Results List
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2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates: U.S. Education
Original Source In his first annual letter, Bill Gates talks about his work at the foundation and speaks candidly about what has gone well, what hasn’t, and what we are learning along with our partners. 2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates: U.S. Education I…
Author: Bill Gates Foundation
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Gates Foundation Awards $100 Million to Help Women Prevent HIV Infection
Original Source The International Partnership for Microbicides in Silver Spring, Maryland, has announced a $100 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its work to develop microbicides that give women in developing countries the power to protect themselves against HIV…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Sara Gould Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cheryl LoeCommunications Project ManagerThe Foundation Center(888) 356-0354, ext. 701communications@foundationcenter.org New York, NY — February 15, 2011. Sara K. Gould, former president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, has joined the Foundation Center in the role of The Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow.…
Author: The Foundation Center
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The Community Foundation for Ireland Announces Winners of Philanthropist of the Year Awards 2016
Dublin, 21st January 2016: The Community Foundation for Ireland, one of the country’s leading philanthropic organisations, today announced the winners of the eighth annual Philanthropist of the Year awards at a luncheon hosted by Marian Finucane in Dublin. This year’s Philanthropist of the Year Award winners…
Author: The Community Foundation for Ireland
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The Foundation Center Elects Two New Board Members: Marcia Smith and Valdemar de Oliveira Neto
NEW YORK, May 19 — The Foundation Center, the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, has elected two new trustees to its board: Marcia A. Smith and Valdemar Neto (known as “Maneto”). Ms. Smith is senior vice president at The Atlantic Philanthropies, a global foundation…
Author: The Foundation Center
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Communities In Schools Receives Major Grant From the Walmart Foundation to Expand Performance Learning Centers
Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. ARLINGTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, has received a major grant from the Walmart Foundation to improve educational opportunities for young people through its network of Performance Learning Centers…
Author: Walmart Foundation (Release)
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C.S. Mott Foundation Partnership with Atlantic Philanthropies Gives South Africa’s Community Advice Offices Long-Term Support
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…
Author: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
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Newsmakers: Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation
Original Source KIPP and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation The Obama administration has thrown down the gauntlet to educators and legislators to fix “an education system that used to be…the best in the world, and no longer…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY – The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
Author: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
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Bill Gates would be world's richest person 2011 in Forbes magazine if he wasn't so charitable
BY ALIYAH SHAHID Bill Gates won’t be the world’s richest man when Forbes magazine releases its 2011 billionaires list on Wednesday. But he might be one of the most generous. Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu is expected to pass Gates again after the Microsoft founder poured $28 billion into his philanthropic foundation. Gates…
Author: The Daily News
