# Foundation makes largest ever Irish donation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/23/foundation-makes-largest-ever-irish-donation/
- Published: 2015-11-23T15:39:59+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) has made the largest philanthropic donation in Irish
history by giving €138 million to Trinity College to help fund research into a cure
for dementia.**

The funding will support work between Trinity and the University of California to
advance the work of a Global Health Institute. Researchers at both universities 
will work together over the next 15 years to train around 600 new experts in the
area of dementia as well work on changing attitudes and public policy towards the
disease.

The donation will fund two programmes at the institute, a two-year ‘Fellows’ scheme
where participants will receive hands-on experience in diagnosis, treatment and 
long-term management of patients with cognitive disorders, as well as elderly people
who are at risk for brain health disorders.

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Christopher G. Oechsli, president and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, said:

> “Our goal is to create a generation of leaders around the world who have the knowledge,
> skills and drive to change both the practice of dementia care and the public health
> and societal forces that affect brain health”.

Meanwhile, [Atlantic Philanthropies](http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org) has 
made a grant of $12.5 million (£7.2 million) to establish a new organisation in 
Belfast, Social Change Initiative, ‘to influence policy, practice and funding in
areas supported by Atlantic, particularly through its global Reconciliation & Human
Rights Programme.

 

_Photo: [Trinity College Dublin](https://flic.kr/p/8x15pJ) by Marianone on Flickr.
com_