Sentences with phrase «funds supporting community»

Currently ZAP funds support Community Programs in Salt Lake County, including: Community Screenings; Summer Film Series; and Festival Student Screenings.

«These funds support community - based organizations that do great work every day on the front lines in the fight for fairness and equality in our nation's housing market,» HUD Secretary Julián Castro said in a news release.

Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds Supports community prevention programs through policy formation, funding innovative programs, public awareness, and education.

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She's helped make Chicago greener by supporting «guerrilla gardening» (turning vacant or abandoned lots into green spaces) and funding nonprofits such as NeighborSpace, which sustains community gardens.

The festival in turn funds the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which gives grants to develop leadership roles for women and to support rural communities and working family farms and ranches.

Macquarie Telecom, a leading Australian provider of web hosting services, supports charity funds for youth cancer across Australia as a way of giving back to their community.

Today, Jumpstart not only helps Cleveland - based entrepreneurs get their businesses funded and supported, it also advises other communities around the country, says Jumpstart chief executive officer, Ray Leach, working with 18 different cities on how they too can create their own thriving entrepreneurial economies.

Microsoft Ventures will take a «holistic approach,» as a three - channel, global support system for startups including a seed fund, a handful of accelerator programs and a community of local experts.

Several existing federal programs like the Community Reinvestment Act and the Small Business Investment Companies program are supporting the growth of impact investing funds.

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

This year's appropriation puts funding for the CFDI fund, which also supports affordable housing and financial services in poor communities, back at Clinton Administration levels.

The university's contributions go well beyond funding, as evidenced by the affordable housing it provides for community residents; the program it sponsors to allow university staff to serve as volunteer firefighters in Princeton; the students who help staff the first aid and rescue squad; the auditing program it offers to community residents; the intellectual, cultural and athletic events it makes available to community residents; and it supports entities like McCarter Theatre and Garden Theatre.

5) United Way of Puerto Rico Pictures from our past work and distribution trips includes: All donations to this fund will exclusively support the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane María and Irma in Puerto Rico and provide relief and aid the communities affected by this disaster.

The Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) is the Province's main unconditional transfer payment to municipalities that primarily supports rural and northern communities in recognition of their unique challenges.

The big picture vision for Women Who Cowork is to have a global alliance of women - owned coworking spaces, and women coworking managers who are connecting with each other, providing support, gaining access to resources, services, funding and community in a way that promotes their business, helps them run a better business and provides visibility to them in both the press and the people in coworking.

Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, from early - stage grassroots community development to more formal opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding and beyond.

A comprehensive set of best practices ensures that in every community, B Strong's funds are used efficiently and reliably to provide support directly to those in need.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

Political pressure is on sovereign wealth funds to use investment to support local communities and infrastructure.

We would like to thank all of the teams as well as Shaughnessy's Jerome Fournier for their generous support in raising over $ 1,250 that evening for the Vancouver Community Youth Fund!

To support the development of sustainable and just Puerto Rico, the Maria Fund supports critical community organizing efforts.

The early dominance of many widely recognized early innovators has precipitated a surge in seed funding in the area, as well as a particularly robust startup community support system.

Since the fund was created, more than $ 350 million has been granted to community organizations supporting veterans, poverty alleviation, medical research and other significant areas of need.

With funding and support from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has undertaken an initiative aimed at growing and supporting best practices adoption in Angel investor communities in Western Canada.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategfund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategFund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial journey — from early stage grassroots community development to more formal opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding, and beyond.

To establish a national, broad based, community of Angel investors, incubators, and accelerators in Canada and connect them to their peers and the greater early - stage funding ecosystem so they can support the growth and development of innovative Canadian entrepreneurs and companies, and to support the ongoing evolution of that community through research, education and public policy.

The Liberal Party announced they would introduce pay equity legislation, increase funding to Family and Community Support Services and reinstate the Charitable Donation Tax Credit, which was decreased in the recent budget.

Our members get the wide array of benefits starting from mentor - ship, funding support, office space and a great community.

It also provides original digital monetary funds and technical support to help project teams build technical structures, marketing, and community operations.

70 % of the block reward is allocated to fund proposals voted on and adopted by the SmartHive community, and to support Hive Structuring Teams.

In 2015, the Prentice plan did not invest any new funding in FCSS despite advocacy by volunteer organizations concerned about a lack of resources to support Alberta's growing cities and communities.

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) funding has remained stagnant for the past four years under the PC government.

A wine auction fundraiser in Washington, D.C., supports Redwood Credit Union Community Fund's North Bay Fire Relief Fund.

It also calls on the government to provide increased support for communities to report on the status of infrastructure and establish project selection criteria that prioritizes funding requests based on national economic interest, return - on - investment, and job creation.

Offering unwavering support & education about Israel and working with our network of affiliates & partners, we fund what is most needed in Jewish communities around the world.

«With tremendous support from Community Funded, we were able to take the Giving Tuesday concept and turn it into an exclusive, overwhelmingly successful Day of Giving event for our college,» said Melissa Lide, associate director of annual giving.

The Vancouver startup community gathered in the last week of September 2017 for Vancouver Startup Week and Pique Fund participated in two events to connect and support the startup and angel investor ecosystem.

The developer behind the controversial Islamic community center and mosque planned for Lower Manhattan has requested federal funding through the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to support the project known as Park51.

«Church Urban Fund is working hard alongside other charities, churches, faith groups and community organisations to support those affected by food poverty, isolation and financial difficulties.

Federal funds are also granted to state public health programs ($ 66,000,000 in the fiscal year 1969) Community mental health receives a minimum of 15 percent of each state's allotment, and 70 percent of the grant is available to support services in communities for which both public and private nonprofit groups may apply.

The establishment and maintenance of a community mental health program requires planning, organization, funding, interpretation to and support by the public, support by legislative bodies, and an ongoing dialogue between the provider (sources of funding and professional staff) and the consumer (user of therapeutic and preventive services)

A total of 127 community projects that includes domestic violence support groups and music therapy programs for deaf children, will share the fund, Fairfax Media reported.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Every third year, some funds can also go to support a ministry of our choosing, and for taking care of the poor, the orphans, and the widows in our community.

The LaRue Coffee Foundation gives back to the community by supporting underprivileged children and doing fund raising for other groups.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

«As a way to give back to those who have supported us, Grotto Pizza strives to be an active part of all communities through event sponsorship, product donation and financial funding.»

The company established a fund from its proceeds to support the preservation of historical homesteads in its community.

Through our sourcing program, we work with small farmers to achieve organic and sustainable production, and support their communities by paying fair market prices and funding community projects.