Sentences with phrase «funding similar efforts»

But this doesn't change his record of funding similar efforts in Louisiana and Detroit, or the language in his initiative that bases his plan on seeing children as «market share.

After successfully funding a campaign to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, billionaire former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is preparing to fund similar efforts in several other cities, giving new momentum to measures seeking to limit soft drink consumption.

Earlier this year, the state of Washington launched the Open Course Library, a collection of open source textbooks for the state's 81 most popular college courses, and California has just proposed legislation that would fund a similar effort there.

Not exact matches

The imperatives for entrepreneurial success are similar because often these efforts are under - funded until more reliable outcomes can be predicted.

The city government of Shenzhen, China, is backing a dedicated blockchain investment fund, soon after Hangzhou city supported a similar effort.

We welcome any and all funding opportunities that would allow us to engage in similar efforts to the CDC and other reporting bodies.

(WBEN) Now that state officials have announced plans to get rid of the toll barriers and go all electronic at the Grand Island Bridges, the push is on to have a similar «drive now, pay later» system at the Lackawanna and Williamsville barriers, and the effort just might get a boost from a template that funded startup of Buffalo's Canalside.

Its lean budget — $ 1 million per year over the next 5 years — will likely preclude large - scale studies, but backers hope it will demonstrate the value of publicly funded gun research and perhaps help build support in Congress for a similar federal effort.

The NGLC Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools, one of the supporters of the Rogers Family Foundation's efforts in California, has funded similar regional efforts in New Orleans with New Schools for New Orleans; Washington, DC, with CityBridge Foundation; Colorado with the Colorado Education Initiative; Chicago with Leap Innovations; and New England with the New England Secondary School Consortium.

The process Singer and KIPP's other founding principals use to locate sites, raise funds, and find their young customers is very similar to the efforts of America's 900,000 franchisees, operators of the nation's restaurants, print shops, and senior - care services.

Because of the way Congress creates and funds programs, the department traditionally operated in program - based silos, which led to similar silos in states and hampered efforts to link together programs in comprehensive reform.

We oppose diverting public funds to private and parochial schools through vouchers or similar efforts such as school choice.

But it's unclear whether their efforts, and similar ones by like - minded nonprofits and funders like the Gates Foundation, will trickle down to the millions of classroom teachers attempting to adapt to the new standards.

And while eligibility varies in the handful of Republican - controlled states — Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Nevada and Mississippi — that have authorized similar efforts, education savings accounts generally dispatch public K - 12 funds into private savings accounts for parents.

But it's unclear if their efforts, and similar ones by like - minded nonprofits and funders like the Gates Foundation, will trickle down to the millions of classroom teachers attempting to adapt to the new standards.

In a similar vein, educators feel that state policymakers underestimate the importance of the education system to efforts to stimulate the economy, pointing to the state's corporate tax cuts, which often result in less funding for schools.

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.

Similar to an ETF or mutual fund but specifically for commercial real estate, an eREIT allows an investor to diversify across many properties at a relatively low cost and with minimal effort.

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.

The Americans for the Arts Action Fund will use the funds to educate the US Congress and other decision makers about the value of the arts and arts education to all Americans in every part of our nation and urge them to fully fund the NEA for fiscal year 2018, plus all the other federal cultural agencies and efforts such as the Artist Museum Partnership Act which would allow artists the same tax benefits for donations of their own art as a collector currently gets when gifting a similar work to a museum or educational institution.&raFund will use the funds to educate the US Congress and other decision makers about the value of the arts and arts education to all Americans in every part of our nation and urge them to fully fund the NEA for fiscal year 2018, plus all the other federal cultural agencies and efforts such as the Artist Museum Partnership Act which would allow artists the same tax benefits for donations of their own art as a collector currently gets when gifting a similar work to a museum or educational institution.&rafund the NEA for fiscal year 2018, plus all the other federal cultural agencies and efforts such as the Artist Museum Partnership Act which would allow artists the same tax benefits for donations of their own art as a collector currently gets when gifting a similar work to a museum or educational institution.»

While realclimate then denied any other links to Environmental Defence Fund associates, Mann personally circulated a scurrilous Environmental Defense Fund article, suggesting that I was being funded by ExxonMobil (which I'm not) to Natuurwetenschap & Techniek and has possibly distributed similar material to other journals (New Scientist, GRL, Nature) in his efforts to block publication of our material.

To accomplish such a fundamental shift in an effort to stall solar growth is very much in line with the philosophy of Koch brothers - funded groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans For Prosperity, and similar organizations.

In recent weeks, several existing investors in the space have moved to build similar efforts, including a $ 100m bid to build an ICO - focused fund that has raised roughly a third of that amount to date.

Only two weeks after the first video's release, the U.S. Senate took the first of many congressional votes to disqualify Planned Parenthood health centers from eligibility for federal funds; some congressional efforts would have empowered states to take similar action.

The HUD recovery funds, similar to those authorized for disaster recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, are via HUD's Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG - DR) Program and «support long - term recovery, including infrastructure, seriously damaged housing, and economic recovery in the Territory» according to the HUD more...