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Atlantic's Staff Fellowship Program
As The Atlantic Philanthropies began the final phases of closure, management knew that, as the largest limited life foundation to spend down its assets, it would be a model for the philanthropic sector, particularly to other foundations interested in the concept of limited life or…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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Funding’s Not Forever, But Foundations Must Help Grantees Manage Transitions
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_76637" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Grantmakers in Health Conference, 2016. Photo: Paul Rieckhoff / Twitter[/caption] By Maryann Jacob Macias, Associate Programme Executive Change is always hard, especially when it involves bringing something one has invested in to an end. It is difficult for us as grantmakers adjusting to…
Resource type: News
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Childhood Intervention Programme Sees Kids’ IQ Soar
Source: Irish Examiner
An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points. [caption id="attachment_77213" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marian Dennis and her son Jamie McClure Dennis. Picture: Conor Healy Photography[/caption] By Joyce Fegan The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008…
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Cornell Tech campus to name ‘Feeney Way’
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Joe Wilensky There will soon be a second “Feeney Way” at Cornell: a central thoroughfare at Cornell Tech to be named in honor of the transformative impact and legacy of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the university’s most generous donor. The former East Avenue…
Resource type: News