Sentences with phrase «dollar donations from»

Breeders make their impact by providing pedigrees and genetic material for various studies and by voting to send dollar donations from their kennel clubs and specialty clubs.

By Richard Whitmire Recent big - dollar donations from pro-charter philanthropists leave traditional educators sputtering: Why don't they just donate their money to us?

Campaign finance reform advocates say public funding helps level the playing field for candidates without money or connections, and encourages a focus on small - dollar donations from constituents rather than corporate contributions.

Arguably, waiving these limits would have a more direct impact on the 2006 elections than the curtailing of large - dollar donations from individuals to various 527 issue groups.

The DCCC has outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee by about $ 33 million this cycle, thanks in part to $ 50 million in small - dollar donations from the party faithful — most of them collected online.

If such a system would have been implemented, it could have enabled candidates who can't garner big checks from special interests to compete with small dollar donations from constituents.

Earlier this year, Aspire received a multi-million dollar donation from Oprah Winfrey, and one of the schools was featured in the successful documentary Waiting For Superman.

Artis — Naples received a 15 million dollar donation from Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson representing the largest single gift in its twenty - seven - year history, reported USA Today's News Press.

Not exact matches

McCabe's wife, a Democrat, had received several hundred thousand dollars in donations from a political action committee controlled by a close friend of Clinton for her unsuccessful Virginia state Senate bid in 2015.

CBS Radio brings in more than a billion dollars in revenue from about 50 million listeners, Henn said, and the public radio universe generates about the same amount of money from pledges and donations, as well as advertising and grants.

Her party was under fire for accepting millions of dollars of donations from real estate and construction companies that were profiting from a deluge of Chinese investment.

According to the blog, Bitcoins are an entirely anonymous donation system that could send millions of dollars instantly from the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ghana, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Donors Trust is a so - called «donor - advised fund,» a breed apart from a family foundation like, say, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which helped build the conservative movement over decades with donations totaling tens of millions of dollars.

Congressional Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential 2020 presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren among them, are starting to give charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein.

The Our Bible app - which was funded by thousands of dollars from online donations - offers users at least 20 Bibles and over 300 devotional readings, articles, podcasts, and mediation exercises designed for LGBT Christians.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Mr. Camping is not your typical Bentley and jet loving mega church pastors; he is a humble, God fearing and faithful doúlos of God??? lets see first what this humble man does with the 100 million dollars he pocketed from donations... just saying

US platforms such as IndieGoGo, GiveForward and KickStarter have helped artists, musicians and others raise tens of millions of dollars, mostly in small donations from large numbers of individuals, to enable them to make music videos, write books, fund travel and a host of other projects.

Trips to Disney World, thousands and thousands of dollars in donations, even a custom - built home from Habitat for Humanity.

The dollar amount of any journalist's donations to left - wing causes is probably less than their take - home pay from providing media value to causes which they despise.

First up on the target list were Sens. Dave Valesky, John DeFrancisco and Steve Saland, all of whom rely on big dollar donations, many of which come from outside their respective districts, to feather their campaign nests.

Since winning election to the House in New York's 4th District in 2014, she has subsequently spent thousands of dollars from the DA campaign account on ads, consulting services, and donations to local Democratic groups that have actively worked on her elections to the House, according to a report by Crain's New York.

He also knocked Donovan for being too close to Wall Street and criticized him for having received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from a single hedge fund executive.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

At both original trials, testimony highlighted how the company viewed its massive donations as a cost of doing business with politicians who supported multimillion dollar tax breaks from which it benefited.

The first — allowing committees to accept small - dollar donations without gathering identifying information — was rejected by the Texas Ethics Commission on the grounds that Texas law doesn't permit any contribution from an anonymous source.

Start by returning every stinking dollar of political «donations» you got from Glenwood Management and its affiliates.

Both Commisso and his son, Albany Common Council member Frank Commisso Jr., have received thousands of dollars in donations from Graziano over the years.

