Sentences with phrase «funded by a nonprofit organization»

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Backed by organizations such as Winrock International, a global nonprofit focused on economic opportunities for the disadvantaged, the Northwest Arkansas Entrepreneurship Alliance runs The Iceberg co-working facility in downtown Fayetteville and Gravity Ventures, an angel investment fund operating in Arkansas and Indiana.

The company says the LLC will «pursue its mission by funding nonprofit organizations, making private investments and participating in policy debates, in each case with the goal of generating positive impact in areas of great need.»

Accion is a nonprofit organization that offers loans for underserved businesses, and the organization is committed to helping veterans qualify for funding if they are not currently eligible by offering workshops and resources.

One way to observe the effects of Fed - induced yield seeking speculation is to examine the value of financial assets held by households (the Z. 1 flow of funds data include nonprofit organizations here), relative to disposable household income.

The work of EBRI is made possible by funding from its members and sponsors, which include a broad range of public, private, for - profit and nonprofit organizations.

Established by Cape Classics, The Indaba Education Fund is a registered Section 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that invests in Early Childhood Development within the Winelands of South Africa

Club Cash enables nonprofit organizations to raise much needed funds by purchasing Lowes Foods gift cards at a discount and then selling them at face value.

Global Babies was created by The Global Fund for Children, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the dignity of all young children.

Global Babies is a recommended children's book created by The Global Fund for Children, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the dignity of all young children.

A donor advised fund is an account that you set up but which is managed by a nonprofit organization.

The funds raised from the event support the more than 8, 500 children and families served by the nonprofit organization.

AG Eric Schneiderman just announced the arrest and arraignment a Bronx man accused of embezzling at least $ 75,000 from a taxpayer - funded nonprofit organization founded by outspoken and often controversial Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr..

The training sessions are sponsored and organized by the nonprofit organization Participatory Budgeting Project with funding provided by City Councilmembers Brad Lander and Carlos Menchaca.

The Doe Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan, was selected by the city to develop a 200 - bed homeless shelter at the Muller Army Reserve Center, a former military base on Nereid Avenue in Wakefield.

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.

That conviction was followed by a fraud investigation of Monserrate, and another conviction in December, for routing $ 100,000 in City Council discretionary funds to a nonprofit organization he controlled and allegedly using the money to fund his 2006 New York State Senate campaign.

In 2016, New York State received $ 7.7 million in federal funding, an increase of $ 662,000 to help domestic violence and sexual assault survivors through programs run by nonprofit organizations, hospitals and law enforcement agencies throughout the state.

The declaration means federal funding is available to the State and to tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost - sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding in the counties of Jefferson, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, St. Lawrence, and Wayne.

The program assists the selected inventors by connecting them with government, industry, nonprofits, academia and funding organizations, said Neela White, senior program associate with AAAS Education and Human Resources, «allowing them to have the audiences and platforms that speak to their passions.»

The study, entitled COMET (Comparison of Operative to Medical Endocrine Therapy) for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens health care decisions.

It's no coincidence that golden rice, which has been tragically caught up in the larger uproar over GMOs, was developed not by a private corporation, but by foundation - funded academic researchers and a nonprofit organization supported by governments and philanthropies.

The program is funded by the U.S. Department of State but administered by a nonprofit organization, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

The laboratory, funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health since 1999, also receives funding from device manufacturers and nonprofit organizations.

Breakthrough Discuss coverage by The Planetary Society, a registered nonprofit organization, was made possible in part thanks to travel funding from Breakthrough Prize.

Initial funding for the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Research Network is provided by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, a nonprofit organization located in New York.

Extinction Is Not Forever: Reviving the Passenger Pigeon with The Long Now Foundation's Ben Novak «Novak's work is part of a broader campaign of «de-extinction» being funded by The Long Now Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering, in its own words, «long - term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.»

A separate $ 13 million nonprofit drug discovery program, this time funded by Families of SMA, an Illinois - based research and advocacy organization, yielded the compound being advanced by Repligen, a small biotech located in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Advance and promote the discipline by participating in partnerships with government agencies, foundations, and / or nonprofit organizations, such as funding agency grant panels or other advocacy / advisory boards to contribute to the advancement and promotion of the discipline.

