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Kennedy Addresses School Reform at the Center for American Progress
Kennedy Discusses Benefits of Expanded Learning Time and the Massachusetts Model Washington, D.C. Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy discussed the critical importance of improving student performance and closing the achievement gaps for all students through expanding time for learning and enrichment at the Center for…
Author: American Chronicle
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HHS Announces More Than $13 Million for Community Prevention Programs for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the release of more than $13 million to 16 states to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans. This announcement, part of a collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies announced earlier this…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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HHS Announces $15 Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, July 5 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced a $15 million collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans at the community level. “This collaboration, led by the Administration on Aging (AoA) and involving…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Atlantic Philanthropies is on its way to spending itself out of existence
By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money away…
Author: The Irish Times
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
By Martha Nichols Boston It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Author: Youth Today
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Higher Achievement Receives National Award for Excellence
Announcement of national award for summer learning given by Johns Hopkins University to Higher Achievement, an Atlantic grantee.
Author: Higher Achievement
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Chuck and Me
Former DCU president Danny O’Hare on Chuck Feeney, the Irish university’s greatest benefactor Excerpt: One of the people who can deservedly pat themselves on the back for what DCU accomplished in its first 25 years is a man who is the least likely to actually…
Author: Irish Times
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ICI Sees 72% Increase in Immigration Queries & Launches New Information Guides On The Rights of Immigrants in Ireland
PRESS RELEASE The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) today announced that some4,500 people sought information and support from the organisation’s Information Service in the 12 months to the end of July 2005. This represented a massive 72% increase on the numbers availing of the organisation’s…
Author: Immigration Council of Ireland
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Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot appointed as board member of The Atlantic Foundation
BERMUDA, October 3, 2005 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has been appointed as a member of The Atlantic Foundation’s Board of Directors, The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today. The Atlantic Foundation is the largest charitable fund within The Atlantic Philanthropies. Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, is the Emily Hargroves Fisher…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Higher Achievement Program Named Winner of The Washington Post 2005 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT Rick Rose, Director of Communications EMAIL rickr@nonprofitadvancement.org SUBJECT Higher Achievement Program Named Winner of The Washington Post 2005 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management Washington, D.C. – The Center for Nonprofit Advancement, formerly the Washington Council of Agencies, announced today that Higher…
Author: Center for Nonprofit Advancement