Sentences with phrase «nonprofit group founded»

Or you could call the Scientists Institute for Public Information, S.I.P.I, a nonprofit group founded in 1963 and mainly paid for by media companies and foundations to provide, in essence, directory assistance for journalists seeking scientists.

All four of these campaigns partnered with Lean In, the nonprofit group founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg dedicated to advancing women in the workplace, for Equal Pay Day.

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Running a business was a blast, Newman found, and three years later, he launched a new venture — Niche Marketing, which advertised and distributed products for progressive companies and nonprofit groups, such as a militant left - wing T - shirt maker and a manufacturer of water - saving showerheads.

More than one - third of sole proprietors said that their biggest challenge is finding the time and resources to generate new business, according to a recent survey conducted by Visa USA and SCORE, a nonprofit group that counsels entrepreneurs.

Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles — based nonprofit provides after - school writing and drama programs to underserved schools and produces stage shows for the public.

The brothers have continued to influence politics through a Koch - funded nonprofit conservative advocacy group founded in 2004, Americans for Prosperity.

You can also check out the Financial Executives Networking Group (thefeng.org), a national nonprofit organization that specializes in finding positions for senior financial execs.

The majority of the $ 31 million will go to women's empowerment groups and Lean In, the nonprofit founded by Sandberg to help support women in the workplace, according to a source familiar with Sandberg's plans.

In November of last year, the nonprofit watchdog group, Public Citizen, issued a detailed report which found that 44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers.

A 2008 survey by Imagine Canada, a national charitable organization, found that 76 per cent of all Canadian businesses donate money to nonprofit groups.

A recent poll from Morning Consult / Politico found that evangelicals are the religious group most in favor of the plan to end the Johnson amendment, which keeps registered nonprofits out of...

Founded in 1975, The Help Group is the largest, most innovative and comprehensive nonprofit of its kind in the United State serving children, adolescents and young adults with special needs related to autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, ADHD, developmental delays, abuse, and emotional problems.

Despite the mayor's claims to the contrary, City & State found some details of his nonprofit groups and their interactions with City Hall remain private or virtually inaccessible to the public, and oversight of them appears muddled with largely voluntary compliance.

As for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or not).

Chris Slattery is well known in churches of all denominations and founded the nonprofit group, Expectant Mother Care to encourage expectant moms to choose motherhood, and either marriage, adoption, or self - sufficiency, instead of abortion, according to the website.

The hurricane - relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Directions Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and state Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens.

MIDTOWN — A nonprofit founded by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his political agenda said Friday it will not comply with a subpoena from the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, one of multiple federal and state agencies investigating whether the group broke the law.

Gonzalez» mother, Yolanda Garcia, founded the nonprofit housing and social services group in 1992.

Internal documents show that Cambridge Analytica also provided services to politically active nonprofit organizations that are not required to disclose their donors, including the Colorado - based antiabortion group Centennial Coalition and For America, led by L. Brent Bozell, who founded the Mercer - backed Media Research Center.

They include American Crossroads, the super PAC founded by Karl Rove; American Action Network, a nonprofit advocacy group, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is the campaign arm for the House GOP.

The office pointed to a 2014 ruling by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that found that politicians could appear in an ad funded by a nonprofit group if the message was in the public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or policy.

The relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Direction Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and Smith.

The grand jury is seeking a slew of documents from Meeks dating back to 2000 that detail the charities founded by him and Smith, and the status of several nonprofit groups linked to the congressman, the sources said.

Downtown parenting nonprofit Bowery Babes began pushing for renovations to the quarter - acre playground when the group was founded in 2006, said Avram, who is also a member of that group.

Based in Alaska, a nonprofit research institute founded and run by a group of independent researchers has permitted decades of scientific work.

Also in January, the nonprofit group Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International (RAEI) announced that an expedition to the rain forests of coastal Ecuador had found new reptiles, insects, and amphibians whose habitat is threatened by climate change and deforestation.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

Find relevant, local nonprofit groups.

Many find jobs — teaching, doing research, or concentrating on policy and funding issues — in universities and nonprofit groups.

Later, a nonprofit group in Buffalo, New York, the Public Accountability Initiative, investigated and found that Groat was a paid board member of the Plains Exploration & Production Co. of Houston, Texas, which uses fracking to extract gas.

At least 24 species of other presumed or possibly extinct plants, insects and other organisms have been found during natural heritage surveys in North America since 1974, according to Mark Schaefer, president of NatureServe, a nonprofit conservation group based in Arlington, Va..

Women have a higher success rate than men, and a majority were led by students, found scholars who wrote the study for The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a nonprofit group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that supports economics studies relevant to public policy.

In addition, the researchers found higher rates of chromosome changes in the white blood cells of the exposed fishermen — changes that have been linked to an increased risk of cancer in other studies, says Gina Solomon, MD, a senior scientist with the National Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental group.

National Survey Will Find 100 Best Communities for Music Education in America The American Music Conference, a nonprofit organization that promotes music education, and other groups are currently running the second annual survey to identify the top 100 communities for music education in America.

Another nonprofit organization that offers fellowships is America Achieves, founded in September 2010 in New York City by a group that includes Jon Schnur, who has been an advisor to President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Last weekend, at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning, surrounded by educators, representatives from the nonprofit and business worlds, global education experts, academics, and education advocates of all stripes, I found it inspiring how committed the group as a whole was to not just improving family engagement in schools, but expanding engagement beyond the family, to the community in general.

A recent poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Fund, a nonprofit civil rights group based in Washington, D.C., found that 86 percent of Latino families said their child's report card topped the list in judging school quality.

Public Agenda and the Public Education Network, a Washington - based group of nonprofit local education funds, plan to use the findings to engage Americans in...

The changes were required by a settlement filed last week in State Supreme Court in Manhattan by State Attorney General Robert Abrams, whose office conducted a six - month investigation of charges that the private nonprofit group that seeks to find missing children has made «false and misleading statements.»

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

America's Promise Alliance Founded by General Colin Powell, America's Promise Alliance is comprised of corporations, nonprofit organizations, foundations, policymakers, advocacy groups, and faith groups.

For example, a report released recently (by the ACLU SoCal and Public Advocates, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group) found that more than 20 percent of all California charter schools have enrollment policies that violate state and federal law.

Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative, Inc. (LUMIN) was founded in 2002 as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation and a Recognized Service Organization of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod (LCMS) by a group of LCMS business people and professional educators deeply concerned about the downward trend of Lutheran education in Milwaukee's urban community.

The plaintiffs were represented by a powerhouse legal team hired by the nonprofit Students Matter, a reform group founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David F. Welch.

The major groups involved in developing the standards include a nonprofit called Achieve, which was founded by a group of business leaders and governors in 1996 (long before Common Core).

He is a founding member of the Students for Education Reform nonprofit group, and vice president of the La Cañada Unified School District Board of Education.

An analysis of recent Education Department civil rights data by the nonprofit research group Child Trends found that 54 percent of black students in mostly black middle schools and high schools have school - based law enforcement or security officers.

Center for Student Opportunity was founded by a group of concerned parents, admissions professionals, and nonprofit practitioners who sought to fill the need for greater college counseling and preparation resources for first - generation and underserved college - bound students.

That case, brought on behalf of several public school students in Southern California, was backed by a nonprofit group calling itself Students Matter, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.

And in some cases, you may find that you qualify for a mortgage - free home provided by a nonprofit group.