Word: nonprofit
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...would not cite any specific ideas, but said that the Brattle is seeking to merge with another exhibitor or a nonprofit arts organization or to form its own nonprofit company...
...Ford Foundation--a private, nonprofit institution--has an endowment of $7 billion, which it uses to fund innovative individuals and institutions who undertake projects devoted to democracy, international cooperation and human achievement...
...nonprofit Urban Institute recently examined 51 programs aimed at boosting achievement among black youths. Its conclusion? The best results come from long-term programs with intensive (that usually means expensive) services that guide a child into adulthood. Richard Majors, co-author of the study, says; "Our research shows that young men who go through mentor programs and manhood-training programs have higher self-esteem and grade-point averages and are less likely to drop out of school...
...fact, it turns out that being humane actually saves money. Catherine Hawes of the nonprofit Research Triangle Institute estimated that after the 1987 reform legislation was passed, $2 billion was saved by 269 nursing homes from fewer emergency hospitalizations, less malnutrition, a 30% decrease in the use of catheters and a 25% reduction in the use of restraints. Says Sarah Burger of the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform: "Operators didn't know until they were forced to stop doing it that the main cause of incontinence and bedsores is being restrained and not being able...
When the sea-cucumber season began in October 1994, things quickly got out of hand. Dozens of fishing boats appeared, drawn by the high price the sluglike creatures fetch in Asia. According to Jack Grove, a Florida-based naturalist and photographer and founder of the nonprofit group Conservation Network International, many fishermen bought their registrations on the black market. By December, park officials estimated, as many as 7 million sea cucumbers had been harvested, far more than the authorized limit of 550,000. There are reports that boats coming to collect the sea cucumbers arrive with prostitutes and drugs from...