Sentences with phrase «philanthropic organizations for»

He is a dedicated board member in several organizations in his local community, and has been a supporter of several philanthropic organizations for decades, both locally and nationally.

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His philanthropic service includes founding and serving as former chairman and current board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, director of JUST Capital Foundation, as well as current advisory, chairman, director and trustee roles with a number of not - for - profit, educational and other charitable organizations.

Bill Gates is, like many other famous entrepreneurs, also known for his philanthropic activities, donating very large amounts of money to charitable organizations and scientific endeavors.

He has spun private events for some of the world's most prominent celebrities, brands, tech companies and philanthropic organizations including Beyonce, Bravo, Cadillac, Entertainment Weekly, Gary Vaynerchuk, Hillary Clinton, HBO, Instagram, Interview Magazine, Jay Z, Jimmy Kimmel, LeBron James, Michelle Obama — and the list goes on.

Many people argue about what needs to come first in order to create an entrepreneurial community — ideas or capital — but it's a chicken - and - egg debate, says Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund For Our Economic Future, a program that pools funding for entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast OhFor Our Economic Future, a program that pools funding for entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast Ohfor entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast Ohio.

He's been featured in a range of media including Inc. and the National Post, and his ventures have raised more than $ 1 million for a variety of philanthropic and charitable organizations.

It's all part of the pop star's BeyGOOD foundation, which was started in 2013 as the overall organization for her global philanthropic work.

For Jones, the NFL was a jumping - off point and, in 2010, he launched his philanthropic endeavor, BowTie Cause, designing signature bow ties for organizations around the countFor Jones, the NFL was a jumping - off point and, in 2010, he launched his philanthropic endeavor, BowTie Cause, designing signature bow ties for organizations around the countfor organizations around the country.

Throughout her career, Gabrielle has been an active volunteer and currently holds leadership positions with not - for - profit and philanthropic organizations focused on the financial services industry, women's initiatives and children's development.

Taube Philanthropies is committed to collaborative grant making for greater charitable impact and actively partners with other philanthropic organizations and individuals.

«Jewish philanthropic organization looking for an executive director.»

This will be taken to Include political organizations; fraternal organizations; college and school groups; labor groups; industrial, business and professional organizations; religious orders; civic clubs, memorial and patriotic societies; philanthropic and reform societies (Anti-Tobacco League, for example); athletic organizations; women's groups, etc., which are in good standing.

Rodney Bullard is a United States Air Force veteran, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and White House Fellow and currently serves as the Vice President of Community Affairs for Chick - fil - A and as the Executive Director of the Chick - fil - A Foundation where he shepherds the organization's extensive philanthropic and social responsibility efforts, which primarily focus on youth and education.

Andrea Bazán, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Andrea Bazán is President of Triangle Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to building a prosperous and culturally rich region across North Carolina.

Kerbey Lane Cafe has ongoing partnerships with several Austin philanthropic organizations, including an ever - growing connection with The United Way for Greater Austin.

Governments, development banks, other financial institutions, businesses, and philanthropic organizations should increase financing for food loss and waste reduction technologies, processes, and research and help make projects more investment - ready.

The NICA Legacy Award honors an individual or organization for their tremendous philanthropic support of NICA and NICA Leagues.

We partnered with 3 philanthropic organizations: It Takes a family where we adopted 2 families from Hurricane Sandy, Toys for Tots and Pediatric Cancer with Aflac (With every tweet that mentions #AflacKids during this holiday season $ 2 goes to pediatric cancer).

«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.

Chicago Children's Museum is proud to partner with local and national nonproft organizations, city and state municipal agencies, as well as the philanthropic community to increase museum access and inclusion for Chicagoland families.

In settling the D.C. lawsuit, Chartwells agreed to make $ 14 million in credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichment.

After completing a masters program in development economics at Sophia University, she became international editor and writer for The Nippon Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in Japan.

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.

There is always a need for volunteers so during National Volunteer Month please consider donating your time to one of the many outstanding philanthropic organizations located in Erie County,» said Legislator Lorigo.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that promotes brain research and related educational initiatives, and the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus hosted the 90 - minute session on Dec. 1.

