Sentences with phrase «nonprofit schools in»

That's often the case with successful businessmen who give up lucrative careers for elected office but not necessarily for someone such as Durant, 63, who founded and runs the Cornerstone Schools, a system of independent nonprofit schools in Detroit.

Not exact matches

Nonprofit City Year Chicago has recent college grads lining up for a $ 12,000 annual salary to work in economically challenged schools.

The business strategy that Mathile details in the book is also taught at Aileron, the nonprofit school for entrepreneurs that he founded in 1996.

There has to be way more tank - filling than tank - draining,» says Ruben Nieves, former Stanford University men's volleyball coach and current national director of training for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Mountain View, Calif., that focuses on teaching and encouraging positive character - building in youth and high school sports.

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.

There have been 239 school shootings in the US since December 2012, according to Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks school shootings.

Nicole Hurd, founder of a nonprofit called College Advising Corps that places trained advisers in underserved high schools, was given a preview of the materials and called them a «real paradigm shift.»

The initial solicitation and assessment of nominees is conducted in partnership with FSG, a nonprofit social - impact consulting firm; the Shared Value Initiative, a global platform for organizations seeking business solutions to social challenges; and Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School.

UCU's L'viv Business School boasts a certificate program in nonprofit management and courses in business ethics.

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.

So in October 2008, he founded Pencils of Promise, an education nonprofit that's now built more than 200 schools across the globe.

As one of a select number of nonprofits in the accelerator, it's taking a unique path through the startup school.

I read books about the female brain, met with science and math elementary school teachers and nonprofit educators who were doing programs to get kids interested in STEM.

She is cofounder and CEO of a nonprofit private school in East Palo Alto called The Primary School, and, along with her husband, she is a major philanthropist whose causes include healthcare and educschool in East Palo Alto called The Primary School, and, along with her husband, she is a major philanthropist whose causes include healthcare and educSchool, and, along with her husband, she is a major philanthropist whose causes include healthcare and education.

«They're really kicking ass with video,» says Katie Hawkins - Gaar, a digital innovation faculty member at the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism training and educational school in St. Petersburg, Florida.

With these for - profit universities pulling out all stops to get students to enroll in their programs, there isn't much room left for nonprofit schools like Georgetown and Stanford to educate the public about their offerings.

«When I was a kid in school, we were all worried about pollution,» says report leader Richard Fuller, president of Pure Earth, an international nonprofit devoted to pollution cleanup.

The inventors, juniors and seniors at San Fernando High School in California, are part of a nonprofit organization called DIY Girls that aims to inspire girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

CFP Daniel Wrenne recommends starting payments while still in school if you think you'll go the nonprofit route.

The shooting, which resulted in 17 fatalities, was not an isolated incident — nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety found that there were 160 incidences of gunfire on school campuses from 2013 - 15, with almost 50 percent taking place on college and university campuses.

Since 26 people were killed in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, a nonprofit that tracks school shootings has recorded five a month, on average.

Investments in education, college readiness, and technology for schools College Track is the education nonprofit Powell Jobs co-founded in 1997 to support teens who hope to be the first college students in their families.

You can qualify for Federal Perkins Loan cancellation if you are a teacher and have served full - time in a public or nonprofit elementary or secondary school system:

Mr. Molander said he donates regularly to a nonprofit organization that funds college scholarships for students at his hometown high school in Marinette, Wis., while his wife supports various health and social causes.

PNC is committed to engaging with nonprofits to enhance educational opportunities, specifically through Grow Up Great, a $ 350 million initiative created in 2004 to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.

What she didn't expect, though, was that her commitment to working with the nonprofit organization All Hands and Hearts (www.allhandsandhearts.org) would also reconnect her with a high school classmate she hadn't seen in years.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

I've also been freshly convicted about the importance of strengthening my relationships with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations here in East Tennessee, and am considering new ways to volunteer / contribute that will work for our family over the long haul.

Governments, nonprofits, schools, healthcare systems and churches lack the infrastructures to help the way they do in the cities.

In 2009, Chef Ann founded the Food Family Farming Foundation (now the Chef Ann Foundation), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food.

He attributes his success to community support and in return has donated more than $ 50,000 since 2010 to local organizations including, but not limited to nonprofits, fire departments, area schools, booster clubs, health organizations and athletic teams.

Our goal is to have a «cooking school in every community» — to enable our nonprofit network to offer the curriculum in the communities they serve.

The nonprofit organization serves the most dropout prone school districts in Southern and Northeastern Nevada, supporting nearly 25,000 students over 40 sites.

Turnaround for Children, the school - transformation nonprofit that produced the building - blocks paper I wrote about earlier, tries to address similar wounds in the young people it serves.

Durham - based nonprofit Goodwill Community Foundation recently gave school supply kits to 420 students at Falkland Elementary School in Pitt Cschool supply kits to 420 students at Falkland Elementary School in Pitt CSchool in Pitt County.

Visit helpful sites like one set up by the Military Child Education Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for military kids in the school system, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Military Child Support site.

All revenues associated with food programs are collected in this account, and those funds may be spent on any nonprofit food service operations, including food sold outside of the federal school lunch and breakfast programs.

Communities in Chicago Schools, a nonprofit that connects volunteer professionals to 170 Chicago schools, has seen demand for nutrition classes nearly triple in the past fourSchools, a nonprofit that connects volunteer professionals to 170 Chicago schools, has seen demand for nutrition classes nearly triple in the past fourschools, has seen demand for nutrition classes nearly triple in the past four years.

Through his work at RSF he has helped many nonprofits and Waldorf schools in their understanding of the intersection of money and spirit in social transformation.

Providing better school food comes at a cost, of course, and in this case the experiment involved the assistance of a nonprofit, Turning Green, as well as a crowd - funding campaign and grants from Patagonia, the Clif Bar Family Foundation and Dr. Bronner's Family Foundation.

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions.

The Kitchen's life - changing social ventures include providing culinary job training to at - risk adults, turning wasted food into balanced meals for shelters and nonprofits, and serving healthy, scratch - cooked meals in low - income schools.

Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaiSchool Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaischool districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.

, one of the largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare organizations in the country dedicated to promoting social and emotional development, fostering resilience and building skills for school and life success in children.

In 2009, Ann founded the nonprofit Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) to focus on solutions to the school food crisis.

In 2009, Chef Ann founded the Food Family Farming Foundation (now the Chef Ann Foundation), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food.

Without cancer, I would not be going to school for what I am majoring in, I would not have the aspirations of working for a cancer related nonprofit, and I would not have found my Kesem family.

Its full - time professional staff, helped out by a steady stream of volunteers, puts out 5,000 meals a day, which are sent to homeless shelters, schools, half - way houses and other nonprofits in the area.

Barb has a B.S. in journalism from Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University and a Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at Georgetown University.

In its recent report, Still Too Fat to Fight, the nonprofit Mission: Readiness, which is run by retired military leaders, found that roughly 25 percent of young adults ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to qualify for military service and it targeted junk food vending machines in schools as a contributor to this probleIn its recent report, Still Too Fat to Fight, the nonprofit Mission: Readiness, which is run by retired military leaders, found that roughly 25 percent of young adults ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to qualify for military service and it targeted junk food vending machines in schools as a contributor to this problein schools as a contributor to this problem.