Sentences with phrase «of local nonprofit groups»

A new report complied by a coalition of local nonprofit groups is urging Denver Public Schools to press for better data and to evaluate reforms more closely.

Throughout the area, there are dozens of local nonprofit groups who are committed to serving those in need.

Not exact matches

«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.»

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.

AT&T has also spent decades building a national alliance of local government officials and nonprofit groups — particularly from black and Hispanic communities — that it will certainly be asking to weigh in again in Washington, as it tries to get the merger approved.

Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six community members (including local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.

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).

The training was for the web staff of the local chapters of a large national nonprofit, and we covered the basics of using tools like blogs, online video, social networking sites and email lists and discussion groups to promote their activities and help with membership and fundraising.

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.

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.

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.

Mario Cuomo said he and one of his daughters, Madeline, planned to join forces with Pledge 2 Protect, a group of nonprofit groups and local businesses that has collected 28,000 signatures opposing the project and offering alternative sites.

Hearing the $ 900,000 cost per job figure, Sam Magavern, executive director of the Partnership for the Public Good, a coalition of local nonprofit activist groups, shook his head and sighed.

The groups «want to ensure that a significant portion of state savings from staff attrition and facility closures is reinvested into local communities to boost nonprofit services.»

Campaign records show Croci refunded $ 1,025 in June 2013 and Croci Tuesday said the rest of the money was donated to a church near the park and Pronto, a local nonprofit group.

After police expressed frustration at their inability of garner cooperation from the local Latino community, many of whom were undocumented immigrants, a coalition of church and nonprofit groups came up with the idea of local identification cards.

A new nonprofit group created to advocate for the Harlem community is controlled by workers and allies of local elected leaders, The Post has learned.

Pledge 2 Protect, a coalition of nonprofits and local businesses which aims to unite locals against the project, hopes the masks will highlight the pollution, vermin and other health hazards the group feels the station will produce.

Skahen said the county initially agreed to pay all of the rent for the office because the city at the time did not have its own local development corporation to raise money by issuing bonds for nonprofit groups.

Westin has won the endorsement of 314 Action, a nonprofit group formed in 2016 with the goal of getting more scientists and engineers elected to local, state, and national offices.

Cities are responsible for 70 % of global carbon dioxide emissions, says Wee Kean Fong, who led development of the GPC at the World Resources Institute — a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. — in partnership with the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI).

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

For example, earlier this year Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, the Newark City Council, and several local and state representatives all signed a letter asking Christie to provide additional state aid.

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...

Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups.

A coalition of education - advocacy groups behind the effort is seeking a maximum of 40 public charter schools over five years, operated by qualified nonprofits and overseen by a local school board or a special state commission.

The petitions were delivered by representatives from Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a coalition of nonprofits and community groups that fight for equity in local schools, according to organizers.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a big supporter of the Common Core (and among the many funders of The Hechinger Report) made a half - million - dollar grant to an education nonprofit (the Kentucky Chamber Foundation), which then disbursed it in smaller amounts to local groups that introduced Common Core to their communities.

The North Carolina Innovative School District is building a network of partners from community groups, nonprofits and local companies, to research institutions and education advocates.

AmeriCorps is a national organization that offers over 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups.

Earlier this week, a group of about 100 principals, deans of students and other school leaders gathered at Alverno College's Sister Joel Read Center for a summer training session led by the local nonprofit Schools That Can Milwaukee.

HCAL works directly with the general public and collaborates with multiple nonprofit animal rescue groups, local city and county animal service programs, schools and other nonprofit agencies to help encourage the importance of pet sterilizations within the greater Hill Country area.

The Planned Giving Partnership is a group of 60 local nonprofit agencies which, through partnership, provide full - time planned giving services for agency donors.

«If as an attorney you work to free a bear from a lifetime of intense confinement, or shut down an inhumane puppy - mill operation, or simply help a local animal rescue group obtain nonprofit status, you grow as a person and a professional.

Nonprofit pet rescue groups, local government, veterinarians, and animal lovers are working together to end overpopulation of dogs and cats through spay / neuter initiatives, education, and adoption.

Prior to that J. Mark served as the lead Senior Manager of the Northern California Not - for - Profit Services Group of Deloitte & Touche, where he coordinated local nonprofit training programs, including roundtables for clients and friends of the firm.

Founded in 1977 by a group of local artists, to date the nonprofit has been housed in five different spaces, expanded beyond the visual arts to include literature, music, drama, dance, and film programming, and, in the face of recent years» declining membership and attendance, fought hard to keep its doors open.

Founded in 1977 by a group of local artists, to date the nonprofit has been housed in five different spaces, expanded beyond the visual arts to include literature, music, drama, dance, and film programming, and, in -LSB-...]

The spaces house a range of arts and educational programming and are often run in collaboration with local governments, universities, and nonprofit groups.

But to make things even more exciting, they are offering $ 25,000 to a small group of local nonprofits — every paperless billing customer gets to vote for the organization of their choice.

The Department of Commerce EDA provides subsidies to state and local governments, nonprofit groups, and businesses in regions that are economically distressed.

The initiative demonstrates Scenic Hudson's commitment to collaborate with local governments, nonprofit groups and volunteer organizations in support of its campaign to Save the Land That Matters Most — protecting 65,000 acres of great scenic, ecological and agricultural significance throughout the Hudson Valley.

The group is partnering with state and local government, a local rail trail nonprofit and residents to create the Walkway Loop Trail, which will connect the Walkway with a series of trails that will make it easy for Walkway visitors to access area parks — including Franny Reese State Park — as well as historic destinations, restaurants, marinas and other points of interest along the Poughkeepsie and Lloyd waterfronts.

Instead, they focus on three or four regions at a time, with perhaps a handful of industries working in cooperation with nonprofit groups and local governments, to make tremendous progress on targeted emissions reduction.

The letter to Congress is signed by public and private organizations from every state, including community development organizations; nonprofit service providers; banks and credit unions; state and national trade associations and chambers of commerce, including the American Bankers Association and other groups representing thousands of members; affordable housing organizations; schools, universities and education nonprofits; city governments, state and local elected officials and agencies; and many other businesses, ranging from very large businesses to small, family - owned businesses.

Akerman's Tax Practice Group advises domestic and foreign corporations, partnerships, individuals and nonprofit institutions on a wide range of international, federal and state and local tax issues, tax audits and tax litigation.

By joining together with a group of attorneys in the community, volunteers were able to work with a local nonprofit to help launch a human trafficking pro bono project that got underway in 2008.

The shape of the city's nonprofit community is changing, as the Ford Foundation and Ballmer Group turn toward Detroit and local business leaders such as Art Van Elslander make big - time donations.

The NRC was created in 1978 by Congress to help reinvigorate older cities through the establishment of local nonprofit housing groups.

Although less than 7 percent of Arlington's land area is high - density development, that area generates 70 percent of the county tax base, according to Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community, produced by the Local Government Commission, a nonprofit group dedicated to creating livable communities.