Sentences with phrase «of philanthropy programs»

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The formula depends on the business, says Leslie Pine, senior vice president for program at the Philanthropic Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Boston that collaborates with individuals and companies to advance the field of strategic philanthropy.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

Una Osili, professor of economics and associate dean for research and international programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, predicted at least a $ 13 billion drop in charitable giving, and with colleges» non-profit status, that total includes universities across the nation.

Under Mr. Fairbank's leadership, Capital One has demonstrated a strong commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting a number of area programs focused on community redevelopment and youth education, including DC Cares, the DC College Access Program and Junior Achievement.

Guggenheim Partners is now accepting applications for the Network for Social Innovation (NSI), the firm's venture philanthropy program designed to identify and support the growth of visionary non-profit organizations.

Buffett's philanthropy and time serving in law enforcement allowed him to set up groundbreaking reforms such as his Macon County, Illinois program where drug addicts can turn themselves in for rehabilitation without fear of prosecution.

With this thought in mind, SIE and Morgan Stanley Philanthropy Management joined together at the recent «2016 Conference on Scaling Impact» to share high - impact programs appealing to families, foundations, philanthropists, and funders, as well as bringing together prominent philanthropists with a shared goal of curing cancer.

Offered through UNO's executive MBA program, the class covers not just Buffett's investing ideas but also his management methods, communications style, philanthropy, character and other aspects of his life.

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave more than $ 970 million worth of Facebook stock to The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, an organization that serves the needs of two counties in northern California and awards grants to community programs in countries around the world.

The mission of ACTION Nation, our corporate philanthropy program, is to foster physically active, engaged and sustainable communities where our employees, customers and consumers live and work.

We welcome you to join our Philanthropy Circle, a distinguished leadership group whose annual gifts of $ 500 or more provide critical support to the agency and our programs that bring hope and healing to the vulnerable children and families we serve.

In December, Syracuse was one of 14 cities to win a competitive grant through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Innovation Teams program.

The goal is to turn philanthropy into a science, where money gets directed to programs for which there is strong evidence of their effectiveness.

Dr. Shalabi will oversee the program, working with a comprehensive set of nonprofit resources that includes a global network of more than sixty leading scientists, clinical trials management capabilities, venture philanthropy funding, along with operational, reagent access, and co-funding partnerships with more than twenty nonprofit and industry organizations.

Bolstering Lifespan Cancer Institute's efforts to harness the power of the immune system to defeat deadly disease and helping to organize the Heroes Ball to benefit Hasbro Children's Hospital Pain and Palliative Care Program for children with complex, chronic conditions are just two examples of how well - stewarded philanthropy improves lives.

Each work group was then tasked with designing a research program for a specific case study using a genomic solution to address a key environmental challenge, culminating with a presentation of their work to a panel representing potential funding sources (industry, government, and philanthropy).

Funding: this work was supported in part by the Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction initiated by the Belgian State, Prime Minister's Office, Science Policy Programming, by the Actions de Recherche Concertées (ARC) of the Communauté Française de Belgique, by the Atlantic Philanthropies, New York, by the PAI Program BCHM61B5, Belgium, by the Belgian American Educational Foundation, by the Foundation Salus Sanguinis, Belgium and by the opération Télévie, Belgium.

Most recently, CRI has launched a new «venture philanthropy» program called the Cancer Vaccine Acceleration Fund (CVAF) as a means to catalyze development of next - generation therapeutic cancer vaccines and other immunotherapies by helping to address the critical shortage of capital available for early stage clinical trials.

The day - and - a-half program, which took us from HBO headquarters in Bryant Park to Bloomberg Philanthropies on the upper east side, exposed creative investors to the world of independent storytelling through film presentations, case studies, panels, deep - dive roundtables, and artist spotlights.

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.

Program — taught by faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School — are uniquely prepared for system - level leadership positions in national nonprofits and philanthropies, state and federal departments of education, mission - driven for - profits, and school systems.

The goal of the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust's (EFCT's) partnership with the Center on the Developing Child's Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) is to support the translation of emotional connection and other key innovations in parenting and early childhood among stakeholders in research, program delivery, policy, and philanthropy.

The grants are the third to be made under the philanthropy's Middle Grade School State Policy Initiative program, a partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers.

In her interview with Philanthropy Roundtable, she pointed to Florida as the great school - choice success story because of its «strong focus on offering high - quality options as a fundamental part of the choice program.»

He is the former director of K — 12 programs at The Philanthropy Roundtable and a current MBA candidate at the Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Global Cities, Inc., a program under the auspices of Bloomberg Philanthropies, has committed $ 250,000 to Out of Eden Learn (OOEL), an online learning community developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that fosters thoughtful crosscultural inquiry and exchange.

First, University of Arkansas professor Jay Greene's seminal analysis pointed out that the amount of edu - philanthropy is so small that it's ridiculous to think that investments in programs or practice will have a noticeable impact.

This would in turn require a range of changes in policy, philanthropy, workforce - training programs, and more.

In addition, a number of external partners join state and city leaders to support these schools and their initiatives; for example, philanthropies and national organizations like the Gates Foundation and Jobs for the Future provide financial and strategic support for schools, and industry partners like Con - Edison and IBM support P - TECH programs.11

The Public Education Fund Network this month will begin the process of upgrading its member funds» programming from «feel good» philanthropy projects to more politically charged efforts aimed at systemic change.

Foundations could invest in developing states» analytic capacity and condition their other philanthropy on the routine evaluation of new and existing programs.

