Results List
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USAction to Mark Ten Years of Building National and Grassroots Progressive Leadership
Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. Tenth Anniversary Progressive Leadership Awards to honor those who have helped build our movement and moved us closer to comprehensive health care reform. USAction will celebrate its tenth anniversary at its annual Progressive Leadership Awards Gala…
Author: USAction
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National Native American Substance-Abuse Prevention Program Named Best Practice by First Nations Behavioral Health
The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Indian Youth Leadership Project’s substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…
Author: National Indian Youth Leadership Project
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Lancet: Leadership needed to fight SA violence
Original Source Save the Children, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria, and University of the Western Cape are Atlantic grantees. Funding for this publication was provided by Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children USA through a grant from…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Moms Say Thanks to Mayors for Leadership on Connecting Children and Families to Health Insurance
By Chuan Teng Cities across the U.S. are making children’s health a local priority and taking an active role in enrolling kids and families in Medicaid and CHIP. Moms have gotten wind of NLC’s Cities Expanding Health Access for Children and Families initiative (CEHACF) and are telling…
Author: Cities Speak: The Official Blog of the National League of Cities
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Madoff Scandal Proves That Foundations Need Stronger Leadership
Original Source The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy and Independent Sector are Atlantic grantees. by Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy There were more than 100 charitable foundations that lost a combined total of more than $2 billion to Bernie…
Author: The Huffington Post
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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
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Establishes New Fellowship Program at Columbia University to Dismantle Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and South Africa
Program will empower and connect dynamic individuals committed to working together across disciplines and borders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. “At a time when issues of race and identity are at the forefront of intense debates in South Africa, the U.S. and around…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Strongly Led, Under-managed: How can visionary nonprofits make the critical transition to stronger management?
Original Source Without sound management practices, even the most successful nonprofit will be unable to sustain, let alone increase, its impact over time. And yet, when Bridgespan consulting teams surveyed senior staff members at 30 nonprofits, the respondents consistently rated their organizations much higher on…
Author: BridgeStar
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Starting Over, With a Second Career Goal of Changing Society
By Steve Lohr Harvard kicked off a small but ambitious experiment this week that it hopes will become a new “third stage” of university education. For the student-fellows in the program, most in their 50s and early 60s, the goal is a second-act career in…
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Commentary: Minority execs ready to step up and lead
Original Source The Bridgespan Group and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. By John RiceSpecial to CNN Editor’s note: John Rice is founder and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a New York-based national nonprofit organization seeking to develop “the next generation of African…
Author: CNN