Sentences with phrase «based impact fund»

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Brandon Gadoci considers them places where talent, opportunity and financing all meet to make an impact, where hard work and success are properly aligned and people get funding based on a napkin drawing.

Earlier in the month, the Federal Reserve raised the funds rate by 25 basis points, its fifth increase since December 2015, which impacts some of the terms by which you borrow money and access credit.

The company expects the Final Rate Notice to result in a 3.00 percent (e) rate increase for Humana's individual Medicare Advantage business versus CMS» estimate for the sector of 3.50 percent, excluding the impact of Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) funding changes, on a comparable basis.

Requiring the reduction of carbon emissions will make coal - based energy more costly, while solar and wind technology are expected to be priced more competitively, thereby supporting those alternative energy industries, says Jason Blumberg, chief executive and managing director of Energy Foundry, a Chicago - based cleantech impact venture capital fund.

Mutual funds are generally more tax inefficient than ETFs and, as a result, are typically more negatively impacted than ETFs when comparing performance based on post-tax returns rather than total returns.

Based on this data, it is safe to say that recent withdrawals from bond funds have had minimal impact on broader markets and liquidity.

JOLT alumni Greengage Mobile today announced the completion of a $ 1 million funding round from the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), RBC Impact Fund and investors from Waterloo - based Golden Triangle AngelNet (GTAN).

Chandigarh - based agri - analytics startup AgNext said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funds in a round led by social impact...

Chandigarh - based agri - analytics startup AgNext said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funds in a round led by social impact firm Omnivore.

Social enterprise - impact investing companies, NFPs and cause - based organizations actively seeking funding

Lower duration TIPS funds» headline yield level may be lower, but their portfolio impact may be more beneficial than broad - based TIPS because they require less duration (risk) to earn that yield,» added Mazza.

What it is: According to its mission statement, SponsorChange aims to «empower volunteers by creating a pathway to meaningful skill - based project opportunities at social impact organizations while helping volunteers raise funding to pay down their student loan debt.»

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3.5 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), and holds about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

You might buy a broad index — based traditional emerging markets fund and then set aside some money for what's known as impact investing — buying into companies that support a cause you care about.

Yellen said that the timing and size of future changes to the Fed Funds Rate would be based on economic conditions that could impact employment and inflation.

Toronto, October 30, 2013 — JOLT alumni Greengage Mobile today announced the completion of a $ 1 million funding round from the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), RBC Impact Fund and investors from Waterloo - based Golden Triangle AngelNet (GTAN).

For now, the Strategic Total Return Fund continues to carry a limited duration of about 2 years (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 2 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), mostly in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3 years in Treasury securities (meaning a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact Fund value by about 3 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), with about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

«Noting the fact that the Sexual Orientation Regulations are being voted on in the House of Commons today,» said the Cardinal, «I again express our concern at their impact, not only on adoption services, but on cooperation between faith - based voluntary agencies and public authorities in public funded services....

Lawrencedale Agro Processing India Pvt Ltd (LEAF), India's premier fresh produce supply chain major, raised Series - B equity capital from Bestseller Foundation, a Denmark - based global foundation, and Unitus Impact, a United States - based venture capital fund.

The financial incentive is based on pounds donated and the economic impact of bonus paid is funded through tax savings.

You are just been intentionally argumentative, Klopp inherited a squad that he had to work with, if the Wenger we have now fund himself in the same position that team will be looking at a relegation scrap, if you fail to recognise the impact the Klop appointment is having on Liverpoo l based purely on their league standing them I have to admit i have been giving you more credit sense wise than you deserve when you make comments.!

An article on the environmental impact of the production and disposal of millions of plastic and cloth diapers reveals the length to which corporations will go to ensure profit margins: couching advertisements in «scientific studies»; funding studies based on controversial methodologies; using unscientific statistical studies to cook the books on cost - benefit analyses of environmental damage; and employing shrewd, manipulative and effective public - relations strategies.

This release is based on findings from «Moving in my World: an Investigation into Young People's Embodiment and its Impact on Participation in Physical Activity», funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by Dr Laura Azzarito when she was a Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University.

He charged that restoration of funding for specific departmental legislative branch personnel «without considering the respective value of the positions» functions, in the context of the overall city budget and impact on our city's tax base, is not only unjustifiable but wreaks of putting politics between the public interest.»

Researchers insisted to MPs that institutions did not base funding on «impact factor» — the coverage that publication in a journal may secure in the mainstream press, but the committee appeared unconvinced.

Earlier this year, a group of concerned scientists and journal publishers signed an open letter known as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) to encourage review boards and tenure committees to «eliminate the use of journal - based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations,» and to encourage the development of alternative metrics (altmetrics) to measure a scientist's research contributions.

Such measures as citation impact, levels of funding, and awards, when applied on a per capita basis, he argues, would provide a more accurate picture of the current research landscape.

