Results List
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Impact, Legacy and Collaboration
Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, talks about his experiences of effective collaboration, how to make an impact and what it takes to leave a legacy in philanthropy in this speech to the New Mexico Regional Association of Grantmakers in Albuquerque. I have…
Resource type: Speech
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Way to Grow
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children's Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 - and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
Resource type: News
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Kennedy to promote extended school days
Source: The Boston Globe
US Senator Edward M. Kennedy plans today in Washington to tout Massachusetts' push for longer school days as a national model, saying students need additional time to master 21st-century skills in a new global economy. Massachusetts is the first to undertake a state-sponsored initiative to…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies Names Human-Rights Advocate as CEO
Source: Wall Street Journal
The Atlantic Philanthropies named Gara LaMarche, a veteran human-rights advocate, its new chief executive officer. He faces one of the more unusual challenges in philanthropy: The foundation plans to spend its entire $4 billion endowment within 10 years and go out of business. Mr. LaMarche,…
Resource type: News
