Atlantic Philanthropies
Background
The Atlantic Philanthropies is an international grantmaking foundation established in 1982 by Duty Free Shoppers co-founder Charles "Chuck" Feeney. Operating on a dedicated "Giving While Living" philosophy, the foundation disbursed over $8 billion across its lifetime to advance human rights, higher education, health equity, racial justice, and systemic reform in the United States, South Africa, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Australia, and Vietnam. Atlantic Philanthropies focused heavily on abolishing the death
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About: - The Atlantic Philanthropies is an international grantmaking foundation established in 1982 by Duty Free Shoppers co-founder Charles "Chuck" Feeney. Operating on a dedicated "Giving While Living" philosophy, the foundation disbursed over $8 billion across its lifetime to advance human rights, higher education, health equity, racial justice, and systemic reform in the United States, South Africa, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Australia, and Vietnam. Atlantic Philanthropies focused heavily on abolishing the death penalty, securing LGBTQ+ rights, dismantling systemic anti-Black racism, and expanding healthcare access. As an intentionally limited-life foundation, it completed all active grantmaking and officially concluded operations in 2020 after distributing its entire endowment. Its legacy lives on through major global initiatives it endowed, including the Atlantic Fellows network.