Sentences with phrase «raising funds for additional»

I'll give you some examples of this research and introduce you to an exciting new project that the American Pet Products Association (APPA) is undertaking to raise funding for additional research on the benefits of the human - animal bond.

The Art Production Fund has launched another collaboration with luxury retailer Barney's in an effort to raise funds for additional public arts projects.

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Although Homejoy had raised $ 40 million in venture capital, the «misclassification» lawsuits made it impossible for Cheung to secure additional funding needed to stay solvent, according to the tech news site Re / code.

Recently, Warby Parker announced it has surpassed 500,000 customers and raised an additional $ 60 million in funding (for a total of $ 112 million).

Bellow you'll find some other common funding alternatives for the cannabis industry, which might either come in handy when raising seed capital or when looking for additional funds for your business after a friends and family round.

What to Do with that Bonus or Raise — The optimal options for allocating additional funds that come into your account.

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale -Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale -fund Living Goods» scale - up.

If the pace of the economy picks up, banks will probably see demand for more loans — and will raise rates as they compete to attract new deposits to fund the additional lending activity.

After the success of last month's «Ride for Meadow,» Andrew Pollack will hold a second ride on Memorial Day Weekend to raise additional funds for a playground in his daughter's memory.

That lab complements the Institute for Quantum Computing and the more - than - decade - old Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, both founded with more than $ 250 million of Lazaridis's own money and additional funds he helped raise.

In addition to raising funds for product development, the Cryptyk Token (CTK) has the following additional functions and benefits:

While the financial and other support from a lead investor can materially assist the micro VC fund manager for initial fund - raising and capital deployment, the anchor investor may negotiate for and receive preferred economics for the current and future funds and may insist on additional rights and restrictions with respect to the fund and its investments.

CHAPTER TWO: Part C — In addition to having the qualities or traits listed in Part B of this chapter, I have highlighted six additional measures you can adopt or implement to further prepare yourself for the harsh challenges you will face while trying to raise funds for your business.

Arizona's largest school district and some others will resume classes after lawmakers approved money for teacher pay raises and additional education funding.

TrustRadius, founded in 2012, announced Wednesday it has raised $ 5.5 million in additional funding for its technology review platform.

«We raised additional angel funds for our recent investment round as a direct result of being selected to present to the group.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ferrier denied allegations that the sale was part of an attempt to raise additional funds for its US$ 1.2 billion ($ 895 million) takeover offer for Australia's National Foods:

The 2016 goal is to raise the funds necessary for 100 additional salad bars to bring the Tour de Fresh total to 200.

It is crucial though that certain individuals leave, whether for the purpose of raising additional funds or merely making space in the squad for new signings.

And even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is 1) sitting on $ 19.3 million worth of political cash as of mid-July; 2) fresh off hosting one of his biggest fund - raising events of the year — his 55th birthday bash at the Waldorf Astoria for which tickets ranged from $ 1,500 to $ 50,000 a pop; and 3) pushing for campaign finance reform; he's still interested in squeezing some additional dollars out of his donors before reporting his latest haul to the Board on Jan. 15.

«In addition to the fundraising dollars detailed in the periodic filings, the State Party has also been active in raising additional funds directly for our Republican candidates and committees.»

The two donors both sponsored fund - raising events for the mayor during the 2013 campaign, with Rechnitz writing an additional $ 50,000 check to de Blasio's now defunct Campaign for One New York.

«We have the year to raise the additional funding that's necessary to sustain this downtown senior center and then we would come back to council within that year and ask for that $ 250,000 to be allocated,» Maroun said.

According to a May 13 report by the NY Times» Michael Barbaro and Nick Confessore, Singer coordinated much of the Republican fund - raising for the effort, donating $ 425,000 of his own money and personally soliciting an additional $ 500,000 in donations.

In early February, at about the same time the Council was voting through raises for all city elected officials, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito provided Council members with about $ 29,500 each in additional funding for their offices.

The Liberal Democrats believe we need a long term solution for funding Health and Social Care which will include raising additional revenue for these vital services from taxation.

