Sentences with phrase «for nonprofit advocacy groups»

I missed the significance of this at the time (as a long - time Photoshop user, I haven't needed to work with Canva), but it seems like a good development for nonprofit advocacy groups.

When I worked for a nonprofit advocacy group I was responsible for mass - emailing petitions to politicians.

«There are quite a few offers out there,» says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for the nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Action.

Not exact matches

The brothers have continued to influence politics through a Koch - funded nonprofit conservative advocacy group founded in 2004, Americans for Prosperity.

How much notice will depend on state requirements, but it's generally within the same period you're required to give notice for renewal, says Michael Vraa, managing attorney and hotline director at HOME Line, a nonprofit tenant advocacy group in Minneapolis.

The former nonprofit executive had worked for women's advocacy groups, most recently promoting breast cancer awareness.

«Consumers should be concerned,» said John M. Simpson, privacy project director for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Santa Monica.

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

When I worked for a politician I was responsible for deleting all of the mass - emails sent by nonprofit advocacy groups.

As for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or not).

Democrats also benefit from the growth of progressive nonprofit advocacy campaigns over the past decade: not only have advocacy groups experimented with just about every tool or tactic in the book, but the existence of so many independent groups clamoring for effective technology has created a vibrant market.

The nonprofit advocacy group Riders Alliance helped popularize the #CuomosMTA hashtag through a campaign it launched last year to hold the governor accountable for subway failures, like soaring delays and tanking on - time performance ratings.

And 12 years in the nonprofit space in DC has shown me that MORE women work for progressive advocacy groups than men (far more of my clients over the years have been women than men, for instance).

With Obama campaign staff reporting a «ridiculously» high Return On Investment for list - building search ads and Google giving Grants to nonprofit advocacy groups like a crack dealer handing out freebies in a new territory (and for much the same reason?)

Also involved: Left - leaning nonprofits and advocacy groups like Make the Road NY, Citizen Action and Strong Economy for All.

Nonprofit advocacy groups aren't always quick on their feet — our institutional cultures frequently favor consensus, and they also too often require ridiculously complex approval processes for anything going out to the public.

And online fundraising isn't just a game for presidential campaigns: sites like ActBlue on the left and Slatecard on the right are extending internet fundraising to candidates at all levels, while nonprofit advocacy groups have access to a broad array of tools to build supporter lists and plumb them for cash.

Brent Ferguson of The Brennan Center for Justice said that he believed Cuomo's legislation would only cover nonprofit advocacy groups, a certain class of 501 (c) 4s, if they engage in «political activity» during campaign season.

«Drastic funding cuts have inevitably led to service cuts for Nassau County residents who often have no alternative means of transportation, meaning even longer waits and longer commutes,» said Vincent Pellecchia, associate director of the tristate Transportation Campaign, a nonprofit advocacy group in Manhattan.

Records show that Melius» foundation gave a total of $ 293,000 in grants to more than 170 nonprofit organizations in 2014, among them the FBI Agents Association, an advocacy group for current and retired FBI agents in Alexandria, Virginia; the Pat Cairo Family Foundation, which is run by North Hempstead Republican leader Joseph Cairo; and the Raj & Rajeshwari Foundation, which was run by the family of indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh.

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

Also last week, the leaders of an affordable housing nonprofit and a labor - backed advocacy group provided statements to reporters chiding Wu for comments he made about internet startup Airbnb.

They include American Crossroads, the super PAC founded by Karl Rove; American Action Network, a nonprofit advocacy group, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is the campaign arm for the House GOP.

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.

Bill McKibben, co-founder of the nonprofit climate advocacy group 350.org, took particular issue with Exxon Mobil's assertion that it remained confident that the supply - and - demand equation for petroleum would remain in its favor, even in an era of generally tightening carbon regulation.

Thirty - three states have strategic plans for dealing with climate change, but only five of those currently include a public - health response, according to the Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. «We only respond after a Katrina - like crisis,» says Jeffrey Levi, the trust's executive director.

«Whether that means there's a connection between the human form of sporadic Creutzfeldt - Jakob and the new strain of mad cow is a completely open question, but the fact that we see similar damage is intriguing,» says Michael Hansen, the senior research associate for Consumers Union, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

«Diversity is good for the human gut,» says Cynthia Harriman, director of food and nutrition strategies with the nonprofit Whole Grains Council, an advocacy group that educates the public about health benefits of whole grains, including uncommon ones.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

Education Superhighway, a nonprofit advocacy group backed by tech entrepreneurs, estimates that 72 percent of America's schools lack sufficient Internet infrastructure for digital learning.

«What happened was you had a whole bunch of folks who wanted standards but not standardization,» said Arnold Fege, president of Public Advocacy for Kids, a nonprofit public education advocacAdvocacy for Kids, a nonprofit public education advocacyadvocacy group.

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

For example, a report released recently (by the ACLU SoCal and Public Advocates, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group) found that more than 20 percent of all California charter schools have enrollment policies that violate state and federal law.

The lack of progress in the younger grades trickles up: More than half of English learners now in California high schools are «long - term English learners,» meaning they have been in public schools for six years without learning English, according to a 2010 report by Californians Together, a nonprofit advocacy group.

It was written by former award - winning high school principal Carol Burris, who is now executive director of the nonprofit Network for Public Education advocacy group.

Public Advocates Inc., a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group that focuses on civil rights, was an early supporter, in part because the bill would require community input in crafting a system for the first time.

«The district came back and said, «We would like a second chance to turn this school around,»» said David Phelps, spokesman for Parent Revolution, the nonprofit advocacy group that bankrolled the 24th Street push and lobbies for parent trigger legislation nationwide.

Those challenges are why Lester's principal, Antonio Burt, a second - year principal trained by the national nonprofit advocacy group, New Leaders for New Schools, opened the doors to a visitor.

Nonprofit advocacy groups like Advocates for Children and Resources for Children with Special Needs can also offer free, spot - on advice.

About 275,000 students nationwide are enrolled full time in online schools, according to Susan Patrick, president of the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning, a nonprofit advocacy group.

«[LCFF] represented a massive equity investment — we were talking about actually making sure that the resources were generated [for] high - needs kids,» said Samantha Tran of Children Now, a nonprofit advocacy group in California.

This Oakland nonprofit rescue and advocacy group puts the American pit bull terrier — pit bulls — front and center, speaking up for one of the most misunderstood breeds of the times.

All I need for you to do is pick an animal rescue, shelter, advocacy group, nonprofit organization, idea, etc. that you want to support.

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

Entanglement's work was part of an effort by the Environmental Defense Fund, a national advocacy group, and the nonprofit Air Alliance Houston to help the city of Houston assess environmental damage from Harvey, protect public health and hold companies accountable for their pollution.

Based in Palo Alto, CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs.

Part think tank, part advocacy group, the Center for Law and Social Policy is a national nonprofit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor.