Sentences with phrase «by local nonprofits»

Those are ambitious projects mostly taken on by local nonprofits or big builders who know the local politics & players in that circle.

Charter schools are often created by local nonprofits, colleges and universities, state or local charter school boards, and local school boards.

Youth employees are referred by local nonprofits including Beyond Emancipation and Not for Sale, groups that support young people who have been in foster care, lived on the streets, or faced other significant hardships.

About a third of Port Equipment's debt is carried by a local nonprofit called Tidewater Business Financing Corporation.

Students at the Jamesville - Dewitt Middle School in central New York are learning computer coding through a program developed by a local nonprofit.

«This place is a memorial to the trauma of the Flood,» reads the text, written by a local nonprofit, Levees.org.

As schools and districts across the country struggled to find high - quality, well - prepared leadership capable of improving learning, a need emerged to identify and support home - grown, innovative ideas generated by local nonprofit and community organizations, and to create new learning networks through which knowledge about improving leadership could spread to others in the field.

Earlier this week, a group of about 100 principals, deans of students and other school leaders gathered at Alverno College's Sister Joel Read Center for a summer training session led by the local nonprofit Schools That Can Milwaukee.

Strut over to the Hippodrome Theatre's Cinema for the Internet Cat Video Festival, curated by the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis and hosted by the local nonprofit, Operation Catnip.

Portland, Oregon based Edible Portland (published by local nonprofit Ecotrust) just named six Sustainable Food Heros, and Dancing Roots Farm's Shari Sirkin was amongst those honored.

It also organizes volunteerism activities for all members» participation and considers requests for ORRA support by local nonprofit organizations.

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Be Great Fest plans on offering support to Pencils of Promise, a local nonprofit that builds schools and education programs abroad, by donating $ 25,000 of the proceeds to the organization.

In addition to creating jobs, serving as a community gathering place, and delivering a fantastic retail experience in the community, this store will be the first to offer a dedicated onsite training space where local youth can sign up for retail skills training courses provided in partnership by two local nonprofits.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

«Chief Collaboration Officer Rodney Youckton, as well as other executive team members, leads by example and sit on local nonprofit boards such as Community Youth Services, the Boys & Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters or United Way,» Miles says.

With a mission of, «Making a Difference, One Cup at a Time,» Dutch Bros. donates over $ 1 million annually to nonprofit organizations and local causes selected by local owner - operators.

USDA strongly encourages schools to donate leftover foods to appropriate nonprofit institutions provided this practice is not prohibited by State or local laws or regulations.

Sulo is a nonprofit group organized by IRRI that helps women become effective leaders in the local community.

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

Activate Good is a nonprofit Volunteer Center activating volunteers to help charitable causes in our local community by connecting individuals, groups, and companies to volunteer needs with nonprofits around the Triangle.

SHERBURNE, N.Y. (WBNG)-- A local nonprofit is taking on a new role by flipping vacant properties to bring new families into the Southern Tier.

A local nonprofit is taking on a new role by flipping vacant properties to bring new families into the Southern Tier.

The hurricane - relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Directions Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and state Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens.

The Community Builders interviewed by the auditors lacked knowledge of HUD's grant programs, the report said, and in some cases improperly interfered with housing transactions between local officials and nonprofit groups, resulting in the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars.

Joined by local fire chiefs and nonprofit service providers, Martins stood on the grounds of the county fire academy in Old Bethpage and said the state - appointed Nassau Interim Finance Authority «owes the county taxpayers an apology» for spending up to $ 150,000 on a consultant's report listing $ 87 million in potential cuts.

The Commission on Local Government Modernization - or Consensus, for short - was formed three years ago by six nonprofit civic groups with support from the city and county.

A local nonprofit legal foundation is ready to begin issuing unofficial City of Kingston identification cards that supporters hope will boost public safety by encouraging undocumented immigrants and others at society's margins to come forward and report crimes.

The DBP oversees three business improvement districts (BIDs), nonprofits that are fueled by assessments, or special taxes paid by local property and business owners.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, joined by local agencies and nonprofit organizations, marks National Bullying Prevention Month with a community conversation and resource expo, W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School, 402 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.

Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

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A new nonprofit group created to advocate for the Harlem community is controlled by workers and allies of local elected leaders, The Post has learned.

The relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Direction Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and Smith.

Several local environmentalists said Synapse's nonprofits play an important role in Syracuse by trying new things.

Skahen said the county initially agreed to pay all of the rent for the office because the city at the time did not have its own local development corporation to raise money by issuing bonds for nonprofit groups.

The declaration means federal funding is available to the State and to tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost - sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding in the counties of Jefferson, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, St. Lawrence, and Wayne.

Coproduced by award - winning ScienCentral Inc. and the nonprofit Center for Science and the Media, STN2 stories are distributed by ABC NewsOne Services to the newsrooms of all ABC affiliates and to several local cable networks.

Locals have looked forward to this outdoor nonprofit performing arts series every summer since 1938, when it was founded by civic activist and arts patron Rosalie Meyer Stern.

Instead, further the impact of your special event by choosing a local nonprofit, thrift store, or women's shelter to donate the excess to.

They use their company platform to share a ton of awesome lifestyle tips on their green living magazine, by creating local and global partnerships for their components, and they participate in 1 % For the Planet, too — which means they donate 1 % of all revenues to environmentally minded nonprofits.

The Fund aids the Brooklyn communities and organizations impacted by Hurricane Sandy and will provide direct support for need identified by local Brooklyn nonprofit service providers, the small business community and borough civic institutions.

In the 24 states where online charter schools exist, some are locally operated by nonprofits using commercial platforms and content, some nonprofits contract with local partners for content and instructional services, and other nonprofits contract with national partners.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

In its 10th year of existence, Guajardo's nonprofit development organization in Texas is run entirely by college - educated locals, and the school districts which it helps are seeing significant increases in graduation rates and college matriculation.

By what metric should we determine whether these schools are more or less «public» than local nonprofit Roman Catholic schools?

Despite the nonprofit's many successes — including getting the local communities invested in the program by hiring locals, even having some build schools — Wood admitted that it hasn't always been easy.

Coached by a grassroots local nonprofit called the Llano Grande Center, their work quickly won respect and cooperation from city officials.

Some proponents of providing local capital funds to charters tried to stave off self - dealing by including language to restrict «personal financial enrichment» by charter operators and require that facilities be owned publicly or by an unaffiliated nonprofit.

Pilot schools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools Network.

Charters are governed by boards comprised of local parents, teachers, and leaders, and accountable to a variety of separate entities such as universities, local nonprofits, and management organizations.