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By Gara LaMarche.  It’s bold of Jeff Madrick, a journalist who writes about economics in The New York Review of Books and elsewhere, to title this book “The Case for Big Government.”  Despite the colossal failures of government in recent years -- from the inadequate…

Program Operates On-Site Health Centers, Extends School Building Hours, Promotes Parental and Community Involvement. Mayor Richard M. Daley today said "Elev8 Chicago," a broad-based public-private partnership that represents an innovative approach to education, adolescent health and community development, has shown early success in meeting its…

By Caroline Preston. Foundations are not institutions set apart from society and its problems, and grant makers can and should be involved in the fight for a more just and equitable world, Gara LaMarche, president of Atlantic Philanthropies, and Benjamin Jealous, head of the NAACP,…

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…

By Gara LaMarche. This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation. Since the levees burst in New Orleans and the interstate bridge collapsed in Minnesota, much has been written and said about the need to repair the nation's infrastructure, too much…

by ANN FARMER Jose was 14 when he left his home in Oaxaca, Mexico, and paid a smuggler $1,200 to sneak him across the border. He made it to Phoenix and started on a long and familiar odyssey as he scratched out a living, first…

By Kristi Heim, Seattle Times business reporter Microsoft veterans are launching two Seattle nonprofits aimed at encouraging a new generation of philanthropists by using mobile phones, social networking and online connections between donors and people in need. Each started by asking the same question: How…

Steps to repair the US justice system are outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Alliance for Justice 30th Anniversary Luncheon, Washington, D.C. View video of this speech at the Alliance for Justice web site. Thank you,…

Washington, D.C. (5/07/2009) - For every dollar that foundations and other funding sources gave to support advocacy, organizing and civic engagement efforts by 13 nonprofit organizations in North Carolina, state residents received $89 in benefits. This is one of the findings in a new report…

Nursing education in South Africa is to receive a R70-million boost in the next four years with a donation from international donor organisation Atlantic Philanthropies. The grant is targeted at increasing the quality and quantity of nurse training in South Africa and to provide possibilities…