Results List
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Atlantic’s Education Grantees Around the World
Source: Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
The Atlantic Philanthropies was presented with the 2016 The James L. Fisher Award for Distinguished Service to Education from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). This video, prepared for the occasion by CASE, illustrates the work of Atlantic’s education grantees around the world. Learn…
Resource type: Video
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic’s investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children’s prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
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First, Treat the System: Atlantic’s Effort to Promote Health and Equity in Viet Nam
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
How did Atlantic work to improve public health and primary health care in Viet Nam – and what lessons did it learn along the way? Watch this short video in which author Tony Proscio and Atlantic Country Director, Viet Nam Dr. Le Nhan Phuong summarise Atlantic’s grantmaking approach,…
Resource type: Video
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Atlantic’s Commitment to Social Justice
A short message from former President & CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies, Gara LaMarche, about Atlantic’s commitment to social justice.
Resource type: Video
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Prevention and Early Intervention in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Making a Real Difference in the Lives of Children and Young People
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
An evaluation from Mathematica Policy Research, summarized in this report, found that Atlantic Philanthropies’ investments of $164 million for its early intervention and prevention initiative have helped to positively transform the approach to serving all children in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Research Report
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Catalysing LGBT Equality and Visibility in Ireland
Source: Dragonfly Partners
From 2004-2013, The Atlantic Philanthropies provided grant funding to support equality and visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the Republic of Ireland. Atlantic focused its funding on four organisations with the objective of improving LGBT people’s access to rights and services.…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Conversation with Atlantic President and CEO Christopher Oechsli
Source: The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute hosted a wide-ranging conversation with Christopher Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, as part of their Foundation Presidents’ Series. The conversation was moderated by Jane Wales, Vice President of Philanthropy and Society at the Aspen Institute. Learn More > Foundation…
Resource type: Video
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Chuck Feeney’s Contributions to Universities in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney is well known in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for his tireless efforts to support education and international quality university research in Irish society. This video provides highlights of this work. NUI Galway The Atlantic…
Resource type: Video
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Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Leaders of limited-life foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability to do more good, to produce more social value, than if they were to hold the same resources in a lasting endowment and disburse…
Resource type: Research Report
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‘This is All Yours’: Opening Remarks for Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha
Source: David Sternlieb, Chief Operating Officer, The Atlantic Philanthropies
David Sternlieb, Chief Operating Officer of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered these remarks at the October 13, 2016 opening of the Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha township, outside Cape Town, South Africa. Acclaimed author and filmmaker, Zanemvula “Zakes” Mda led the ceremony, hailing the new center as…
Resource type: Speech