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Katko told the Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse last year he supported funding until a set of videos was released that implied the organization was harvesting fetal tissue for sale.

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The Chan Zuckerberg initiative, the investment fund of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, has also pledged to support the institute with $ 20,000 (# 16,000) a year.

Harvard also received a $ 150 million donation from hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin to support financial aid in what was the fifth largest charitable donation this year.

«Anything much worse than that could unleash a wave of new selling, perhaps taking out key support at $ 15.50 and setting up a test of the previous lows from late last year,» said Steven Schoenfeld, founder of BlueStar Indexes, which develops indexes and exchange traded - funds that track Israeli stocks.

A European Investment Fund (EIF) initiative, supported by private investors, is expected to pump about 400 million euros ($ 479.48 million) into Greek startups and other small businesses over the next five years.

«If we don't act, in the next five years we'll be saying the same things: that Greece isn't going well, that there are no jobs... that we have a new program by the International Monetary Fund and European Union to support us,» the 25 - year - old said.

It then throws in plenty of growth factors (direct government funding, networking support, connections to customers, heavy promotion to outside investors, and relaxed regulations) and incubates them for years.

Earlier this year, Gore (no relation to former Vice President Al Gore) was named resident entrepreneur of the U.N. Foundation, the public charity that raises funds to support the global organization's causes.

He also uses his billions for other things, like funding Blue Origin, his space flight company, and to support projects like the 10,000 year clock being built inside a mountain on his property in Texas.

This year's appropriation puts funding for the CFDI fund, which also supports affordable housing and financial services in poor communities, back at Clinton Administration levels.

While some finance resources exist on the ground in Holland, including the SmartZone, which provides infrastructure and support to growing companies — and aims to invest $ 7.5 million in Holland startups over the next 10 years — businesses are well aware that the funding climate is not especially strong.

For instance, the government says it will invest $ 950 million over five years to support «superclusters,» but the vast bulk of that money is repurposed from last year's budget, with the remainder scraped from «public transit and green infrastructure» funding allocated in the 2016 fall economic statement.

Analysts said that although steps taken by the European Central Bank and European policymakers last year, such as formally setting up a bailout fund to provide assistance to troubled member states, provided a degree of support to markets, the euro now looked poised for a period of volatility.

They set up their first private - equity fund several years ago with $ 70 million in investment capital; they just raised another $ 100 million, to support a second pool aimed at their particular investment niche.

And earlier this year the organization launched a follow - fund called Start - Up Chile SCALE to give certain graduates even more support.

Back to this year's budget — there is one bright spot for climate: the government has renewed support for British Columbians who buy less - polluting vehicles, and is putting some funds toward building infrastructure to support the transition to electric transportation.

We occupied office space in 2011, and earlier this year we launched NEA Studio to support entrepreneurial designers as they make the leap to company formation and funding.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

Servify, which offers brand - authorised after sales support services for electronic gadgets, too, raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-Series A funding from Blume Ventures and two German firms in April this year.

Funding delayed (p. 126 and 150): Last year, Ottawa promise $ 2 billion over two years, starting this year, for a Low Carbon Economy Fund to support emission reductions efforts by provinces and territories.

In total, Living Goods is seeking funding to support a budget of about $ 9.6 million per year, including costs incurred by BRAC.

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.

And just yesterday, Mester supported her colleagues» notion to announce a plan for balance sheet reduction, which will take «several years,» as well as a return to using the federal funds rate as the «main tool» for monetary policy.

The government allocated C$ 1 billion over four years to support clean technology development and established the C$ 2 billion Low Carbon Economy Fund to support activities at both the provincial and federal levels to curb carbon emissions.

The GVBOT welcomes enhanced research funding, such as the $ 700 million investment over five years in the Industrial Research Assistance Program, which will support entrepreneurs and small business owners in developing and commercializing innovative technologies.

One often cited reason for the stock market rally at the end of the year is window dressing by investment funds — i.e., investment funds support prices at year - end in order to prettify their results — which has the purely coincidental side - effect of boosting bonus payments, which are often calculated at the turn of the year.

We found that the sidecar funds raised to support portfolios immediately following the Internet bubble did not perform well, but those raised over the past several years have done quite well, with an average DPI of 0.31 x and net IRR of 24 %.

