A
nonprofit foundation is an organization that is not focused on making money or profits. Instead, it aims to help and support a specific cause, such as charity, education, or research. These foundations rely on donations and grants to fund their activities and often work towards benefiting the public or a specific group of people.
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The people I encountered prosecute their mission by appealing directly to federal, state, and local governments and to
nonprofit foundations for help.
Morris Animal Foundation is the largest
nonprofit foundation in the world dedicated to funding studies to improve and protect the health of companion animals and wildlife.
Many initial coin offerings divide funds between startups and
nonprofit foundations based in tax haven nations like Switzerland, which Tezos did as well.
Is the IRS okay with Charles Koch's
nonprofit foundation funding research that appears to have directly influenced state and national politicians?
The MAF — the world's
largest nonprofit foundation dedicated to funding research to protect, treat, and cure animals — supports studies in more than 50 of the world's leading research institutions, colleges of veterinary medicine, and zoos.
The study, published in Nature Medicine, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and more than 25
nonprofit foundations devoted to finding cures for childhood brain cancer.
The land bank is close to securing a $ 500,000 line of credit from Home Headquarters, a nonprofit housing agency, as well as grants from
several nonprofit foundations, according to board members.
Lori Alhadeff, the mother of Parkland shooting victim Alyssa Alhadeff, said she supported the 17 For Change effort, and said she has
started nonprofit foundation called Make Schools Safe, that will research and teach the best practices for school safety.
All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation, a
private nonprofit foundation that serves to house archives and arranges educational exhibitions.
She writes and speaks frequently about the dangerous role that for - profit businesses have assumed in shaping education policy and about the simultaneous risk that wealthy
nonprofit foundations like the Gates Foundation have too much clout in policymaking.
But thanks to early progress on would - be drugs for neglected diseases, Calibr has already attracted funding
from nonprofit foundations such as the Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Castillo - Hegyi, whose
nonprofit foundation focuses on infant feeding, noted that the boy was born Feb. 25, 2012, by emergency C - section because he was not getting enough oxygen during labor.
The City University of New York, troubled by federal and state investigations, plans to overhaul the rules governing its
affiliated nonprofit foundations as part of an effort to reassure alumni and donors.
Conducted internal investigation for New York, Connecticut, and
Delaware nonprofit foundations in connection with a seven - figure embezzlement by an employee of the foundations» management company.
The project's founders, Kathleen Breitman and her husband Arthur, have accused Johann Gevers, the head of the
Swiss nonprofit foundation managing Tezos's funds, of mismanaging resources for his own personal benefit.
During the last several years I have been providing customer service and support initiatives for a Property Management firm and an
International nonprofit foundation located in Israel.
Similar to other health care providers and nonprofit organizations, PPFA and its affiliates routinely work with government regulators,
nonprofit foundation donors, and independent auditors to ensure compliance with all rules and regulations regarding the funding Planned Parenthood health centers receive, whether it is a private contribution, a foundation grant, or federal or state funding, such as Medicaid reimbursements.
Emilia: Sisu not Silence is a movement and
nonprofit foundation aimed at ending the silence around interpersonal violence, eradicating the stigma and shame suffered by those who have experienced it, and creating a community that centered on integrity and courage.
David Stark, president of the Wisconsin REALTORS ® Association, spearheaded «On Common Ground,» the
first nonprofit foundation of its kind to foster honest, well - informed debate on state and local land - use policy decisions.
John Walton served on
several nonprofit foundations, including the Walton Family Foundation, which is the strongest philanthropic supporter of educational choice in the United States.
You've also been highly critical of the role that
nonprofit foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have played in shaping policy.
Stuart Reid, executive director of the Food Co-op Initiative, a Minnesota - based
nonprofit foundation that advises cooperative grocery stores, says he thinks Howard's Organics move to accept credit cards is a smart one — as most shoppers in today expect that from grocery stores, whether large or small.
Kelly covered initiatives underway at Sage that give business owners a greater voice, stories about Sage's
nonprofit foundation that works to support veterans, empower women in technology fields, and encourage economic growth and overall stability in third world countries, and finally he shared about Sage's focus on cutting edge technology such as artificial intelligence, internet of things and robotics.
Rather than setting himself up for an IPO payday in the future, he has structured his «startup» as
a nonprofit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland.
In 2014 came the Ethereum Foundation (Stiftung Ethereum),
a nonprofit foundation created to promote and support the Ethereum platform, shortly followed by an initial coin offering (ICO), and development of core technology.
We are open to working with other organizations, including venture capital and
nonprofit foundations.
TRON was founded by a Singapore - based
nonprofit foundation.
In fact, she accepted no advance and proceeds from the book go to
a nonprofit foundation and scholarship fund.
Elizabeth Pivonka is President of the Produce for Better Health Foundation,
a nonprofit foundation devoted to increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables.
The state attorney general's office is investigating
a nonprofit foundation associated with the NXIVM corporation that allegedly sponsored brain - activity and other human behavioral studies without any apparent oversight, according to court records.
A CUNY honcho hired as an integrity expert is collecting both a pension and a taxpayer salary, with his paychecks funneled through
a nonprofit foundation in an apparent move to skirt state rules against double dipping.
AQE raises funds from members,
nonprofit foundations, and prominent unions, particularly the New York City and statewide teachers unions, though that final funding stream has slowed to a trickle of late.
A good place to start is the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation,
a nonprofit foundation that exists to promote entrepreneurship, especially as an option for scientists.
In addition, the Merck institute —
a nonprofit foundation set up by the giant drug company — is pulling together a committee of six prominent biologists who will select 150 clones for development into mouse strains over the next few years.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,
a nonprofit foundation established by the Federal Republic of Germany to promote international research cooperation, offers the Humboldt Research Fellowships * for scholars not resident in Germany to undertake research in that country.
He is also senior fellow at the Milken Institute and president of the Council for Technology and the Individual,
a nonprofit foundation addressing the human dimensions of technology.