Results List
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Harvest Time for the Atlantic Philanthropies: Reports Examine the Foundation’s Decisions and Lessons in Final Years
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
When Atlantic commissioned philanthropy consultant Tony Proscio in 2010, in conjunction with Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society, to write a series of reports charting the foundation’s final years, it was the largest foundation planning to put all its charitable assets to…
Resource type: Research Report
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Capital Projects: Laying Foundations for Change
Over 35 years, Atlantic invested more than $2.5 billion in capital projects. Spanning five continents and seven regions, Laying Foundations for Change chronicles the enormous impact these structures have on health, education, culture and the livelihood of millions of people—incredible stories of empowered people doing…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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University of Queensland Confers Honorary Doctorates to Chuck and Helga Feeney
[caption id="attachment_83396" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] University of Queensland received one of the first grants Atlantic made when grant-making began in Australia in 1998. The A$10M grant supported the creation of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (above). Image source: University of Queensland.[/caption] On February 1, 2022, during…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows Poised As Transformational Future World Leaders Ensuring Social, Economic Equity
Source: Forbes
By Jackie Abramian [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="579"] The 2020-2021 AFSEE Residential Fellows in London. Photoshopped into the photo is the image of one cohort unable to travel to London from Colombia because of COVID restrictions. AFSEE[/caption] Once a year, mid-career change-makers, policymakers, researchers, activists, movement-builders…
Resource type: News
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Why Mackenzie Scott’s $6 Billion Rapid-Fire Donations Could Change Charitable Giving
Source: Robb Report
By Lucy Alexander As the pandemic and its restrictions strangled businesses large and small, an estimated 8 million more Americans fell into poverty from June to November last year, increasing the rate to almost 12 percent, or 22 percent for those without a college education.…
Resource type: News
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New award honors Feeney for entrepreneurship, generosity
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…
Resource type: News
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New award honors Feeney for entrepreneurship, generosity
Source: EZRA
By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic's Staff Fellowship Program
As The Atlantic Philanthropies began the final phases of closure, management knew that, as the largest limited life foundation to spend down its assets, it would be a model for the philanthropic sector, particularly to other foundations interested in the concept of limited life or…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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$1M gift launches Cornell Tech’s Public Interest Tech
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_80398" align="aligncenter" width="738"] An aerial view of the Cornell Tech campus, showing the 59th Street Bridge over Roosevelt Island and the Great Lawn, in the foreground.[/caption] By Linda Copman Cornell Tech has announced a $1 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to jump-start its…
Resource type: News
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Strengthening Commune Health Centers in Vietnam
Source: Hy V. Luong, University of Toronto
Vietnamese Version Tăng Cường Các Trạm Y Tế tại Việt Nam: Đánh Giá Tác Động Của Tổ Chức The Atlantic Philanthropies từ năm 2008 đến 2016 (PDF) This report assesses the impact of investments in rural health care in Viet Nam by The Atlantic Philanthropies,…
Resource type: Research Report