Sentences with phrase «help fund initiatives»

New Jersey officials recently announced the state would help fund an initiative by Garden State Offshore Energy to build a 350 - megawatt wind farm 16 miles (26 kilometers) offshore.

Two other proposals would help fund an initiative to encourage urban teachers to become principals, and help city and poor schools enhance curriculum.

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Aside from putting in their own money, Chan and Zuckerberg also plan to help push a movement to increase the funding for science initiatives like their own.

The company also donates 10 % of after - tax profits to fund Profits for the Planet, initiatives that «help protect or restore the earth.»

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

Walk around any floor of the company's plus - sized headquarters in Seattle, and you'll see blackboards and posters touting the number of volunteer hours a particular team of employee volunteers has put in on a particular project, or the current level of the Partner (employee) Cup Fund, an employee initiative whose value is in financially helping partners in need, including this formerly homeless barista, whose story I tell here.

But it also encompasses a host of other big initiatives, including more than $ 5 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and money to help the FDA; $ 1 billion for tackling the opioid epidemic; and provisions that are meant to help pair Americans who suffer from serious mental illnesses with available psychiatric beds.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Apple chief executive Tim Cook, the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 1,000 company, is donating money to help fund a gay rights initiative in his native Alabama and two other Southern states, organizers said Thursday.

In an internal memo acquired by NPR, Onion CEO Mike McAvoy reportedly told staff that Univision is «excited to help Onion Inc. grow, and to provide the resources to both support our long - standing mission and fund new initiatives.»

Product sales generate income for the agents, which help overcome the high turnover that has plagued volunteer community health - worker initiatives and the fickle funding that has undermined government efforts.

Patrick Doherty is Director of Corporate Governance in the Office of the New York State Comptroller, where he helps develop and administer corporate responsibility initiatives for the $ 209billion New York State Common Retirement Fund.

You should also consider working capital loans when you need those extra funds to help expand your business or jump start new initiatives.

The Advanced Power & Energy Cluster (APC), an SBA - funded initiative of the Defense Alliance, has helped Member companies achieve over $ 40 million in contracts.

In addition to the Walmart Foundation's significant funding, Walmart Canada's operational initiatives, food donations and philanthropy will help to further reduce food waste and food insecurity in Canada.»

Another client, the AKC Canine Health Foundation, needed help to move forward in the promotion of its new Canine Athlete Fund initiative.

Eden Shochat, a serial entrepreneur (face.com sold up and aternity) and veteran investor with experience (Genesis Foundation, Aleph Fund), wants to help entrepreneurs out with an unprecedented initiative that concentrates, on a single document, the names of all the angels investors in Israel, how to contact them and details of the investments which they generally look out for.

Shortly after the federal government launched the resettlement initiative, Manulife donated $ 500,000 to a fund that helps refugees with transitional housing, language instruction and skills training.

LDEI Atlanta provides thousands of dollars of funding and numerous volunteer hours to local organizations each year, focused on helping organizations working in the areas of: green tables / farming, global culinary initiatives, the culinary community and programs that teach cooking, nutrition or support anti-hunger work.

Revenue from the tax is planned to help fund community initiatives including pre-kindergarten schooling, community schools, parks, recreations centres and libraries.

Together, Simply7 and Giada created the Fund Her Farm initiative to inspire new generations of female farmers by donating to hard - working organizations that help fund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United StaFund Her Farm initiative to inspire new generations of female farmers by donating to hard - working organizations that help fund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United Stafund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United States.

The Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation has committed to raise $ 200,000 to support The One Fund Boston to help the families affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy through a $ 100,000 pledge from the Shamrock Foundation and multiple team initiatives to raise an additional $ 100,000

The James Milner Foundation Winter Ball raised funds for NSPCC, Help For Heroes, Leukaemia Research and regional initiatives.

We know that our readers are always looking for additional funds to help them implement new initiatives and expand successful school nutrition programs.

150 no - doubt excellent projects are up for consideration, and you could do your part to help 20 of them receive valuable prizes (i.e., funding) by voting for your favorite initiatives (up to 10) today.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

«The Governor's proposal to expand funding for computer science initiatives will help ensure students have every opportunity to pursue STEM career options in these rapidly growing fields.

