Sentences with phrase «of nonprofit community»

For Baker, the director of a nonprofit community revitalization group in Atlanta, the timing seems right to jump into the market and sell her family's investment.

There are a lot of nonprofit community service organizations that can give you professional financial supervision, educational programs and debt assistance.

Carl McLaughlin, executive director of a nonprofit community group that advocates for growth around the base, said he expects the cuts to be proportional across the Army, meaning Fort Drum would lose up to 2,000 soldiers.

The workshop will be open to the management, staff and board members of any nonprofit community service organization or business based in the Borough of Queens.

Not exact matches

Leading the board of an important nonprofit in your community can be business card, too.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeffrey Shinabarger, author of Yes or No: How Your Everyday Decisions Will Forever Change Your Life and founder of Plywood People, a nonprofit in Atlanta that «leads a community of startups doing good.»

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

Caldwell's bio on the church's website says «In partnership with the Windsor Village Church Family, Caldwell has spearheaded several independently operated nonprofits and community development projects that have impacted the social and economic landscape of central Southwest Houston.»

One of the key indicators of this is the extent to which a community's civic, business, and nonprofit leaders bring their unique capabilities to the table to solve problems and improve lives.

Little Herds, a nonprofit in Austin Texas, aims to educate that community about the environmental and health benefits of eating bugs.

For example, each store in the Whole Foods Market chain donates food to area food banks and shelters and holds community giving days during which 5 percent of net sales are donated to a local nonprofit.

We all have a role to play when it comes to improving the health of our communities, and those of us on the front lines of care must unite with the resources of the private and nonprofit sectors, while leveraging the power of those in leadership to make a difference.

As an executive director of a nonprofit, I am working for the good of my community.

When I was at my nonprofit, VisionSpring, I would be in a village in rural Bangladesh, with a community of weavers.

The 2013 Hult Prize, which kicks off the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting for heads of state and leaders of businesses and nonprofits, will award $ 1 million to the sole startup idea that best secures food for undernourished communities — particularly for the 200 million people who live in urban slums.

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.

«What we hear often from companies is that people of color aren't applying,» says Mimi Fox Melton, director of community mobilization for Code2040, a nonprofit focused on developing black and Latinx leadership in tech.

As a board member of the Center for Community Solutions, a San Diego - based nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and relationship abuse, I have seen firsthand the positive influence sustainable philanthropy can have on an organization.

Molly Burke, Founder, Bicycles Against Poverty Bicycles Against Poverty is a nonprofit that caters to remote Ugandan communities that don't have the benefit of nearby health centers and markets.

The nonprofit Last Mile Health is assembling a massive team of health workers who can serve critical health care needs for people within their own communities — i.e., provide the «last mile» of medical service delivery built into the organization's name.

Better World Books started 10 years ago with a campus book drive and since then has grown to be a $ 63 million company that sells books online collected from about 4,000 libraries as well as campus book drives and book drop boxes in communities around the U.S. With each book sold, the company donates another, along with a portion of the sale, to one of its nonprofit literacy partners.

«It was probably the best we could get here,» said Rashmi Rangan, executive director of the nonprofit Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council.

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.

Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world - renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

To ensure business owners are aware of and accessing the full range of financing options available to them, Wells Fargo recently established referral relationships with more than 20 nonprofits and other lenders in cities across the country that are participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Community Advantage program.

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 youth.

The Assistance League of St. Louis (ALSL), a nonprofit organization that is entirely volunteer - run, was looking for a strategic technology advisor that could support the group in achieving its mission of making a difference for families in the community.

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.

The funds were donated to Avenue CDC, a Houston - based nonprofit with a mission of building affordable homes and strengthening communities.

In addition to standard recyclable items, some Franklin Templeton sites also facilitate recycling of used batteries, eyeglasses, mobile phones, and other items that are donated to community nonprofit organizations.

The company also donates a portion of its sales to nonprofits that provide glasses to low - income communities.

As part of our commitment to enhancing the communities where our employees live and work, Franklin Templeton supports nonprofit organizations through a variety of programs, with an emphasis on supporting causes that our important to our employees.

Resilience is a program of Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the world transition away from fossil fuels and build sustainable, resilient communities.

Attending companies, nonprofits and government organizations, including senior officials from the U.S. Departments of Labor, Defense and Veterans Affairs, will continue to build on work that's already been done to educate the other 99 percent on the incredible assets post-9 / 11 veterans are to businesses, communities and the country.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

As an example of our firm's commitment to citizenship and community engagement, Goldman Sachs Gives continued to expand its reach in 2017, through initiatives such as the second annual Analyst Impact Fund, a competition whereby teams of analysts from the firm vied to win a Goldman Sachs Gives grant to the nonprofit of their choice.

Take, for instance, Florida's gun laws: A new report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control nonprofit formerly known as the Legal Community Against Violence, issued a report this month about the astronomical economic cost of Florida's awful gun violence laws.

Whether our Matching Gifts program, Speaker Series, Nonprofit Board Placement effort, or Pro Bono Impact Investment Projects, we offer a suite of programs to our employees to help them better access and support community organizations.

Passenger trains could be established to several communities around southern Wisconsin, said Wolfe, who lives near Waunakee and is president of ProRail, a nonprofit organization supporting passenger rail.

The recently retired head of Cox Communications in San Diego, Geppert has joined with businessman and civic benefactor Malin Burnham, who has led an effort to buy the U-T and form a community nonprofit to run it.

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.

«Nonprofits like WEN are instrumental to address critical community needs and strengthen the economic health of Kansas City,» said Gary Jankowitz, Bank of America's Kansas City Market President.

We're aware of two studies of nonprofit board diversity that found that diverse boards are associated with better fundraising and social performance, as well as with the use of inclusive governance practices that allow the board to incorporate community perspectives into their strategic decision making.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

Mightycause has built its leading platform in an effort to further its mission of collaborative philanthropy and give every small cause the technology and tools previously afforded only to the large nonprofit community.

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Companies like Bain Capital typically cash out of their investments in three to five years, and «usually have less of a stake in the community, in terms of employment, service on nonprofit boards, your physical and environmental impact,» Gittell says.

Based on what they heard, Starbucks designed a new, more scalable Military Family Store program to link some of its stores with nonprofits that connect veterans with rewarding civilian jobs and with valuable community service work.

Upbring is a leading Texas - based, faith - inspired nonprofit organization working to break the cycle of child abuse by empowering children, families and communities.

Here are some of the questions to ask in evaluating a public or private nonprofit agency: Is its reputation good in the community?