Sentences with phrase «for nonprofit boards»

In what should be a ringing alarm for nonprofit boards across the country long accustomed to minimal scrutiny or accountability, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has signaled that the laissez - faire approach to nonprofit governance is over.

Not exact matches

Local nonprofits are always looking for knowledgeable board members.

He chairs the board of directors for Urban Upbound, a New York City nonprofit, and is an associate member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS).

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.

Any time there is a service transaction between a nonprofit parent and a for - profit subsidiary, both boards have to approve it and be able to show that the for - profit paid actual market rates for the product or service (proving that the parent and subsidiary are conducting arm's - length transactions and not receiving special favors).

As a board member of the Center for Community Solutions, a San Diego - based nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and relationship abuse, I have seen firsthand the positive influence sustainable philanthropy can have on an organization.

Today, Baker is a board member for nonprofits that help girls and underrepresented minorities get a foothold in tech.

He is also president of the board of directors for Traveling Stories, a nonprofit organization working to outsmart poverty one book at a time.

Lowe also mentors new entrepreneurs; serves as past chairman of the board for Biztech, a nonprofit high - tech business incubator; and is a co-founder and officer for the Alabama Information Technology Association.

The answer is not straight forward, but as one of New York's largest social services nonprofits with nearly 2,000 employees and constant hiring needs, at The New York Foundling, we know that merely posting on job boards and culling for pedigreed resumes isn't working.

Additionally, Dr. Stephens was nominated for the Orange County Business Journal's Women in Business Award; was a mentor in the Women Unlimited Leadership Development program, and a founding Board member of the Fibre Channel Association, a nonprofit industry organization.

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.

The Global Innovation Management Institute, is the global nonprofit standard certification board for innovation and innovation management.

See these three standards for nonprofits in the U.S. suggesting between five and seven board members as a minimum.

While passionate about the retail business, he is also active in the local food movement and commits personal time participating on the board of directors for several nonprofit organizations in Chicago.

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).

Wilmette Park District Commissioner Mike Murdock is involved with a new private, nonprofit corporation's attempt to win the lease for Wilmette Harbor, after he was involved in the park board's consideration.

Anthony is also on the Board of Directors of Men Having Babies, a nonprofit organization created to educate the public and advocate for men having children through non-traditional means.

Parents could align with them and create their own chapter, or just simply work with them, rather than start a whole new entire nonprofit organization with all the complications, boards, paperwork, and need for ongoing money.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Homestretch, a nonprofit in Northern Virginia that helps transition families out of homelessness.

Dr. Harrison is author of the 2014 book (with Vic Murray), Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations, SUNY Open Press, and author of a number of scholarly peer - reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and research reports.

Lake is a well - known advocate in the birthing community having served on the board of the nonprofit organization, Choices in Childbirth for many years.

Frustrations over fundraising and the management style of Executive Director Ethan Roeder, the former top data guru for President Obama's presidential campaigns, led senior staffers to quit and several employees to follow them out the door after the nonprofit's board of directors refused to fire Roeder at the staff's request.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is poised to announce that Harold Ickes, a veteran Democratic operative and former top aide to President Clinton, has agreed to serve on the board of his office's nonprofit arm, the Fund for Public Advocacy.

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.

Diaz Sr. has been railing against Schneiderman for his Charities Bureau probe of the embattled Bronx nonprofit behind the Puerto Rican Day Parade, which is expected to result in the ouster of its six - member board.

Lerner's group this week sent a formal request for the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board to examine the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit group that Mayor Bill de Blasio set up to support his agenda.

Gail Nayowith, former head of the nonprofit Citizens» Committee for Children of New York and a current member of the New York City Board of Health, resigned as co-chair of New York State Children's Medicaid Redesign Team, a position she held for seven years.

In July 2015 she was named as CEO and Board chair for the US - based anti-corruption nonprofit Mayday PAC

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.

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.

The city's Campaign Finance Board says Mayor Bill de Blasio's outside nonprofit group did not break campaign finance laws, but the board chairwoman had tough words for the mayor Wednesday and urged city officials to crack down on groups like de BlasBoard says Mayor Bill de Blasio's outside nonprofit group did not break campaign finance laws, but the board chairwoman had tough words for the mayor Wednesday and urged city officials to crack down on groups like de Blasboard chairwoman had tough words for the mayor Wednesday and urged city officials to crack down on groups like de Blasio's.

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.

Before approving two requests from nonprofit organizations Tuesday to use town roads for summer parades the Southold Town Board took care to remind people that candy and beads can not be tossed on streets during the events.

«Not violating Conflicts of Interest Board rules is the bare minimum for a public official,» said Doug Kellogg, a spokesman for the government - reform and accountability nonprofit Reclaim New York.

In February, Lerner asked the Campaign Finance Board and the Conflicts of Interest Board to investigate de Blasio's use of nonprofits such as the Campaign for One New York because it «has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

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.

At least two influential members of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency's board are expressing serious reservations about a proposal for the public agency to buy a Buffalo mansion and become a landlord for a campus of nonprofit agencies

Adem Bunkeddeko, a 30 - year - old community organizer and Community Board 8 member who has worked for nonprofits, has $ 120,949 in contributions and $ 71,448.72 in cash on hand.

Nonprofit providers who operate shelters and provide homeless prevention and aftercare services, who have been agitating for across - the - board contract increases from the de Blasio administration as part of this year's budget, said they were concerned about how the city planned to fund what amounts to a broadening of their work.

But when board members of the nonprofit Casabe Housing Development Fund met with Melissa Mark - Viverito, now front - runner for the City Council speakership, they faced a lashing out of left field.

The nonprofit's board of trustees voted to suspend Galante last week with pay, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit said.

She is the legal director of the New York State Young Democrats and the youngest board member of the Women's Campaign Fund, a nonprofit that assists females who are running for office.

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.

More recently, the New York Post reported that Mr. Adams solicited donations for his nonprofit, One Brooklyn Fund, months before filing the necessary permission forms with the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

Sen. Shirley Huntley's office noted in the wake of Cuomo's task force announcement yesterday that the Queens Democrat introduced a bill this past session that would direct OPWDD, OMH and OASAS to establish minimum training requirements for all board members and trustees of nonprofits and facilities subject to the jurisdiction of their offices.

«Everybody wants to know where the money went,» said Derrick Taitt, a board member for East Harlem Triangle, the nonprofit that co-owned the Pathmark building with ADC.

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.

All his activities involving the nonprofits have been «legal and appropriate in every way» and he obtained clearance for his involvement from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, he added.

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.