Results List
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Marcia Smith Appointed Vice President of The Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, March 3, 2008 -- Marcia Smith, an award-winning documentary film maker with extensive foundation and government experience, has been appointed Vice-President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, President and Chief Executive Officer Gara LaMarche announced today. Smith will over see Atlantic's programmes on Disadvantaged Children…
Resource type: News
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The Spirit of Bermuda – On the Waves and On the Shore
Source: Gara LaMarche
This may be the Atlantic Currents column most in keeping with the title of this series, because it starts with a boat on the Atlantic Ocean. In Bermuda, to be exact -- a small country of only 65,000 people, but one very important to Atlantic…
Resource type: News
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Dropout-Prevention Program Sees to The Basics of Life
Source: The Washington Post
Original Source By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer Word was getting around about the new problem solver on campus. So the mother tracked her down one recent day in a makeshift office on the second floor of a Southeast Washington public school. "I don't…
Resource type: News
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Call to give child benefit to asylum seekers
Source: The Irish Times
Payment of child benefit should be restored for children of asylum seekers to ensure families can have a basic standard of living, the head of the State's advisory body on racism said yesterday. Philip Watt, of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, said…
Resource type: News
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Charter schools' reviews mixed
Source: Baltimore Sun
First-year study finds poor are served, many students leave, those who stay are satisfied Overall, Baltimore's charter schools are serving just as many poor and minority students as other public schools in the city, but they have fewer students with disabilities. They have not turned…
Resource type: News
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Barnardos Launches Seven Steps to Ending Child Poverty
Source: Barnardos.ie
Excerpt: Barnardos, Ireland's leading children's charity, today called for the rights and needs of children living in poverty to be top of the political agenda. This was the central message from the launch of the Barnardos End Child Poverty campaign which highlights the fact that…
Resource type: News
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10 Years Of SpunOut.ie
Source: SpunOut
SpunOut.ie, a popular youth information website in the Republic of Ireland run by young people, for young people, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The website has grown to serve over 80,000 readers each month, helping empower readers aged 16 - 25 with the information they need to…
Resource type: Video
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When Aims & Objectives Rhyme: How Two of Ireland’s Largest Foundations Found Common Ground
Source: Tony Proscio
A rare and successful collaboration between two foundations in the Republic of Ireland offers potential lessons to other funders, according to a case study by Tony Proscio. The report describes a fruitful partnership between The Atlantic Philanthropies and The One Foundation over many years despite…
Resource type: Case Study
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Atlantic Quietly Closes Its Doors in Ireland After 30 Years of Philanthropy
Source: The Irish Times
Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ School Discipline Reform Portfolio
Source: Philliber Research & Evaluation
Between 2009 and 2016, Atlantic invested $47 million in efforts aimed at ending unfair and excessively punitive discipline policies in U.S. schools that put many students—especially children of color— at risk of ending up on a pathway to prison. Atlantic focused its efforts on raising awareness of the problem of…
Resource type: Evaluation