Results List
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Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region
Source: Grantmakers in Aging (GIA)
Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region The federal Administration on Aging (AoA) has called upon the nation's leading aging organizations to provide much needed assistance to older adults affected by the recent hurricanes. In response to…
Resource type: News
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Expansion of National Colleges Study Funded
Source: University of California, Riverside
RIVERSIDE, Calif. UC Riverside researchers have received a three-year, $390,060 grant from the Spencer Foundation to expand and update the Colleges & Universities 2000 study, which investigates patterns of continuity and change in four-year higher education institutions in the United States. A research team headed…
Resource type: News
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Center for Community Change Action
$29,300,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Center for Community Change
$7,383,513
Resource type: Grantee
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity: Leading the Way to a More Just Future
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_78849" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo: Getty Images[/caption] Dismantling anti-black racism to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies for all The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity is one of an interconnected set of fellowship programs – the Atlantic Fellows – launched by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: News
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School Discipline Reform and the Role of Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Chronicle of Social Change
By Kiersten Marek Atlantic Philanthropies’ work in the area of school discipline reform is a particularly striking example of how limited-life philanthropy can play a key role in social movements for children and youth. Atlantic Philanthropies has a large and diverse giving portfolio, covering the areas…
Resource type: News
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New National Collaborative Aims to Improve Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color
Source: University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Improving Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color: New National Collaborative Aims to Identify and Share Best Practices and Fund Cross-Cutting Academic and Community-Based ResearchA new multifaceted effort, RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color, has launched to identify and…
Resource type: News
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UCSF and the Impact of Elev8
Source: Alameda County Center for Healthy Schools and Communities
How do you keep kids healthy, in school and on track to success? Since 2011, the UCSF Elev8 program has partnered Nursing and Dental faculty and students with five Oakland middle schools to provide health care and promote health equity. In this video, UCSF faculty and…
Resource type: Video
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'Pretty Much a Catastrophe': Anna Deavere Smith and the Disaster of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Source: AlterNet
MSNBC video: Focusing on the school-to-prison pipelineBy Emily WilsonPhoto Credit: iofoto / Shutterstock.comIn the last 20 years, there has been a shocking rise in the number of schools that embrace zero tolerance policies that regularly leave students suspended, expelled or arrested for the kinds of infractions…
Resource type: News