Results List
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Statement from 11 Leading Philanthropies in Response to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The California Endowment, Ford Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Today, the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force released…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in Viet Nam: 1998–2013
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Note: In 2018, we published an updated version of this report as part of our Country Books series. Between 1998–2013, Atlantic invested $381.8 million in Viet Nam to strengthen the country's higher education and primary health care systems. This report tells the story of the…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in South Africa: 1991–2013
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Note: In 2018, we published an updated version of this report as part of our Country Books series. Between 1991–2013, Atlantic invested $355.5 million to seek justice, promote better health care and greater health equity, and deliver services that support transformative social change, foster human rights and…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in Bermuda: 1992–2013
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Between 1992–2013, Atlantic invested $28.2 million in Bermuda to strengthen nonprofit organisations that promote civil society, build capacity for advocacy and social change, and advance the practice and strategies of philanthropy. This report tells the story of the impact of Atlantic’s, and our grantees’, work…
Resource type: Research Report
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Providing for the University of the Western Cape to Reach New Levels of Excellence
School of Public Health. Photo: UWC In 2005, Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney decided that Atlantic would invest in a state-of-the-art Life Sciences building for the University of the Western Cape (UWC) after learning that researchers at this historically disadvantaged school were producing internationally recognised work…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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LGBT Philanthropy Tour Encourages Support of Southern Africa
Source: PQ Monthly
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Inka von Sternenfels listens intently to the guide along with other LGBT members of the LGBTQI Donor Study Tour of South Africa. Photo by Tracy Gary.[/caption] By Heather Cassell Anyone who knows Jody Cole, owner of Wild Rainbow African Safaris, know…
Resource type: News
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Interview - Christopher Oechsli
Source: Alliance magazine
The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever to spend out. Caroline Hartnell talked to Atlantic president and…
Resource type: News
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Engaging Early to Change Children’s Lives
Preparing For Life helps families raise happy and healthy children who are ready for school, like five year old Lucy. Photo: Audra Melton "The neighbourhood around here, it's very hard to raise your children in. This place is overrun with drugs and gangs," explained a…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Treating the Primary Health Care System
Ca Lon with her daughter. Photo: Save the Children "The doctor saved my life," declared Ca Lon, recalling how, after delivering her first child, she experienced profuse bleeding that put her life at risk. Luckily, Ms. Lon was in a district hospital in Khanh Hoa…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Training Socially Committed Physicians for the World’s Most Vulnerable Communities
Gail Reed, MEDICC's co-founder, speaks at TEDMED about the unique mission of Cuba's Latin American Medical School. Dr. Castillo examines a young patient. Photo: C. Gorry, MEDICC After graduating from Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in 2005, Dr. Luther Castillo, a young Honduran of Garifuna…
Resource type: Grantee Story