Sentences with phrase «national fund raising»

Within a county or state, the shelters may meet for educational purposes or to share information but not as a member of a national fund raising group that operates and fund shelters.

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She added: «We will work with the new Administration and Congress in raising awareness that elimination of federal funding to CPB begins the collapse of the public media system itself and the end of this essential national service.»

Jim Casparie is Entrepreneur.com's «Raising Money» coach and the founder and CEO ofThe Venture Alliance, a national firm based in Irvine, California, that's dedicated to getting companies funded.

Fewer private U.S. venture - capital funds are raising money to invest in startups, the National Venture Capital Association says.

Jim Casparie is the «Raising Money» coach at Entrepreneur.com and the founder and CEO ofThe Venture Alliance, a national firm based in Irvine, California, that's dedicated to getting companies funded.

She currently serves as President and Executive Director and as a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), an independent 501 (c)(3) charitable organization established by Congress to support the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by raising private funds for biomedical research and fostering partnerships and alliances around the world.

BIG AI DEAL: Element AI, a Montreal - based artificial intelligence startup, has raised $ 102 million ($ 137.5 M Canadian) in Series A funding led by DCVC with participation from BDC, Fidelity Investments, Hanwha, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, National Bank of Canada, Nvidia, Real Ventures, Tencent, and multiple sovereign wealth funds.

One brutally cold, dark winter night, Sorensen forced herself to join National Leasing's cross-country ski team in a corporate challenge to raise funds to buy ski equipment for disadvantaged kids.

In 2014, the government set up a subsidy program called China's National Integrated Circuits Industry Investment Fund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to BloombFund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to Bloombfund vehicle, according to Bloomberg.

Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private equity fund focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.

WASHINGTON IronNet Cybersecurity Inc, a startup led by former U.S. National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander, has raised $ 78 million in additional funding, the company told Reuters on Wednesday, a day ahead of a planned announcement.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- IronNet Cybersecurity Inc, a startup led by former U.S. National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander, has raised $ 78 million in additional funding, the company told Reuters on Wednesday, a day ahead of a planned announcement.

They include extending government funding to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program, and raising the debt ceiling to avoid a disastrous federal default.

Funds raised by the trio will be directed to the Denise House, Y's Wish Shelter of YWCA Durham and national violence prevention programs funded in part by the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.

«Over the years, funds raised through The Greater Interest GIC campaign have created or sustained more than 4,500 positive mentoring relationships,» said Peter Coleridge, National President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada.

Groups affiliated with Islamic extremism are showing an increased willingness to raise funds with bitcoin, according to a U.S. national security advisor.

Despite the optimism and the «ambitious» plan to raise $ 3.6 billion next year, the fund has suffered setbacks, notably the failure in June to sell Greece's national gas company.

«The goal was to create a world - class event and food festival that helped raise funds in Florida for education and in New York City for the hunger causes,» says Lee Brian Schrager, founder and vice president of corporate communications and national events at Southern Wine and Spirits of America.

Ferrier denied allegations that the sale was part of an attempt to raise additional funds for its US$ 1.2 billion ($ 895 million) takeover offer for Australia's National Foods:

Weighing in at six tons (the equivalent of 32,346 medium - sized Idaho ® potatoes), the Great Big Idaho ® Potato is traversing the country to greet fans and to help raise funds and awareness for the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), the oldest and largest national organization dedicated to helping end senior hunger.

Last month, the billionaire Besen family joined with National Australia Bank, The Nature Conservancy and several private investors to raise up to $ 100 million for a fund called the Murray - Darling Basin Balanced Water Ffund called the Murray - Darling Basin Balanced Water FundFund.

Weighing in at 6 tons (the equivalent of 32,346 medium - sized Idaho ® potatoes), the Great Big Idaho ® Potato is traversing the country to greet fans and to help raise funds and awareness for Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), the oldest and largest national organization dedicated to helping end senior hunger.

Overwhelming response to social media campaign helps Sunbelt Bakery promote breast cancer awareness and raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation -LSB-...]

Each September, No Kid Hungry hosts a national fundraising program that brings together thousands of restaurants and millions of consumers to help raise funds for the cause and to generate a dialogue about the problem of childhood hunger..

The remaining 25 % of net dollars raised, $ 2.5 million since its inception, goes to the Komen national breast cancer research fund.

The National Lottery funded programme - which is being supported financially by Liverpool Mutual Homes and Your Housing - is attempting to raise the statistic that only 22.6 per cent of people — around 3,200 — living in Liverpool with a limiting disability are involved in physical activity once a week.

