Sentences with phrase «with nonprofit boards»

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I?m very excited about the arrival of an NPA executive director who has strong experience in working with nonprofit boards and the skills to take the association to the next level,?

The company manages the school under a contract with its nonprofit board of trustees.

Not exact matches

Jean Rogers is the founder and CEO of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit startup based in San Francisco that develops and disseminates sustainability accounting standards to help publicly listed corporations disclose material factors in compliance with Security and Exchange Commission requirements.

At Fortune, he works with a 31 - member board and spends time counseling, but also providing business strategies to help the nonprofit meet its goals.

As required by the nonprofit's by - laws, more than half of the Fortune Society's staff and at least a third of its board share with Kozlowski the experience of having been incarcerated, providing role models to those they serve.

Nonprofits rarely are one - person operations, which means that founders will be expected to share leadership with at least one other person, often in the form of a board of directors or an advisory council.

The answer is not straight forward, but as one of New York's largest social services nonprofits with nearly 2,000 employees and constant hiring needs, at The New York Foundling, we know that merely posting on job boards and culling for pedigreed resumes isn't working.

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

According to U.S. best practices, nonprofit boards should be comprised of at least five people who have little overlap with an organization's staff or other related parties.70 However, there is only weak evidence that following these best practices is correlated with success, and if they are correlated, that may be because more competent organizations are more likely to both follow best practices and to succeed — rather than because following best practices leads to success.

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.

We also have a board or directors and advisory committee composed of domestic and international experts with extensive disaster, humanitarian, and nonprofit experience.

Wilmette Park District Commissioner Mike Murdock is involved with a new private, nonprofit corporation's attempt to win the lease for Wilmette Harbor, after he was involved in the park board's consideration.

Among the results of Thacker's efforts is BigFuture, a nonprofit partnership with the College Board, the nonprofit that manages both the SAT test and AP classes.

Parents could align with them and create their own chapter, or just simply work with them, rather than start a whole new entire nonprofit organization with all the complications, boards, paperwork, and need for ongoing money.

Barb has over 20 years of experience working with national nonprofit organizations in a variety of areas that include: human resources, operations, finance, board development and support, fundraising, events management, strategic planning, and advocacy.

Dr. Harrison is author of the 2014 book (with Vic Murray), Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations, SUNY Open Press, and author of a number of scholarly peer - reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and research reports.

Just as with negative comments on a nonprofit blog and flame wars on a discussion board, organizations will want to set out clear policies about what kind of behavior will be allowed, and they should also be prepared to handle a little unruliness (again, a common issue with all kinds of social media adoption).

The form, which has no date, reads, «My sister sits on board of the organization,» and attaches a list of nonprofits with a check mark next to Upper Manhattan Council Assisting Neighbors.

De Blasio administration officials contend that donations the nonprofit received from people with business before the city do not violate the Conflicts of Interest Board directive.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

More broadly, we'll talk about American hangups with breastfeeding in public spaces with Diane Cassidy, board member of a new nonprofit organization called Parenting Village.

The city's Campaign Finance Board is expected today to take up the question of whether nonprofits aligned with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio have circumvented campaign fund - raising and spending rules.

In the wake of scandal at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the governing boards of the school's twin development nonprofits have quietly been stocked with veterans of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

The letter also suggested the de Blasio administration's unwillingness to grant across the board contract increases to groups whose contracts hadn't been increased in more than a decade was at odds with the mayor's platform of helping the city's neediest, many of whom rely on the services the nonprofits provide.

But when board members of the nonprofit Casabe Housing Development Fund met with Melissa Mark - Viverito, now front - runner for the City Council speakership, they faced a lashing out of left field.

But when board members of the nonprofit Casabe Housing Development Fund met with Melissa Mark - Viverito, now...

The nonprofit's board of trustees voted to suspend Galante last week with pay, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit said.

The city's Campaign Finance Board is expected Wednesday to take up the question of whether nonprofits aligned with Mayor de Blasio have circumvented campaign fund - raising and spending rules.

More recently, the New York Post reported that Mr. Adams solicited donations for his nonprofit, One Brooklyn Fund, months before filing the necessary permission forms with the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

«Everybody wants to know where the money went,» said Derrick Taitt, a board member for East Harlem Triangle, the nonprofit that co-owned the Pathmark building with ADC.

The city's Department of Investigation found that in 2004 and 2005, Martinez arranged for the Upper Manhattan Council Assisting Neighbors — a nonprofit affiliated with his sister Maria, who sat on the board — to partner with an unnamed developer to build low - income homes.

Records with the Conflict of Interest Board show that his firm donated between $ 5,000 and $ 19,999 to the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, the private nonprofit that preserves the mansion where de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, live.

His relationship with the magazine helped lead the way to his joining the board of directors for its parent organization, Science Connected, a nonprofit aimed at creating equal access to science education and providing resources to science teachers.

As is the case with traditional nonprofit corporations, the board will be expected to fundraise annually.

And last year, he joined the board of We Care Solar, a California - based nonprofit focused on ensuring that babies around the world are delivered with the aid of electric lighting.

With support from a New York City — based nonprofit called the Lost Bird Project, Bresnahan and Cyronak have developed a surfboard fin that contains a temperature sensor, a GPS device, a circuit board with a microcontroller, a Bluetooth chip, and a rechargeable battery; eventually, they plan to add sensors for pH, chlorophyll, salinity, and oxyWith support from a New York City — based nonprofit called the Lost Bird Project, Bresnahan and Cyronak have developed a surfboard fin that contains a temperature sensor, a GPS device, a circuit board with a microcontroller, a Bluetooth chip, and a rechargeable battery; eventually, they plan to add sensors for pH, chlorophyll, salinity, and oxywith a microcontroller, a Bluetooth chip, and a rechargeable battery; eventually, they plan to add sensors for pH, chlorophyll, salinity, and oxygen.

Advance and promote the discipline by participating in partnerships with government agencies, foundations, and / or nonprofit organizations, such as funding agency grant panels or other advocacy / advisory boards to contribute to the advancement and promotion of the discipline.

It also works with nonprofit The Ocean Foundation to research the economic value of eco-tourism to get big businesses on board in protecting the most pristine parts of our world.

She's looked to Tulum's tourism boards, nonprofits, and science institutions for support with her project, and many have welcomed it with open arms.

Sadly, despite the chatter about the First Familys search for a hypoallergenic dog, no breed is truly allergy - proof, says judge Gregg Takashima, DVM, board chair for the Delta Society, a nonprofit organization that helps connect people with service and therapy animals.

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Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., has asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate alleged fraud and other possible violations of federal law by a nonprofit Utah corporation that is affiliated with 11 private boarding schools for troubled youths that are located outside the United States.

The compromise Milwaukee plan would have given 1,000 disadvantaged elementary - school students the option of enrolling in any nonprofit, nonsectarian private school in the city that entered into a contract with the Milwaukee school board.

They also struggled with local community politics because state charter laws required them to contract with nonprofit governing boards rather than run schools directly.

But like the boards of nonprofit organizations — and unlike those of traditional school districts — charter boards have the potential to attract the best and brightest with little downside.

Broad, whose nonprofit foundation has pushed for mayoral control in urban districts around the nation, criticized the Los Angeles plan because it would force the mayor to share power with the school board and the teachers union.

The New York City Board of Education has contracted with a private, nonprofit homosexual - rights institute to offer a special academic high - school program geared to homosexual students who, because of harassment in school, have become chronic truants and dropouts.

The Board and Superintendent shall work together with city and county agencies, and shall seek to develop and maintain partnerships with local businesses, community service organizations and nonprofit groups.»

These schools resemble traditional schools more than charters: LAUSD, not an independent nonprofit board, retains governing control of the school; all employees are paid by LAUSD and subject to union agreements; and the schools» funding flows through LAUSD rather than from the state as with most Independent Charters.