Sentences with phrase «dollar giving programs»

Andrew is investigating best - practices in small - dollar giving programs, as well as a plan to create a teacher - led political action committee.

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The reason is that, «aside from Netflix and HBO, we can give buyers a bigger bang for the buck» when it comes to spending their programming dollars, says Volk - Weiss.

Uber, which is believed to be losing billions of dollars per year, is also facing a rocky path to profitability, particularly given recent stumbles in its self - driving car program.

She'd also use federal dollars to fund a national paid family and medical leave program, which would give every worker some portion of their paycheck for up to 12 weeks.

Samantha Godfrey, CEO and co-founder of San Diego - based Pharmly, a pharmaceutical bidding marketplace that graduated from the program in June, says her company benefited from mentors who gave guidance for which she would have paid top dollar had she been working on her own, as well as from $ 60,000 in credit for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

Expedia's rewards program gives members two points for each dollar of travel booked through its site, which can be used to book hotels or flights for yourself or someone else.

Instead of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some of the population, give an equal amount to everyone and be done with it.

At the hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Carson over the fact that, as the head of the department, he would be in charge of numerous programs that the president could manipulate to profit his real estate empire, asking Carson, «Can you assure me that not a single taxpayer dollar that you give out will financially benefit the president - elect or his family?»

Jay introduces the program, gives updates on sponsors, and Michael Oliver supplies updates on his call for the dollar, gold and more.

As I've written before, an effective program of mortgage - debt forgiveness would effectly involve identifying those homeowners who are deepest in debt, and most willing to walk away from their obligations, and giving them tens of thousands of dollars in relief.

Now if one were challenged to give, say, a thousand dollars to programs that actually feed the hungry, one might, with the help of friends, try to come up with the money.

I understand with arresting the pedophile Sandusky, the man should be castrated, but to fire a man who made Penn State relevant and gave the university its prestige, not forgetting the millions of dollars made through the football program, is absurd.

Furthermore, the degree or intensity of viewer interest in a given program is irrelevant, since advertising dollars depend almost completely upon the number of viewers, not the viewers «interest in the message or program.

Many give to feel good about themselves, because they gave sacrifically / I honestly have issues with these 4 to 6 million dollar buildings and a Pastor's salary 100 thousand plus...... and all these un-necessary programs any and everything to do w / everything except the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The 13 - year - old program provides dollar - for - dollar income tax credits for money given to «school tuition organizations,» or STOs.

Society Members are enrolled in the Society Points program so that every dollar they spend gives them points that can be used to purchase exceptional wine, event tickets, and luxurious wine tasting experiences.

It's no surprise such money - driven competitions have surged in popularity, given that multiple highly credible studies have underscored the value of employing financial incentives and peer support to positively influence weight loss. HealthyWage.com's own diet - for - dollars program allows participants to make a wager upfront ranging anywhere from $ 20 a month to as much as $ 500.

The program will be funded by marketing dollars given to the board by BP to help the Louisiana Seafood industry regain lost market share following the Gulf Oil Spill in 2010.

This has been an ongoing issue for the good government community, which has long complained about the (well documented) lack of transparency with these programs, which give away millions of dollars worth of credits annually.

Second, just hours ago (on November 1), Action Sprout and Facebook announced a new program for nonprofits in which they are giving away $ 2 MILLION dollars in ad credits.

After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed school turnaround program, NYC students need a leader who will work with urgency to give them the quality of schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

The program is a «last dollar» approach, meaning that it will cover the remaining tuition balance after all other scholarships and grants have been applied, and does not contribute anything towards non-tuition costs like books and housing, which often form the majority of student costs given that CUNY and SUNY already have relatively low tuition.

Krueger recalled that the ill - fated Empire Zones program, which was created by former Gov. George Pataki in 1999 (it actually morphed out of the New York State Economic Development Zones) ended up being an ill - conceived boondoggle that gave away millions of dollars worth of publicly - funded incentives and tax breaks to businesses that pledged to create jobs and then often didn't make good on those promises.

