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Making the Match: How Do We Use Matching Contingencies Effectively?
Source: GrantCraft
By Tasha Tucker and Ben Kerman Many philanthropic institutions require prospective or current grantees to match all or part of the value of a grant in order to secure funding. Foundations use matching contingencies to recruit funding partners, build grantee capacity to raise funds, replicate program…
Resource type: News
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Resource type: News
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Race and Overreaction: On the Streets and in Schools
Source: The Atlantic
Photo: The Good Doctor/FlickrBy Mica Pollock and Tanya CokeIn each police-related death recently dominating the headlines, authorities overreacted to black men’s behaviors as if they were life-threatening.On Staten Island, an unarmed Eric Garner was wrestled to the ground by five police officers and strangled to death…
Resource type: News
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How Private Wealth Can Change the World
Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…
Resource type: Speech
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Lives in Limbo: ‘It Affects You As a Parent and a Man’
Source: The Irish Times
The direct provision system for asylum seekers has a high human and social cost, and adapting to normal life afterwards is a slow process.VIDEO: Heidar has recently gained refugee status and has left the direct provision system. He speaks about the difficulties he has faced…
Resource type: News
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Discipline with Dignity: Oakland Schools Try Talk Circles
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
By Fania Davis, YES! MagazineAs executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers helping to shut down the school-to-prison pipeline.'Punitive justice asks only what rule of law was broken, who did it, and how they should be punished. It…
Resource type: News
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Purpose Prize Winner Fights for Caregivers
Source: Next Avenue
Crusader Barbara Young helped nannies get better pay and benefits. Her new goal: better working conditions for aides to the elderly.When is the last time you worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for total pay of $225? My guess is probably never.But…
Resource type: News
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Program to Address Disparities in School Discipline Policies that Fuel “School to Prison Pipeline” in Four U.S. Cities
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) announced today a $1 million, two-year grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, to engage community and school-district partners in four major U.S. cities with the goal of addressing school discipline practices and policies that contribute…
Resource type: News
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: April 2013
Source: Just and Fair Schools Fund
Watch this quick video to learn about the Just and Fair School Fund’s grant awards, and the youth, parents, congregations, and teachers they support around the country.FeatureThe Just and Fair Schools Fund is pleased to announce $3.8 million in grants over two years to 35…
Resource type: News
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With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
Source: The New York Times
By Erik EckholmCraig Davis, an officer at E. L. Furr High School in Houston. Officers once issued so many citations that students felt antagonized. Photo: Michael Stravato for The New York TimesHOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in…
Resource type: News