Sentences with phrase «fund raising initiatives»

Collaborated with staff members on fund raising initiatives and alumni activities, maintained record keeping, and developed correspondence for the President and CEO.

We have also provided some ideas to help you organize your own personal fund raising initiatives should you not qualify for assistance or need resources beyond what they organizations can fund.

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Perth - based scooter manufacturer and retailer Vmoto has received firm commitments for an $ 8.9 million capital raising to fund its various investment initiatives.

Bankwest today launched its new charity, which will raise funds for community initiatives, as well as a scholarship program that aims to better the lives of Western Australians, and has pledged $ 1 million per year to the charity for five years.

's New Farm, an initiative through which money is raised to fund the farming of organic produce that's donated to the Stop.

The BStrong Delivering Good fund has raised more than $ 800,000 for cash cards since the initiative was launched on Sept. 29, according to BStrong and the Global Empowerment Mission.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

The initiative, known as Yasuní - ITT, failed to raise the necessary funds as northern Annex 1 countries balked at contributing to keeping fossil fuels in the ground — a strategy that is now a scientific imperative if the world is to meet its declared goal of avoiding a 2 °C rise in temperature.

Adam Dumond is organizing the second Sarnia Sings event, which includes a live karaoke band to raise funds for local mental health initiatives.

Liz Leadbetter Kirkhaven's manager said: «We are delighted that our social work students at Kirkhaven are using their initiative and research to raise funds to enable our service users to sample some life experiences that a lot of us take for granted.»

So far, the initiative has raised $ 48,000, funding the production of 480 coats.

The $ 30m in funding will allow Harmless Harvest to support its growth initiatives including increasing and optimizing its sustainable production capacity in Thailand, as well as raising brand awareness and expanding geographic distribution to meet growing consumer demand for refrigerated premium coconut water.

All money raised will fund future marketing and educational initiatives of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association.

Seventy five percent (75 %) of the net dollars raised through local events, including the annual Race for the Cure ®, stay in Broward, Miami - Dade and Monroe Counties to fund breast cancer screening, education and treatment initiatives.

The Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation has committed to raise $ 200,000 to support The One Fund Boston to help the families affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy through a $ 100,000 pledge from the Shamrock Foundation and multiple team initiatives to raise an additional $ 100,000

Monies raised from ticket sales and other fundraising initiatives around the event will be passed directly to the London Community Foundation for allocation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by the fire.

The James Milner Foundation Winter Ball raised funds for NSPCC, Help For Heroes, Leukaemia Research and regional initiatives.

Floating Hospital for Children Fund The Floating Hospital for Children Fund raises important funds to support the critical programs, initiatives and infrastructures most in need that allow us to work wonders every day.

Earlier attempts by the NPP to launch such an initiative had been plagued with similar misunderstandings when the party's suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and National Treasurer, Abankwa Yeboah in September 2015, both launched parallel fund raising electronic cards for the party, leading to serious credibility crisis as both camps dismissed the others» initiative as fraudulent.

The Mayor's Fund is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that every city mayor since Rudy Giuliani has employed to raise money to support philanthropic initiatives that have City Hall's backing.

The fund, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) that raises money for initiatives to advance de Blasio administration policies saw a significant drop in donations from 2016 posting its lowest fundraising totals since the mayor took office.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

«We in the minority raised questions about it because we said that the common fund is supposed to go to the districts for development in the districts... The government can not turn round and depend on the same common fund it cut by 25 % and wants to use the same common fund to finance these initiatives in the districts.

Both nonprofits are registered as 501 (c) 4s with the Internal Revenue Service, meaning they can raise unlimited funds to lobby and advertise for political causes — specifically, for mayoral initiatives like universal pre-kindergarten and for his sweeping plans to rezone the city to boost below - market housing production.

#GivingTuesday is an initiative founded by the United Nations in 2012 as a global way of engendering and celebrating philanthropy and is observed worldwide, supported by business, political and social leaders who jointly champion fund - raising for community development.

