Sentences with phrase «in donations to fund»

LOWER MANHATTAN — A marketing consultant used his connection to the Puerto Rican Day Parade to line his own pockets, scamming more than $ 1 million in donations to fund his trips and personal expenses — while the board stood by and did nothing — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday.

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Time's Up includes a legal defense fund, made up of $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women fight sexual misconduct.

If you're age 70 1/2 and have funds in an IRA, you may want to consider making a donation directly from that account, Haas said.

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.

Under pressure from the WSJ report, Najib said in August that the funds were a private donation from Middle Eastern country, which he declined to name.

The windfall came after a Twitter user questioned why Antonopoulos, a well - known figure in the bitcoin community, needed donations via Patreon to fund his work and living.

He also sits on the Board of Directors, and in May 2015 he made a donation of $ 133,000 to the foundation to make up for funding it had lost as a part of the austerity measures put in place by Governor Bruce Rauner to address the state's $ 1.5 billion budget deficit.

Gifting «appreciated assets» — stocks, bonds or mutual fund shares that you've held for more than one year and that have increased in value — to charity often flies under the radar due to the popularity of cash donations.

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.

Younger men are especially interested in funding new products and inventions: 48 % of men ages 18 - 49 who have made a crowdfunding donation have contributed to this type of project.

A business startup loan through crowdfunding will require the campaigner to share their business plan and objectives with a large group of people in hopes that multiple donations or backings will eventually lead to the desired funds.

The donation / rewards model, on the other hand, allows people to give money without getting anything in return — other than rewards in the form of whatever the company is selling or providing (e.g., their name on a funders plaque, a free meal at the restaurant, etc.).

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.

Sites seeking donations for charity or funding for creative projects in return for non-financial rewards - such as merchandise, access to computer games, or autographed albums - raised a total of $ 1.4 billion, Massolution said.

In addition to the Walmart Foundation's significant funding, Walmart Canada's operational initiatives, food donations and philanthropy will help to further reduce food waste and food insecurity in Canada.&raquIn addition to the Walmart Foundation's significant funding, Walmart Canada's operational initiatives, food donations and philanthropy will help to further reduce food waste and food insecurity in Canada.&raquin Canada.»

In 2014, global crowdfunding funding volumes grew to $ 16.2 billion across all crowdfunding models (eg., equity, debt / loans, reward / product and donation) according to a leading industry report (with 2015 predictions approaching $ 35 billion).

Additional Travel Funds - The Yuen Pau Woo Travel Award Established in 2015 through a donation from former Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada President, Senator Yuen Pau Woo, the Yuen Pau Woo Travel Award is awarded annually in the amount of up to $ 2,000 to one or more outstanding Post-Graduate Research Fellows.

I offset my carbon footprint by making donations to Geoversity and Earth Train, helping to fund their efforts in Centro Mamoní, Panama.

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

Donations to the National Rifle Association's political fund tripled in the days after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to reports.

The Daily Beast described Luckey as «funding Trump's meme machine» in 2016, which is an apparent overstatement since the donation was supposedly a fairly small $ 10,000, and Nimble America's only clear action was putting up a «Too Big To Jail» billboard.

In this model, promoters either pay a listing fee to list their project or the website takes a cut of the funds raised for a project, similar to how Kickstarter makes its money in the donation / reward modeIn this model, promoters either pay a listing fee to list their project or the website takes a cut of the funds raised for a project, similar to how Kickstarter makes its money in the donation / reward modein the donation / reward model.

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.

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.

Mr. Trump's fund - raising team has already secured roughly $ 50 million in pledged donations since it began soliciting money in earnest last week, according to two people involved in the effort.

One of the first things I learned when I came to Starbucks in 2015 was about the CUP Fund («Caring Unites Partners») donation program.

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.

It is possible that additional funding will come from other major donors — we focus on Open Phil in particular because they are one of the most significant grantmakers in effective animal advocacy, they are transparent with their donations, and they have often made recurring donations to organizations.

«We are thrilled to receive this donation from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and to work in partnership with All Hands Volunteers with their hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean islands and the Florida Keys,» said Petra Nemcova, Founder of Happy Hearts Fund.

Scarano's lawyer, Silverio Sica, said his client merely took donations from people he thought were acting in good faith to fund a home for the terminally ill.

Under Hope Starts Here, the company is committing to match up to $ 1.25 million of donations from its valued guests, team members, suppliers and partners in order to substantially help All Hands Volunteers (hands.org), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit relief organization, and Happy Hearts Fund (happyheartsfund.org) deliver early relief response for the Florida Keys, and rebuild safe, resilient schools in the Caribbean islands impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

And in an interview with San Francisco magazine in April, Benioff bashed a $ 1 billion donation by Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a so - called donor - advised fund that allows the contributor to take an immediate tax write - off but figure out later how the money will be spent.

This record - breaking donation, along with many others, has enabled us to make a 2 - year commitment to building schools in the US Virgin Islands, Florida, Puerto Rico and Caribbean Islands, alongside our partner, the Happy Hearts Fund.

The work that Betel asks people to take part in, aside from teaching new skills and helping people to learn how to live in a routine, also partly funds the addicts» own recovery — the rest comes from church donations.

In the late 1990s donations to Israel and to the Jewish National Fund declined because of the tensions between Orthodox Jews in Israel and Reform and Conservative Jews in the U.SIn the late 1990s donations to Israel and to the Jewish National Fund declined because of the tensions between Orthodox Jews in Israel and Reform and Conservative Jews in the U.Sin Israel and Reform and Conservative Jews in the U.Sin the U.S..

Refused to give dying patients appropriate pain medication, consorted with known felons and dictators to get huge donations, never built a state of the art hospital despite raking in millions in unaccounted for funds, which went into the Vatican's general expense account despite being designated specifically for charitable purposes?

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.

Rebecca said many churches don't know that it is «a business model, whereby children are being used as the commodity in order to illicit and attract for funding and donations.»

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

If so, they should be required to make a very hefty and substantial donation to the Fish and Wildlife Fund in return for their license to sacrifice a protected species.

And unlike World Vision, which also helps children in India but breaks up its funding across different humanitarian entities, Compassion's donations all went to local churches through two offices, making the amount stand out.

charity: water is different than most, in that 100 percent of all donations go directly to fund water projects — from day one.

North Market is being funded by donations, but PUC expects it to be self - sustaining in its second year of operation.

«In order to participate in the cookie swap, each blogger would make a small donation to «Cookies for Kids» Cancer,» which raises funds for pediatric cancer researcIn order to participate in the cookie swap, each blogger would make a small donation to «Cookies for Kids» Cancer,» which raises funds for pediatric cancer researcin the cookie swap, each blogger would make a small donation to «Cookies for Kids» Cancer,» which raises funds for pediatric cancer research.

For every pound of Community Signature Blend coffee served on a Southwest flight, the two companies make a donation to the ECOM Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds education for the families of farmers who grow arabica beans in Mexico.

It can take up to 12 months for your salad bar (s) to be fully funded depending on the number of schools waiting in the queue as well as the amount of direct donations made to your district.

The online version of Fund - A-Need allowed bidders from anywhere in the world to contribute, with donations starting at $ 30.

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.

The contest was sponsored by Axiom Foods, the largest maker of plant protein ingredients in the U.S. Vitamin Angels, dedicated to supplementing undernourished children worldwide with Vitamin A, received a $ 10,000 donation as part of the plant protein fund