Results List
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Crisis of age requires cure
Source: FT Times
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…
Resource type: News
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OASIS Receives $2.5 Million from The Atlantic Philanthropies To Expand
Source: PNN Online
The OASIS Institute has received a $2.5 million grant - its largest ever - to fund a five-year plan to significantly grow its services to the nation's dramatically expanding aging population. The grant is from The Atlantic Philanthropies of New York, a leader in initiatives…
Resource type: News
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Rockland wins $100,000 grant, kicks off its piece of national youth collaborative initiative
Source: The Journal News
By Randi Weiner WEST NYACK - Rockland is one of four counties in New York to get money for a national program designed to help prepare kids for adulthood by improving the quality of youth programs already in place and getting those hundreds of separate…
Resource type: News
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Elder Economic Security Initiative launches new blog
Source: Wider Opportunities for Women
The National Elder Economic Security Initiative™ program at Wider Opportunities for Women has been experiencing tremendous growth. We continue to develop the multifaceted character of the Initiative which coincides with our well-rounded approach to the measurement and assessment of the income adequacy of older Americans.…
Resource type: News
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Making Technology Meaningful
Source: Youth Today
After-school programs learn how to make kids conversant in the language of the digital age. Original Source by Deborah Huso OK, so you have computers in your after-school program. Now, what do the kids do with them? If they do some Web research and play…
Resource type: News
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Researchers study KIPP's impact
Source: Austin Weekly News
By Robert Felton KIPP charter schools, a national network of schools targeting low-income, minority areas, will be the focus of a research study to evaluate its impact on students. KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) was founded in 1994 to serve predominantly black and Hispanic communities.…
Resource type: News
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US college confers MA degrees on local librarians
Source: Thanhnien News
By Bui Ngoc Long Representatives from Simmons College in the US granted master of arts degrees in library and information science to 25 Vietnamese librarians in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Sunday. The program, launched in 2005 by the Massachusetts-based college and charitable…
Resource type: News
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Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference
Source: The Chronicle on Philanthropy
By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it's time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic’s Approach to Evaluation: What Is Important to Learn, and How Do We Put It to Use?
Source: Gara LaMarche
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…
Resource type: News
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Building Capacity for Maximum Impact
Gara LaMarche delivers the Keynote Address at the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York Symposium: Baruch College School of Public Affairs. It’s a little odd that I should be standing here this morning to share some thoughts about the role of evaluation in foundations…
Resource type: Speech