Sentences with phrase «donations to a fund supporting»

Mayor de Blasio's team raised conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Cuomo one a day after the state put on hold a Brooklyn construction project because Cuomo ESDC appointees expressed similar concerns about the developer who made donations to a fund supporting the mayor.

Not exact matches

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.

Over the past few months, behind the scenes, tens of thousands of people have been writing to mutual fund company Vanguard telling the investment manager that it's time it supported transparency by corporations about their political donations.

Cancer Fund of America (CFA) and Cancer Support Services (CSS) claimed to help cancer patients — «but instead, spent the overwhelming majority of donations on their operators, families and friends, and fundraisers,» according to a statement from Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens.

Coca - Cola is making an initial $ 2 million donation to the World Wildlife Fund to support polar bear conservation work.»

5) United Way of Puerto Rico Pictures from our past work and distribution trips includes: All donations to this fund will exclusively support the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane María and Irma in Puerto Rico and provide relief and aid the communities affected by this disaster.

You can help First Nations defend their rights and title — and the air, land and water we all depend on — with a donation to the legal fund supporting these cases.

All donations to this fund will exclusively support relief and recovery efforts from this storm.

The Carnival Corporation, the Miami HEAT Charitable Fund, and the Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation have also pledged up to $ 10 million in funding and in - kind support beyond a $ 2 million donation after hurricane Harvey.

All donations to this fund will exclusively support any necessary hurricane relief and recovery efforts in the Caribbean.

Fifty guests were treated to dinner and drinks while hearing from development co-ordinator Kaitlin Gordon from Halton Women's Place, who spoke about the critical services and support their donations would fund.

The Goldhirsh Foundation is also providing funding by matching up to $ 250,000 in donations to SEED with aims to inspire and galvanize others to join them in supporting the exploration of a guaranteed income.

The Liberal Party announced they would introduce pay equity legislation, increase funding to Family and Community Support Services and reinstate the Charitable Donation Tax Credit, which was decreased in the recent budget.

We do not receive government funding and rely on donations to support litigation keeping governments accountable to our Constitution including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This funding seeks to support promising programs that have the potential to significantly reduce food waste and loss — with the ultimate goals of preventing loss, maximizing donations of usable food, and minimizing food waste that ends up in landfills.

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.

"Fundraisingscript.com has provided excellent technical support and customer service upon my purchase of a license to use the Crowd Funding Donation software application.

A: GlobalGiving will retain a 12 % nonprofit support fee and 3 % payment processing fee for donations to this fund.

There are effective charities and those that spend most of their donations in supporting their infrastructure with professional fund raisers whose goal in life is just to keep on earning their own personal income.

«As a way to give back to those who have supported us, Grotto Pizza strives to be an active part of all communities through event sponsorship, product donation and financial funding.»

The Western Australian Pastoralists and Graziers Association was quick to throw its support behind Mr Baxter, creating a «fighting fund» to collect donations for his legal costs.

The partnership will include a donation to the Global Fund to fight AIDS from limited - edition Chipotle gift card sales, and a culinary content partnership with well - known chefs to support the month - long EAT (RED) DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES campaign.

The event helps raise funds for Save Mount Diablo (via participant donations), but the main goal is to build community and support of our parks and outdoor activity.

(And, of course, think of all the scholarships that will be funded when this kid is an alumnus and makes donations to the school who supported his dream.)

We meet the Chavs, again, next weekend in the pre-season FA Community Shield, with donations going to the Grenfell Tower support fund, a worthy cause.

We are asking all of our members to make a donation to the Annual Fund this Giving Tuesday to show your support for your school nutrition colleagues.

Support in Emergencies Donations help support La Leche League Leaders, Groups, and families in emergency situations and natural disasters through the establishment and ongoing promotion of the Heart - to - Heart Fund and Sister - to - Sister PSupport in Emergencies Donations help support La Leche League Leaders, Groups, and families in emergency situations and natural disasters through the establishment and ongoing promotion of the Heart - to - Heart Fund and Sister - to - Sister Psupport La Leche League Leaders, Groups, and families in emergency situations and natural disasters through the establishment and ongoing promotion of the Heart - to - Heart Fund and Sister - to - Sister Project.

