Results List
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Health Equity: Cuba, South Africa, the United States, and Viet Nam
[caption id="attachment_58419" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Yarol Yamel, 3, is examined by Dr. Janisleydis Rosado for bronchial asthma at walk-in clinic Number 15, La Santa Fe, Isle of Youth.[/caption] Cuba Although Cuba’s health care system is considered to be one of the best in the world, in…
Resource type: Page
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Why Did You Invest in the Regions That You Did?
Our founder, Chuck Feeney, had close connections to the regions where Atlantic made its major investments. In each, he and Atlantic saw opportunity to make a lasting difference within his lifetime.
Resource type: Big Question
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Why Did You Invest So Much in Buildings?
Philanthropic support for a building is a tangible investment in enterprise, a "concrete," long-term underwriting of what goes on inside and around the structure and, most importantly, in the people who inhabit it. As Atlantic Founder Chuck Feeney said, “Good buildings for good minds can…
Resource type: Big Question
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Why Did Atlantic Decide to Limit Its Life?
Atlantic founder Chuck Feeney’s belief in Giving While Living—that people of great wealth should put their money to the service of humanity now—inspired the board to limit the foundation’s life to a fixed number of years. The determination to complete all grantmaking at the end…
Resource type: Big Question
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Financials
As of 31 December 2018, our net assets were approximately $172 million, which is net of approximately $396 million already committed to grantees. At year-end, Atlantic’s endowment consisted of cash, short-term investments and government securities.* Combined Financial Statements Files are in PDF format. 2018 and…
Resource type: Page
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Early Investments in Children Strengthen the Nation's Economy
Source: Every Child Matters
Original Source A recent Op-Ed in the Des Moines Register explains how early investments in children, including providing all children with quality early childhood education, strengthens the economy. The author of the Op-Ed piece, Barbara Merrill, Executive Director of the Iowa Association for the Education…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments in Community-Based Health Care
Source: Susan Parker
This report shares the story, strategies and impact of Atlantic’s $452 million investment to support and strengthen community-based health care in Viet Nam, South Africa, Cuba, and the United States (U.S.) from 2004-2016. It offers a number of learnings centered around taking a systems-based approach…
Resource type: Research Report
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Creating Momentum: The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments to Repeal the Death Penalty in the United States
Source: Michael Quinn Patton and Kay E. Sherwood
Atlantic’s investments totaling about $60 million between 2004 and 2016 have been a contributing factor in the growing momentum to abolish the death penalty in the United States, according to an evaluation of the foundation’s work to end capital punishment. As noted in the report,…
Resource type: Evaluation
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments in Higher Education
Source: Susan Parker
This report summarizes Atlantic’s $2 billion investment to strengthen higher education in the United States, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Viet Nam, and Australia over the course of 35 years. The report found that Atlantic’s funding for a range of initiatives – buildings,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Better Together? Philanthropy and Government: Lessons from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Irish Government Partnership-based Co-Investments
Source: Institute of Public Administration
This study shows how philanthropy, civil society organizations and government can work together to effectively build capacity and enhance policy and service delivery. It also offers lessons for philanthropies and government drawn from the successes and failures of Atlantic’s and the Irish Government’s co-investments. Authors Richard…
Resource type: Research Report
