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[caption id="attachment_75843" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: Treatment Action Campaign[/caption] Advocacy is a central mechanism for driving social change. As Mark Heywood, Executive Director of Section 27 says: “Advocacy is not a handful of individuals shouting from the rooftops. It is about effective community education, community mobilisation…

In 2002, our trustees decided to limit Atlantic’s life to a fixed term. Atlantic made its final grant commitments in December 2016 and has no more money to award.

Rapidly-ageing Irish population behind trend, new study suggestsIncreases in funding will be needed to cater for the increase in deaths from cancer, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases according to new research. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish TimesBy Paul CullenIreland has the fastest rising need for palliative care…

By Catherine Armitage.UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these "wretched billionaires who want to get involved". That's the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in their…

First Minister Rt. Hon Peter D Robinson MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA today launched a new programme aimed at supporting inter community sharing in disadvantaged and interface areas.The ‘Contested Space Programme’, which has been established in conjunction with the Atlantic Philanthropies,…

By Katy Chance.  A “ROLLICKING story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed with secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy”, is how The Economist describes the 2007 book, The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune,…

The publicity-shy son of the low-budget airline founder has donated the sum during the past five years Original Source by Tom Lyons A son of the late Tony Ryan, co-founder of Ryanair, has emerged as one of Ireland’s leading philanthropists, having donated €27m in five…

Original Source by Meredith May Several times a year, Heidi Hess and James Rucker of San Francisco go online, PayPal style, and redirect their wealth to their favorite charities. They are tactical philanthropists - part of a growing group of socially conscious givers in the…

By Lauren Foster When Mark Lachs, an internist who specialises in the care of the elderly, looks into the not-so-distant future, he sees millions of retirees and not enough doctors. The baby boomers are moving through the belly of the beast and are coming out…

For Immediate Release Contact: Carol A. Farquhar 888.435.3156 Grantmakers In Aging Announces First Grantees for new Hurricane Fund for the Elderly More than half a million dollars support older adult services for the long haul in the Gulf States Region July 28, 2006 --The Hurricane…