While the FDA has signed off on the studies, they have all been privately funded, most notably by nonprofit organizations such as the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), in Santa Cruz, Calif., and the Heffter Research Institute, in Santa Fe, N.M.

Dr. James Anderson happens to be the chairman of the National Fiber Council, an organization that is funded by HCF [High Carbohydrates and Fiber] Nutrition Research Foundation (a nonprofit foundation reputedly funded by large carbohydrate containing food corporations and whose chairman happens to be Dr. Anderson), and other not very unbiased entities such as Procter & Gamble.

The Fund aids the Brooklyn communities and organizations impacted by Hurricane Sandy and will provide direct support for need identified by local Brooklyn nonprofit service providers, the small business community and borough civic institutions.

The now - defunct Superintendent's Fund for School Innovation was managed by the San Diego Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

Pilot schools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools Network.

Other youth were subsidized by funds raised privately by the nonprofit organizations, such as Boys & Girls Clubs, Clayton YES, United Community Centers and the YMCA.

Third, it provides tuition assistance to low - income families through nonprofit scholarship organizations (SGOs) that are funded by private tax - creditable donations — better than any other system of third - party education aid.

The board, a nonprofit consulting organization funded by individual state membership fees and corporate gifts, aired those views in a 30 - page report citing «widespread erosion» of student achievement and academic standards throughout the region's 260 colleges and universities and suggesting that such problems at both the school and college levels threaten the stability of the New England...

Kathleen D. Zwiebel has been named the 1998 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, a Princeton, N.J. - based nonprofit organization created to promote journalism careers to students.

* UPDATED A massive undertaking to increase access to high - quality education for tens of thousands of low - income students in Los Angeles was revealed today in a long - awaited plan by Great Public Schools Now, a well - funded nonprofit organization formed last year.

The Collaborative is funded by the W.K. Kellogg, Charles Stewart Mott and Skillman foundations, more than 22 Michigan ISDs and nonprofit organizations statewide.

Intense days of filming took place in January and February in six award - winning schools, which were selected to participate in a project funded by a partnership between the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a nonprofit educational leadership organization based in Alexandria, Va., and Silver Strong and Associates, an educational research and consulting firm in Ho - Ho - Kus, NJ.

Previous ESA laws have been funded through state treasuries, but policymakers could increase freedom for taxpayers by funding ESAs through voluntary donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations for which donors would receive tax credits.

Considered a prominent figure in higher education, Coles served as founding executive director of both the Higher Education Information Center at the Boston Public Library, and the Pathways to College Network, a national alliance directed by TERI of over 30 nonprofit organizations and funders committed to advancing college access and success for underserved students.

The funding for this study was provided by general contributions to the nonprofit organization National Home Education Research Institute.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

Though not himself a DFER board member, Broad is a major funder of Education Reform Now, DFER's nonprofit sister organization, also headed by Joe Williams.

Disclosure: The Texas Public Policy Foundation and Moak, Casey & Associates have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.

What a district, institution of higher education, or nonprofit organization might choose to do is influenced by funding constraints; logistical needs; and the needs of the teachers, schools, and students that the program serves.

A new federal program could be funded through the Department of Education and administered by AmeriCorps, which already provides grants to residency programs run by nonprofit organizations, such as the Memphis Teacher Residency and Urban Teachers.

The new grant program, authorized by the FAST Act, provides funding to nonprofit organizations to conduct national outreach and training programs to assist communities to enforce hazardous materials regulations, and prepare and respond to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids.

(B) «Credit repair services organization» does not include: (i) Any person authorized to make loans or extensions of credit under the laws of this state or the United States who is subject to regulation and supervision by this state or the United States; (ii) Any bank or savings and loan institution whose deposits or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (iii) Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (iv) Any person licensed as a real estate broker by this state if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license; (v) Any person licensed to practice law in this state if the person renders services within the course and scope of his or her practice as an attorney; (vi) Any broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission if the broker - dealer is acting within the course and scope of those regulatory agencies; or (vii) Any consumer reporting agency as defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 - 1681t).