Sentences with phrase «of philanthropic grants»

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An article on Friday about the philanthropic work of Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steven P. Jobs, misspelled the given name of the overseer of education grants and investments at Emerson Collective, Ms. Powell Jobs's charitable organization.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

Ball Corporation has announced a $ 300,000 grant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to expand its support of disaster preparedness and relief efforts globally through its philanthropic arm — The Ball Foundation.

«Global philanthropic support for efforts to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts totaled $ 283 million in 2013... 288 foundations awarded nearly 2,000 grants in support of more than 1,200 organizations working for peace, justice, diplomacy, and national and global security, from conducting research on the prevention of nuclear terrorism to supporting citizen journalism in Egypt.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled today to announce a $ 1 million grant from Google.org, the internet giant's philanthropic wing, to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, to start a project preserving the oral histories and human experiences of the people who stood up and fought back during those tense days in 1969.

Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrote a Washington Post opinion piece in favor of natural gas development in New York state and awarded a $ 6 million grant from his philanthropic organization to the Environmental Defense Fund for work to minimize adverse environmental impacts from natural gas operations.

The California - based company received $ 15 million from Google's philanthropic arm (the tech giant's largest clean - energy investment) and just secured a $ 3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

In the aftermath of NASA's abandonment private organizations such as the nonprofit SETI Institute in California continued programs of their own, sustained by modest research grants and occasional philanthropic donations.

These guidelines were published in Science in 2015 by a committee of researchers and representatives from nonprofit scientific organizations, grant agencies, philanthropic organizations and elite journals.

Since private owners of capital were not inclined to be philanthropic, the government had to hold out inducements to them to invest their money by giving them land grants and making them loans of five of the seven major roads.

The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research through grants and educates the public about the successes and potential of brain research.

The Regional Burn Center receives a special grant from the philanthropic organization Las Patronas in recognition of its community service during the October wildfires.

It is located on the campus of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and is supported through a portfolio of philanthropic donations, competitive research grants, and commercial partnerships.

The center's research funding is provided by government grants and the philanthropic support of a variety of community - based organizations.

3/9/2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Awards $ 100K to UCSD Researcher The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), the world's largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research, has granted Michael G. Rosenfeld, M.D., an internationally known and respected molecular biologist, a $ 100,000 award as part of th... More...

Core funding for the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium comes from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), along with numerous grants from governmental and charitable organizations, as well as philanthropic donations.

La Jolla Institute receives the majority of its funding through competitive research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is growing its philanthropic opportunities to fulfill priority needs.

Long supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and other philanthropic entities, Cole is an active clinical researcher having developed pediatric cancer clinical trial protocols in conjunction with the national cooperative organization Children's Oncology Group and other collaborators.

By awarding a series of # 20m grants, the London - based philanthropic organization aims to create international teams to tackle challenges in treating cancer.

Drs Ebbeling and Ludwig received research grants (to Boston Children's Hospital) from the National Institutes of Health, the Nutrition Science Initiative, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and other philanthropic organizations unaffiliated with the food industry; the other authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.

Axelrod also uses his fortune to provide for the families of his dead colleagues (without granting even one interview about this to the press), to form philanthropic foundations, to dole out thick donations to the NYPD and FDNY.

The Prudential Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Prudential, has awarded a grant of $ 40,000 to the Collaborative for Integrated School Services (CISS), an interdisciplinary support project for school counseling practitioners, housed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The Staples Foundation for Learning, the philanthropic arm of Staples, a national office product supply store based in Framingham, Mass., recently awarded a $ 25,000 grant to the Anti-Defamation League.

With a $ 5.9 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, a local philanthropic organization, they set out to transform the prevailing vision of what preK - 12 education is for — as one district official put it, «to meet the needs of the kids» future, and not the teachers» past.»

So if those organisations, if they are around and they are working with schools, schools are still benefiting from the philanthropic grant - making, they just might not be aware of it.

The New York City - based Foundation Center has launched a Web portal to help the philanthropic community leverage federal education dollars, particularly the new grants available as part of the economic - stimulus package.

While massive application superstructures may be wholly manageable for established charter authorizers with philanthropic support and professional grant - writers, for instance, they may be far more burdensome for educators or innovators with a promising idea (the kinds of applicants who once launched YES, KIPP, Aspire, Uncommon, Success, Achievement First, Summit, and many other now familiar names).

In support of our mission — to elevate awareness and understanding of important educational issues among professionals and the public — we seek and accept grant funding from the philanthropic community that reflects a similar commitment to improving K - 12 education for all children.

These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success.

AYPF events and publications are made possible by a consortium of philanthropic foundations: Andrus Family Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.

AYPF events and publications are made possible by a consortium of philanthropic foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.

AYPF events and publications are made possible by a consortium of philanthropic foundations: Andrus Family Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.

The grant marks the first substantive collaboration of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, chaired by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic and investment arm of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan.

YouthTruth joins seven other nonprofit organizations — out of 200 total applicants — as the recipients of the «Practice of Feedback Loops» grant, awarded to organizations that collect and produce relevant information from important stakeholders to enable better philanthropic efforts from foundations.

In late 2012, the Wallace Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports efforts nationwide to improve school leadership, awarded AACTE a grant to serve as one of its communications partners for its Principal Pipeline Initiative.

Why does the University of Memphis collect hefty accounting fees for administering federal grants, when millions in private philanthropic money will pass through the university free of such charges?

The Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, provides grants aimed at strengthening farm communities.

The latest revamp has been paid for by a major Heritage Lottery Fund grant and scores of donations from trusts, private donors, and members of the public — an effort that Tate chairman Lord Browne described as a model of how to achieve major projects through philanthropic giving.

Especially noteworthy among 2017 philanthropic efforts was a major grant to Skowhegan, one of the nation's leading residencies for emerging visual artists.

Launched in June of last year, the Artist Project Grants seek to further Mike Kelley's philanthropic work and honour his legacy by supporting innovative projects with visual artists at L.A. non-profit institutions and organisations.

With the help of the Warhol Foundation, a strong board and staff, and a robust philanthropic community, the granting agency has done more to help artists than almost any other I know.

The co-chairs for this philanthropic committee are gratefully acknowledged: The Abraham and Virginia Weiss Charitable Trust, Amy and Marc Meadows, in honor of Wendy Wick Reaves; The Stoneridge Fund of Amy and Marc Meadows; The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation; Peter and Rhondda Grant; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Uhler; and Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer.

Nevertheless, there are constraints on time and money, and there is a debate brewing about which part of the climate change problem that public funds, private investment, philanthropic grants, and public policy should be focusing on.

To obtain a position of grant administrator in a philanthropic foundation where my administrative skills could be the best nourished and utilized for the development of the society.

About Blog The Chronicle of Philanthropy is an independent news organization that has been serving leaders, fundraisers, grant makers, and others involved in the philanthropic enterprise for more than 25 years.

Arlington, VA About Blog An active philanthropic network, the Council on Foundations, founded in 1949, is a nonprofit leadership association of grant making foundations and corporations.

Serving nonprofit leaders, fundraisers, grant makers, and others involved in the philanthropic enterprise with news, advice, resources, and listings of career opportunities.

Corporations such as Boeing have awarded grants to serve additional families, as have the Gates, Bezos and Kellogg Foundations, to name but a few of the corporate and philanthropic funders who recognize the power of home visiting.

ASTHVI was founded in 2014 through the generous grant of start - up funds from an anonymous, private - sector philanthropic donor.

It has the potential to bypass traditional funding models of government funding, philanthropic grants or bank loans.