Results List
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Fund-Mapping: The Investment of Public Resources in the Wellbeing of Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
This report details total annual expenditure by the Northern Ireland government on children’s services, including how much money is invested to improve outcomes for children. The baseline findings in the report are meant to help guide discussions about future investments for prevention and early intervention. Learn…
Resource type: Research Report
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Feeney Awarded Inaugural International Philanthropy Medal
Source: Pro Bono Australia
One of Australia’s biggest philanthropic benefactors, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, is the inaugural recipient of a prestigious new award recognizing global generosity. Feeney, an international business leader and philanthropist who made his fortune worth billions and quietly gave it all away, is the first person to…
Resource type: News
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New Research Project Brings Hope to 8 Million Children in the World's Orphanages
Source: Lumos
A new research partnership between J.K. Rowling’s international children’s organisation Lumos and a world-renowned Irish university will increase global momentum to transform the lives of children living separated from their families in orphanages. An estimated eight million children worldwide live in institutions and so-called orphanages,…
Resource type: News
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€8m Boost for Tusla from Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: RTÉ News
The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, is to receive over €8 million from charitable foundation Atlantic Philanthropies for an early intervention and prevention programme26 new support posts will be created by Tusla following €8.3m grantAnnouncing details of the three-year programme, the agency's Chairperson Norah Gibbons called…
Resource type: News
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New National Collaborative Aims to Improve Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color
Source: University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Improving Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color: New National Collaborative Aims to Identify and Share Best Practices and Fund Cross-Cutting Academic and Community-Based ResearchA new multifaceted effort, RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color, has launched to identify and…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic and The California Endowment Commit $12.2 Million for Healthcare Career Pathways In Oakland Unified School District
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Grants will support and expand pathways to healthcare careers in Oakland The Atlantic Philanthropies and The California Endowment today announced $12.2 million in grants to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Alameda Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) to support and expand health career pathways…
Resource type: News
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The Irish National Dementia Strategy
Source: Department of Health Ireland
Dementia affects about 50,000 people in Ireland today and that number is expected to triple by 2041. For the first time, the Republic of Ireland has published a centralised and coordinated national strategy aimed at improving the lives of people living with dementia. The strategy's…
Resource type: Research Report
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The ‘Giving While Living’ Superhero
Source: Outlook Business
Chuck Feeney is the biggest philanthropist people know nothing about. The reclusive former billionaire not only decided to give away all his wealth in his own lifetime, but also leads a life of disarming simplicity. By N Mahalakshmi Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do…
Resource type: News
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
Source: LISC Chicago
VIDEO: Graduating high school seniors speak to the value of the Chicago Elev8 program they participated in during middle school. By Gordon Walek Terranisha Douglas, left, and Amber Sims, graduating seniors at Perspectives Academy in Auburn Gresham, say the Elev8 programs they experienced in middle…
Resource type: News
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Foundations Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Source: Grantmakers In Health
By Kimberley Chin, Programme Executive, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesSound policy can only be effective if it represents the experiences and voices of the people it is trying to benefit. The theme for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual meeting this year, The Power of Voice, is…
Resource type: News