Cuomo's bill would allow donors to private school scholarship funds and public after school programs to give up to one million dollars, and in exchange receive a credit of $ 750,000 on their taxes.

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

The state's program for the comptroller race is modeled after New York City's public program under which each dollar from a city resident gives up to $ 175 can be matched by $ 6 in public funds.

The New York state legislature is due to adjourn later this week, but there's still no agreement by Assembly Democrats on an education tax credit sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would allow donors a tax credit when they give up to a million dollars for private school scholarships and some public school programs.

While calling the spending increases «modest,» the report said they represent real dollar increases given an inflation rate of 1.8 %, and, interestingly, would outpace spending levels President Barack Obama requested for the same programs in his fiscal 2017 budget blueprint earlier this year.

Since 2006, Shah has directed the agricultural development program for the foundation, which has given away several hundred million dollars for research and other approaches.

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was created in 1982 to give start - up companies a shot at competitively awarded research dollars.

► NIH's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program «gave out three - quarters of a billion dollars this year,» Jeffrey Mervis wrote in this week's issue of Science.

While representing a 6.3 percent cut below FY 2016 levels, it's something of a departure in a year that sees climate programs at EPA, NOAA, and elsewhere slated for much larger cuts, especially given White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney's belief that dollars spent on climate change are a waste of money.

Given the attractive pricing per track, we feel that the IFNA ™ program offers considerable «education density» per dollar and time.

«Yet Republicans insist on giving tax breaks to the superwealthy while shortchanging programs like Head Start, No Child Left Behind, student loans and grants, and other education initiatives by billions of dollars.»

A proposal unveiled by the Clinton Administration last week would consolidate 23 separate vocational - education programs into a single grant, giving states greater flexibility over how to use the federal dollars.

Unlike state - subsidized voucher programs, which are funded by collected tax revenues, this program bypasses state coffers by giving corporations a dollar - for - dollar tax break when they contribute to a scholarship funding organization.

As the House was passing its version of the stimulus package (see Figure 1), Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute noted that most of the money simply gave states dollars to keep intact the programs of the past: «It's like an alcoholic at the end of the night when the bars close and the solution is to open the bar for another hour,» he told a New York Times reporter.

In addition to the Race to the Top program, which rewarded some states for adopting the standards, the Obama administration gave more than $ 350 million dollars to two groups to develop Common Core tests.

Instead of continuing to funnel the bulk of ESEA funding through the labyrinthine Title I program, federal policymakers should give states the option to make Title I dollars portable, following children to any school or education option of choice.

This would give novices the opportunity to learn on the job and figure out whether teaching is right for them, without sinking thousands of dollars into teacher training programs.

Conventional wisdom says that Obama put one over on the GOP — getting them to accept higher taxes on the top 2 percent without so much as giving up a dollar for education or any other government spending program.

The i3 grant along with Race to the Top are perhaps the two signature education programs from the Obama administration where big federal dollars have been given in exchange for promises by states and local districts for sweeping changes.

Given the dire state of the economy, President Obama already has channeled billions of dollars into schools in all states to save jobs and programs.

The SSAE program gives districts greater flexibility in how budget dollars are spent.

The new ESSA guidelines give districts much greater flexibility in directing dollars toward SEL programming.

After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed school turnaround program, NYC students need a leader who will work with urgency to give them the quality of schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Every dollar you give helps us develop and implement our school - based teacher effectiveness programs.

«I want to make sure we're giving relief to taxpayers, but we're also making sure dollars are going into the classrooms where they belong, and and not wasted on programs and big stadiums like we're seeing across the state,» he said.

The $ 90.3 million that had previously been directed to the two grant programs was swallowed up by the LCFF, which in its first year gave local educational agencies a total of $ 4.5 billion in additional funding as well greater authority over how the dollars are spent.

The March 14 to 15 trip to the Miami area was for lawmakers to learn about Florida's Tax Credit Scholarships Program, a controversial initiative that gives dollar - for - dollar state tax credits to encourage companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children attending private schools, according to Darrell Allison, the director and chief lobbyist for Parents for Educational Freedom (PEFNC).