Actions — not words and feelings — are what matters, which is why this administration fought for and delivered more state funding to New York City than ever before — $ 30 billion this year — raised the minimum wage to $ 15, passed the country's strongest paid family leave policy, enacted full - day universal Pre-K without additional taxes, secured unprecedented funding to modernize the MTA, and is rebuilding LaGuardia, and reconstructing Penn Station.»

Gillum promised an additional billion in education funding is he's elected, while Levine is mulling a $ 10,000 raise for teachers.

Republican mayoral candidate and real estate executive Paul Massey, Jr. has raised more than $ 1.6 million in donations for a run against de Blasio, and he has loaned his campaign $ 1.27 million in additional funding.

Culberson also promised to give NSF some additional funding should Congress decide to raise the current cap on overall domestic spending for 2018 and give his panel additional spending authority.

The viral nature of the campaign earned the national ALS Association, an organization which raises public awareness and funding for ALS, an additional US$ 115 million1.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York City has been handing out fellowships for displaced Syrians and is now raising additional funds and seeking safe havens for them.

In that time, more than 1,500 organizations have attended and over $ 3 million dollars raised in additional funding and resources for participating films.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

Money raised as part of the Sugar Levy will to be used to double the amount of money spent on sports in schools, and schools will be able to bid for funding to offer five hours or more a week of additional lessons or extracurricular activities, with the new flexibility arguably offering such schools the ability to tailor the structure and duration of their school day to suit their pupils» needs.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Property values fell sharply after the recession hit, making it difficult for local school districts to raise significant additional revenue through the property tax to make up for cuts in state funding.

Schools raise extra funds through government grants and community donations, which allows them to spend on average an additional $ 1,100 to $ 1,500 per pupil above and beyond usual school costs for longer school days, weeks and years and for annual field trips and costly facilities.

We're looking very carefully at our admissions code, which has already changed to allocate places for pupil premium [additional funding for schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils] and other disadvantage indicators, and overcome the stigma from some families that grammar schools are not for them.»

This award will enable CSDC to attract and raise up to $ 8 million in additional loan capital for its Mountain West Charter Schools Fund (MWCSF), a regional loan fund and strategic partnership between CSDC, the Daniels Fund of Denver, and Great Western Bank (GWB), serving Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and WyomFund (MWCSF), a regional loan fund and strategic partnership between CSDC, the Daniels Fund of Denver, and Great Western Bank (GWB), serving Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyomfund and strategic partnership between CSDC, the Daniels Fund of Denver, and Great Western Bank (GWB), serving Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and WyomFund of Denver, and Great Western Bank (GWB), serving Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

«For schools like ours that do not qualify for additional funding based on test scores or student demographics, we depend on the parent community to step in to help raise additional funds for our students,» Peoples saFor schools like ours that do not qualify for additional funding based on test scores or student demographics, we depend on the parent community to step in to help raise additional funds for our students,» Peoples safor additional funding based on test scores or student demographics, we depend on the parent community to step in to help raise additional funds for our students,» Peoples safor our students,» Peoples said.

A hidden piece of the school finance equation is private money raised by parent organizations, funds that give schools flexibility to pay for additional supplies, field trips, and classroom teachers.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

Harris, the Mind Trust CEO, said his organization will need to raise additional funds to pay for the fellowships in the second and third years of the program.

He spoke out against the governor's successful push to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights, and Evers has also advocated for significant increases in school funding — both by increasing state aid to schools and by allowing local school districts to raise additional revenue through property taxes.

Members of the Carrollton - Farmers Branch Independent School District Council PTA came together to advocate for using the only available means of raising additional funds locally — a Tax Ratification Election (TRE).

Spar said the union stood firm in its request for a 2.5 percent raise next school year, with additional 4 percent increases in each of the next two years contingent on state funding.

The Pittsburgh Public Schools this year will receive an additional $ 3 million in classroom funding and more than $ 263,000 in increased funding for special education, raising the two - year total to $ 6.7 million.