Sentences with phrase «nonprofits working in their communities»

They are often receiving business training through the nonprofits working in their communities and have come to understand how to set their pricing to ensure fair payment to their employees.

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As our way to say thank you, and show our appreciation to the community, we enjoy offering our talents and skills to nonprofits that we believe in, as we work together to give back and bring awareness to important causes to those around us,» says Levy.

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

Toms and its nonprofit partners continued their good work in dusty schoolyards and rural community centers.

The stores work with a nonprofit partner in each community to provide services for veterans and their families.

Each store works with a nonprofit partner in the community to provide services for veterans and their families.

Instead of simply giving away glasses for every pair of glasses sold, they work with nonprofit partners who train entrepreneurs in developing countries to give basic eye exams and sell glasses in their communities.

In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youtIn tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youtin diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youth.

In 2015, Starbucks community efforts focused on the opportunity youth population as partners worked with nonprofits that support young people.

Theoretically, if a philanthropic, community - based, nonprofit worked in San Diego, it could spur interest in other cities with ever - struggling dailies, though, to be sure, there are a host of management and governance issues implicit in a nonprofit model.

Depending on the program you choose, it's possible to stay in your community, working with local nonprofits, public agencies, and projects that benefit low - income Americans.

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.

So Otter - Pass is committed to giving back to community partners working directly with resettled refugees: 10 % of the revenue from each product sold goes to support one of the nonprofits working directly with refugees in Austin: SARA, MRC, RST, Caritas, or iAct.

The Calhouns were assisted in their early business endeavors by small business loans overseen by the nonprofit Center for Community Self - Help, a community development lender, credit union, and real estate developer that works with people «traditionally underserved by conventional markets,» the organizatCommunity Self - Help, a community development lender, credit union, and real estate developer that works with people «traditionally underserved by conventional markets,» the organizatcommunity development lender, credit union, and real estate developer that works with people «traditionally underserved by conventional markets,» the organization says.

The project supports the Rainforest Alliance, which works in partnership with Brazilian nonprofit Imaflora — as well as farmers, forest communities and cattle ranchers — to protect Brazil's magnificent and ecologically fragile natural heritage.

Wholesome Wave is a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase access to (and affordability of) fresh, locally grown food through programs that work with neighborhood farmer's markets and encourage those in under - served communities to make healthier choices and buy local produce.

The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization working to build a future in which nature is protected and biodiversity flourishes, where farmers, workers, and communities prosper, and where sustainable land use and responsible business practices are the norm.

Originally founded as The Check Foundation in 2004, The Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization furthers our mission to serve and support the communities in which Towne Park associates live and work.

A national nonprofit, Operation Homefront builds strong, stable, and secure military families so that they can thrive in the communities they have worked so hard to protect.

He headed to Chicago and worked for several nonprofit organizations, including the Illinois Public Interest Research Group and the Nkrumah Washington Community Learning Center, in the heart of gang territory.

Run by the nonprofit Fort Point Arts Community and hidden away on the ground floor of 315 on A, this store offers arts and crafts made only by artists that live or work in Fort Point.

The Diaper Bank awarded $ 25,000 from the Citizens Bank Champions in Action program - a unique initiative designed to reward the nonprofit organizations that work so hard to champion change in our communities and make life better for us all.

«As an almost 130 - year - old agency committed to serving children and families, working with Rob Floe and Floe Financial Partners in celebration of their 30 years helping families in the community with financial services and dedication to nonprofits is an honor.

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.

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.

«Money from megadonors from multibillion dollar fossil fuel industry should be rejected by all Long Island elected officials,» said Diane Goins of Hempstead, chairwoman of the Long Island Chapter of New York Communities for Change, a nonprofit coalition of working families in low and moderate income communities.

Adem Bunkeddeko, a 30 - year - old community organizer and Community Board 8 member who has worked for nonprofits, has $ 120,949 in contributions and $ 71,448.72 in cashcommunity organizer and Community Board 8 member who has worked for nonprofits, has $ 120,949 in contributions and $ 71,448.72 in cashCommunity Board 8 member who has worked for nonprofits, has $ 120,949 in contributions and $ 71,448.72 in cash on hand.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) preserves housing affordability and works with many private, public and nonprofit sector partners to create inclusive, safe, «green,» and resilient places to live in New York State.

The meeting celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of CienciaPR, highlighting the nonprofit's science communication work and its efforts in building a community among scientists on the island, and in the Puerto Rican community abroad.

Working with a student run theater group that brainstormed ideas of how performing arts could raise money or awareness in the community, Allie says she «began to enjoy researching the nonprofits we wanted to donate the proceeds of our shows to more than I enjoyed actually performing.»

Tostan is a nonprofit, based in Dakar, Senegal, that works directly with rural communities in six African countries as they lead and take ownership of their own development.

Program when, as a program director at an education nonprofit in Mobile, Ala., he mobilized his community — not just those already working in schools — to tackle together a persistent problem: a too - high dropout rate.

«Results after eight weeks show statistically significant improvements in classroom and home behaviors, and self - esteem of the children, family closeness, parent involvement in school, and the reduction of social isolation,» states a summary of FAST on the Web site of Joint Venture, a nonprofit organization working on critical issues facing many California communities.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

Rachel Tompkins is president of the Rural School and Community Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public worCommunity Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public worcommunity life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public worcommunity - based public work.»

These existing resources can include teachers, students, or community members from other countries (or who have family in other nations), businesses that work with overseas partners, or cultural organizations (such as churches or nonprofit organizations) that have an international component.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Anderson, Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos, reflects on his community activism work and shares tips for other nonprofit leaders.

In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gaIn an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gain six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.

In the Salt Lake region, for example, the United Way is working with community leaders, schools and nonprofits on six Promise Neighborhoods: South Salt Lake, Guadalupe, West Valley City, Kearns, Midvale and Park City.

candidates Brian Barnes and Dorian Burton were named finalists by Echoing Green for the Black Male Achievement Fellowship for their work in public service and civic engagement through TandemED, a nonprofit that helps equip communities to self - design educational content that will instill young black men with purpose and increase their academic achievement.

Matthew Florence, the Black Teacher Project's Director of Development, is a Southern native who has worked in the areas of HIV / AIDS, LGBTQ community, Black and Latino community and health, and technology for nonprofits as a program director, executive director, and consultant.

As Baltimore City Public Schools began searching last year for a new leader, the Fund for Educational Excellence, a nonprofit working to secure resources needed to improve student achievement in the city schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at the helm.

Jessica's commitment to philanthropy and community engagement is evidenced by her world travels and work in parts of Europe, China, and South America to work with nonprofits, private companies, and social enterprises that better local communities and economies.

Prior to BAEO, Offiong served as an Analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for their work.

Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, leadership development organization working to end the injustice of educational inequity by inspiring and supporting a diverse set of leaders with classroom experience to engage civically and politically in their communities.

Elena came to the Fund from Tipping Point Community, where she worked as a senior program officer to support nonprofits fighting poverty in the Bay Area.

This, along with Jindal's plan to allow universities, nonprofits, and community groups to authorize charters, could also make charter school operators work more - closely with communities, an issue that Dropout Nation discussed last year during the fracas in New York City over expanding charter schools.

MCAN has worked to build local college access networks, or LCANs, in communities across the state, spanning across different organizations representing philanthropy, government, business, nonprofits, K - 12 and the higher education sector.

The nonprofit also advances bold plans for transforming the city's education system and works to engage the community in efforts to drive education change.

Having worked in the nonprofit sector in San Mateo and Santa Clara County for the past seven years, I appreciate both the challenges and opportunities our region offers to reach our community with necessary and vital programs.