Results List
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Atlantic Philanthropies Announce Support for The New Bermuda Community Foundation
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New Foundation Will Continue Growth of the Island’s Philanthropic Sector, Support Advances in Racial Justice, Democracy and HealthJanuary 30th, 2014 (Hamilton, Bermuda) – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced their support today for the Bermuda Community Foundation, a new public charity dedicated to grantmaking for nonprofit organisations throughout…
Resource type: News
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C.S. Mott Foundation Partnership with Atlantic Philanthropies Gives South Africa’s Community Advice Offices Long-Term Support
Source: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
FLINT, Mich. — Supporting the ongoing efforts of the community advice offices that assist underserved South Africans is the focus of a new partnership between the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies that is expected to result in up to $1,936,080 in grants over three…
Resource type: News
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University foundation grants hit €8.2m
Source: Sunday Business Post
The University of Limerick Foundation gave out €8.2 million in grants last year, after a sharp rise in donations and gifts, writes Gavin Daly. The foundation’s figures for the 12 months to the end of August last show an increase in income and expenditure compared…
Resource type: News
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Geared Up to Spend Down: Foundation Sunsetting
Gearing Up to Spend Down: Observations on Foundation Sunsetting In an event held on 27 January 2011 at The Atlantic Philanthropies in New York, Joel Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Duke University, and Tony Proscio, a long-time philanthropic analyst and author, discussed their…
Resource type: Video
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Researchers Examine Foundation Expectations for Giving in 2009
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source The New York City-based Foundation Center has released a new research advisory that examines how foundations expect their 2009 giving to be affected by the economic downturn. The advisory, Grantmakers Describe the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Their Giving (4 pages, PDF), looks at…
Resource type: News
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End-Game Evaluation: Building a Legacy of Learning In a Limited-Life Foundation
Source: The Foundation Review
In "End-Game Evaluation: Building a Legacy of Learning In a Limited-Life Foundation," co-authors Ashleigh Halverstadt and Benjamin Kerman share the emerging hypotheses of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation about the opportunities and challenges for evaluation in the limited-life context. The authors argue…
Resource type: Research Report
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Foundation Chiefs Spar on Question of Giving in Perpetuity
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
[caption id="attachment_76672" align="alignright" width="300"] Emmett Carson, CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, says foundations that aim to operate indefinitely can peacefully coexist with those that decide to spend all their assets in set period of time. Photo: Edward Caldwell[/caption] By Megan O’Neil PALO ALTO, CALIF.—Defenders…
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What Is the Most Daring, Audacious, and Successful Grant of the Past 100 Years?
Source: Philanthropy Magazine
A symposium of philanthropic leadersTo mark the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation, we asked several philanthropic leaders about the most audacious grants of the past century—and what grants made today will be talked about 100 years hence.—THE EDITORS* * *Ted Turner’s shock announcement in 1997 that he…
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Philanthropy New York, Foundation Center Report Benchmarks Diversity at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
While New York City foundations and the nonprofit organizations they support have racially diverse staffs, the diversity decreases at the highest levels of seniority, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center. The first study to examine the diversity of…
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Foundation Center Launches Tool to Visualize Impact of Philanthropy
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
The New York City-based Foundation Center has announced the launch of a data visualization tool to help grantmakers, policy makers, researchers, and others better understand the impact of philanthropy around the world. Philanthropy In/Sight allows registered users to create customized Google maps to explore giving patterns,…
Resource type: News