Sentences with phrase «funding efforts focus»

The Animal Rescue Site provides simple, effective, feel - good ways for its millions of visitors to help fund efforts focused on helping shelter animals in need.

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And then at the end of that year, just before things really took off in crypto, White focused his efforts on attracting Wall Street clients: brokerages, large global banks, and hedge funds.

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.

Meanwhile, GSK said it would launch a review of its consumer healthcare nutrition products, such as Horlicks — a malted hot milk drink that's particularly big in India — in order to help fund the joint venture buyout, and to focus its efforts on over-the-counter medicines and the oral health category.

That effort largely focuses on reducing Energy Department spending energy subsidies and stopping the agency from issuing any more loan guarantees — the same program that funded Solyndra.

It may seem strange to focus marketing efforts on people who have already received your product as a reward for funding you, however in most cases, this isn't the case for every campaign.

This allowed MAN1 to focus efforts and funding on the truly undecided voters in key regions of the electoral map that would ultimately decide the race.

Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private equity fund focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.

For example, there are environmentally focused funds, funds that concentrate their efforts on finding companies who have sound corporate governance policies, others that look at the impact a business has on society as a whole, and this is just to name a few.

By Inc.'s count, there are currently about two dozen early - stage female - focused financing efforts, representing about $ 100 million in funding annually.

The latest signal: One of the most ambitious efforts, the $ 50 million in - house venture fund of Consensys, the Brooklyn blockchain provider, is scaling back the social impact - focus of the fund.

We believe that additional regulatory efforts will be focused on two areas: ICOs, and cryptocurrency - related packaged products (such as exchange - traded funds, or ETFs).

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservafund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature ConservaFund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservafund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

However, right now, the Senator is focused primarily on ensuring that the Senate continues his efforts to preserve and create jobs, while working toward a responsible budget that holds the line on taxes, makes tough cuts, and re-prioritizes what funding is available to protect our parks and historic sites, our correctional facilities and provides property tax relief.»

But Republicans are hoping to link Kaminsky's win to the investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to help Democrats take control of the Senate in 2014, which has focused on the transfer of funds to county Democratic committees that ultimately aided individual candidates.

The US Africa Command - funded study focuses on understanding «combatant - related» sexual violence among survivors in the DRC in order to support US military operations in their effort to «break the cycle of violence».

Attendees sought to focus legislators on issues of importance to TWU members, including the Tier 6 pension; greater funding for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA); and efforts to blunt the expected impact of the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision.

That, unfortunately, will take a significant effort and it's my hope these funds will help maintain a Republican majority that will continue to focus on creating jobs and economic growth, good schools and quality health care.»

Schneiderman's campaign today will release his second TV ad, which has a dual focus — his crime - fighting efforts, and his program to use cash from civil forfeiture funds to help purchase bulletproof vests for cops around the state.

While de Blasio noted the increased funding heading toward the renewal schools that are the focus of much Department of Education effort and outside scrutiny, there are other key school - related additions to the budget, including $ 6.6 million for the DOE to «hire 50 additional physical education teachers and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to address barriers and move schools toward full physical education compliance.»

Estrella said the councilman couldn't secure badly - needed funds for the neighborhood and has instead focused all of his efforts on stumping for State Sen. Adriano Espaillat.

McLaughlin said she knew from the beginning she would have less money than other candidates, remarking that during her time as Albany County Democratic Committee chairwoman she focused her efforts on raising funds for the party, but now those she helped haven't returned the favor.

«SUNY Poly's narrowly focused on some very high - profile tech projects, but for someone to say economic development, broadly speaking, has been turned over to to someone at SUNY Poly is just incorrect,» Mr. Zemsky said, citing the governor's efforts to involve regional officials in economic planning and to spread state funds across thousands of smaller economic development projects.

FUND early intervention and prevention efforts in our elementary schools focused on educating parents, training teachers and working with students so that kids don't turn to drugs and alcohol when they are facing challenges.

But Cuomo's speech focused on his own efforts, an emphasis on the state's role in funding mass transit in New York City after suggesting the state was spending the money out of a «moral obligation.»

«I think it would be fairer to have an equal distribution,» she said, adding that she focuses on securing millions in capital funding for her district and has been very successful in her efforts.

The UFT is focusing its efforts on winning the restoration of Teacher's Choice funding as final negotiations on next year's city budget get underway.

The U.S. National Science Foundation — funded effort will tap extensive museum collections as much as possible, instead of freshly caught bird samples, and will sequence about 5000 short pieces of the DNA, focusing on regions that are very highly conserved among all birds.

Brock LeBaron, deputy director of Utah's Division of Air Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near future.

Well - known US celebrity efforts include the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which has funded more than $ 115 million in research directly or through partnerships focusing on Parkinson's disease, and the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation, which has granted more than $ 40 million toward spinal cord repair since its initiation.

Other targets of the initiative have focused on instituting ways to build collaboration among academic, nonprofit and private sector efforts, including international groups and to increase federal funding, an effort that spurred Congress to pass in December 2016 the 21st Century Cures Act that authorized $ 1.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute.

At a constant level of funding, the restructured U.S. program will be able to focus on fusion's underlying scientific foundations and will enable the nation to take the lead in selected areas of expertise as part of the international effort to develop fusion energy.

Two factors underlie the problem in Nigeria, Sidibé says: little effort to focus resources on the regions of the country that have the biggest problems, and no strong «culture of accountability» to ensure funds are well spent.

«While this budget no longer funds a formal Office of Education, NASA will continue to inspire the next generation through our missions and channel education efforts in a more focused way through the robust portfolio of our Science Mission Directorate,» Lightfoot said.

The funds, generated through the longevity research focused crowdfunding platform Lifespan.io, will accelerate the project's research efforts toward restoring lost mitochondrial function and preventing age - related damage.

We need to move beyond NIH funding and increase efforts in philanthropy focused on pancreatic cancer to solve this problem.

In the CFC research model, we guarantee a level of funding that allows the scientists to focus on their collaborative effort to find a cure for glaucoma.

Support from The Fledgling Fund enables us to plan expansively and strategically across the Institute, focusing our efforts where they will have tremendous impact on the independent artists we serve through our Programs and Labs.

«Save the Savannah» focuses on the fund - raising associated with «African Cats» and their efforts to preserve lands in the Savannah.

The launching of the Sundance Institute Short Documentary Fund focused on Native and Indigenous Storytellers is the latest effort to support the voices of Indigenous filmmakers.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all too common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high quality instruction.

NPR's 1A program looks at the future of school funding, with a focus on California's latest efforts to equalize spending on schools.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

On Monday, February 7, NPR's 1A program looked at the future of school funding, with a focus on California's latest efforts to equalize spending on schools.

They then argue that certain «performance - based» accountability mechanisms that they recommend, rather than increased funding, should be the focus of future efforts.

Similarly, systematic efforts to cultivate and develop quality ideas and organizations focused on elementary, secondary, and possibly even postsecondary education, perhaps modeled on the Charter School Growth Fund or NewSchools Venture Fund, must be created.

Other than proposing that the new effort be better funded and focused on what he deems to be the critical issues, it is unclear how this new proposal should be expected to produce something dramatically different from the disappointing results of past efforts.

Imagine a national effort to improve the education of disadvantaged children that focuses extra funds on poorer schools, gives principals and teachers the authority to decide how best to help children, and encourages states to raise their academic standards and to hold accountable low - performing schools.

How Federal, State, and District Funding Streams Confound Efforts to Address Different Student Types This report by Marguerite Roza, Kacey Guin, and Tricia Davis demonstrates in greater detail than ever before how America's methods of school finance work against a single - minded focus on...