In 2014, preparing for its final burst of expansive, long-vision grants, Atlantic drew its core programs to a close, downsized its staff, ramped up a…
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lmost all grants support human beings. But only some concentrate on cultivating human excellence. Five factors, drawn from The Atlantic Philanthropies’ work in Viet Nam,…
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Modesty is a personal virtue, but it can be a vice for foundations and their causes. Paul Grogan of the Boston Foundation recently explained why.…
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Almost a decade ago, Joel Fleishman, director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy, got a call from a foundation that had recently decided to expend…
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Are foundation officers more courageous risk-takers than other people? Some new research says: Evidently not. Then again, should they be? Speaking at Duke last year, John R. Ettinger,…
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Our Foundation Impact Research Group presentations will feature a compelling slate of speakers in Spring 2015. Please mark your calendars to attend these exciting events.…
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For a foundation spending down, the final years entail a lot of ending, closing, and exiting. But there are good reasons why they should also…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2015 This is the little italicized thingy at the beginning. Several weeks ago, Chris Oechsli, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ CEO, posted an online essay whose headline…
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A lot of foundations automatically shun proposals for buildings. There are good reasons to reconsider. Among all the possible uses for foundation grants, buildings don’t…
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Organizations need change periodically, and most of them think they’ve found the perfect one. The Ford Foundation isn’t so sure, but it’s open to suggestion.…
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