Sentences with phrase «fund philanthropic efforts»

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After selling Trader Classified Media in 2006, John MacBain has been focused on philanthropic work, founding the Geneva - based McCall MacBain Foundation, which grants funding for efforts in education, health and the environment.

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 hurricanes.

«Their generous philanthropic efforts have enabled Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to fund cutting edge pediatric research, purchase life - saving equipment and fund pediatric programs like Child Life, where we provide therapy through medical play, visual arts, dance, music and more,» continued Nantais.

The Park Foundation, an Ithaca - based philanthropic fund, has also continued to fund state - based anti-fracking efforts despite the ban, including a $ 125,000 grant to New Yorkers Against Fracking earlier this year.

The group's efforts are being funded through the Audacious Project, a joint effort of the non-profit group TED and philanthropic organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Among their many philanthropic efforts, Stan established a fund to help support young bone marrow transplant patients at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte.

The goal of the ENLACE Initiative, a project funded by the philanthropic W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is to support Hispanic students» academic efforts and increase the number of Hispanic students who complete high school and college.

Program Links Hispanic Families to Education Resources The goal of the ENLACE Initiative, a project funded by the philanthropic W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is to support Hispanic students» academic efforts and increase the number of Hispanic students who complete high school and college.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

Fortunately, pioneering schools, such as Summit and LPS, are pushing the OER ecosystem to make it easier to create customized learning solutions that address students» personalized learning needs, and many of the philanthropic organizations funding OER efforts are directing that funding toward solutions that aim to improve student learning outcomes.

Public funding should be used to expand and sustain these philanthropic efforts.

Knowing that along with the Gates Foundation, both the Broad Foundation and the Walton Foundation constitute the «big three» in major philanthropic funding for the corporate education reform effort, I decided to dig just a little more.

The Broad Foundation investment is helping to fund NGLC's effort to distribute millions of philanthropic dollars to transform schools across the country.

New Canaan parent and education advocate Maria Naughton submitted testimony stating «parents, families and children do not have corporate backing, PAC's, large philanthropic organizations or venture capitalists funding our efforts to protect our children.

I'm Not a Monster is a philanthropic effort 100 % - funded privately by the founder.

These significant philanthropic contributions have leveraged public funding — including funds from the San Francisco International Airport wetlands mitigation agreement — to make this ambitious, multi-year restoration effort possible.

Meanwhile Carnival Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Carnival Corp., and the Miami HEAT Charitable Fund are each pledging to raise a combined $ 5 million in funding for relief and recovery efforts.

Not much is known about if / when 2D Boy will release a new game, with efforts centred on Goo and its ports, plus more general philanthropic work for the rest of the industry — last year, inspired by their successes in indie games, 2D Boy and thatgamecompany teamed up to start the «Indie Fund» to offer financial support for new studios.

The latest revamp has been paid for by a major Heritage Lottery Fund grant and scores of donations from trusts, private donors, and members of the public — an effort that Tate chairman Lord Browne described as a model of how to achieve major projects through philanthropic giving.

Gallerist Richard J. Demato continues his philanthropic efforts by raising both funds and awareness for the Hetrick - Martin Institute during the opening reception.