Results List
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Grappling with Big Picture Change
Source: The Forum for Youth Investment
The efforts of small-scale funders like family and community foundations in the United States to make systemwide change to improve the lives of children and youth are reviewed in this report by the Forum for Youth Investment. Youth Investment, a grantee of The Atlantic Philanthropies.…
Resource type: Research Report
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FRAC After School Guide
Source: Food Research And Action Center
This handbook published by Atlantic-grantee the Food Research and Action Center offers step-by-step suggestions on how to access crucial funding sources and provides valuable information on the resources available to afterschool programs for nutrition education. FRAC is a grantee of The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Resource type: Research Report
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Bridging Divides in Polarized Societies
There's no shortage of conflict and divison in today's society. The political polarization in the United States. The protracted war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza igniting a wider regional conflict. The violence, economic hardship, and climate change—deepening historic divisions, fueling inequality, and displacing millions.…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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What’s happening in Northern Ireland and what can be done about it?
Source: Ariadne
In this blog, Martin O’Brien, Director of the Social Change Initiative (SCI), analyses the recent incidents in Northern Ireland and explores what politicians and philanthropy can do to remediate the situation. Two years ago, we were delighted to welcome Ariadne members to Belfast for the…
Resource type: News
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Why Mackenzie Scott’s $6 Billion Rapid-Fire Donations Could Change Charitable Giving
Source: Robb Report
By Lucy Alexander As the pandemic and its restrictions strangled businesses large and small, an estimated 8 million more Americans fell into poverty from June to November last year, increasing the rate to almost 12 percent, or 22 percent for those without a college education.…
Resource type: News
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Journalist, Billionaire and Rugby Legend, All Queensland Greats
Source: Brisbane Times
Chuck Feeney has been named one of Queenslands Greats, an honour bestowed as part of the annual Queensland Day celebrations. By Lydia Lynch Charles (Chuck) Feeney is, by global standards, a major philanthropist. His contribution to Australian philanthropy in general, and to the development of…
Resource type: News
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George & Grace
Source: Flatbush Pictures
For refugees like George, access to an immigration attorney can be the difference between life and death. After escaping persecution in Uganda, George started a new life in Chicago with help from the National Immigrant Justice Center. Our Work in the United States: A Film Series…
Resource type: Video
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My Syrian Refugee Grandparents’ Lost America
Source: New York Daily News
By Christopher Oechsli Almost 115 years ago, Abraham and Camelia George left the small Syrian village of Mattan Arnouk. They sailed past the Statue of Liberty and landed on Ellis Island. They were refugees. Syrian refugees. They passed through a Manhattan neighborhood known as Little…
Resource type: News
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Sustainable Models of Practice and Legacy Effects
Source: Queen's University Belfast
How can grantees sustain the impact of their work — especially after their funding ends? This series of research reports identifies sustainability practices and skills that have enabled Atlantic’s grantees in Northern Ireland to continue their work after the foundation ceased funding their operations. The reports draw on the experiences of organizations…
Resource type: Research Report
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Economic Evaluation of Palliative Care in Ireland
Source: Aoife Brick, Charles Normand, Sinéad O’Hara, Samantha Smith, Trinity College Dublin
This report examines the cost of providing palliative care in Ireland for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, outcomes for patients and families resulting from that care, and the patterns and variations among the measures studied. Focusing their examination on three regional areas, researchers found: Wide variations in…
Resource type: Evaluation