Results List
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Chuck Feeney, Recipient Of The Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award For Philanthropy
Source: Forbes
Warren Buffett commends Chuck Feeney, Atlantic’s founder, and presents him with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy. Learn More > Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away, Forbes, 19 June 2014 > VIDEO: Chuck Feeney on Giving While…
Resource type: Video
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Chuck Feeney on Giving While Living
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
“I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today.”— Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies. Watch this short video about Chuck Feeney, his Giving While Living philosophy and his work to have global impact—all…
Resource type: Video
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School Discipline Consensus Report
Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center
The research and data on school discipline practices is clear: Millions of students are removed from their classrooms each year, overwhelmingly for minor misconduct. We can’t allow this trend to continue. Addressing staggeringly high suspension rates is essential to making school a place where students…
Resource type: Research Report
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
Source: LISC Chicago
Watch four high school seniors reminisce about their middle-school experiences with Elev8, a community schools initiative helping to prepare sixth- through eighth-grade students for high school and beyond. Through the Elev8 program, these students participated in after-school activities, used the health centers built at their…
Resource type: Video
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A Look At Our Work in South Africa
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
A look back at Atlantic’s work in South Africa promoting and activating essential values of justice, equality, learning and health in a still-emerging multiracial democracy. Learn More The Atlantic Philanthropies in South Africa: 1991–2013
Resource type: Video
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Portadown’s CURBS Programme Gets ‘Happy’
Source: CURBS Portadown
The CURBS Portadown programme brings together young people from the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland to learn film and media, sport and art. Here programme participants have put their media skills to use, filming Portadown community members from all walks of life in…
Resource type: Video
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Speaking from the Margins: Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing in Ireland
Source: Transgender Equality Network Ireland
Trans people in the Republic of Ireland are at much higher risk of negative mental health, self-harm and suicide than the general population, according to the results of the largest study of transgender people ever carried out in Ireland. Almost half of the study’s participants…
Resource type: Research Report
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Catalysing LGBT Equality and Visibility in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
From 2004-2013, Atlantic funded four organisations working to improve human rights, visibility, and access to services for LGBT people in the Republic of Ireland. This video looks at a few examples of these grantees’ successes, including a landmark 2010 civil partnership law, a scheduled public referendum…
Resource type: Video
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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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How Can We Include People With Dementia in Our Community?
Source: FreeDem Films
FreeDem Films has created a series of videos aiming to address fears about memory loss. Each video answers a key question related to brain health and dementia and will increase your understanding of how memory works, allay your fears or inspire you to consider your…
Resource type: Video