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by Sne Masuku Durban University of Technology has received a R30million grant that will pay for an undergraduate programme to train nurses. Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation active in South Africa, will spread the payment over five years, but the university has already received the…

Keynote speech by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, given at the Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.  This is an extraordinary moment to gather and reflect, as we have planned to do…

Original Source Over the next three years the money will be invested in accredited community based projects (CBRJ). Criminal Justice Minister Paul Goggins announced the new funding package, which is a joint venture between the NIO and the Atlantic Philanthrophies. "CBRJ schemes have shown that…

By Lauren Foster When Mark Lachs, an internist who specialises in the care of the elderly, looks into the not-so-distant future, he sees millions of retirees and not enough doctors. The baby boomers are moving through the belly of the beast and are coming out…

Joseph Coughlin describes his work as "trying to get people to 'age cool.' " More specifically, as director of AgeLab, a research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is pushing advances in transportation, health care and housing off drawing boards and into older…

As nonprofit institutions have seen donations and investments grow spectacularly in recent years, the urge to keep the money rolling in is being supplemented by a new pressure: make it flow out faster. Politicians, consultants, watchdog groups and even some philanthropists say that foundations, universities,…

By Sally Beatty Wealthy families are setting up new philanthropic foundations in increasing numbers, but they are also shutting them down at an accelerating pace. Some of the biggest names in philanthropy are backing the idea of setting a time limit on their giving: The…

The decision by The Atlantic Philanthropies to spend down its endowment offers strategic, operational and organisational lessons for any foundation or comparable institution that is considering transformative change, according to this case study by McKinsey & Company. The organisational challenges stemming from the decision by…

Many of the assumptions and stereotypes about older adults in Ireland have been based on questionable data and needed to be revisited, according to a study commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Queen's University is an Atlantic grantee. Summary In Northern Ireland, many of the organisations…

America's Promise hosts an $8 million start-up to focus on budget and tax polices. Can it help the youth field 'speak to Republicans'? Bunch of liberals. That's how official Washing-ton sees many of the country's major advocates for disadvantaged and at-risk youth. With Republicans controlling…