He has over 25 years of experience in building and supporting top tier investment management, brokerage and hedge fund businesses including Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) with experience in three major financial centers (New York, London and Tokyo).

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) funding has remained stagnant for the past four years under the PC government.

GFI is entirely supported by grants and donations.79 Their three largest donors provided a total of around 25 - 40 % of their funding in 2016, and we would expect those donors to provide a similar, perhaps slightly larger, amount of funding in 2017 — though GFI's intention is to raise significantly more money overall.80, 81 GFI's fiscal management strategy is to spend each year what it raised the prior year; this enables them to budget on a rolling 12 - month timeframe.82, 83 Overall, we think that while their funding sources are not especially diverse, they do rely on a relatively broad donor base and take a responsible and sustainable approach to their finances.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

«Thanks to the support of our visionary funders,» the MIT IIC, now in its third year, will award more than $ 1 million to global entrepreneurs using technology to drive economic opportunity for workers.

In last year's Donor - Advised Fund Report, we predicted that growth in donor - advised fund charitable assets would result in greater grantmaking, which this year's data suppoFund Report, we predicted that growth in donor - advised fund charitable assets would result in greater grantmaking, which this year's data suppofund charitable assets would result in greater grantmaking, which this year's data supports.

«Over the past five years, MaRS has built a unique platform to support high - growth new economy firms, upon which major funding opportunities like these can now develop,» said Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District.

Vector announced a $ 33 million growth capital investment in September 2015, the first institutional funding received by Emarsys in its 15 - year history, to support the Company's accelerated international growth in the U.S. and Latin American markets, invest in product innovation, and expand sales and marketing teams.

Capital funding for digital health systems in the first half of 2014 reached $ 2.3 billion, more than the total for all of the previous year, according to a study by Rock Health, which provides startups in the sector with funding and support.

One of Repaireasy's rival Servify, which offers brand - authorised after sales support services for electronic gadgets, too, raised an undisclosed amount of money in pre-Series A funding from Blume Ventures and two German firms in April this year.

Issuance of green bonds, which raise funds to support environmentally beneficial activities, more than tripled last year, to $ 36 billion, according to the World Bank.

We are still very much breaking down barriers and I don't know how many years or decades it will be before we have the strong network of mentors we need to support funding, growth and exports.»

Now, the state is putting up $ 32 million over five years to provide funding for those entrepreneurs and give them the work space and support services they need to build a successful business.

The balance of the year - over-year decline is primarily due to the continued erosion of legacy voice services and access revenues as well as the step down in transition funding in CAF II support.

These funds go directly to Covenant House, an organization that provides food, shelter, safety, and essential support services to homeless and trafficked young people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

To stay on the air, public broadcasting stations were forced resort to year - round fund raising campaigns, to accept forms of «underwriter recognition» that looked suspiciously like commercials, and to tailor their programming schedule to whatever corporate underwriters would support.

The Affordable Care Act established a Pregnancy Assistance Fund, which invests $ 250 million over 10 years to support pregnant women.

In August of last year, President Bush approved the use of federal funds to support research on a limited number of existing human embryonic stem cell lines.

Federal funds are also granted to state public health programs ($ 66,000,000 in the fiscal year 1969) Community mental health receives a minimum of 15 percent of each state's allotment, and 70 percent of the grant is available to support services in communities for which both public and private nonprofit groups may apply.

As part of this, the Diocese of Bristol has been awarded # 1.5 m of Strategic Development Funding by the Church of England to support the costs across the first four years.

Every third year, some funds can also go to support a ministry of our choosing, and for taking care of the poor, the orphans, and the widows in our community.

For the second year in a row, Gingerich will be participating in the 2018 Chefs Cycle to raise funds and awareness in support of No Kid Hungry.

Essential Funding to Support Next Generation of Wine Scholars OAKVILLE, Calif. (April 2, 2018)-- Napa Valley icon Robert Mondavi Winery, in partnership with the James Beard Foundation, has created a five - year scholarship for the advancement of wine education in the U.S.. From 2018 to 2022, the James Beard Foundation Robert Mondavi Memorial Scholarship will -LSB-...]