Sentences with phrase «funded effort directed»

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The Jenkins Panel promotes a higher proportion of direct funding support for innovation commercialization while retaining traditional tax credit based support for science and technology R&D efforts, more in keeping with what most other countries do.

Contribute to fund marketing efforts which are directed to both our external community and to our investors.

ACLU, Amnesty International, UNICEF, Doctor's Without Borders, Engineers Without Borders, Donors Choose, Oxfam, Kiva, Goodwill Industries, The Nature Conservancy, Rotary Fund, Seed Foundation, The Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Effort or S.H.A.R.E., The Union of Concerned Scientists, United Nations Children's Fund, The Wheelchair Foundation, The Anti Discrimination Support Network, The Tanzanian Children's Fund, PlanUSA, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Afghan Children's Fund, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (Superman was an atheist), Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers, Direct Relief International, The Halo Trust, Orbis....

Jules Might I suggest that the Christian Left could accomplish this by directing ALL of its charity efforts and funds towards actually helping the poor, as opposed to wasting them fighting the culture war against gays, women, and science like the Right does?

We believe that ministry funds are best directed toward ministry efforts and serving others, and not toward the maintenance of facilities and properties that are no longer useful for current needs.»

Please note that while we are affiliated with Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, we receive no direct funding from Stanford, and the education reform efforts that we promote are often overlooked by common funding mechanisms such as foundation grants.

This is comprised of $ 900 million annually in direct funding and a further $ 900 million in in - kind contributions including services by the NYPD Homeless Outreach efforts and debt service.»

Brissenden alleged newly revealed evidence that showed Singh told investigators that he relayed to de Blasio that his efforts to direct funds to his campaign coffers were «not kosher» because he skirted campaign finance laws by using the names of contributors — the straw donors — whom he subsequently reimbursed.

Duffus said there is about $ 5.5 million in federal funding available to help support the effort, which likely will help the state acquire «interests» in the properties, which could include either conservation easements or direct ownership.

The K Street set also directed an additional $ 270,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund, Clinton's joint fundraising effort with the Democratic National Committee and more than 30 Democratic state parties, during the same reporting period.

He similarly did not give a direct response on City Council efforts at creating a bail fund financed by the City.

Led the effort to oppose a repeal of the Affordable Care Act that helps cover nearly 20,000 county residents and provides almost $ 3 million in direct funding to the county.

By better understanding the limitations of genome - wide sequencing, Vogelstein notes, researchers and policymakers might be better able to direct funding and efforts to areas, such as Alzheimer's disease, where a person's genetic profile might have a very real effect on their likelihood of getting the disease.

He directs the Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center, funded by the National Cancer Institute, where he implements cutting - edge interdisciplinary efforts melding mathematics, engineering, computation and biology, in order to solve the problem of cancer invasion and metastasis.

Although the gritty indie aesthetic of «Diary» was a direct reaction to his experiences on «Land» — a studio effort starring Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and Simon Baker and the most expensive film in the series — Romero always has bounced back and forth between mainstream acceptance (a few studio - funded pictures and various fruitless Hollywood production deals) and the scrappier terrain of independent financing and distribution.

If more students are directed to community colleges as part of this effort, what is the impact on Pell funding?

The vast funds necessary for addressing such problems once they become entrenched greatly exceed the resources directed toward preventive efforts whose short - and long - term benefits could improve lives and avoid large public and personal costs.

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.

It was an effort doomed in equal parts by a failure to engage all involved stakeholders and a misdirection of funds away from places where they could have the most direct impact.

Parents who help fund the grant program through direct donations or fund - raising efforts want to feel that their own children are benefiting from their support.

As noted in the article, the legislature has tinkered with the eligibility criteria in an effort to direct the funds to where they are most needed.

Another competitive grant effort, the Investing in Innovation program, has poured dollars into proven curricula and reform models that would have otherwise gone without funding (and, like programs such as Direct Instruction, would have merely been allowed to go unnoticed).

As we deal with a District and State that border on being broke on purpose, as we take our fight to multiple levels in unprecedented ways for UTLA, as we prepare to be strike - ready in early 2018, and as we scratch and claw for all funding possible and to direct that to schools and classrooms, this can only truly be done as a team effort.

And the Blaine amendments are a response to their efforts to get equal funding, equal direct funding.

In part, the perception of increasing funder participation in policy discussions is due to the very public personas of founders of major foundations like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.7 And the advocacy efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation have increased dramatically with a shift from local funding efforts to more direct support for national - level policy advocacy on issues such as the Common Core State Standards.8

Library Direct is only available to libraries that are pursuing this «Douglas County Model,» where they invest the necessary funds and effort to build their own hosted and managed library checkout systems, and such libraries must also make large purchase commitments.

