Results List
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Racial Profiling in a “Post-Racial” America
In May 2011, The Atlantic Philanthropies and The New Press hosted a discussion about racial profiling in the United States. The panel included former litigator and law professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, and former federal prosecutor and law professor Paul Butler,…
Resource type: Video
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
The University College Dublin Foundation Limited received PRTLI grants, described below, from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Higher Education Authority for support for the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the Molecular Medicine Centre. Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Shaping a Replicable Community-Based Eye Care Development Programme
Le Hai Huyen My, 14, of Da Nang City, is among the youngest of thousands of Vietnamese people who have a much brighter future, due to the collaborative work of two Atlantic grantees, the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) and the Da Nang Eye Hospital. In…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Changing Lives through Restoring Sight
Blindness from cataracts is a significant public health problem in Viet Nam. In 2002, there were 482,700 cases of bilateral blindness throughout the country, of which 71.3% are due to cataracts. Being blind poses significant personal, social and economic barriers for the afflicted, especially for…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Fund Our Schools, Not Prisons!
On March 30th, 2011, the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools will mobilize a march to fund our schools, not prisons. We extend this call to everyone invested in public education in our city; students, parents, workers and anyone who wants the best for their communities.. The…
Resource type: Video
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, discussed his concerns about a growing need for a stronger moral framework for philanthropy at the Starr Forum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Forty-five years ago, a young aide named Bill Moyers sat in the…
Resource type: Speech
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Commencement at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO addressed the 2010 graduating class at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools in Haley Farm, Knoxville, Tennessee. I want to start out by saying that I have no recollection of the commencement address when I graduated from St. Bernard’s…
Resource type: Speech
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The Key Role of Advocacy Funding in the U.S. Health Reform Debate
Source: Gara LaMarche
The reasons why The Atlantic Philanthropies made what may be the largest U.S. advocacy grant ever in order to support health reform are outlined by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Grantmakers in Health conference in Orlando, Florida. Occasionally it is better not…
Resource type: Speech
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Experience Corps Shows Improvement in Reading Scores
Source: Center for Social Development
Experience Corps, which pairs older adults in the United States with students who are struggling in school, showed statistically significant improvements in reading outcomes and was positively viewed by teachers, according to this evaluation commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Experience Corps is an Atlantic grantee.…
Resource type: Evaluation