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Original Source Higher Achievement, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides middle school children from underserved areas year-round academic enrichment programs, has announced a three-year, $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to help expand its out-of-school-time (OST) programs to Baltimore. The grant will enable the organization,…

Original Source By Staci D. Kramer While his former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal deal with the reverb from News Corp's (NYSE: NWS) acquisition of Dow Jones, long-time WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger has been crafting a new journalism venture that went live today:…

The NonProfit Times, a leading business publication covering the nonprofit sector, has released its eleventh annual Power and Influence Top 50 list.No real surprises, except for the large number of first-timers on the list. Makes perfect sense, actually, given that the sector is in the…

By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it's time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…

When I was named President of Atlantic last year, I doubt that a rousing chorus of cheers went up in the offices of the American Evaluation Association. Atlantic takes evaluation very seriously, but in my philanthropic and activist life before coming here, I didn’t have…

By Michael Traill The recent and welcome examples of significant giving from some of Australia's newly minted billionaires highlight a real challenge: how to make that generosity deliver real impact? It is a problem for the ages. As Aristotle observed: To give away money is…

Cummings Zuill thought he was going to the headquarters of ACE Ltd. yesterday to attend a diversity workshop. Instead he arrived to find he was being honoured with the establishment in his name of a $2 million education endowment for people in the non-profit sector.…

By Marty Michaels.Blogs, podcasts, streaming video, viral distribution - the possibilities seem endless. Add to this the fact that many people say they feel barraged with information, and it can be difficult for grant makers to determine the best way to craft communications efforts that…

The Philadelphia Foundation was one of the last places Nancy Burd thought she would work. As head of the Philadelphia office of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a foundation grantee, she knew firsthand that it did not have a good reputation. But during the interview process…

New Foundation Will Continue Growth of the Island’s Philanthropic Sector, Support Advances in Racial Justice, Democracy and HealthJanuary 30th, 2014 (Hamilton, Bermuda) – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced their support today for the Bermuda Community Foundation, a new public charity dedicated to grantmaking for nonprofit organisations throughout…