Lasting Changes
At The Atlantic Philanthropies, we are dedicated to bringing about lasting changes in the lives of people who are disadvantaged by their economic situation, race, nationality, gender, age, disabilities, immigration status, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religion.
We make grants through our Ageing, Children & Youth, Population Health and Reconciliation & Human Rights Programmes. Atlantic also makes Founding Chairman grants. We are active in Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Viet Nam. We have made grants totaling more than $5 billion as of the end of 2009.
We support lasting change by:
- Addressing the root causes of social injustice
- Focusing on advocacy for change rather than filling gaps in services
- Funding efforts to challenge policies and institutions that systematically exclude or disadvantage people
- Building on the strengths of individuals, organisations, communities and movements to advocate on their own behalf and on behalf of others
- Supporting institutions and investing in leaders who can work for progressive change over decades
- Working in partnership with government, whenever it can advance our goals and those of the organisations we support.
Giving While Living
We are committed to making improvements in the lives of people who need change the most. In keeping with the Giving While Living philosophy of our founder, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, we believe in making large investments to help solve urgent social problems now. To that end, we will become the largest foundation in history to spend down our endowment, and will close our doors by 2020.
- Read A Message from Our President and CEO Gara LaMarche
- Read about current Programmes
