Results List
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Alliance for Justice and Council on Foundations Release New Publication, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding
Source: Alliance for Justice / Council on Foundations
November 20, 2008, Washington, DC—In today's uncertain financial climate, people everywhere have been forced to reevaluate their budgets and foundations are no exception. With less money available to support their program work, many foundations are looking for ways to target their grants in order to…
Resource type: News
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Want a Business Plan? Log on for Free Advice
Source: The New York Times
By ALAN KRAUSS THE Bridgespan Group, which offers management consulting services to philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, has introduced a Web site that will make a broad array of its resources freely available online. The site, bridgespan.org, is organized into six interactive sections called learning centers.…
Resource type: News
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Black Caucus highlights disparages and suggests philanthropic solutions
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Royal Gazette
By Kristin White For many years there has been a Secret Santa of sorts for our local nonprofits.When their good works caught the eye of this secret benefactor, they would be blessed with financial grants upwards of one hundred thousand dollars.In the nonprofit community, this…
Resource type: News
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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…
Resource type: News
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Bridging Divides in Polarized Societies
There's no shortage of conflict and divison in today's society. The political polarization in the United States. The protracted war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza igniting a wider regional conflict. The violence, economic hardship, and climate change—deepening historic divisions, fueling inequality, and displacing millions.…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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Limited Life, Unlimited Impact
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_83351" align="aligncenter" width="361"] Atlantic Fellows at the Atlantic Institute.[/caption] September 14, 2021 Dear Friends, One year ago today, Chuck Feeney signed the documents to dissolve the 38-year-old Atlantic Foundation that he founded to distribute his entire business fortune to improve the lives of others. …
Resource type: News
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Supporting Legal Action
Source: Alliance Magazine
Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Signs Off
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone…
Resource type: News
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Final Grant From Atlantic Supports The Cornell Tradition
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Diane Lebo Wallace [caption id="attachment_79432" align="alignright" width="460"] The Cornell Tradition awards 500 fellowships each year to Cornell students who demonstrate significant work experience, a commitment to campus and/or community service, and academic achievement. Photo: Lindsay France/University Photography[/caption] The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur…
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