I actually deprecated that approach to philanthropy in favor of much more ambitious end - runs of the entrenched K - 12 system: all sorts of great charter schools, policy changes (e.g. for special ed), unconventional human - capital development programs, better information for kids regarding their progress (or lack thereof) in school, personalized learning via sophisticated technology, and much more.

He has also worked as a Program Coordinator for the Hunt Institute — a nonprofit that works at the intersection of politics and education policy, and a Program Officer for EdVestors — a nonprofit that helps advance improvements in urban schools through strategic philanthropy.

Its founder, Stephanie Saroki de Garcia, came to the Education Entrepreneur Fellowship from The Philanthropy Roundtable in Washington, D.C., where she served for six years as the Director of K - 12 Education Programs.

A popular parent - education program in Sandpoint, far to the north, was the brainchild of Dick Cvitanich, the former superintendent, said Marcia Wilson, the executive director of the Panhandle Alliance for Education, a local philanthropy that runs parenting classes.

«The Texas report revealed that the number of suspensions has exceeded any kind of common sense,» said Kavitha Mediratta, program executive for children and youth at Atlantic Philanthropies, a grant - making organization that works to improve opportunities for disadvantaged people.

Designed to serve the global needs of the 21st century, the programs provide innovative and inspirational strategies to teachers through the Sanford Education Programs, and to nonprofit and for - profit leaders through the Institute of Philaprograms provide innovative and inspirational strategies to teachers through the Sanford Education Programs, and to nonprofit and for - profit leaders through the Institute of PhilaPrograms, and to nonprofit and for - profit leaders through the Institute of Philanthropy.

Chicago Office Technology Group Children's Hunger Alliance Cincinnati Marathon, Inc CKC Good Food Colfax Marathon Partnership Colorado Department of Transportation Community First Foundation ConocoPhillips Coverys Crown Family Philanthropies Cubs Care, a McCormick Foundation Fund CVS Caremark Dairy and Food Nutrition Council Dream Makerz Foundation Ecovate Elyachar Welfare Corporation ERSC Holdings Extreme Pita Eye 4 Group Family Resource Center Association, Inc Fidelity Exploration & Production First Communications First United Methodist Church Florida Healthy Kids and KidsCare Framingham State University General Mills Foundation Grabbagreen Heart & Sole LLC Hillshire Brands Hope Heart Institute Indiana University Health Institute for Integrative Nutrition ISEC Foundation Johnson & Johnson Kids» Adventures, Inc Loyola University Chicago Midwest Dairy Association Minnesota Department of Education Mokena Community Park District Molina Healthcare, Inc National Christian Foundation National Dairy Council Nebraska Department of Education Nebraska Dietetic Association Nebraska Medical Association North Baltimore Aquatic Club Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence Optimist Club of Uptown Great Falls Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute Our Family Foundation Pemco Mutual Insurance Company Positive Energy Electricity Supply LLC Probiotic America Project Bread Race for Awareness Raise the Roost Ready Talk Rotary Club of Altamonte Springs Inc Schwab Charitable Fund Seattle Children's SoJo Studios Southeast United Dairy Industry Association Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation The Children's Health Market Inc The Fare Thee Well Foundation The Harold and Marilyn Melcher Foundation The Harvey Miller Family Foundation The Pelino Charitable Foundation The Pilates Core The REAM Foundation TownePlace Suites by Marriott Tyson Foods Uniform Advantage United Way Greater Twin Cities United Way Metro Chicago United Way of King County US Games Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Vegetable Juices, Inc Winter Park Health Foundation WithinReach

The purpose of the interviews was to learn about how each foundation approaches grant - making, their program areas and current projects, and to elicit their overall observations regarding the current status of philanthropy in Puerto Rico.

The programs announced today were selected from a deep pool of nearly 100 applicants and after a rigorous six - month undertaking based in part on Design Principles for Effective Philanthropy created by Change the Equation, a coalition of U.S. CEOs committed to improving education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The push, heavily motivated by federal funding initiatives such as the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top program, and major education reform philanthropies, seeks to accelerate the rate of improvements in education and the number of United States students succeeding in school, career and life.

Spending of Fees As a general practice, student fees are designed to offset the cost of programming funded primarily by other funding sources, including recurring per - pupil revenue and philanthropy.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

As someone who works in the field of philanthropy, completed a doctoral program more than two years ago, and recently became a new mom, you might question why I worked on an academic publication and am writing about it here as a guest blogger?

The US Department of Education, which in recent years has hired into leadership positions a number of people from venture philanthropy organizations, has also actively promoted, and in some cases, funded these programs.

Through research, policy development, programs, and Presidential recognition, the Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative informs, influences, and unites communities, non-profit organizations, businesses, academia, and philanthropy to maximize the health and well - being of post-9 / 11 veterans and military families, setting the conditions for a successful transition and their continued leadership as civilians.

We also participate annually in the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's benchmarking program which reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of our individual fundraising programs and compares us to peer organizations in Canada and the US.

Offered through UNO's executive MBA program, the class covers not just Buffett's investing ideas but also his management methods, communications style, philanthropy, character and other aspects of his life.

The GE Foundation created the concept of a corporate matching gift program in 1954 to support employees in their personal philanthropy / charitable giving by providing a 1:1 match.

The scholarship program is a part of Pfizer Animal Health's Commitment to Veterinarians ™ platform — which offers support through training and education, research and development, investing in the future of the veterinary profession, and philanthropy.