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In Memory of Michael I. Sovern
[caption id="attachment_83034" align="alignright" width="250"] Photo: Columbia University[/caption] Atlantic mourns the loss of Michael I. Sovern, who passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020. Sovern served as a Director from 1995 until 2012, and was a long-term Chairman of the Audit and Budget Committee. Sovern was…
Resource type: News
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UCSF Children’s Hospital Receives $100 Million Gift To Build New Hospital
Source: UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Children's Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both…
Resource type: News
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UCSF Receives $125 Million for New Medical Center at Mission Bay
Source: The University of California, San Francisco
By Robin Hindery UCSF has received one of the largest gifts in its 145-year history $125 million as the lead funding for a state-of-the-art medical center at the Mission Bay campus. The transformative donation injects a shot of adrenaline into an ambitious project that will…
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Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By CELIA W. DUGGER JOHANNESBURG — A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs…
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The first global cohort of Atlantic Fellows includes activists, artists, journalists, health professionals and policymakers collaborating across the globe to build a healthier, fairer future.
Resource type: News
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Atlantic's Focus on Dementia Goes Global
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
For more than two decades Atlantic has invested in programs to strengthen the quality of our lives, with a major emphasis on addressing needs arising from a worldwide population living longer than ever. Part of that work has included support for initiatives to leverage the…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy On Trial
Source: Council on Foundations
The Defendant: Philanthropy at large. The Charge: Not fulfilling its mission of advancing the common good.The Sentence if Found Guilty: Loss of specialized tax status.Culminating the conference was Philanthropy on Trial, a courtroom "mockudrama" that sought to answer the question: Is philanthropy meeting its mission of…
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UCSF starts $1.5B hospital complex
Source: San Francisco Business Times
by Ron LeutyUCSF Medical Center broke ground on its $1.5 billion women’s, children’s and cancer hospital complex, a two-city-block project in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. Leaders hope the 878,000-square-foot project will be the site where basic research from across 16th Street — at the University…
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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The Key Role of Advocacy Funding in the U.S. Health Reform Debate
The reasons why The Atlantic Philanthropies made what may be the largest U.S. advocacy grant ever in order to support health reform are outlined by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Grantmakers in Health conference in Orlando, Florida. Occasionally it is better not…
Resource type: Speech