Results List
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Say Hello to the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Civic Participation Action Fund
With important social justice movements around the nation gaining momentum, committed advocacy and voter engagement is critical. To continue Atlantic’s support for policy change in the United States beyond our limited life, Atlantic has established a new, independent Washington, D.C.-based organization, the Civic Participation Action Fund…
Resource type: Video
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Stephen McConnell on the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF)
Stephen McConnell, Atlantic’s former U.S. Country Director, discusses the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF), a new, independent Washington, D.C.-based organization established with Atlantic’s support. With important social justice movements around the nation gaining momentum, committed advocacy and voter engagement is critical. McConnell describes how the organization…
Resource type: Video
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US Human Rights Fund
The USHRF has helped build the capacity of social justice groups like the Border Network for Human Rights, to use a human rights framework in their advocacy and organising efforts across the country. USHRF makes grants in four priority areas: human rights training and education,…
Resource type: Video
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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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Fund-Mapping: The Investment of Public Resources in the Wellbeing of Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
This report details total annual expenditure by the Northern Ireland government on children’s services, including how much money is invested to improve outcomes for children. The baseline findings in the report are meant to help guide discussions about future investments for prevention and early intervention. Learn…
Resource type: Research Report
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Fund Our Schools Not Prisons March!
On March 30th, 2011 the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools staged a march in response to Gov. Corbett’s budget and to push the Campaign’s new platform forward. 2,000 people came to show what Philadelphian’s prioritize: safe and supportive public schools for our communities. The Campaign for…
Resource type: Video
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Learning Lessons from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Irish Government Working Together
Source: Institute of Public Administration
This report summarizes a roundtable held in April 2017 in Ireland to discuss how government and philanthropy can work together effectively. The discussions drew on lessons Atlantic and the Irish government learned from working together for more than a decade, starting in 2003. Over the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Affordable Care Act for You & Me!
Source: Children's Defense Fund
The Children’s Defense Fund,an Atlantic grantee, created this video to celebrate the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will provide access to health coverage for more than 95 percent of America’s children and strengthen America’s health care system for everyone. Join the…
Resource type: Video
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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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Impact, Legacy and Collaboration
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, talks about his experiences of effective collaboration, how to make an impact and what it takes to leave a legacy in philanthropy in this speech to the New Mexico Regional Association of Grantmakers in Albuquerque. I have…
Resource type: Speech