Sentences with phrase «funded by a nonprofit group»

The office pointed to a 2014 ruling by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that found that politicians could appear in an ad funded by a nonprofit group if the message was in the public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or policy.

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«This is all actually economics, not preferences,» says Sean McAlinden, chief economist at the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit group funded by government and industry grants.

Households, hedge funds and nonprofit groups, a bunch historically considered to be long - term holders of fixed - income instruments, ditched corporate debt in the second quarter, selling $ 122 billion after reducing their holdings by...

It helps schools, churches and other nonprofit groups by outlining the steps needed to use LaRue Coffee products for fund raising.

The ad is funded by the group New Yorkers United Together, a nonprofit that says in the ad that it will provide legal aid to immigrants facing threats of deportation from the federal government.

Council aides said that poor defendants who can not make bail are often detained for days; they said a bail fund would save the city on incarceration costs and follow a model already used by nonprofit groups.

DiNapoli says a pork - barrel grant from the Legislature has been misused by the nonprofit group that promised to use the funds to help Brooklyn residents improve their finances.

Addabbo also said he is fighting to bring more money to the district by urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow nonprofits and other community groups, which are hurting from the freezing of new discretionary dollars, apply directly to government agencies for funding.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's affordable housing proposal — a key component of her mayoral pitch — is being supported by a nonprofit housing advocate group that Quinn granted funds to for three consecutive years, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A coalition of advocacy groups led by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, the Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Human Services Council are leading an effort to have state - funded nonprofits pay workers at least $ 15 / hour.

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.

The Progressive Agenda Committee is funded by the Campaign For One New York, the nonprofit group de Blasio started to raise money for his mayoral priorities, such as universal pre-kindergarten and affordable housing.

At the time, the state faced a lawsuit filed in 1993 by the nonprofit group Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that the state's education funding formula was unconstitutional.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds have flowed through the nonprofits — an arrangement that has been criticized by good - government groups who note that transparency laws that apply to state bodies do not govern the school's offshoots.

In its application for funds, the CNY Regional Economic Development Council promised to pursue a bold agenda guided by Consensus, a 19 - member panel formed in 2014 by the city, the county and six nonprofit groups.

Prosecutors said Seabrook funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars in discretionary funds to friends and family, including more than $ 300,000 to nonprofit groups owned by his mistress at the time, Gloria Jones - Grant, a woman prosecutors called «incompetent,» according to reports.

Leibell doled out $ 6.5 million in so - called «member items,» funded by taxpayer dollars, to nonprofit groups that he himself controlled between 2005 and 2010, according to the New York Times.

Ben Novak, a biologist funded by Revive & Restore, the nonprofit group Brand established, will use that blueprint to try to revive the extinct bird.

Participants are enrolled in MSSNG, an effort funded by Google and the nonprofit group Autism Speaks to analyze sequences from 10,000 people.

Beginning later this year, several elementary and secondary schools in Chicago, Moscow, and Amsterdam will take part in «Project Metropolis,» a collaborative effort funded by International Movement Towards Education, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Charters, which are publicly funded but are typically run by private nonprofit or for - profit groups, have the support of 64 percent of adults, according to PDK / Gallup.

A recent poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Fund, a nonprofit civil rights group based in Washington, D.C., found that 86 percent of Latino families said their child's report card topped the list in judging school quality.

The complaint says the law violates the state's constitution by «improperly diverting public school funds to private nonprofit groups» not subject to local voter control and creates another roadblock to funding basic education.

These foundations have clear agendas and are using their money to enlist allies in their causes, whether it's through funding advocacy groups (they're mostly blocked from direct lobbying due to their nonprofit status) or by tying their dollars directly to desired changes in policy and personnel.

Charter schools are publicly funded, but they're run by private, nonprofit groups.

Backed by a grant from NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit education reform philanthropy, the group has accumulated about 60 articles for its history platform on topics ranging from ancient China to the American Revolution.

by: Diane Ravitch March 7, 2017 A nonprofit parent - led group called Fund Education Now created a fact sheet about Florida's Corporate Tax Credit plan, which was designed to evade the state constitution's explicit ban on using public money to fund religious or private educatFund Education Now created a fact sheet about Florida's Corporate Tax Credit plan, which was designed to evade the state constitution's explicit ban on using public money to fund religious or private educatfund religious or private education.

A group of 20 midcareer professionals brought together by the council from the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors hopes to create the fund as a way to better prepare Chicago Public Schools students to compete in the global economy.

The Grey Muzzle Organization improves the lives of at - risk senior dogs by providing funding and resources to nonprofit animal shelters, rescue organizations, sanctuaries, and other nonprofit groups nationwide.

First, Ms. Wagner dialed into a group video conference that was arranged by Creative Capital, a nonprofit artist - focused group based in New York with significant funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The project, funded by the Queens Museum of Art and a nonprofit arts group called Creative Time, also involved opening a storefront in New York where Bruguera wanted to hold arts workshops for immigrants, but found that most of the people who came to the store were interested in learning English or needed help finding employment or legal aid.

Most nonprofit art organizations in the city finance group exhibitions through grants and other funding, not by charging fees directly to the artists.

Our gathering was funded by a group called Invoking the Pause, a small nonprofit that provides modest grants to «foster creativity and «out - of - the - box» thinking... for innovative and potentially scalable ideas» to, among other things, advance public understanding of climate change.

enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

Whether we are doubling the number of people enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

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.

The Post noted that members of the CHC are only a small part of the larger network of tax - exempt nonprofit groups «linked by ideology and funding, that supported Trump while disparaging Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year's presidential campaign.»

The bill, written by council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D - Ward 5), would create a funding stream for the D.C. Bar Foundation, the nonprofit group that provides most legal aid to D.C. residents involved in civil cases.

For anyone still unsure whether SatoshiDICE supports Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the cryptocurrency gambling site has laid all doubts to rest by donating 100 BCH to nonprofit group Bitcoin Cash Fund.

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), the nonprofit pregnancy - testing facilities set up by antiabortion groups to dissuade women from having abortions, have become fixtures of the antiabortion landscape, buttressed by an estimated $ 60 million in federal abstinence and marriage - promotion funds.

Most IDAs are funded by the federal government and are run by nonprofit groups and financial institutions, and grantee programs are required to raise an equal contribution of nonfederal funds.