Its seven recommendations include increased domestic funding for textbooks, better reporting by governments and donors, a centralised purchasing system and matched private -
donor funding similar to the approach being used by the GAVI Alliance to fighting disease.
Not exact matches
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.
In 2016,
donor - advised
funds saw
similar steady growth in every metric, including grant dollars, contributions, charitable assets and number of
donor - advised
funds (Table 1).
David Weprin: Well, clearly when you're dealing with an opponent that is not part of the system, who has unlimited
funds, as the recent election we just went through with the mayor of the city of New York, I would remove the individual cap on contributions for
donors and go to a much higher cap
similar to the one that's at the state level for the governor of the state of New York.
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.
Amedore, a former Republican assemblyman from Amsterdam, received the endorsement on Friday of Rep. Chris Gibson, who also faces a well -
funded opponent backed
similar donors: Democrat Sean Eldridge.
On the questions of party
funding, almost two - thirds of people think Labour kept the loans secret because they were embarrassed by them and a
similar amount of people though that rich
donors had too much influence.
Tory hedge
fund and multimillionaire
donors will face no
similar restrictions, leaving boards free to write hefty cheques backing the Tory party.
The GEM Report recommends the forthcoming Global Book
Fund proposed by several
donors increase external resources for textbooks by following models
similar to those used by the Gavi Alliance in fighting disease, which includes matched private -
donor funding.
The
fund will make every effort to grant the
funds to the designated charity but, like all
donor - directed
funds, retains ultimate discretion and control over the use of the donations it receives from Humble Bundle, and may redirect
funds to a
similar qualifying charitable organization if it is unable to follow the recommendation.
The Foundation is ever mindful of maximizing giving power through special programs that bring together
donors of
similar interests and has been critical in securing financial assistance for the College that allows for faculty support and development, research
funds, student scholarships and program enhancement.
The
fund will make every effort to grant the
funds to the designated charity but, like all
donor - directed
funds, retains ultimate discretion and control over the use of the donations it receives from Humble Bundle, and may redirect
funds to a
similar qualifying charitable organization if it is unable to follow the recommendation.