Sentences with phrase «private philanthropy»

Back in the 1990s, critics pointed to Biosphere 2 as an example of private philanthropy pushing science in wacky directions.

In the case of mass media supported by private philanthropy or by the sale of materials to the public, criticism is exercised directly and powerfully on an economic basis.

As a qualified not - for - profit institution that receives major support from private philanthropy, gifts made to Providence Animal Center are exempt from income, gift and estate taxes to the extent of and in the amount provided by federal and state laws.

On the one hand, this is a model of what can be achieved through private philanthropy.

A large number of donated works feature in this exhibition and reflect IMMA's almost exclusive reliance on private philanthropy in recent years.

3) Cultivate and engage private philanthropy and other untapped funding sources more actively to secure new financial streams for civil legal aid.

As a Christian, it is precisely because I believe economic freedom, limited government, and private philanthropy supply better means of promoting human flourishing that I think they are worth defending.

All federal fellowships are limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, but disease - specific private philanthropies permit applications from foreign scientists.

Each year universities, government agencies, and private philanthropies invest billions of dollars in scientific research.

«This is the first time private philanthropy will fund an instrument project for us in its entirety,» said Taft Armandroff, Director of the W. M. Keck Observatory.

«Private philanthropy makes possible the cutting - edge, life - changing science for which Salk is renowned,» says Salk Institute Interim President Rusty Gage.

He has also directed the education grantmaking program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the nation's largest private philanthropies, and served as education advisor to the mayor of Boston and the governor of Massachusetts.

Such an approach leverages private philanthropy to strengthen school choice.

Democracy Prep also seeks private philanthropy for strategic initiatives separate from the running of its schools, including private facilities» costs and alumni support.

The Power of Public - Private Partnership Private philanthropy strengthens our ability to innovate, research and test new designs for teaching and learning - so often a constraint of public funding.

Hundreds of private philanthropies together spend almost $ 4 billion annually to support or transform K — 12 education, most of it directed to schools that serve low - income children (only religious organizations receive more money).

Instead, states, the federal government, and private philanthropy organizations should invest strategically in research on what makes a good teacher, and only then use that research to make policy.

There were large federal incentives, in addition to private philanthropy fueled by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, encouraging such changes.

Now, community schools address problems like hunger, sickness, and homelessness — previously addressed by governmental programs like SNAP, the Affordable Care Act, and public housing projects — using private philanthropy.

The Contemporary Art Society has been expert in bringing private philanthropy to the support of cherished public collections since 1910, and that mission has never looked more critical than it does in 2013.

Increased investment from foundations and other private philanthropy, perhaps through a pooled fund that would match public investments in protecting the foodshed.

The Council can also encourage private philanthropy, such as foundations, to invest in fatherhood work so that fathers can receive the training they need to be better dads.

Indeed, the typically American crazy quilt of private philanthropy, political involvement, religious commitment, and civic association seems to be sewn again and again.

Additionally, in 2015, Excel broke ground on a new high school facility in East Boston that required an up - front equity down payment that was raised through private philanthropy.

AAFRC now keys its 1960 - 1972 figures for charitable giving in the areas of education and health — the second and third largest areas of charitable giving, religion being the first — to figures developed by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, commonly referred to as the Filer Commission after its chair, John H. Filer.

This effort, like the one in Indianapolis, was largely funded with private philanthropy, but it got a boost from a $ 28 million federal grant.

However, I have noticed over the past forty years or so that there is a greater expectation in society at large that «the government» should be responsible for what used to be handled by private philanthropy.

But it also requires investment from, in the Canadian context, from government, it requires an investment from private philanthropy, and from alumni and students.

$ 7.3 Million Transformational Project at Minnewaska Preserve State Park: The Minnewaska Preserve State Park project will feature a new 6,000 - square - foot visitor center and is supported by a pledge by the Open Space Institute to raise $ 3 million in private philanthropy, and deliver design and construction services.

A Century of Public and Private Philanthropy.

They focus on private philanthropy, increasing private sector support, building an endowment, and generally increasing support for rice research within Asia.

A full - time working mom, she has worked for the past eight years in the world of private philanthropy (on the grantmaking side) for several Boston - area family foundations dedicated to supporting research and improving opportunities for differently - abled children and adults.

Our most successful arts organisations already know that the best way to secure a strong future is with a mixed funding model - public money alongside commercially - generated funds and private philanthropy.

Add to that the ripple effect of boosting salaries in much of New York's non-profit human services sector, which is heavily dependent on government subsidies and private philanthropy.

In the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policy.

The economy was better though, allowing some private philanthropies to take up some of the slack.

We depend on a lot of private philanthropy.

As recently reported, private philanthropies have long complained that the stipends are too low.

«We are a small country of only 20 million people, and the funding levels and private philanthropy in Australia aren't as robust as in the United States,» says Boyd, «but we have demonstrated the capacity to generate excellent results on less funding.

With NIH as with the private philanthropies, you need to keep up with what the programs are doing.

«As I understand our charge,» says Faulkner, now head of the $ 1.6 billion Houston Endowment, a private philanthropy, «the president wants the best advice on promoting student readiness for algebra and higher - level courses.

Today, as a private non-profit research and education organization, Keck is supported by both public funding sources and private philanthropy.

The research was funded by the Whitehall Foundation, a private philanthropy that funds biomedical research with an emphasis on neurobehavioral studies.

Today Keck Observatory is supported by both public funding sources and private philanthropy.

Furthermore, the campaign was funded entirely by private philanthropy.

Additionally, Burke has insight into the ways that private philanthropy and federal grants intersect.