It was Bharara's strongest warning yet to the leaders of the city and state and came amid his probes into fund - raising efforts by de Blasio and suspected bid - rigging in a slew of state - funded development projects, including Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

L'Oréal aim to raise the profile of their own scientific research (they employ over 2000 research staff) by funding initiatives such as this award.

The automatic - attitudes test indicated that the students tended to prefer the politician who did not want to raise taxes to fund environment - friendly policy initiatives.

The initiative's megaproject label is, perhaps, just clever PR to raise funds and galvanize support.

To date, $ 106,000 was raised to change the lives of people with disabilities and will support Kessler Foundation's rehabilitation research and funding of disability employment initiatives.

Funds for the Smithsonian - NHGRI exhibition and related initiatives were raised privately by both the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Join Kessler Foundation for the 14th Annual Stroll «N Roll, presented by Biogen and Gibbons on Sunday, September 27, at Verona Park in Verona, N.J. Registration opens at 10 a.m. Every dollar raised advances medical rehabilitation research and funds disability employment initiatives that return people to their homes, their communities and the workplace.

Two of the largest initiatives they're investing in with over $ 1 million of funds raised?

Sally's role with the Diet and Fitness Center is to raise philanthropic support for its funding initiatives and most pressing needs.

Along with a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black, the initiative includes a legal defense fund, backed by $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women — like janitors, nurses, farm and factory workers, waitresses, hotel housekeepers — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it; legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims; and a drive to at long last reach gender parity at studios and talent agencies that reportedly has already begun making headway.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

National Campaigns 10:10, a leading UK climate campaign group, launched a new initiative in September called Solar Schools, which helps schools raise funds to buy their own solar panels.

All but the wealthiest districts receive their funding entirely from the state rather than from local taxes, a consequence of the 1978 Proposition 13 tax initiative that left local authorities with little ability to raise revenues.

Indianapolis, Indiana Kids invent their own projects by conducting research with computers, raising funds for classroom tools, and involving themselves in community initiatives.

Pressure by the Obama Administration, using the carrot of incentives (RTTT) and the stick of proposed penalties (denial of access to Title I funding), to induce states to sign on to the common standards initiative raises serious questions about further federal involvement in standards - setting and assessments.

A recognized specialist in the field of fund - raising, Ms. Sanford has led several initiatives that have raised more than $ 58 million to support the mission of various nonprofit organizations.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Moving forward, The Mind Trust will take the $ 18 million it raised through its «Grow What Works» campaign to support its Venture Fund entities and the fellowship initiatives that are demonstrating the greatest impact in the city.

House lawmakers released a draft 2015 - 17 budget last month that includes modest pay raises for all teachers and a patchwork of funding initiatives aimed at improving leadership and instruction.

The fact that the foundation not only funded — directly and indirectly — such a large percentage of the development of the standards but also the validation and some implementation measures has raised concerns about the ethics and desirability of a single private entity being able to influence a public initiative of the Common Core's scope.

House lawmakers unveiled a draft biennial budget Monday that includes pay raises for all teachers and a patchwork of funding initiatives aimed at improving leadership and instruction — but what's not in the budget is what some say...

MASSACHUSETTS On Thursday, Raise Up Massachusetts submitted over 155,000 signatures in support of a ballot initiative to institute a millionaire's tax to raise funding for K - 12 public schools, higher education and transportaRaise Up Massachusetts submitted over 155,000 signatures in support of a ballot initiative to institute a millionaire's tax to raise funding for K - 12 public schools, higher education and transportaraise funding for K - 12 public schools, higher education and transportation.

To fund this initiative, the MHS staff helped raise more than $ 600,000.

The $ 23 billion budget deal speeding through the N.C. General Assembly this week includes a platoon of significant public school initiatives, including much - touted teacher raises, a swift ballooning of the state's funding for a private school voucher program and dramatic cut - backs for North Carolina's central K - 12 bureaucracy.

Push to raise Utah income tax to help schools moving ahead Ed funding» Our Schools Now plans to raise ballot initiative.