Sentences with phrase «funding my efforts toward»

These artist books also presented an opportunity to share the work - in - progress with a small gathering of collectors and patrons who've expressed an interest this work and in funding my efforts toward this project.

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The platform is hoping to raise $ 2 million for Maria victims through a relief fund, which will go toward emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine, in addition to longer - term support for recovery and rebuilding efforts.

The $ 85 million fund will compensate sick workers and their families, and be used toward prevention efforts.

The news is an encouraging milestone in an ongoing effort by JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank, to steer more of its corporate philanthropy toward revitalizing inner cities — particularly in Detroit, where the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is part of a $ 150 million, five - year commitment by the bank.

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.»

It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

The company builds relationships with universities to fund science advancement programs, like protein engineering, in an effort to try to move them toward commercialization.

He also expressed concern about the administration's effort to redirect a $ 210 million construction fund used to build space for charter schools toward pre-K, and its plans to charge better - financed charter schools rent.

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.»

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.»

The funds will go from Thune's own re-election committee to the NRSC's coffers, where it will be turned directly into campaign ads and other political efforts toward hanging onto the Senate majority — which observers think may be threatened by the performance of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Much of that spending went toward consultants and public relations firms, which were attempting to boost the mayor's efforts to secure funding for a universal pre-kindergarten program in Albany in 2014, and toward the mayor's effort to set up a new nonprofit geared toward advancing his national political platform.

On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City has raised $ 120,000 in pledges through the Fallen Heroes Relief Effort, money that will also go toward helping the officers» families.

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.

Savory said their effort in Zimbabwe already receives some funding from the government, so the prize money will go toward improving the living conditions of the herders and laborers whose round - the - clock efforts make his system work.

Funding is targeted toward national security efforts — including nuclear weapons activities — and energy and water infrastructure investments.

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.

In it, Canfield argues that more effort and funding needs to go toward the design, discovery and growth of materials that exhibit new or exotic properties.

Given that much of the funding redistribution goes toward recruitment, it might well generate a vicious downward cycle, as recruitment efforts become increasingly more difficult.

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.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

DeVos's opponents could refocus their efforts toward fighting to protect funding for these programs, but doing so will require focusing on Congress, which controls the purse strings, rather than the secretary.

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.

Speaking on the public television show «Off the Record,» MEA President Steven Cook said the MEA paid $ 25,000 toward a recall effort against House Education Committee Chairman Paul Scott, R - Grand Blanc, because polling showed voters in Scott's district are upset over the elimination of a pension tax deduction and public school funding levels, the Lansing State Journal reported.

In a presentation to the State Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't continue.

Although previous efforts to reauthorize the education law collapsed under deep disagreements about funding and federal oversight, the latest iteration — called the «Every Student Succeeds Act» — appears to be zooming toward a final vote in the Senate as early as next week.

With these efforts, we aim to expand our reach, shift toward systemic engagement, and increase awareness and understanding of California's new funding formula to support equity in public education.

-- A new paper from Thomas Kane in Education Next says that the Institute of Education Sciences «must redirect its efforts away from funding the interests and priorities of the research community and toward building an evidence - based culture within districts and state agencies.»

All funds go toward the efforts of TNR including paying for spay / neuters, vaccines, medical care for injured / sick free roaming cats, and the costs of fostering the kittens and tame cats who are removed from the sites.

Some are to some degree antagonistic toward each other, but a few years ago when epilepsy was recognized as a serious breed health concern an international grass - roots effort lead to a large collection of research samples and cooperation among key clubs, foundations and organizations to provide funding for a research project that involves an international collaboration.

The federal government contributed restoration funding, primarily toward infrastructure improvements; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - organized philanthropy funded the «post to park» conversion effort; and Bay Area Discovery Museum contributions expanded and improved this popular and renowned facility (located adjacent to Cavallo Point Lodge).

But that's a problem because, as I described toward the end of my Gelbspan - Lancaster January 23, 2015 post, Nightline's report was not an outright indictment of Dr Singer, but instead the program's host heavily admonished Al Gore over his effort to use funding accusations as a means to tarnish the reputation of Dr Singer and others.

The revenue from the Co-op's projects will go toward reThink Green, as well as a Community Environmental Fund for local environmental efforts.

2008 University of California - Berkeley graduate Rachel Barge also won a Brower Youth Award, though her efforts were focused closer to home: She helped lead the successful Green Initiative Fund, in which students passed a referendum supporting a $ 5 - per - student tuition increase that gave the school an additional $ 200,000 each year to put toward green projects.

This admission would seem to run counter to Shell's political strategy, which has been to help fund the obfuscation of efforts toward climate policies.

Yet, none of these funds went toward efforts to ensure that the food produced was actually consumed.

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

Some of the money will help students who traveled to Washington, D.C. for the March for Our Lives rally and the remainder will go toward future efforts like funding town hall meetings and registering people to vote.

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.

Not only did we see dedicated involvement in gift giving, golfers and volunteers, but I am also incredibly proud of our sales offices and the hundreds of people who participated across multiple states to support the cause by holding their own unique events to raise additional funds toward our effort.»

On Jan. 18, with more than $ 200,000 already donated to the REALTORS ® Tsunami Relief Project, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® announced a partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, specifying that 100 percent of the project's funds would go toward Habitat's rebuilding efforts.