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In the 2008 film Sin Nombre, the audience follows a young Honduran woman named Sayra as she winds her way through Mexico and into the United States in search of a better life. Her trip is lonely and dangerous, and through her eyes Sin Nombre…

In the run-up to the forthcoming Westminster elections, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive of Early Years - the organisation for young children, launches her organisation's manifesto, outlining the key issues for the early years sector and calls for a continued investment in services for young children.…

Colin McCrea addresses the challenges and rewards of Atlantic’s approach to philanthropy at the Institute of Philanthropy’s recent conference in London.   All of us involved in philanthropy would like to see more people giving more money in a more thoughtful way.  There is no…

New York, June 9, 2009 Kica Matos has been appointed Programme Executive and Head of the U.S. Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme at The Atlantic Philanthropies, effective June 1st. In this capacity, she will focus on national security and human rights within the program's grant portfolio.Matos…

Washington, D.C. (5/07/2009) - For every dollar that foundations and other funding sources gave to support advocacy, organizing and civic engagement efforts by 13 nonprofit organizations in North Carolina, state residents received $89 in benefits. This is one of the findings in a new report…

The reasons behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ decision to spend all of its endowment are outlined in this 2009 speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley Grantmakers in Philadelphia. My talk this afternoon poses the question, which I…

By Gara LaMarche The philanthropic world, poked and prodded by a wave of new donors fresh from success in the business world, is grappling with the issue of evaluation. How do we know that grants or, as they are now often called, reflecting the influence…

and How Do You Develop an Organizational Culture that Encourages It? The Evaluation Exchange Volume XI, No. 2, Summer 2005 Issue Topic: Evaluation Methodology Ask the Expert John A. Healy, Director of Strategic Learning and Evaluation at The Atlantic Philanthropies, shares ways to position learning…

By Bob HerbertIf there’s a better government program than Social Security, I’d like to know what it is.It has gone a long way toward eliminating poverty among the elderly. Great numbers of them used to live and die in ghastly, Dickensian conditions of extreme want.…

The Center on Education Policy is an Atlantic grantee. A new study looked at student performance in all 50 states since 2002, when No Child Left Behind Act took effect. The focus: achievement gaps for minority and low-income students. By Amanda Paulson, Staff writer of…