Sentences with phrase «communities in need of funding»

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Many people argue about what needs to come first in order to create an entrepreneurial community — ideas or capital — but it's a chicken - and - egg debate, says Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund For Our Economic Future, a program that pools funding for entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast Ohio.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Instead of just the big, famous causes and their galas, Six Degrees is more focused on people who are in individual, smaller communities, or big cities, who need funding and can use the celebrity status to get noticed.

In recognition of the immense need in Dickinson, and in honor of my mother's significant contribution to this community, my wife, Amy, and I have decided to donate one million dollars to the city's Harvey Relief FunIn recognition of the immense need in Dickinson, and in honor of my mother's significant contribution to this community, my wife, Amy, and I have decided to donate one million dollars to the city's Harvey Relief Funin Dickinson, and in honor of my mother's significant contribution to this community, my wife, Amy, and I have decided to donate one million dollars to the city's Harvey Relief Funin honor of my mother's significant contribution to this community, my wife, Amy, and I have decided to donate one million dollars to the city's Harvey Relief Fund.

A comprehensive set of best practices ensures that in every community, B Strong's funds are used efficiently and reliably to provide support directly to those in need.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricaneIn addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanein grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanein need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

The cost of token - holder relations and maintaining an active community, the cost of needing now to execute on their projects in the public eye, and the cost of needing to «mature» as a business quickly to responsibly handle the large amount of funds raised.

Offering unwavering support & education about Israel and working with our network of affiliates & partners, we fund what is most needed in Jewish communities around the world.

Funds from each person sponsoring a child in a community are pooled together to meet the needs of all the children in that community.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

It has a senior center, medical clinics, childcare facilities, and a community safety - net fund that awards small grants to market - affiliated folks in dire need of help paying the rent or medical bills.

Since 2003, Ignite the Spirit, a 501c3 non-profit entity, has raised and donated funds to ease the hardship of Chicago Fire Department families in their time of need as well as giveback to their communities through scholarships and other charitable events.

While we need federal funding and guidelines, in the final analysis it's the parents, principals, and teachers [who matter]-- it's a local program, not just another federal program that needs money, but a program that invests in the future of local schools and communities.

Six communities receive MIECHV funds and reflect a broad spectrum of diversity in community makeup, context and needs.

From birth to kindergarten entry, MCHB, in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), funds states, territories, and tribal entities to develop and implement evidence - based, voluntary programs that best meet the needs of their communities.

In 2009, the Park District enlisted the services of Leisure Vision, a nationally recognized research agency to complete a series of community input meetings and administer a statistically valid communitywide survey that addressed the needs, unmet needs, and funding priorities of the Park District of Highland Park residents.

We will also need our representatives to continue to fight development and preserve the remaining parcels of open space in our communities, even as funding becomes tougher to come by.

She, and Community Board 1, were instrumental in forcing the L.M.D.C. to identify all of its remaining funds, and pushed to earmark these funds for specific needs in Lower Manhattan.

John J. Gage, Owner of Conklin Reliable Market, said: «I am very grateful that New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund identified a wonderful community in need of this investment.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

«This federal funding for Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc will bring real results to young students across the Mohawk Valley by providing them with the resources they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom.

And so, we need to ensure that we have grants and other funding resources available, so that we don't create more blight in our community and that we don't tear down what is really the incredible bones of this neighborhood.»

And he added that the city is spending $ 31 million on Close to Home, a juvenile justice program that places city youth whom family courts determine need a period of out - of - home placement in residential programs closer to their families and communities — a program that used to be funded by the state.

«The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund's small grant awards are a much - needed first step in reversing the long history of environmental abuse that the Greenpoint community has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, in a sCommunity Environmental Fund's small grant awards are a much - needed first step in reversing the long history of environmental abuse that the Greenpoint community has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, in a scommunity has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, in a statement.

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

While the business community has called for a complete end to the millionaires tax, Cuomo said the state needs the billions of dollars in revenue the tax generates each year to fund programs and manage looming budget deficits.

Governor Cuomo should let this plan go, and the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) board should immediately direct staff to aggressively move these funds to the communities that are in desperate need of it.»

Upon Cuomo's pledge this month to chip in $ 8.3 billion to the MTA's modernization plan, upstate lawmakers began citing the needs of roads and bridges in their communities, hoping to have a shot at state funding for those improvements during the next budget process.