The fund will make every effort to grant the funds to the designated charity but, like all donor - directed funds, retains ultimate discretion and control over the use of the donations it receives from Humble Bundle, and may redirect funds to a similar qualifying charitable organization if it is unable to follow the recommendation.

In my opinion, TD Direct Investing and their e-series index mutual funds represents the best balance between cost savings and effort required.

I'm proud to say Goodnewsforpets.com did our small part in participating in these endeavors by donating space on this site to getting the word out about donations, relief efforts, and with direct donations to the Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation Fear Free Relief fund, the ASPCA, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), the AKC Reunite Challenge Grant via Assisi Animal Health, and the American Red Cross.

Although the HSUS provides occasional grants to fund, for example, local spay / neuter efforts, it has no corporate relationship with any local organization using the name «Humane Society» nor does it provide any direct funding for local shelters.

The fund will make every effort to grant the funds to the designated charity but, like all donor - directed funds, retains ultimate discretion and control over the use of the donations it receives from Humble Bundle, and may redirect funds to a similar qualifying charitable organization if it is unable to follow the recommendation.

To accelerate these and other efforts, we are committed to increasing investment in both basic and applied environmental and clean energy technology research and development (R&D), and the promotion of commercialization including through direct government funding and fiscal measures to encourage private sector investment.

Perhaps Mr. Steele's strongest point is that the obsession with Global Warming will have an unfair impact on funding for local environmental projects as these efforts have had a significant and direct impact on the survival of plant and animal species.

The cross-sectoral effort has resulted in the establishment of the Kakum Basin Board, which will direct watershed investments with funds from water users.

And, the newspaper reported the plan «called for making the non-profits appear as grass - roots efforts rather than as well - funded operations directed by industry insiders with clear corporate goals.»

I'd like to see models like these used to direct where the research funding and effort should be focused.

Modeled on the successful effort to get colleges, pension funds, churches, cities, and states to divest from apartheid South Africa, the groups are asking ethical investors to freeze new investments in fossil fuel companies and divest from direct ownership or commingled funds, which include public equities and corporate bonds.

The roots of climate - change denial go deeper, because individuals» efforts have been bankrolled and directed by organizations that receive sustained support from foundations and funders known for their overall commitments to conservative causes.

Investigation of criminal spear - phishing attack used to steal funds from public oilfield services technology company; direct forensic investigation of attack; counsel client on disclosure obligations and remediation efforts.

The effort began with the development of a fact sheet on the voluntary use of what is called cy pres to direct unclaimed class action settlement funds to support civil legal services to the indigent in Wisconsin.

The law in this area is far from clear and there tends to be an element of something going beyond mere non-payment, such as effort to hide assets such as in Parent, however, the law does seem to have evolved to provide that a court may direct payment of funds — in contrast to simply directing a judgment — and if the creditor can establish the debtor was aware of the order, had the ability to comply and refused, it would appear that Rule 10.52 (3) will not prevent a Court from jailing the party in default.

Various initiatives from insurers like providing online premium payment facility / auto debit in - structions, credit card standing instructions, facility to place service requests through customer portals and mobile apps, premium payment facili - ties in various banks, periodical fund statements and other service related communications being sent to registered e-mail ids, one time NEFT registration facility to facilitate direct credit of all policy related benefit payouts are perceived to be concerted efforts towards creating «Customer Delight» by providing most hassle free service mechanisms with least turnaround time and ease of executing various transactions.

A Contra Costa district attorney has directed the funds toward an aggressive effort.

The report accused RT News, which is funded by the Russian government, of being a «state - run propaganda machine,» which contributed to Kremlin - directed efforts to influence the 2016 election, occasionally by spreading «fake news» about then - candidate Hillary Clinton.

• Handle fund raising activities by contacting sponsors and donors • Manage direct fundraising requests and handle initial pitches • Follow up on prospective donors through email and telephone • Draw up proposals and letters for acquiring funding • Provide support to the marketing and sales department with their awareness efforts • Present project information to donor heads in order to gain funds • Handle volunteers for fundraising projects • Manage and execute special programs and events in order to attract donors to a particular cause

The vast funds necessary for addressing such problems once they become entrenched greatly exceed the resources directed toward preventive efforts whose short - and long - term benefits could improve lives and avoid large public and personal costs.

It's gratifying to see the direct and immediate benefit of our fund - raising effort.

If, after considering the above, you wouldn't want to enter the «rental» property market, consider investing in listed alternatives either in the form of a direct property share portfolio or a low - cost Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) which offers dividends instead of the monthly rental income and requires much less effort and thought.