The $ 2.84 million purchase price was met, thanks to financial support from state appropriations and grants, town funding, and more than $ 700,000 in private donations from individuals and foundations.

Kelly brings enthusiasm for Hartsbrook, and she believes that supporting the school through donations to the Annual Fund is important to providing necessary revenue that the school depends on in addition to tuition.

You can be part of Chuck's team in the Bahamas in two ways: Sign up for Shedd's next iguana research expedition or support his 20 - years - and - counting conservation fieldwork for these endangered species through a generous donation to our annual fund.

In 2016, Camp Kesem will serve over 6,000 children coast - to - coast — all funded by generous donations from individuals and corporate support.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

We are appealing for your Volunteering to help raise funds and material support for Deaf March; all donations will be strictly for Deaf March.

Through generous community donations, we are also able to provide millions of dollars in critical funding to support local programs.

But while supporters of state funding believe it to be a panacea to end big donations, reduce the risk of corruption and support smaller parties, the fact that state funding is being given serious consideration actually demonstrates how political parties have not done enough to broaden their memberships and attract voluntary support from the public.

This is what we know: the Electoral Commission is still assessing claims that potentially illegal donations were made; the information commissioner is investigating «possible illegal» use of data; the heads of MI6 and GCHQ have both voiced unprecedented warnings about foreign interference in our democratic systems; the government has refused to elaborate on what these are; one of the leave campaigns has admitted the undeclared support and help of the American hedge fund billionaire who backed Trump; the Crown Prosecution Service is being asked to mount a criminal investigation; and questions have been raised about possible unlawful collaboration between different elements of the leave campaign.

Astorino has said he supports the growth of charter schools in New York and blames Cuomo for the failure of a tax credit proposal that would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

Senate Republicans, thanks to millions in donations from the real estate industry and hedge funders, support eviscerating rent regulations and tenant protections.

Astorino in Albany on Tuesday said he supported a version of the Dream Fund, which would solicit private donations to provide tuition assistance to the children of undocumented workers.

And to those who would say business, unions or the rich will buy the support of the political class without a government administered subsidy, I would highlight that it is illegal in Canada for businesses and unions to fund the national political parties and the maximum individual donation is $ 2,400 each year.

In a letter sent last week to state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman that was obtained by the News, Mary Beth Calamia of Holbrook cited a $ 50,000 donation procured by de Blasio fund - raiser Ross Offinger from a publicly untraceable Delaware corporation that went to the Nassau County Democratic Committee, which was supporting Todd Kaminsky's successful run for Senate in a special election last month.

One of the main reasons for the lack of movement on party funding reform is that although the public has the view that influence can be bought, people in no meaningful way support the introduction of significant state funding to offset the loss of revenue from a cap in donations.

Democrats in the Senate and Assembly support a system where small donations are multiplied with public funds, but Republicans have attacked this idea, citing some officials who abused the system and an ideological aversion to using taxpayer funds to pay for elections.

We certainly hope her election will push state lawmakers to support public campaign financing — especially a Clean Money Clean Election approach where funds are provided based on obtaining a small number of donations (as opposed to the 6 to 1 matching approach used in NYC).

The state Department of Health has never used any of the funds generated by distinctive license plates and a drivers license application check - off box intended to support the state's organ donation campaign, according to an audit from the office of State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

They argue in the complaint that Foley violated campaign finance law in three ways: by accepting contributions from a business entity, self - funding his campaign, and illegally coordinating donations to a Super PAC supporting his candidacy.

If governments fail to provide adequate funding, he said, researchers may have to resort to using crowdsourcing — collecting money through an online fundraiser, with donations from individuals who support the research.

, where the public can make tax - deductible donations to support the analysis of existing water samples, or propose and fund new sampling locations along the West Coast.

The Palaeo - Anthropological Scientific Trust (PAST), launched with donations from mining giants Anglo American and De Beers, among others, hopes to attract regular funds from big business to support a range of activities, from excavations and exploration to the training of palaeo - anthropologists and encouragement of «archaeo - tourism» to South Africa's spectacular cave sites.

With government funds scarce, an economist aims to support firearm study through private donations