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US philanthropy's response to Obama's tax proposal
Source: Alliance Magazine
Original Source by Gara LaMarche A new administration in Washington seems determined to narrow the gap between rich and poor, which has widened in recent years, and to begin to strengthen the fraying social safety net by pressing for national health care -- a goal…
Resource type: News
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'Expectations Gap' May Be Contributing Factor in Dropout Crisis, Report Finds
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source America's Promise Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. In contrast to most students who drop out, many educators do not believe that students at risk of dropping out would work harder if more were demanded of them, revealing an "expectations gap" that…
Resource type: News
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Federal ARRA Funds Keep Kids Learning and Adults Working During Summer
Source: The Huffington Post
Original Source The National Center for Summer Learning at The Johns Hopkins University and The Building Educated Leaders for Life program (BELL) are Atlantic grantees. by Ron Fairchild For many disadvantaged children, summer is a time when school is forgotten and academic progress comes undone.…
Resource type: News
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Access + Quality = Benefits
Source: Learning Point Associates
A Decade of Progress in Meeting the “Afterschool for All” Challenge 09 Jun 2009 Below is a powerpoint presentation delivered by Bob Stonehill, former head of the $1 bn 21st Century Community Learning Centers fund at the Department of Education, now the Chief Learning…
Resource type: News
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Vivien Labaton Appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, June 9, 2009 Vivien Labaton has been appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective May 28, 2009. Labaton will work with Atlantic's four programs in seven countries to develop and implement their grantmaking strategies to achieve social justice and…
Resource type: News
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Keep kids' brains active to avoid summer drain
Source: Sacramento Bee (California)
The National Center for Summer Learning is an Atlantic grantee. by Niesha Lofing School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean knowledge gained during the year needs to be lost forever. Summer brain drain is a real phenomenon -- and a lurking…
Resource type: News
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NCCNHR: The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-term Care
$1,260,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School
Source: Youth Today
The Youth Development Institute (through the Fund for the City of New York) is an Atlantic grantee. by Peter Kleinbard What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility: a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to…
Resource type: News
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Sharing the Lessons of a Foundation Spend-Out
Source: onPhilanthropy
By: Susan Carey Dempsey The idea of spending down the resources of major philanthropic foundations has enthusiastic advocates, including founders who wish to make a difference in their own lifetimes, and activists who place a higher value on addressing current needs than preserving endowments in…
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$2 Million Grant to Drive Expansion Efforts
Source: U.S. Dream Academy
A two-year, $2-million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies will build the U.S. Dream Academy's capacity and soon support a planned expansion that, by 2013, will bring 15 more Learning Centers to the 10 communities the organization currently serves nationwide. With the stated intention of providing…
Resource type: News