Sentences with phrase «in philanthropic funding»

She estimates that about 50 percent of women with ovarian cancer have tumors with this type of tumor and would qualify for the trial, which needs about $ 2 million in philanthropic funding before it could begin.

An international consortium of research institutions, including the Fraunhofer research organization and the Technical University of Munich in Germany, hopes to raise $ 10 million in philanthropic funding to launch a ten - year pilot project later this year that will study long - term, sustainable conservation and restoration approaches at Pompeii.

Not exact matches

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.

«$ 5tn in five years is a stunning and unprecedented figure,» said Ellen Dorsey, at the philanthropic Wallace Global Fund, one of the earliest backers of the fossil fuel divestment movement.

Many people argue about what needs to come first in order to create an entrepreneurial community — ideas or capital — but it's a chicken - and - egg debate, says Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund For Our Economic Future, a program that pools funding for entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast Ohio.

But in June, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — the philanthropic organization in Palo Alto, California, that funds the Biohub — contributed an undisclosed amount of money and software - engineering support to the Human Cell Atlas data platform, which will be used to store, analyse and browse project data.

Fidelity Charitable is an independent public charity that allows donors to establish a dedicated donor - advised fund to support their favorite charities in the short term and create a systematic plan for longer term philanthropic goals.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricaneIn addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanein grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanein need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

Leveraged non-profit ventures continuously depend on outside philanthropic funding, but their longer term sustainability is often enhanced given that the partners have a vested interest in the continuation of the venture.

To be able to sustain the transformation activities in full and address the needs of clients, who are often poor or marginalized from society, the entrepreneur must mobilize other sources of funding from the public and / or philanthropic sectors.

For example, Artistshare excels at funding artistic projects, Crowdcube at investment crowdfunding in England, GoFundMe at philanthropic projects, but we've found that for product design, especially in the technology space, there's no better platform than Kickstarter.

Their vote is part of a «grand bargain» bankruptcy restructuring that seeks private, philanthropic and state funds to help avoid massive cuts in government pensions.

Canada's largest companies are equally engaged in philanthropic activity, providing everything from ongoing funding for medical research, to emergency relief for victims of natural disasters, mentoring programs for indigenous entrepreneurs, and resettlement support for newly arrived refugees.

An executive at a privately held company would like to convert some of her concentrated holding in long - held, highly appreciated shares of the company into cash to fund her philanthropic activities.

Since 2000, scientific research and international collaboration on Golden Rice have been supported by funding and in - kind support from the private, public, and philanthropic sectors.

NEW YORK, NY (October 31, 2016)-- Striving to become a leader in philanthropic initiatives within the wine industry, Cape Classics is making its social commitment official through the introduction of The Indaba Education Fund (IEF), a fully accredited 501 (c)(3)...

In addition to local community support, our company funds The McCain Foundation — a philanthropic organization, largely supporting initiatives in the Atlantic provinces of Canada where McCain Foods was foundeIn addition to local community support, our company funds The McCain Foundation — a philanthropic organization, largely supporting initiatives in the Atlantic provinces of Canada where McCain Foods was foundein the Atlantic provinces of Canada where McCain Foods was founded.

In settling the D.C. lawsuit, Chartwells agreed to make $ 14 million in credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichmenIn settling the D.C. lawsuit, Chartwells agreed to make $ 14 million in credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichmenin credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichmenin philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichment.

The Initiative is modeled after President Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative for young men and the city's Young Men's Initiative — and will be funded with $ 20 million in City Council and private philanthropic funds to pursue recommendations like hiring more guidance counselors in school, expanding the Nurse - Family Partnership program, and requiring city agencies to have «gender equity liaisons.»

Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrote a Washington Post opinion piece in favor of natural gas development in New York state and awarded a $ 6 million grant from his philanthropic organization to the Environmental Defense Fund for work to minimize adverse environmental impacts from natural gas operations.

