National Humanities Center (U.S.)

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series contains chiefly microfilm and microfiche copies of corporate, grant, and grant-related files made in the 1980s and 90s from the New York (Atlantic Philanthropic Service (APS)) and Dublin (Tara Consultants) offices. Other materials include videotapes related to program areas, and digital media from South African grantees. All materials in this sub-series arrived in boxes from NYC labelled "Audio/Visual records".

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...