R. Healy's address…

When I was named President of Atlantic last year, I doubt that a rousing chorus of cheers went up in the offices of the American Evaluation Association. Atlantic takes evaluation very seriously, but in my philanthropic and activist life before coming here, I didn’t have…