Since the breakthrough in 2010 with the first curative therapy for melanoma, funding became widely available from government, industry and philanthropic organizations.

In addition, philanthropic organizations have provided support for technology and capacity building initiatives that benefit ocean observing.

As a not - for - profit Gladstone can engage in sponsored research, create VC - backed start - ups and raise donations, said Freedman, but the institute can not accept philanthropic funding from an organization that wants an ROI or partner with a company.

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.

The annual party raises money for the organization's educational and philanthropic programs, as well as its advocacy for gender parity in show business.

Hundreds of millions of philanthropic and federal dollars are flooding toward such national organizations as KIPP and Teach For America as well as to local and state - specific ventures in a hundred places.

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.»

Arts organizations, while fearful of the impact of federal budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, are feeling a resurgence of support from the philanthropic community.

The School Development Strand is for those students interested in leading nonprofit, for - profit or philanthropic organizations, independent and faith - based schools, and for those who want to launch their own schools or educational organizations.

We wish to provide new opportunities for creation, dissemination and exchange of experiences and multi, inter and transdisciplinary knowledge that serve for formulation and organization of a new, complex thinking and humanistic and philanthropic feeling to interpret the currently world, respecting their cultural diversity fully, because the peace, poverty eradication and sustainable development can only be the result of equity, sprouted from the appreciation and respect for cultural diversity.

Along with their statutory role as labor unions and stated role as professional organizations, NEA and AFT fill the role of philanthropic benefactors for a host of causes, most of them left - leaning (see sidebar).

Look for people and philanthropic organizations in your community who have an interest in helping children.

As a mark of the expected value of OER, a number of major philanthropic organizations, including the Hewlett Foundation, Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), and the CK - 12 Foundation, are investing in the creation and development of OER content and OER curation tools; and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has a project, called the Learning Registry, which helps make OER content easier for teachers to find.

(November 2016) The University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy featured AppleTree Institute as one of 11 organizations in its 2016 High Impact Giving Guide designed to help donors make a bigger difference with their philanthropic dollars.

As the leader of an anti-poverty organization, Elise and her team unite civic, civil rights, labor, philanthropic and community leaders to prioritize closing gaps in access, achievement and lifetime opportunity for students in Los Angeles.

Benjamin Fenton, the founder of New Leaders, a New York City - based group that trains aspiring principals and consults on school and district leadership, said the district's focus on school - level leadership, and philanthropic investment from local and national foundations, had brought his organization to the city in 2004 and opened the doors for others since.

About Advance Illinois Leaders from more than a dozen civic, philanthropic, business and education organizations from across the state came together to found Advance Illinois in 2008 to serve as an independent, objective and nonpartisan voice promoting a healthy public education system that prepares all students for success in college, career and civic life.

Two of the bottom five schools — Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary and 107th Street Elementary — are part of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit that manages 17 of LA Unified's historically challenged schools in collaboration with the district, the City of Los Angeles and philanthropic organizations.

Bruce Reed, president of the Broad Foundation, said the idea for Education Post originated with his organization but that other philanthropic groups had recognized the need years ago.

In 1998, Ms. Whitt organized and founded «Foundation 2000 for Children,» which is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that provides the following support for individuals in Cobb County, Georgia: Scholarships for high school students, teacher impact grants for middle school teachers, and after school care scholarships for elementary students.

The University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy featured AppleTree Institute once again as one of 11 organizations in its 2017 High Impact Giving Guide designed to help donors make a bigger difference with their philanthropic dollars.

But conservatives in the business world, politics, and the finance and philanthropic communities saw charters as an attractive vehicle for circumventing teacher unions, organizations they see as harmful to children.

The paper concludes with recommendations for early childhood program leaders, state and federal policymakers, researchers, and philanthropic organizations.

In addition, an unprecedented range of policymakers and philanthropic organizations are also setting their sights on community colleges to wrestle with some of education's most intractable problems — low achievement for poor and minority students, and embarrassing college completion rates.

«The idea for Education Post originated with his organization but that other philanthropic groups had recognized the need years ago.