Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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Files kept byJoel Fleishman and Angela Covert. Some files contain both names. Many files appear to be from the New York office library and were used as reference on philanthropic associations, other foundations, and potential grantees. Folders chiefly contain newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, and some correspondence. Some correspondence addressed to former president Ray Handlan.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Files for grants made by the Atlantic Philanthropies in the United States between 1982 and 2013. Since 1982, $3.1b in grants were made in the United States-- the first of which was an anonymous gift of $7 million to found the Cornell Tradition. Cornell would remain Atlantic's main grantee. In addition to education, Atlantic's primary areas of giving in the US have included medical research, expanded health care, supporting children and older adults, and championing societal and racial...