Since the breakthrough in 2010 with the first curative therapy for melanoma, funding became widely available from government, industry and philanthropic organizations.

You recently secured $ 480,000 in funding over the next two years from the Jacobs Foundation and are pursuing additional philanthropic grants, but have you considered charging for the site or finding a corporate sponsor?

The Global Ocean Commission is being funded by the U.S. Pew Charitable Trusts, the Adessium Foundation in the Netherlands, and U.S. philanthropic group Oceans 5.

The Rockefeller Foundation and other philanthropic institutions in the United States funded the research of American - trained German eugenicists even after the Nazi Party had made its genocidal intentions clear.

RAND has funded the Gun Policy in America initiative — underway for two years — using income from its operations and unrestricted philanthropic gifts.

Funding for this study was provided by The Ohio State University Center for Neuromodulation, the Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging, OTF - TECH -11-044 and philanthropic donations.

It began in the 1950s with an institution funded by the philanthropic Rockefeller foundation and the Mexican government.

As a not - for - profit Gladstone can engage in sponsored research, create VC - backed start - ups and raise donations, said Freedman, but the institute can not accept philanthropic funding from an organization that wants an ROI or partner with a company.

Among their many philanthropic efforts, Stan established a fund to help support young bone marrow transplant patients at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte.

As for all such research programs coordinated by the SENS Research Foundation, this work was funded by philanthropic donations, including yours and mine made in past years.

Thus in the field of glucosepane research the only initiatives of note at the present time are set in motion by philanthropic funding, such as the programs coordinated by the SENS Research Foundation.

We consider it vital to invest funds in new high - impact research that may lead to major government and philanthropic support.

The Hematology Helping Hands Fund was started in 2007 at the request of philanthropic donors to provide financial aid for patients undergoing stem cell transplant.

Dr. Falk is also PI of an NIH, pharma, and philanthropic funded translational research laboratory group at CHOP that investigates the causes and global metabolic consequences of mitochondrial disease, as well as targeted therapies, in C. elegans, zebrafish, mouse, and human tissue models of genetic - based respiratory chain dysfunction, and directs multiple clinical treatment trials in mitochondrial disease patients.

Through strategic funding and philanthropic leadership, Kessler Foundation has invested more than $ 25 million in organizations and programs to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the workforce.

Illinois advocates were able to leverage a relatively modest philanthropic investment of around $ 5 million to achieve $ 500 million in scholarship funding over five years.

Private philanthropic support amounts to a raindrop in the ocean of overall education funding.

«Pressures for accountability in the public realm have a spillover effect among philanthropic funders, who today may feel greater urgency to show results.»

Operators are finding it easy to access philanthropic funding in urban Oakland and San Francisco, but see those places as «over-saturated» and gentrifying.

In interviews, many leaders told us they believe that the Bay Area's supply of effective schools is limited today by the philanthropic funding strategies used in the pasIn interviews, many leaders told us they believe that the Bay Area's supply of effective schools is limited today by the philanthropic funding strategies used in the pasin the past.

There is one area, however, where I think philanthropic dollars should probably fund products and services, which is in the category of assessments.

We include all revenue in our calculations, including nonpublic funds such as philanthropic donations.

Excellent Schools Detroit (ESD), a coalition of philanthropic, education, and community leaders, began grading publicly funded schools based on school climate and academic performance data in 2012.

My chapter in the first book, «Buckets into the Sea,» examined the extent of philanthropic activity in education relative to public funding.

RL: Most estimates put the total philanthropic investment in CMOs at around $ 500 million, and most of the big foundations are no longer funding stand - alone charter school start - up.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

In our survey, CMO leaders said that uncertainty about continued philanthropic funding is second only to limited access to facilities as their most significant barrier to scale.

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

In support of our mission — to elevate awareness and understanding of important educational issues among professionals and the public — we seek and accept grant funding from the philanthropic community that reflects a similar commitment to improving K - 12 education for all children.

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