Sentences with phrase «nonprofit foundation in»

Anny Shaw of the Art Newspaper reports that British art duo Gilbert & George are preparing to launch a nonprofit foundation in London to exhibit their work and, if funding permits, the work of others.

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.

Thus, though it shifted operations of the museum to a nonprofit foundation in 1992, one of the most disadvantaged districts in the state owns paintings by Benjamin West, Milton Avery, John Singer Sargent, George Bellows, Raphaelle Peale, Julien Duprà ©, Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse - and dozens more.

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.

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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.

CitySoft CEO Nick Gleason was a community and labor organizer in Oakland, Calif., and ran his own urban - development consulting company, serving nonprofits, foundations, school districts, and governments.

Saildrone started as a nonprofit endeavor with the Schmidts» philanthropic foundation, but in August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

Nonprofits and foundations, to preserve their special tax status, are restricted in the types and levels of lobbying they can fund.

The magazine reports the foundation is partnering with 20 businesses and nonprofits and investing $ 70 million in women in a bid to close that gap.

Despite scoring relatively high in accountability and transparency by nonprofit watchdogs, the foundation nonetheless became a flash - point in the 2016 election.

A pioneer in impact investing at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, which she founded and ran from 1984 through 2010, Miller led Heron on an ambitious quest to harness 100 percent of its assets to advance the foundation's mission of fighting poverty.

The Ballmers have yet to roll out a foundation or a public strategy for their giving, but they've been making some big gifts, most recently kicking in $ 50 million for a new funders collaborative that will channel at least a billion dollars to high - performing nonprofits that serve low - income youth.

Don Blandin, president and CEO of the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) and the Investor Protection Institute (IPI), has worked in and with a wide variety of sectors, including business and industry; nonprofit; academia and philanthropic foundations; and federal, state and local government, both in the U.S. and globally.

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.

A number of common concerns have risen to the forefront in the nonprofit, endowment and foundation industry in 2017.

Frustration over what was viewed as weak UN climate agreements, plus the US Senate's failure to pass a climate bill in 2010, pushed foundations and nonprofit groups — such as Greenpeace — to ensure their investments were not going to big oil companies.

Member dues are paid annually, with discounts for nonprofit organizations (excluding foundations) and organizations headquartered in emerging markets.

In 1995 when PepsiCo offered to assist our nonprofit scholarship foundation with private charitable contributions, the Jersey City Education Association threatened a state and national boycott of all Pepsi products.

Foundations could partner with a church or nonprofit to subsidize «solidarity organizers,» who would live in working - class neighborhoods and perhaps even take working - class jobs.

A nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization, the foundation receives its funding from the generosity of Atlantis, Paradise Island's guests and their participation in the resort's marine interactions and experiences.

IRRI is an independent, nonprofit, research and educational institute, founded in 1960 by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations with support from the Philippine government.

The Community Foundation is in compliance with the Council on Foundations» national standards and has awarded over $ 220 million in grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County and beyond.

The Kitchen Infrastructure, Training, and Equipment in Schools Workshop, which took place in Chicago July 28 - 30, 2013, included insights of food service directors, school administrators, industry representatives, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and financiers.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation, founded in 1989, is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting nonprofit organizations and their work in our communities.

Now I do a town of nonprofit work through the foundation I began in my daughter's memory, and her little sister goes everywhere with me.

In a response letter to Leahy dated May 12, 2016, President Conway - Turner pledged to remove the research foundation as administrator of IGPE and determine whether the nonprofit was improperly managing any other campus programs «that require the payment of tuition by students or involve credit bearing courses» by the end of the fiscal year.

The research foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with the university, had managed IGPE — a violation of state law and SUNY policy, Leahy said in her letter, citing a report prepared by SUNY and the foundation.

Records show that Melius» foundation gave a total of $ 293,000 in grants to more than 170 nonprofit organizations in 2014, among them the FBI Agents Association, an advocacy group for current and retired FBI agents in Alexandria, Virginia; the Pat Cairo Family Foundation, which is run by North Hempstead Republican leader Joseph Cairo; and the Raj & Rajeshwari Foundation, which was run by the family of indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh.

(announced Dec. 3, 2015) Chairman and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc., a nonprofit public policy foundation based in Harrisburg.

The family's foundation was similarly low key, giving away $ 292,000 in 2007, with nearly half going to a nonprofit math foundation started by one of Robert Mercer's hedge fund colleagues, tax documents show.

NY State Attorney General Should Investigate Shadowy «Non-profits» Citizens Union has filed a formal complaint with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, asking the office to investigate a Virginia - based 501 (c)(4) that poured money into New York State Senate races.Article 7 - A of the Executive Law requires charities and nonprofits that solicit contributions from residents, corporations foundations or government agencies in New York to register with the State Charities Bureau.

«The grants will support nonprofits working to advance criminal justice reform or fight corruption in Nigeria,» the foundation said via a statement.

«In the United States, we have an especially permissive or kaleidoscopic definition of a nonprofit organization,» said Rob Reich, a Stanford political science professor who has studied how philanthropy influences democracy, often through tax - exempt family foundations like the Mercer's.

On Tuesday, de Blasio will attend a fundraiser in Seattle hosted by venture capitalist and early Amazon.com investor Nick Hanauer and his wife Leslie Hanauer, philanthropists who run a nonprofit foundation dedicated to education and income inequality.

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.

In the future, some may find work at research institutions, disease - focused foundations, and environmental nonprofits, Irion says.

Pharmaceutical and biotech companies, venture capital firms, scientific consulting firms, medical and scientific journals, law firms dealing in intellectual property, science - focused nonprofit organizations and foundations, government agencies, and K — 12 schools are among the «alternative» career options the speakers mentioned.

It's no coincidence that golden rice, which has been tragically caught up in the larger uproar over GMOs, was developed not by a private corporation, but by foundation - funded academic researchers and a nonprofit organization supported by governments and philanthropies.

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.

Former Fellows have continued careers in public service, as well as the nonprofit and private sectors, holding senior positions in government, industry, universities, foundations, and non-governmental organizations.

Italy's Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin announced yesterday that Stamina, the Turin - based nonprofit foundation that developed the treatment, will not be allowed to test it on humans — at least not in Italy.

Believing in the power of collaboration to drive greater and faster progress, PFF works together with other foundations and nonprofits to encourage cross-field thinking and collective action.

Every day, week, month that goes by, there's further nerve damage,» said Jocelyn Duff, who lives in Massachusetts and started Cure CMT4J, a nonprofit foundation to find a cure for her daughter, Talia.

Advance and promote the discipline by participating in partnerships with government agencies, foundations, and / or nonprofit organizations, such as funding agency grant panels or other advocacy / advisory boards to contribute to the advancement and promotion of the discipline.

In 2015, Susan helped start the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss, a nonprofit foundation whose mission is research on achievable and sustainable weight loss.

Actor Paul Walker's death was a horrible tragedy — the beloved and big - hearted father and friend was killed in a car crash in November after an event for his nonprofit foundation, Reach Out WorldWide.

The William Penn Foundation, a Philadelphia - based philanthropy, has awarded a three - year grant of nearly $ 300,000 to Foundations, Inc., a Moorestown, N.J. - based nonprofit organization that provides after - school and skill - building programs for youths in the Philadelphia community.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the pre-K — 12 learning process through innovative, replicable, and evidence - based programs and practices that prepare students to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives.

«I hope to develop a research career that informs educators, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies in the design of formal and informal educational opportunities and interventions that are culturally relevant, sensitive to children's contexts, and encourage a strong foundation for all children's lifelong learning.»