CIVIC CENTER — Domestic violence victims will get paid time off from their jobs and city - funded lawyers to help them keep their homes under new initiatives unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray.

Cuomo said Camara is the «perfect» choice to spearhead the initiative, to help faith - based organizations apply for grants from state agencies, and coordinate with other nonprofit groups to secure funding.

Partially funded by the state's Buffalo Billion, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul believes it helps dispel criticisms that the governor's restoration initiative overlooked swaths of the city.

Among the initiatives up for possible state funding is Syracuse University's proposed National Veterans Resource Complex, which would help «solidify» central New York as the «hub» of research and programming connected to veterans and military affairs.

His experience as a trustee of the New York City Employee Retirement System — where he has helped to grow the city's pension funds and advance important shareholder initiatives around corporate governance, environmental stability and workplace safety — positions him to be a great comptroller.

De Blasio and the NYC Council agreed on an $ 82.1 billion budget for New York City that adds tens of millions in new spending for initiatives, including summer jobs for youths, after - school programs and reserve funds to help the city weather an economic downturn.

The senator announced that a new surge in funding to the Center for Disease Control will help fund public health initiatives all around the Hudson Valley, an area that has been dubbed the «epicenter» of tick - born disease in the U.S.

Stern, who received Israel's endorsement earlier this month, told the audience he would focus on initiatives to help veterans and seniors, including advocating more funding to address Alzheimer's disease.

«Instead of a taxpayer - funded rally to call for a minimum wage increase when one is already being phased - in, the Governor should concentrate more on winning passage of initiatives that will create new jobs in Syracuse and Central New York and help revitalize our struggling economy,» Dadey said.

«Given the advantages of this policy, it is essential that the Government retains its commitment to it, helps schools share good practice in terms of managing provision and ensures that the funding schools receive for addressing poverty and deprivation is not affected by the lower registrations for free school meals that may be an unintended consequence of this initiative.»

She has long supported granting families tax - funded vouchers to help cover private school tuition, as well as initiatives expanding publicly - funded, privately - operated charter schools.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- In a first - of - its - kind initiative, New York City's pension fund will help support efforts to make housing more affordable in the five boroughs.

Albanese supports a proposed congestion pricing initiative, known as Move New York, to impose tolls on the three East River bridges to help fund the subways; while de Blasio called congestion pricing a «regressive tax» and stressed that his proposal for a millionaire's tax to fund subway repairs was a more viable alternative, even though his proposal has largely been shot down by the GOP - controlled state Senate and de Blasio sees it passing only once Democrats take control of that house of the Legislature in January 2019, which de Blasio said was soon.

«Modern, reliable bulletproof vests will help ensure that police officers throughout the City are safe and the City Council is proud to support funding for this critical initiative which will help save lives.»

The initiative, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), helps the public gain a better understanding of the connection between technological breakthroughs and the revitalization of the upstate New York economy.

The Governor proposes $ 45 million for the Empire State Economic Development Fund to help businesses upgrade workers» skills, construct new facilities, expand operations and undertake other initiatives to promote job growth and retention.

As privately funded organizations we focus on initiatives and services to help build stronger businesses and communities in Chautauqua County.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation's grant of $ 64,000 will help fund education and treatment initiatives.

«I am pleased the Erie County Industrial Development Agency succeeded in its grant request for funding to support a new initiative to help support and develop businesses in our community and beyond,» said Erie County Executive Chris Collins.

«The Zongo Development Fund is one of the initiatives to develop our deprived communities and help us bridge the developmental gap amongst communities.

Howe was hired to help inform state officials about 3Gi's project, in case it fit with policy or funding initiatives, Beck said.

One step would be stress testing, engaging pension funds and companies to examine if they hold carbon - intensive assets on their books, said Martin Skancke, who spoke on the first panel and is chairman of the Advisory Council of Principles for Responsible Investing, a U.N. - supported initiative that has helped formulate a widely followed voluntary protocol of responsible investment criteria.

In 2004, patient - advocate groups were major players in helping pass and implement significant public policy and funding initiatives in stem cells and regenerative medicine.