The Biss phenomenon illustrates another way the Internet is shaking up politics and changing the way races are run this year: online fund raising is now filtering down to low - dollar state and local races, where a little bit of extra money goes further than it would in a national race.

The NPP, has a penchant for raising funds outside Ghana, but what makes this particular one suspicious and interesting is that, the number of Chinese national, seen at the event outnumbered the Ghanaian residents and party members who organized the ceremony.

Government engaged a Private Sector Implementation Partner (PSIP) to manage the US$ 10million National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) and to raise additional funding from the private sector.

[76] At the conference, Miliband pledged to focus on six national goals for Britain until 2025, including boosting pay, apprenticeships and housing; a mansion tax and levy on tobacco companies to fund # 2.5 billion a year «time to care» fund for the NHS; a commitment to raise the minimum wage to # 8 or more by 2020; and a promise to lower the voting age to 16 ready for elections in 2016.

Between Oct. 18 and Nov. 26, the period covered by Thursday's filings, Obama's campaign, combined with a trio of Democratic Party committees devoted to it (the Democratic National Committee and the joint DNC - Obama campaign committees called Obama Victory Fund 2012 and Swing State Victory Fund), raised $ 111 million, compared to $ 100 million raised by Romney's campaign, the Republican National Committee and the joint RNC - Romney campaign Romney Victory.

The Scottish National Party will introduce an investment fund for small and medium sized businesses with an overall focus on raising productivity.

Moreover, ahead of the 2001 general election, it was widely reported that the Chancellor was planning to raise National Insurance contribution rates shortly after the election, in preference to raising Income Tax in order to fund increased NHS spending.

Earlier attempts by the NPP to launch such an initiative had been plagued with similar misunderstandings when the party's suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and National Treasurer, Abankwa Yeboah in September 2015, both launched parallel fund raising electronic cards for the party, leading to serious credibility crisis as both camps dismissed the others» initiative as fraudulent.

Mr. Cuomo, an aggressive and prodigious fund - raiser, did travel to Los Angeles last year to raise money from gay and lesbian supporters, and this year, in Manhattan, he was chairman of a panel for the Democratic Governors Association, an important networking group for politicians with national aspirations.

In June 2014, Singh was appointed to the Mayor's Fund - a non-profit that raises private money for city causes - and the Democratic National CommitteeHe also won another six - figure contract with the state office of emergency management to provide meals for rescue workers toiling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

All money raised at the fundraiser will go to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee of the Obama re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and several Democratic state parties.

At least in the Republican Party, the Citizens United ruling has weakened the fund raising power of the Republican «establishment» in the form of the «three major» Republican campaign committees (Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee).

Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations of non-remittance of fund generated by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) raised by governors on Thursday.

Some of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» 1,831 New York delegates can't scrape up enough cash to attend this month's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia — so they've turned to crowd - funding Web sites to raise the cash.

Jess O'Connell, the Democratic National Committee's highest - ranking aide, abruptly quit, the latest setback for a group that has struggled with fund - raising and organization even as the party's candidates have found recent success.

President Obama's re-election campaign is in town in San Francisco fund - raising fresh off of the heels of the national fight over anti-piracy legislation.

TRMPAC was modeled closely after DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC), a federal - level organization created to raise funds for Republicans during the 2000 national elections.

The National Chairman, Paul Afoko, on Wednesday issued a statement announcing the launch of the online platform, www.nppcentre.org to both register NPP members and raise funds ahead of the 2016 elections.

In an interview with Joy News» Evans Mensah, Mr Yeboah said, «I want to state categorically that the National Executive Committee of the NPP has not approved any such website www.nppcentre.org to raise funds for the party.

He has hired Bedford Grove, a national fund - raising firm, to manage his money operations, and has brought in Jesse Campoamor, a former 1199 SEIU and campaign operative for Mayor Bill de Blasio, as his campaign manager.

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), is also raising concerns with the intended voluntary education Fund.

This would raise money, he said, to fund the promised new national care service so it can cater properly for the needs of the rapidly ageing population.

Most Rev Dr Paulinus Ezeokafor, who disclosed this on Monday at St Pauls Catholic Church, Achina during a fund raising ceremony for the university, said that the necessary arrangements for the institution have been approved by the National Universities Commission.

The necessity of forcing Republican incumbants to expend resources long before they normally would, and already being at a substantial cash disadvantage in a majority of competitive races and also the RCCC trailing the DCCC in national fundraising, will cause many campaigns to run out of money at the end of the race of expend more energy in fund raising instead of vote getting.