Sentences with phrase «based philanthropic foundation»

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Benjamin Fenton, the founder of New Leaders, a New York City - based group that trains aspiring principals and consults on school and district leadership, said the district's focus on school - level leadership, and philanthropic investment from local and national foundations, had brought his organization to the city in 2004 and opened the doors for others since.

Although the foundation implies that this market - based model will lead to the improvement of all schools in a system, a different endgame is clear through its philanthropic portfolio: The foundation endorses the eventual elimination of public education altogether, in favor of an across - the - board system of privately operated schools.

Forest Trends is a Washington D.C. - based international non-profit organization that was created in 1999 by leaders from conservation organizations, forest products firms, research groups, multilateral development banks, private investment funds and philanthropic foundations.

Jon Baron is the Vice President of Evidence - Based Policy at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation — a nonprofit philanthropic foundation.