Sentences with phrase «by nonprofit boards»

Both are run by nonprofit boards that incorporated independently before applying for the charter contracts that gives them the ability to operate public schools.

Today, there are 37, all of which are governed by nonprofit boards.

In 2005, Algiers Charter was founded by a nonprofit board comprised of Orleans Parish School Board members and neighborhood representatives.

PUC eCALS is a charter public school governed by a nonprofit board of directors and overseen by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Not exact matches

As required by the nonprofit's by - laws, more than half of the Fortune Society's staff and at least a third of its board share with Kozlowski the experience of having been incarcerated, providing role models to those they serve.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

Another prong in No Ceilings» new program is an effort by the nonprofit Catalyst to create what's being billed as an annual list of CEO - endorsed female candidates who are ready to serve as directors on U.S. corporate boards.

OpenAI, the nonprofit research firm co-founded by Elon Musk, announced that the serial tech entrepreneur is stepping down from the organization's board of...

«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.

From the beginning, Philadelphians have seen the Reading Terminal Market as an investment in the community, and the nonprofit board that's managed it since 1994 has made it its mission to ensure it remains a space run by Philadelphian food experts for Philadelphian food lovers and home cooks (an agenda made even more critical by the fact that the many Philly neighborhoods are food deserts — the market is the largest single - location redeemer of SNAP benefits in the state).

Children Awaiting Parents, Inc. (CAP) is a national, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization governed by a volunteer board of directors.

Calculations by the nonprofit National School Boards Association suggest the guidelines could add 11 cents to 25 cents per meal; the new rules, by contrast, would raise the federal reimbursement by only 6 cents.

By the end of 2004, RDA had become a nonprofit public benefit corporation in California, nominated a board and adopted bylaws.

AG Andrew Cuomo just announced his has served a subpoena on the Senate calling for the production of records related to 10 employees who also served on the Soundview board or were employed or retained by the Bronx nonprofit or its affiliated companies.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

Two tourism nonprofits controlled by former NYS First Lady Libby Pataki violate state law for failing to have functioning boards of directors, which provide oversight and control of funds donated to the tax - exempt entities.

The contracts are required under new guidelines intended to increase the affiliated nonprofits» transparency and accountability, approved last year by the university system's board following «a very long and tedious process,» one trustee recalled at an audit committee meeting on Monday.

Silver also helped the doctor in 2008 by sending $ 25,000 in state funding to a nonprofit that had Taub's relative as a member of its board, according to the complaint.

De Blasio sought and received an opinion from the Conflicts of Interest Board about whether he could fundraise for the Campaign for One New York, the now - defunct 501 (c)(4) nonprofit that is also under scrutiny by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Established in 1987, REDC is a 501 - c - 3 nonprofit contract agency of the County of Rockland and is governed by a 33 - member board of directors.

De Blasio also appointed Morales to the board of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, a nonprofit chaired by de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray.

Five of the 11 must be recommended by or approved by Empire State Development, whose president and CEO can serve as a non-voting «advisory representative» to the nonprofit board, or designate someone for that role.

Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't violate the city's campaign finance laws by soliciting unlimited donations through a nonprofit organization — but the Campaign Finance Board today offered a stinging rebuke of the practice and called for the City Council to close a «loophole» that allows it.

«We're hoping to move in by mid-February,» says William Hider, president of the board of trustees of the Redhouse, a nonprofit arts organization.

The board has come under fire for approving a $ 392,000 salary for Galante, who has been the subject of scrutiny by the City Council and the FBI concerning his outside income and questionable operation of the taxpayer - funded nonprofit.

Stringer was also a vocal critic of the Campaign for One New York, de Blasio's political nonprofit, calling it a «slush fund» shortly after de Blasio had been criticized by the Campaign Finance Board for how the nonprofit raised and spent funds.

And it recommended that state and federal governments help fund data collection by nonprofits such as the Ground Water Protection Council and an independent multi-state gas regulation peer - review board.

Urged by desperate parents, the board expanded the traditional nonprofit by launching Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc., an independent arm, to spearhead drug discovery.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board under any provision of law may be taken without a meeting if all Directors shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action in the manner specified in the California Nonprofit Corporation Law.

As a nonprofit organization, The Jackson Laboratory is governed by its Board of Trustees.

Five such awards are to be given annually by the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, a nonprofit formed by tech giants Art Levinson, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Apple and Chairman and former CEO of Genentech; Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google; Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe and Mr. Brin's wife; Facebook founder Mr. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, MD; and Russian philanthropist and entrepreneur Yuri Milner.

Advance and promote the discipline by participating in partnerships with government agencies, foundations, and / or nonprofit organizations, such as funding agency grant panels or other advocacy / advisory boards to contribute to the advancement and promotion of the discipline.

Obese workers cost private sector employers in the U.S. an estimated $ 45 billion annually in medical expenditures and lost productivity, according to a 2008 report co-authored by Barrington and produced by the Conference Board, a nonprofit business research organization based in New York City.

Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., has asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate alleged fraud and other possible violations of federal law by a nonprofit Utah corporation that is affiliated with 11 private boarding schools for troubled youths that are located outside the United States.

According to the Portland school board, the real estate trust was «a nonprofit, independent entity created by [Portland Public Schools], which could, at the board's discretion, be given title to property deemed «surplus» to either market or redevelop it on behalf of the school district.»

The New York City - based College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the Advanced Placement brand, said more than two - thirds of the 134,000 ostensible AP - course syllabuses submitted for review by teachers from 14,383 secondary schools around the world were immediately approved.

By mid-summer, Flores and Villaraigosa were ready to hatch their charter - and - choice initiative, at first urging the school board to hand off 50 recently opened campuses to charter firms and nonprofit reform groups.

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.

That is the idea behind NBA Math Hoops, inspired by a board game developed in 1997 and recently launched as an app by the nonprofit Learn Fresh, where Nick Monzi, Ed.M.»

NHRP was founded in 1983 by the College Board, a nonprofit that advocates for expanded access to higher education and administers college - level exams such as the SAT.

Shanker's idea, which was first outlined by teacher union gadfly Myron Lieberman, became the private, nonprofit National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

The study, which was financed in part by the College Board, the New York City - based nonprofit that sponsors the AP program, followed students who graduated from high school from 1998 to 2002 and enrolled at any public college or university in Texas.

Generally appointed by the governor or state legislature, board members of ICBs may not have the same political independence as an institute for higher education or nonprofit organization.

The Journal story gives several examples of times when high - profile Wall Street hedge fund managers responded to Weingarten's calls by changing their private philanthropic giving or even resigning from a nonprofit's board.

The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establishments.

«Independent» charter schools are typically nonprofit organizations run by their own volunteer boards.

Outside of the tech industry, he has over 400 skydives, is a partner and investor in Aston Martin Racing North America and sits on the board for Playworks, a national nonprofit that supports learning and physical health by providing safe and inclusive play to low - income students in urban schools.

The board, a nonprofit consulting organization funded by individual state membership fees and corporate gifts, aired those views in a 30 - page report citing «widespread erosion» of student achievement and academic standards throughout the region's 260 colleges and universities and suggesting that such problems at both the school and college levels threaten the stability of the New England...

Smarick, who was appointed as a member of the school board a year ago by Gov. Larry Hogan, works as a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit.