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Redesigning Hospitals, With Grieving Family Members in Mind
Source: Fast Company
Awaiting devastating news of a loved one in a hospital is harrowing for family members. The Design & Dignity Programme is creating comfortable, homey spaces in the wards to soften the experience. [caption id="attachment_80071" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In 2011, the Mater Hospital received a grant to…
Resource type: News
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UTMB to Train Cuban Scientists
Source: The University of Texas Medical Branch
GALVESTON, Texas— The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will embark on a two-year research development program to collaborate with Cuban scientists at the Instituto Pedro Kouri in Havana to better fight infectious diseases, especially in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions. The…
Resource type: News
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Enhancing Funders’ and Advocates’ Effectiveness: The Processes Shaping Collaborative Advocacy for Health System Accountability in South Africa
Source: The Foundation Review
This Foundation Review article, authored by by Barbara Klugman and Waasila Jassat, examines five Atlantic-supported advocacy efforts designed to improve access to quality health care for all South Africans and reduce health inequities across the country. [caption id="attachment_76646" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Atlantic supported five organizations that, individually and sometimes collaboratively, advocated…
Resource type: Research Report
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Foundation Chiefs Spar on Question of Giving in Perpetuity
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
[caption id="attachment_76672" align="alignright" width="300"] Emmett Carson, CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, says foundations that aim to operate indefinitely can peacefully coexist with those that decide to spend all their assets in set period of time. Photo: Edward Caldwell[/caption] By Megan O’Neil PALO ALTO, CALIF.—Defenders…
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Creating Change at the Intersection of Philanthropy and Government
Source: The Atlantic Philathropies
How can we achieve more impact through partnerships between philanthropy and government? What does philanthropy need to do differently to better work with government groups to address the 21st century’s most pressing problems? And how can better communication play a part in achieving these goals?…
Resource type: News
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Chuck Feeney, the Billionaire Who Wasn't, Pledges $177 Million to Universities to Fight Dementia
Source: Forbes
By Kerry A. Dolan Chuck Feeney, the cofounder of Duty Free Shoppers, was dubbed “the James Bond of philanthropy” by Forbes in 2012. For years, his charitable entity The Atlantic Philanthropies anonymously gave away tens of millions around the globe. It’s been operating in daylight…
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Charles F. Feeney Honored with Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic's Founding Chairman, Charles F. Feeney, along with seven other philanthropists, has been awarded the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Each recipient has had significant and lasting impact on a particular field, nation or the international community, and each embodies the spirit and example of…
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Putting The Brakes On Global Road Crash Deaths: One Foundation’s Efforts
Source: Health Affairs Blog
By Kelly Henning As the United Nations (UN) meets this week to formally adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will set the stage for dealing with a worldwide scourge—road crashes and the growing rates of traffic deaths and injuries. Road crashes kill more…
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Nonprofit's Big Bet on Linked Learning
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Naomi Post is head of community-based programmes at Atlantic. By Naomi Post, guest commentary The Atlantic Philanthropies is committed to spending its considerable endowment by 2020 in a final push to find workable answers to some seemingly intractable social problems. That means we are making…
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In Memory of Sharon King – Leader in Philanthropy
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Sharon B. King on 21 October 2014. Sharon, a recognised leader in philanthropy, served as the Director of the Ageing Programme for The Atlantic Philanthropies for several years beginning in 2010, leading the foundation’s grantmaking…
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