Abstract
The final chapter of the book moves from a specific focus on peacebuilding activities funded by Atlantic Philanthropies in Northern Ireland to the breadth of their work in areas such as human rights, ageing and children and youth work. Using a typology developed by Fleishman (The foundation: A great American secret—How private wealth is changing the world. New York: Public Affairs, 2009), we consider the different roles played by Atlantic Philanthropies across a range of interventions in these areas. This allows for a more strategic examination of how Atlantic acted variously as a driver, partner and catalyst for social change. We then consider the all-important question of impact in the area of peacebuilding. We examine what Atlantic’s overall contribution to peacebuilding has been through the longitudinal lens of two key attitudinal variables: do we have a more inclusive/mixed society in Northern Ireland, and have better relationships developed between the two major communities? Finally, we consider Atlantic’s most notable achievements and its plans for sustaining changes beyond the lifetime of funded projects through its ongoing partnership work with government departments.
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Notes
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The application of Fleishman’s typology to the work of Atlantic draws on examples outlined in ‘Telling the Story of The Atlantic Philanthropies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’: Atlantic Philanthropies Global Staff Conference (2015).
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During the period 1991–2015 Atlantic Philanthropies provided grants of (approximately) $11.5m to Equality Rights and Justice grantees and $125m to Reconciliation and Human Rights grantees. The Equality Rights and Justice Programme was a forerunner to the Reconciliation and Human Rights Programme (see Chap. 2 for more details).
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Scale on which respondents asked to locate their views on ranged from 1: ‘definitely not achieved’ to 10: ‘definitely achieved’. The ‘don’t know’s were excluded from the analysis.
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Knox, C., Quirk, P. (2016). Atlantic Philanthropies’ Legacy in Northern Ireland. In: Public Policy, Philanthropy and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46269-5_7
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