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This guide lays out a series of simple steps that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can take to make sure their research products effectively reach the audiences that can most benefit from them, such as funders, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and journalists. It also describes the different types…

Solidarity grants to protect communities during covid-19 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Fellows are carrying out projects designed to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on endangered and vulnerable communities worldwide. As from April 2020, more than 70 Fellows successfully applied for a total…

How does a foundation insure that its archive exists not simply as a static repository, but rather as a vibrant space that continues to “live” and be relevant, useful and influential?

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…

This post by Maria Pignataro Nielsen, Atlantic's Chief Human Resources Officer, is part of GrantCraft's "Making Change by Spending Down" series. Although Atlantic is often referred to as a “spend down” foundation, we think of ourselves as a limited life foundation, with our final years…

Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic's investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children's prevention and early intervention…

Giving While Living To devote one's wealth to making a difference sooner rather than later. "Thanks to our outstanding grantees, there have been thousands of success stories." 30 years Building opportunity and making lasting changes. "At the heart of our work are the values of…

Philanthropy News Digest's blog PhilanTopic named The Atlantic Philanthropies as an organization that has made policy advocacy a cornerstone of its philanthropic strategy in its post on why policy advocacy is one of the most important tools needed to drive social change: Policy advocacy -- a…

29th September 2010:  President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the Tallaght Stadium today to mark the success of the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative, which will support more than 2,000 children through its innovative programmes by 2011. The €15million initial phase of the project has…

The Children & Youth teams in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly hosted a Youth Civic Action Workshop together with grantees SpunOut.ie and the UNESCO Chairs at NUIG and University of Ulster. They also hosted a joint event to present their new Strategy…