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Kennedy Addresses School Reform at the Center for American Progress
Source: American Chronicle
Kennedy Discusses Benefits of Expanded Learning Time and the Massachusetts Model Washington, D.C. Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy discussed the critical importance of improving student performance and closing the achievement gaps for all students through expanding time for learning and enrichment at the Center for…
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HHS Announces More Than $13 Million for Community Prevention Programs for Older Americans
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the release of more than $13 million to 16 states to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans. This announcement, part of a collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies announced earlier this…
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Grantmakers In Aging Announces First Grantees for new Hurricane Fund for the Elderly
Source: Grantmakers in Aging
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol A. Farquhar 888.435.3156 Grantmakers In Aging Announces First Grantees for new Hurricane Fund for the Elderly More than half a million dollars support older adult services for the long haul in the Gulf States Region July 28, 2006 --The Hurricane…
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HHS Announces $15 Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced a $15 million collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans at the community level. "This collaboration, led by the Administration on Aging (AoA) and involving…
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Atlantic Philanthropies is on its way to spending itself out of existence
Source: The Irish Times
By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money away…
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
Source: Youth Today
By Martha Nichols Boston It's a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
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Higher Achievement Receives National Award for Excellence
Source: Higher Achievement
Announcement of national award for summer learning given by Johns Hopkins University to Higher Achievement, an Atlantic grantee.
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Chuck and Me
Source: Irish Times
Former DCU president Danny O'Hare on Chuck Feeney, the Irish university's greatest benefactor Excerpt: One of the people who can deservedly pat themselves on the back for what DCU accomplished in its first 25 years is a man who is the least likely to actually…
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Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot appointed as board member of The Atlantic Foundation
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
BERMUDA, October 3, 2005 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has been appointed as a member of The Atlantic Foundation's Board of Directors, The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today. The Atlantic Foundation is the largest charitable fund within The Atlantic Philanthropies. Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, is the Emily Hargroves Fisher…
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