They're fundamentally rooted in the interests of the Conservative party, which would be hardest hit by the caps on
individual donations which would accompany its introduction.
One is simply to meet the costs of processing the large number of
individual donations which comprise the backbone of the broadcastes» support.
Not exact matches
If not, there's always the much - appreciated
donation,
which offers
individuals a tax deduction and, for the museum, instant and obligation - free gratification.
Ban all private / corporate campaign
donations, only
individual voting citizens would be able to donate to a campaign
which would be limited to $ 2500 per person and a website would list EVERY doner.
Mass Audubon gratefully acknowledges Swift Optics for its
donation of a pair of Swift Ultralight Waterproof Binoculars 929B,
which were awarded to the top
individual fundraiser.
Allies of the mayor are under investigation in part for channeling millions of dollars in campaign
donations to county committees,
which allowed them to seemingly avoid contribution limits when those dollars wound up in the coffers of
individual candidates.
With your
donation campaigns, you can analyze
which ads performed best and
which gave yielded the highest about of
donations, but can't do much tracking on the
individual donor level.
The campaign of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon on Friday announced it has raised 10,000
individual donations in the last six weeks, the vast majority of
which are less than $ 200.
De Blasio's political activities are being scrutinized by federal investigations over the method of helping Senate Democrats take over the chamber in 2014 — namely through a series of massive
donations to county party committees,
which then disbursed funds on behalf of
individual candidates.
The report traced back the
donations from LLCs, through
which individual donors can contributed unlimited funds to candidates and political causes.
Last month the Campaign Finance Board criticized de Blasio's use of this non-profit,
which was allowed to accept
donations well above the $ 4,950
individual limit.
Cuomo's ties to the hedge fund industry are exceptionally troubling as his latest «ethics reform» proposal does not end the so - called «LLC loophole,»
which allows wealthy
individuals to easily circumvent maximum
donation restrictions.
In March, acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim of the Southern District issued a statement declining to prosecute de Blasio, but referencing «several circumstances in
which Mayor de Blasio and others acting on his behalf solicited
donations from
individuals who sought official favors from the City, after
which the Mayor made or directed inquiries to relevant City agencies on behalf of those donors.»
The Assembly's LLC loophole closing legislation (A. 1926, Kavanagh),
which has passed every year since 2015, would eliminate a provision in the current law that allows LLCs to make campaign contributions as
individuals, ending the practice where one person or a corporation owns multiple LLCs that are used to funnel
donations to a single candidate or committee.
New York State caps
individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district,
which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.
Mark - Viverito last year was collecting maximum
individual donations of $ 3,850,
which is the ceiling on what a candidate for borough president can receive, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
The core of Ms. Sugarman's accusations was that Mr. de Blasio and his allies flouted limits on the
donations to
individual Democratic State Senate candidates by funneling money into county Democratic committees,
which enjoy much looser spending rules.
Kim's statement cited «several circumstances in
which Mayor de Blasio and others acting on his behalf solicited
donations from
individuals who sought official favors.»
That investigation followed a criminal referral from Sugarman in January,
which alleged that the group had illegally funneled
donations to
individual Senate candidates through county Democratic committees,
which are not bound by the same strict
donation limits.
The
donations,
which are allowable under law, far exceed the
donation limits that
individuals are allowed to make to campaigns.
Sir Christopher's committee recommends imposing a cap of # 10,000 on
donations for both
individuals and trade unions, creating a shortfall
which would be made up through # 100 million of state - funded money spread over five years.
CWA was able to give Democratic Senate candidates far more than the $ 10,300 general election limit by routing funds through various party committees, each of
which could receive six - figure
donations and then give unlimited amounts to
individual campaigns.
Nonetheless, it is also hard to argue that the convoluted mechanisms through
which trade unions make political contributions are analogous to millions of
individual donations.
Unlike the Republican candidates, Obama can raise money for both his own campaign account,
which can take
donations up to $ 5,000 for the 2012 cycle, and for his party's national committee,
which can accept $ 30,800 per
individual each calendar year.
