The groups that received the grants estimated that the cost of providing drugs to control a handful of the most devastating diseases could be as little as 50 cents per person if the efforts were well coordinated.
To underline the uncertainty in the data, the Ronsvalles make a calculation comparing the Independent Sector's findings about 1998 "household contributions" to the "individual contributions" (as distinguished from bequests or corporate or foundation grants) estimated for that year in Giving USA.
The targeted three grants, estimated to total about $5 million, had cleared NIH peer review and are underway; one is approved to run through 2012.
I grant that estimates about jobs and revenue are uncertain.
The grant application estimates the new district "will impact approximately 46,545 students and more than 2,219 teachers" in 10 districts.
But when the proposed state cuts, including those to badly needed subsidies for school electrical payments, are combined with anticipated reductions in public and privately financed grants, Ms. Anderson estimates that she will have no more than $90,000 to spend next year on the program, which would probably cut enrollment in half.
For each grant we estimated the 90% confidence interval for the rank and its minimum and maximum rank.
The foundation is data-driven in everything we do, from making grants to estimating and evaluating their impact.
Granted, the estimated 23 mph in the city and 27 mph highway for the four-cylinder model is the more economical, but the V-6, which offers 19 city and 24 highway, isn't too shabby especially when it can go from 0 to 60 in a respectable 8.5 seconds.
Teacher salary increases cost the district roughly $175,000 to $180,000 annually for each 1% granted, Sinnette estimated.
