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Original Source The emergence of evaluation systems that enable hundreds or thousands of nonprofits to measure their performance on common indicators and shared evaluation platforms is helping to enhance funder and nonprofit effectiveness, a new report from Boston-based FSG Social Impact Advisors finds. Funded by…

Despite extraordinary progress which has lifted 600 million people out of poverty in Asia since 1990, the basic right to health is under threat and the future looks more uncertain, says University of New South Wales professor of Health and Human Rights, Daniel Tarantola. "The…

Today in an event in the East Room of the White House, President Obama highlighted innovative non-profit programmes that are making a difference in communities across the country. Programmes such asHarlem Children’s Zone (an Atlantic grantee), Teach for America (an Atlantic grantee), HopeLab, Genesys Works, and Bonnie CLAC (an Atlantic…

Harlem Children’s Zone and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees, and Bonnie CLAC is an Atlantic grantee via the Purpose Prize. by Foon Rhee President Obama this afternoon praised a New Hampshire nonprofit that helps poor people buy fuel-efficient reliable cars in a White House event designed to highlight innovative programs…

Original Source The National Center for Summer Learning at The Johns Hopkins University and The Building Educated Leaders for Life program (BELL) are Atlantic grantees. by Ron Fairchild For many disadvantaged children, summer is a time when school is forgotten and academic progress comes undone.…

by Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN, Mar 26 (IPS) - Despite repeated calls for integrated HIV and tuberculosis (TB) health services from medical experts and AIDS activists, most of South Africa’s public health facilities continue to treat the diseases independently. Co-infection presents a major risk to…

NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Right on time for Brain Awareness Week beginning today, The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives announced the launch of YourBrainatWork.org, a new, publicly accessible, interactive, online tool which…

Susan Carey Dempsey.When Ted Turner made an historic announcement of a billion dollar pledge to the United Nations a decade ago, he wished out loud that lists of most generous donors would become as competitive as lists of the World's Richest. While there's some understandable…

Original Source By: Ashley Schneider The Atlantic Philanthropies awarded a $3.5 million grant to Kevin Mahoney, a professor in the graduate school of social work and director of the Center for the Study of Home and Community Life (CSHCL), to help the center's Cash & Counseling Program…

Communities In Schools named top drop-prevention program Original Source BY ROY WAGGONER For years, ECISD has struggled with one of the highest dropout rates in Texas, but a local program is trying to change that fact - and the work seems to be paying off.…