Federally Qualified Community Health Centers like Hudson Headwaters, North Country Family Health, and the Community Health Center of the North Country provide over 95,000 people in the North Country with critical healthcare and preventative services, and it's important to the needs of our community that this funding be Community Health Centers like Hudson Headwaters, North Country Family Health, and the Community Health Center of the North Country provide over 95,000 people in the North Country with critical healthcare and preventative services, and it's important to the needs of our community that this funding be Community Health Center of the North Country provide over 95,000 people in the North Country with critical healthcare and preventative services, and it's important to the needs of our community that this funding be community that this funding be extended.

He said New York gives $ 48 billion more to the federal government than it gets back and the district needs a member of Congress that can get some of those funds to help communities in the watershed.

«We need to fully fund our schools, in all of our communities.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

By providing low cost capital to Community Development Credit Unions and Non-Profit Loan Funds, the State is helping to insure that small businesses can continue to be an engine of recovery and growth in communities where it is most needed.»

The report, by the independent Authorities Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up pollution.

Commissioner Donna Corrado for the Department for the Aging said that the increased funding was needed to meet the unique needs of the LGBT community in New York.

«In it we create a historic $ 10 million immigrant legal aid fund to meet the urgent need of our immigrant communities.

«I would point out that the amount of funding that is devoted to protecting New York and making sure that law enforcement officials in New York have the resources that they need is higher than the amount of money that's provided to local communities across the country,» said Earnest.

We created the Business Stimulus Loan Fund at the ECIDA to help fill some of that gap, giving established local companies the financial support they need to grow and create economic opportunity in our community,» said Erie County Executive

That outcome was stunning given the speaker's long identification with the LGBT community — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Communitcommunity — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Communitcommunity, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT CommunityCommunity Center.

We support the governor's proposed $ 150 million for the creation of new community schools in high - needs districts, but we hope the state will increase this funding to $ 200 million and provide it as categorical aid to adequately support schools.

He noted that as a senior member of an Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over funding for key agencies involved in reducing gun violence, «I will continue working to ensure agencies like the ATF has the funding it needs to continue keeping our communities safe.»

Katherine Nadeau, Policy Director at group Environmental Advocates of New York, said that the possibility of more federal funding to assist New York communities remediate brownfield sites comes in a time of need.

In order to obtain up - to - date data on affordable housing need, members of Community Voices Heard Power partnered with Legislator Catherine Borgia and successfully won $ 100,000 in the 2016 Westchester County Budget to fund a new studIn order to obtain up - to - date data on affordable housing need, members of Community Voices Heard Power partnered with Legislator Catherine Borgia and successfully won $ 100,000 in the 2016 Westchester County Budget to fund a new studin the 2016 Westchester County Budget to fund a new study.

The handful of labs that continued to pursue ApoE did so in the face of indifference from funding agencies and the neuroscience community, and without the resources needed to validate experimental findings with larger studies.

France's road to modernization of research may not be smooth, and it may be a while before the new funding and autonomy of the universities leads to greater international competitiveness, but it is clear among the scientific community that a shake - up was sorely needed in the old system.

We need more conservation groups and social organizations to lend their expertise and funds if we are to prevent the tragic devastation of indigenous communities along with terrestrial, marine and freshwater biodiversity and resources in Central America.

The biomedical community «is going to miss [Obey] very much,» says David Moore, senior director for government relations at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. Moore says that Obey had a rare understanding of the need to fund research and health professions over the long term.

While building a community and giving teachers a venue where they can share ideas is among the important goals of the yearly Noyce Summit, this year's event also advanced a $ 3.7 million AAAS initiative, funded by NSF, to help stimulate research and foster evidence - based innovations in the preparation of STEM teachers for high - need schools.

The successful linking of research funding organizations in E-Rare-1 and the subsequent exemplary joint funding activities have attested the need of, and the acknowledgment from, the research community for transnational funding of collaborative, multidisciplinary and ambitious projects on rare diseases.

Responsive to the needs of the community, the AAS reviews and issues small research and travel grants (sponsored by the AAS, NASA, and the NSF), holds town meetings with agency representatives, and has recently demonstrated its leadership in preparing The American Astronomical Society's Examination of Graduate Education in Astronomy (funded by the NSF; AAS, 1997).