Sentences with phrase «donated seed money»

The Allen Telescope Array, however, named for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who donated seed money for the project, will allow SETI astronomers to survey the skies for signs of alien intelligence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I was proud to donate the seed money for the Sundance Institute team to dream up and then quickly realize Catalyst Forum.

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This fall, the company — doubtlessly aware that young people distrust brands that don't give back and eager to signal its commitment to gender equality — launched what it calls the 50/50 Founders» Fund, donating a dollar from each sale to a pool of seed money evenly distributed between startups led by men and women.

Rosenwald initially allowed Washington to use some of the money he had donated to Tuskegee, later giving $ 4 million in additional seed money.

Marshall's Garden Club received seeds from California State University at Fresno, local businesses and civic organizations donated money and materials, and church groups and the Boy Scouts provided labor.