About The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies are dedicated to bringing about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people through grant-making. Atlantic focuses on critical social problems related to aging, disadvantaged children and youth, population health, and reconciliation and human rights. Programs funded by Atlantic operate in Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Vietnam.
ASA has been granted a grant by The Atlantic Philanthropies, to support activities that further develop the field of civic engagement among gerontological practitioners in the United States.
The following are other recipients of The Atlantic Philanthropies funds, dedicated to promoting civic engagement for older adults.
American Health Initiative
Project Name: Increasing Civic Engagement of Third-Age Professionals
Purpose: To meet the critical needs of Free Clinics by engaging retired health professionals to care for the uninsured.
Location: USA National
Web Address: http://www.americanhealthinitiative.org
Americans for Libraries Council
Project Name: Libraries for the Future Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative
Purpose: To strengthen libraries in the US to become resources for older adults' civic engagement.
Location: USA National
Web Address: http://www.lff.org
Boston College, The Center for Retirement Research
Project Name: Work Opportunities for Older Americans
Purpose: To provide support to the Center for Retirement Research for assessing barriers to and opportunities for older adults' continued employment, and for disseminating the results of the research.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr
Bridgespan Group
Purpose: To enhance selected grantees' opportunity for success by developing business plans with the Bridgespan Group's assistance.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.bridgespangroup.org
Civic Ventures
Project Name: The Civic Engagement Awards Program
Purpose: To support the Purpose-in-Retirement Prize for social innovators in the US who are 60 years of age and older.
Location: USA National
Web Address: www.civicventures.org
Civic Ventures
Project Name: Experience Corps
Purpose: To help Experience Corps go to scale as the flagship of service by older adults.
Location: United States - National
Web Address: www.experiencecorps.org
Community Catalyst
Project Name: Prescription Access Litigation (PAL)
Purpose: To support the Prescription Access Litigation Project to ensure that older consumers influence both the development and resolution of lawsuits related to prescription drug pricing with the aim of reducing the cost of prescription drugs.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.communitycatalyst.org/
Conference Board, The
Project Name: Inclusion of Maturing Workers in the Corporate and Not-for-Profit Sectors
Purpose: To increase older adults' inclusion in the workplace by assessing the benefits and costs of older workers and then educating key employers.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.conference-board.org
Families US Foundation
Project Name: Improving the Capacity of the SHIP Program Network
Purpose: To provide support for a six-state pilot project of the Families USA's Health Assistance Partnership designed to increase the capacity of the State Health Insurance and Assistance Program Network.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.familiesusa.org
George Washington University, Center on Aging, Health & Humanities
Project Name: SEA Change Project
Purpose: To support for a one-year planning effort to identify and plan a series of projects promoting civic engagement in later life targeted to youth.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.gwumc.edu/cahh
Gerontological Society of America, The
Project Name: Civic Engagement in an Older America
Purpose: To support activities that further develop the field of civic engagement among gerontological researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
Location: USA National
Web Address: http://www.geron.org/
Grantmakers in Aging
Project Name: Community EngAgement Initiative
Purpose: To support a pilot program designed to attract community and family foundations and individual donors to philanthropy in aging.
Location: USA National
Web Address: www.GIAging.org
Impact on Line (VolunteerMatch)
Project Name: Planning Grant
Purpose: To enhance the quality of volunteering opportunities for older adults by planning an improved matching system.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.volunteermatch.org
Independent Transportation Network
Project Name: ITNAmerica Business Plan
Purpose: To develop a business plan for the national expansion of a volunteer transportation program.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.itnamerica.org
Leadership Network
Project Name: Halftime
Purpose: To increase older adults' civic engagement by developing, then disseminating, a recruitment method targeted to congregational leaders.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.halftime.org
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Project Name: Prescription Benefit Outreach
Purpose: To support an outreach effort to enroll more low-income elderly Hispanics for new federal prescription benefits.
Location: USA
Web Address: www.hispanichealth.org
National Council on the Aging, Inc., The
Project Name: Civic Engagement
Purpose: To increase awareness, understanding and action in the voluntary sector, and among policymakers, journalists, and community leaders for lifting barriers to civic engagement by older adults; and to bring about changes in programs and policy.
Location: USA
Web Address: www.ncoa.org
National Council on the Aging, Inc., The
Project Name: Improving Access to Benefits for Low-Income Seniors
Purpose: To improve access to benefits for low-income older adults by demonstrating effective methods of enrollment.
Location: USA
Web Address: www.ncoa.org
National Governors' Association, The
Project Name: Policy Changes to Improve the Civic Engagement of Seniors
Purpose: To improve opportunities for older adults by working with state governors.
Location: USA
Web Address: www.nga.org
Pension Rights Center
Project Name: Improving Consumer Knowledge
Purpose: To increase the ability of older adults to secure retirement income by strengthening the capacity of the Pension Rights Center.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.pensionrights.org
Research Foundation of CUNY
Project Name: Evaluation by Baruch College of the Families USA Six-State SHIP Pilot Project
Purpose: To provide support for an evaluation by Baruch College of the Families USA six-state pilot SHIP capacity-building project to assess the potential for taking it to scale.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.rfcuny.org/home
Twin Cities
Project Name: Second Act
Purpose: To change how society perceives older adults by producing a public television series and developing outreach activities.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://tpt.org
University of Maryland
Project Name: Legacy Corps for Health and Independent Living
Purpose: To provide support for eight sites which will train and place low-income older adults in paid part-time positions and volunteer stipended jobs to provide independent living services in underserved communities.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.hhp.umd.edu/AGING/
University of Minnesota
Project Name: Vital Aging Network (VAN)
Purpose: To raise public awareness in Minnesota of older adult civic engagement potential and to foster vial communities state-wide.
Location: Minnesota
Web Address: http://www.van.umn.edu
Urban Institute, The
Project Name: Engagement of Older Americans: Current and Potential Contributions
Purpose: To provide support for a study to create a baseline which documents older adults' current civic engagement practices, and barriers to and enablers of greater engagement.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://www.urban.org
Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Project Name: Investigating the Impact of Experience Corps
Purpose: To assess the benefits of the Experience Corps program by conducting a multi-state evaluation.
Location: USA
Web Address: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu
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