Jim Thomas of the Ottawa - based ETC Group said the U.S. military's substantial funding of gene drive research «raises alarming question about this entire field,» and he called the technology «powerful and dangerous,» warning that it «could have disastrous impacts on peace, food security, and the environment.»

According to Drucza, who leads the CIMMYT project «Understanding gender in wheat - based livelihoods for enhanced WHEAT R4D impact in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Ethiopia,» funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, research must be relevant and useful.

«The rationale for Exxon's involvement and commitment of funds and personnel is based on our need to assess the possible impact of the greenhouse effect on Exxon business,» Shaw wrote.

The Vitamix Foundation periodically contributes funding to support medical research that aims to assess the health impact of a plant - based lifestyle for a range of illnesses, including but not limited to diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

In an article for The 74, the new reform - oriented education news website launched by Campbell Brown, Matt Barnum looks at the impact of the Obama administration's decision, in 2009, to push states applying for Race to the Top funds to evaluate all teachers based in part on student test scores.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

CitiFinancial is involved with the Baltimore schools on an ongoing basis, by providing funding and mentoring, but saw Believe in Our Schools as a chance to have an immediate impact, said Pat Robbins, CitiFinancial's director of community relations.

Having recently signed an agreement to partner with the Grassroots Business Fund, a social impact investment fund that assists small businesses at the base of the economic pyramid around the world, Envoys will be able to extend the reach of programs to help bring greater benefits to the small, family - owned vendors throughout the developing woFund, a social impact investment fund that assists small businesses at the base of the economic pyramid around the world, Envoys will be able to extend the reach of programs to help bring greater benefits to the small, family - owned vendors throughout the developing wofund that assists small businesses at the base of the economic pyramid around the world, Envoys will be able to extend the reach of programs to help bring greater benefits to the small, family - owned vendors throughout the developing world.

It makes the financially - based business case for corporate funders, and impact investors to contribute and invest in the landscape - scale ecosystem restoration projects necessary to create a sustainable future and resilient communities for generations to come.

By using the threat of effectively denying the children of military personnel access to public education, the bill seeks to force the federal government either to increase its impact - aid payments to districts or to establish separate schools, with full federal funding, on the bases.

In this crisp volume, Education Next editors West and Peterson have pulled together 13 compelling chapters examining the adequate - funding movement, its (evolving) legal theories, its (flimsy) evidentiary base, its (mixed) classroom impact, and its (uncertain) future.

Stating that allowing parents to use their 529 savings for K - 12 tuition «will erode the tax base that funds public schools» when it will benefit many middle class New Yorkers already taking a 2018 hit with lost state and local deduction opportunities; when the real world state budget impact is demonstrably negligible; and in a state that already spends more per public school pupil than any other — is simply poor public education.

In an article for The 74, the new reform - oriented education news website launched by Campbell Brown, Matt Barnum looks at the impact of the Obama administration's decision, in 2009, to push states applying for Race to the Top funds to come up with ways to evaluate all teachers based in part on student test scores.

The Indian School Finance Company, funded by Grey Ghost Ventures, an Atlanta - based impact investor, has expanded to six Indian states since it started in 2009.

Other recent work includes developing a school funding model to simulate the impact of student - based budgeting at the state level, evaluating a rural school grant, and providing strategic and research support for a nonprofit working to build the supply of great public schools in a Western state.

Funded by: New York City Department of Education Amount: $ 50,000 Dates: 1/1/17 — 6/30/18 Summary: Based on pilot research that Dr. Bristol, a renowned researcher in the field of male teachers of color, conducted on NYC Men Teach, current conditions and supports from schools and the NYC Men Teach program and its impact on male teachers of color will be examined.

Instead of funding a national network of 10 regional education labs, suppose those funds were made available on a competitive basis to individual state agencies willing to help districts track the impacts of their own efforts, to identify matched comparison groups for their initiatives (using other students and schools in a state) and to generate reports on impacts.

If you DO work in education, the term is a metaphor for a city - based nonprofit that plays a central role in funding and coordinating high - impact education initiatives.

A declaration that the State's funding scheme, which results in charter students receiving 60 to 75 cents on every dollar received by district students, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the New York State Constitution; A declaration that the State's funding scheme, which denies facilities funding to charter schools, violates the New York State Constitution; A declaration that the State's funding scheme, because of its overwhelming and targeted impact on minority students, unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of race.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a junior research associate (impact and evaluation) to cover maternity leave on our Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) Project, based at our Curriculum Centre in Norwich.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a research associate (impact and evaluation) to cover maternity leave on our Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) Project, based at our Curriculum Centre in Norwich.

This morning, Terry and Marc will explore the student - based budget model with the Committee using the Idaho School Funding Simulator, created with the help of Bryan Hassel and Public Impact.