Results List
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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
New York, July 3, 2008 The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Atlantic’s Health Equity Champions
Our grantees have led the way to fairer and better health care around the world. Meet some of them. Photo: Magnum Foundation One of the best things about working at The Atlantic Philanthropies is that we have the privilege of supporting extraordinary leaders and organizations to advance opportunity,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Announcing the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is delighted to announce the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows. The goal of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is to create a cadre of professional leaders who will serve as positive change agents…
Author: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
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'Giving while living' alters inheritances
AARP and the Foundation Center are Atlantic grantees. By Mindy Fetterman You used to have to wait for a loved one to die before you found out how much you were going to inherit — if you were going to inherit at all. No more.…
Author: USA Today
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Wider Opportunities for Women Endorses Recovery Package
(WASHINGTON, DC) — Wider Opportunities for Women strongly supports the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will be debated on the House floor this week. With every day, economic conditions worsen and the struggle to take care of basic needs grows greater for women and…
Author: Wider Opportunities for Women
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Effort Urges Seniors With Chronic Conditions To Change Habits
by George Lauer It’s like traffic school for chronic offenders. The “traffic” in this case is healthy habits — eating right, exercising, taking your meds. The chronic “offenders” are diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. The “school” is the pivotal part of a new statewide partnership…
Author: California Healthline
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ASP announces 2008 T. Franklin Williams Scholars
The Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) is pleased to announce the seventh class of T. Franklin Williams Scholars. These scholars are recipients of two- and four-year career development awards funded by a generous grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc., supported by the John A.…
Author: Eurekalert
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Audacious Philanthropy
Image: Christopher Corr / Getty Images By Susan Wolf Ditkoff and Abe Grindle Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally. Providing free and reduced-price lunches for all needy schoolchildren in the United…
Author: Harvard Business Review
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MEDICC Names New Executive Director
Nassim Assefi, a physician serving vulnerable communities, human rights advocate and former content director at TEDMED, will lead organization to expand US-Cuba health cooperation Nassim Assefi M.D. Photo credit: Niku Kashef Oakland, CA (October 12, 2016) – The non-profit MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba)…
Author: MEDICC
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Action Among Partnerships, Local Health Care Leadership
Original Source by Nadra Kareem, San Fernando Valley Business Journal StaffSenior Services Partnership Partners in Care Foundation, a nonprofit healthcare and social services organization in San Fernando, has announced that it will partner with the California Association of Physician Groups to expand the Healthier Living…
Author: San Fernando Valley Business Journal
