Sentences with phrase «nonprofit group says»

The Pine Barrens Society nonprofit group says that this exception would create a precedent.

A spokeswoman for the nonprofit group said it would answer questions at a news conference Thursday.

Not exact matches

Too much of these hues — like painting an entire room in neon yellow — can be agitating, says Mark Woodman, president of the Color Marketing Group, a nonprofit association that forecasts color direction.

«Clearly, the C.F.T.C. has taken a strong stance against Wall Street after the financial crisis, but in a broader context we do worry that the revolving door can make enforcement officials more sympathetic to the companies they oversee,» said Michael Smallberg, an investigator at Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group.

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.

«It was awesome, a high - impact, high - energy, hackathon kind of environment,» says working group participant Mike Green, director of the ScaleUp Campaign, a nonprofit partnership to encourage local innovation based in Portland, Ore. «Since you were pitching multiple times, you had to have your game on.»

But while the nonprofit, nonpartisan lobby group says it represents the interests of small business owners, some Democrats are raising questions about both its funding sources and its tax status.

How much notice will depend on state requirements, but it's generally within the same period you're required to give notice for renewal, says Michael Vraa, managing attorney and hotline director at HOME Line, a nonprofit tenant advocacy group in Minneapolis.

Go to your local Children's Hospital or any local nonprofit group that's well - respected and say you'd like to sponsor a fundraiser - a 10K run, a fashion show, a bingo party at the local church or a «souper supper» to feed the homeless.

Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that supports net neutrality, said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.

«If you're not willing to fail, to do something that fails and fails until you get it right, then you're stuck,» says Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit group that holds global competitions to spur innovation in technology and other disciplines.

Nonprofit research group Pew Internet & American Life Project (pewinternet.org) says that 8 percent of internet users create blogs, while 39 percent, or 57 million people, read them.

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

Of course, that doesn't make the most expensive cities the «best» cities to live in, at least not for everyone, says Jennie Allison of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, a nonprofit research and policy group.

Half of Americans said they do work in their free time to meet employers» demands, according to a study from Rand Corp., a nonprofit research group.

The nonprofit group's president, Ernie Allen, says he's not against the digital economy.

«It's worth noting that donations to political action committees and groups designated as 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organizations are not tax - deductible,» said Kay Bell, author and tax journalist for the blog Don't Mess With Taxes.

«The pace of change has been so fast and housing supply has not kept up and the transit system has not kept up,» said Alan Durning, executive director of Sightline Institute, a nonprofit research group in Seattle focused on sustainability.

«Consumers should be concerned,» said John M. Simpson, privacy project director for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Santa Monica.

Suzanne Delbanco, the executive director for the Catalyst for Payment Reform, a nonprofit group that mainly represents employers, said controlling rising prices is especially hard in markets where a local hospital or medical group dominates.

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

«This is all actually economics, not preferences,» says Sean McAlinden, chief economist at the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit group funded by government and industry grants.

National animal nonprofits and lobbying groups — which often are at odds with one another on issues and legislation — struck a similar chord in saying the purchase of auction dogs at high prices was something other than a form of rescue.

«We tried this legislative approach,» said Mr. Barden, a founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit advocacy group created after the massacre.

Facebook «goes into this endless hairsplitting that people should have known,» said Marc Rotenberg, president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit advocacy group that has brought privacy cases before the FTC.

In other words since about 2008, North Korea imports about $ 1 billion more annually from China than it exports, said Bruce Bennett, senior defense analyst at the RAND Corp., a nonprofit research group.

It says the group must have religious values as its purpose, primarily employ people who share those religious beliefs, primarily serve persons who share those beliefs and be a nonprofit organization.

CNN: Christian pastor — once sentenced to death in Iran — is released, group says A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted him, said a nonprofit group monitoring the case.

(CNN)- A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted him, said a nonprofit group monitoring the case.

, a nonprofit group promoting parenting practices that the organization's website says «create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and parents.»»

Gena is on the Board of Directors of Attachment Parenting International, a nonprofit group promoting parenting practices that the organization's website says «create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and parents.»»

It's safe to say LLLI is one of the most popular support groups for breastfeeding moms, as this nonprofit has been supporting and educating breastfeeding moms for more than 60 years.

Stay - safe tips: Remember the ABCs of safe sleep, says Kate Carr, president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C.: «Babies should sleep A-Alone, without blankets, bumpers or pillows; B - on their backs; and «C - in a crib.

Yellow and green items were the most likely to have high lead levels, says Judy Braiman, president of the Empire State Consumer Project, a nonprofit group that lab - tests consumer products for lead and other heavy metals.

«Having to hang a diaper to dry and put it back on your baby is really unimaginable for a mother to think about,» says Kelly Sawyer Patricof, the co-president of Baby2Baby, a Los Angeles - based nonprofit group that provides diapers and other necessities to families like Mora's.

The nonprofit group that ran the Milk Bar at the New York State Fair is pulling out after 60 years, saying the state has yanked all subsidies and refuses to let the group raise the price of milk above 25 cents.

The ads, which officials said cost close to $ 100,000, represent the first paid media campaign by Organizing for Action (OFA), the nonprofit group formed last month to harness Obama's campaign apparatus in support of his legislative agenda.

President Barack Obama and his aides plan to keep their campaign machine running to support his second - term agenda and will relaunch it in the coming days as a tax - exempt nonprofit group, a Democratic official said.

The Progressive Agenda, the nonprofit group launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his national political agenda, is canceling its plans for a presidential forum in Iowa next month, the group said Tuesday afternoon.

The ad is funded by the group New Yorkers United Together, a nonprofit that says in the ad that it will provide legal aid to immigrants facing threats of deportation from the federal government.

«Our view is that the government should, as the normal course of business, put contracts out to bid,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit government watchdog organization.

The Community Builders interviewed by the auditors lacked knowledge of HUD's grant programs, the report said, and in some cases improperly interfered with housing transactions between local officials and nonprofit groups, resulting in the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars.

Citing a recent video touting his administration's immigration policies, good government groups say Cuomo is again skirting campaign finance rules by using a secretive nonprofit to advance his agenda.

The Tax March, a nonprofit group affiliated with the «Not One Penny» progressive coalition, says they will spend around $ 500,000 on the ad campaign in the Las Vegas media market.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

Jamison Dague, director of infrastructure studies for the Citizens Budget Commission of New York, a nonprofit government watchdog group, said the MTA has long wanted to abolish some of the work rules.

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.

Brent Ferguson of The Brennan Center for Justice said that he believed Cuomo's legislation would only cover nonprofit advocacy groups, a certain class of 501 (c) 4s, if they engage in «political activity» during campaign season.

His spokeswoman, Karen Hinton, said subpoenas were sent to de Blasio's top aide, Emma Wolfe, his campaign fundraiser, Ross Offinger, a consulting firm and a nonprofit group that advanced de Blasio's political agenda.

Council aides said that poor defendants who can not make bail are often detained for days; they said a bail fund would save the city on incarceration costs and follow a model already used by nonprofit groups.