After a criminal referral to prosecutors from the state Board of Elections office, other subpoenas sought records related to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations solicited by the mayor's campaign that were rerouted to upstate Democrats running for the state Senate.

«Donations to [Cuomo's] campaign committee and to the housekeeping account of the New York State Democrats — which spent millions of dollars running television advertisements featuring the governor selling New Yorkers on his agenda — accounted for 40 percent of the total money raised from this list of mega-donors,» NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney said.

The congressman's comments come just hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo — the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars in political donations from Trump — called on Republicans across New York to denounce and disavow Trump's candidacy.

NY1 has learned that the group was accepting thousands of dollars in donations from people who do business with the city, potentially violating a directive from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

The mayor's campaign campaign accepted donations from two Manhattan jewelers who were accused of scamming millions of dollars in cash and gems from an Israeli billionaire known as the King of Diamonds.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has developed a close relationship with New York City's real estate sector and accepted millions of dollars in donations from the industry's executives, ties that are coming under scrutiny as investigators probe his fundraising.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's Campaign for One New York was accepting thousands of dollars in donations from people who do business with the city, potentially violating a directive from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

That the Governor who raised 33 million dollars from real - estate donors and corporate entities before the gubernatorial campaign even started may have allowed undue influence for these entities to lobby and pass legislation they desired as a result of their donations to the Cuomo campaign war chest.

Under the state's Citizens» Election Program, gubernatorial candidates need to raise a quarter of a million dollars in donations of $ 100 or less with 90 percent of the money coming from Connecticut residents to receive millions in taxpayer - financed election grants.

By contrast, 49.5 percent of the $ 4.5 million raised by Bill Thompson, another Democratic candidate in the race, came from small dollar donations.

Fundraising totals revealed donations largely came from outside of the district — just 7 percent of contributions came from district residents in the final quarter of 2017 — and just a fraction of the total haul, 12 percent, were from small dollar donations of under $ 200, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

ALBANY — Companies involved in bidding for casino licenses in New York State spent nearly $ 11 million on lobbying and campaign donations in 2012 and 2013, and are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign committees through holding companies, according to a new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group.

When he was a dark horse candidate in the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary, 62 percent of the $ 4.6 million he raised came from small - dollar donations.

The gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon is touting her success in the first week of fundraising from small - dollar donors, saying she has raised more money in modest donations than Gov. Andrew Cuomo has over the last seven years.

Teachout says she's focused on listening to NY - 19 voters and accepting small - dollar donations, even as she will benefit from a fundraiser headlined by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, opening herself up to criticism from the NRCC due to Hoyer's fondness for PAC cash.

There have been many cases reported from Missouri in which people have not made any donation to Obama and were charged fraudelently, one person being charged 176,000.00 The others were charged around 2300.00 Pretty sad, and with reports of as mucha s 63 million dollars coming from foreign sources of the 150 million dollars they just took in September, can anyone say «bogus fund raising» and this is the exact reason why Obama did nt take public financing, he knew he was going to get outside help and just goes to show how shady he is and has been his whole political career!

State Senator John Flanagan and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, who last year rose to lead their respective legislative chambers after their predecessors were popped by the feds for being in bed with developers, have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of the 2016 budget season, with donations from key real estate interests.

A press release from the county says the donation will save taxpayers nearly $ 2 million dollars in property acquisition costs.

For a 10 - dollar donation, guests may choose from one of the hundreds of colorful, handmade bowls and several tasty soup options.

Congressional Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential 2020 presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren among them, are starting to give charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from disgraced Hollywood titan...

It will need to accept donations from anyone who believes in the personal integrity of the Skeloses and the inherent unfairness of a system that allows the prosecution to literally spend tens of millions of dollars to put their case together for the purpose of running the defense team into a financial ditch.

He says education tax credit donors would get $ 750,000 back from a million dollar donation.