Sentences with phrase «from public donations»

Whether or not the money came from «agents» or from public donations is unknown, but not one satoshi has left the wallet.

While the Art Fund put up # 50,000, a massive # 362,500 was raised from public donations!

Please be aware that the OCSPCA is a local non-profit organization, it is not part of a national charity or government organization and funds come from public donations.

Raheny Hospice costs $ 237,000 a month, all from public donations, and something like this goes a small way to contribute.»

Not exact matches

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.

The plan will span 10 years and cost $ 81 million, which the city hopes to fund through a combination of public funds and donations from private entities.

In 2002, the BC Liberal Party cancelled a fundraiser after word spread it was soliciting donations from Vancouver public relations firms.

VICTORIA — After more than a century of unlimited donations, corporate cronyism and declining public faith in institutions, Big Money was finally banished from B.C. provincial and municipal elections today as bills 3 and 15 officially became law.

A third town hall meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 17 to solicit public input on the Broward Education Foundation's draft plan to distribute donations from its Stoneman Douglas Victims Fund, currently at $ 7.1 million.

Canadian Western Bank branches will be accepting public donations for the Canadian Red Cross from May 6 to June 6, 2016.

The city of Newtown, Conn., has received so many good - will donations from the national public that its officials have gone on record asking everyone to stop sending gifts.

They are forced to work without state funding and are entirely reliant upon donations from members of the public.

Identify and advocate for public policies that could incentivize more food donation from the private sector and expand options for landfill alternatives such as composting and anaerobic digestion.

The Partnership at Drugfree.org mission to help parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children depends on donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and the public sector.

The $ 400 million budgeted for the 15 - mile project is slated to cover basic infrastructure needs; the San Antonio River Foundation's role is to augment public funds with donations from corporations, foundations and individuals to fund the enhancements and additional amenities that will make this linear park world - class.

The Center, funded by donations from over 300,000 citizens across the nation, quickly grew into one of America's most successful and innovative public interest law firms.

Unique attempts to bankroll big - ticket items include publishing a wish list seeking donations from residents, working with a neighboring community to build a shared dog park and entering a contest to raise the money needed to redo a public building.

Finally, the report noted that state and local revenue gains from federal tax reform will be further offset by higher costs for state and local borrowing, resulting from tax reform, and greater demand for public services as charitable donations drop and federal budget cuts continue.

Additional funding has been provided by the Prevention Leadership Team of DuPage County Health Department, Kids Matter / Parents Matter Too, the Glen Ellyn Public Library, AMITA Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence, Northwestern Medicine Behavioral Health at Central DuPage Hospital, B R Ryall YMCA, with in - kind donations from FORWARD, Sodexo and Maple Glen.

The first focused on women who rely on baby banks to provide for their newborn children, like food banks these services accept donations from the members of the public and then hand them out to people who have been referred by a third party.

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

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).

He said that way, they could hide the donations from the media and the public.

Comprehensive reform would not only to reduce these outrageous contribution limits but also provide an incentive for candidates to be responsive to their constituents, by matching donations up to $ 250 from district residents with public funds.

The reform plan, which would match small donations from constituents with public funds, has «worked well for decades in New York City.»

Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.

The creative sector - from not - for - profit art trusts to high - end commercial outfits - depends on an interconnected web of public funding, private donations, market dynamics, legislation and a free flow of people and information.

That ever - shrinking but always vocal constituency within the Labour party that is impressed by such a show of fundraising largesse would be well advised to stop for a moment, consider what tactics brought a dip in our membership, a loss of intellectual dexterity in power, & loss of trust & support among the wider public, & to not be jellylegged by the implied promises of favour from vested interests that such large donations are supposed to signify.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

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.

Individuals should be banned from lending parties money, donations should be limited, spending capped, and state funding increased if the public are to regain trust in the funding of political parties.

In all, he is facing 13 charges, stemming from his solicitations and donations to the Rangel Center of Public Service at City College of NY, errors on his financial disclosure statements, the use of a rent subsidized apartment as a campaign office, and failure to report and pay taxes on his Dominican villa.

If so, the CFB could count those against the $ 182,000 spending cap for the Democratic primary, should Abbate participate in the city's public matching funds program, a program which effectively lets candidates multiply sevenfold every donation under $ 175 they receive from a resident of the five boroughs.

«Guidance from (the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics) was sought and they determined that based on the emergency situation and circumstances, this donation was permissible under the relevant state laws and guidelines.»

Superintendent of Parks and Trails Gary Duckett presented a motion to county legislators at the Public Works Committee meeting Tuesday night asking them to accept a $ 20,000 donation from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation to go toward a preliminary concept design and plan.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies to hide the true amount of their donations from the public.

If these candidates choose to opt into the city's public financing program, the contributions from bundlers will be matched 6 - to - 1 for the first $ 175 of each donation.

Lanza's proposal might help the public identify some of the obscure entities that make political contributions, though it appears that the requirements could be circumvented if a company making donations is legally distinct from the one receiving a contract.

Outside of some donations from groups representing public safety workers and first responders, Cuomo had received only $ 25,000 from labor unions through May of last year.

Much like food banks, they receive donations from members of the public which are then given out to people in need.

The donation was however met with some concerns from the public, and some civil society groups which highlighted the delicate dynamic between the two nations given the widespread involvement of Chinese nationals in the devastating illegal mining.

«Polling has shown that a large majority of the public is concerned that judges may not be fair or impartial because of the donations they receive from lawyers and special interest groups,» Hawkins said.

Although she is an opponent of public financing of campaigns in general, Malliotakis told POLITICO she plans to participate in the city's public matching funds system, which matches donations of less than $ 175 from city residents at a rate of 6 to 1.

Under the rules, a candidate must first collect small donations from at least 2000 donors, for a total of $ 200,000 in order to qualify for public funds that would total six times the amount of money that he raised.

Haven, with NYPIRG, believes, based on his study of the new law that set up the ethics commission, that the public likely won't see details of any donations to the Committee to Save New York from 2011.

Perusing campaign spending reports, which are public record and readily available on - line, the local daily reported that County Executive Mike Hein had received some $ 12,500 in campaign donations between 2012 and 2014 from different parties seeking to establish medicinal marijuana farms in the county.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies, or LLCs, to hide the true amount of their donations from the public.

Still, because lawmakers» grants are only listed as coming from the Senate or Assembly, it's difficult for the public to trace whether a grant recipient has, for instance, given campaign donations to their benefactor.

State Assemblyman Al Stirpe became the second elected official Thursday to reject campaign donations he received from executives of COR Development Co. charged in a public corruption probe.