Similarly, Vance's office said that the de Blasio team's effort to funnel money to upstate Democratic Party county committees —
which do not face the same
donation ceilings as
individual candidates --» appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws.»
Kim did indicate questionable dealings on de Blasio's part, including «several circumstances in
which Mayor de Blasio and others acting on his behalf solicited
donations from
individuals who sought official favors from the city, after
which the mayor made or directed inquiries to relevant city agencies on behalf of those donors.»
She is particularly intrigued by Montgomery County, Maryland's program,
which prohibits participating candidates from accepting
individual donations of more than $ 150 and and from accepting
donations from special interest groups.
The 45 - year representative also made an allusion to Mr. Williams» large fundraising hauls,
which have included sizable
donations from financial firms, and from
individuals and interests based in the Capitol and in Los Angeles.
That is the conclusion of The Times this morning,
which calculates that of the # 52 million received into party coffers over the last three years, «a growing proportion» has come in the form of
individual donations of # 50,000.
Probers are seeking to investigate charges that team de Blasio sought to evade
individual campaign limits of $ 10,300 by having donors make big
donations to local county committees,
which in turn earmarked and funneled the money to specific candidates.
The gigantic
donation to the Reform Party may have been made to circumvent state rules
which limit
individual contributions in Hoehmann's race to $ 2,722.
As Kim noted in his statement, federal prosecutors «conducted a thorough investigation into several circumstances in
which Mayor de Blasio and others acting on his behalf solicited
donations from
individuals who sought official favors from the City, after
which the Mayor made or directed inquiries to relevant City agencies on behalf of those donors.»
Since Corbyn won the Labour leadership, the party has relied less on
donations from business leaders, and more on
individual contributions from its membership,
which has expanded rapidly over the past two years.
The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling
donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees,
which can accept
donations 10 times higher than the limits on an
individual Senate candidate.
Despite the fact that the city already has a heralded public - matching system that encourages small
donation fundraising, Albanese pointed to the «democracy voucher» program instituted in Seattle,
which is even more radical in its efforts to lower
individual donation
In order to raise and transfer the millions necessary to carry out his plan, the mayor is accused of willingly skirting state campaign spending laws
which place strict limitations on
individual donations.
There have only been a couple of dozen instances since 1999 in
which state - level candidates have received
donations from more
individuals in a six - month filing period than Cynthia Nixon did in just 24 hours.
The group,
which just launched its site at www.webscience.org, anticipates start - up costs of $ 19 million,
which they are raising through government and corporate grants and
donations from foundations and
individuals.
The findings,
which appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), may be useful for
individuals considering
donation, for living donors wishing to understand their long - term risk, and for clinicians who monitor the long - term health of living donors.
Manno writes that each of these insurgent organizations,
which rely chiefly on
donations from foundations and
individuals, see no immediate threats to their revenue sources, and hold strong promise for mobilizing parents to advance a school reform agenda that «goes far beyond today's PTA.»
Most controversially, school choice also includes vouchers and tuition tax - credits,
which allow families to use public dollars in order to send their children to private schools or provide tax credits to
individuals or corporations that make
donations to organizations that grant scholarships to students.
The program will establish a nonrefundable tax credit
which may be applied against the
individual income tax, corporate income tax, the limited liability entity tax, or the bank franchise tax, for
donations to fund scholarships for Kentucky families so that they can afford the cost of nonpublic school tuition or other important educational services.
Prior to opening, DREAM Technical Academy received generous financial support and equipment
donations from area businesses and
individuals for
which the staff and students will always be grateful.
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Muttville relies solely on
individual donations,
which is also one of their biggest challenges.
We receive no government support, so corporate and
individual donations are crucial to our work and to our vision of ending animal cruelty and creating a world in
which all companion animals find compassionate, permanent homes.
We depend on
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which will enable us to recruit and train needed volunteers every year.
Your
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