Sentences with phrase «money donors on»

Commonly cited concerns include the potential for outsized influence of big money donors on the policy process relative to more traditional voices in public education debates, such as teachers and other education practitioners.

It was only a few short winters ago the Occupy Albany tents were set up across from the Capital in Academy Park, trying to shake loose the hold of Wall Street and big money donors on state government.

Not exact matches

You may want to consider opening a donor advised fund, which lets you get a deduction up front on the money you put in and then decide on which charities get the money later.

Terror financing on social media can take several forms, analysts said — and donors may not even know that they're giving their money to fund violence.

Nonprofits like Crossroads GPS, classified by the IRS as «social welfare» organizations, are not required to disclose their donors, even if those organizations spend money on political ads.

By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

Currently, the money raised on sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo is characterized as donations (for which donors are often offered rewards and opportunities to preorder products).

Although Heyming acknowledges donors» concerns over the lack of assurance that those seeking funding will do what they say they will with the money, he is optimistic that the model is an option for businesses that can launch on a shoestring.

What might not be as obvious, though, is that Trump is charging his own campaign team rent, and according to an analysis by the Huffington Post, the money spent on rent went up in June, when he started using donors money to pay the fees.

«To raise money successfully,» said the senator, «a political party must appeal to Canadians of ordinary means... The Conservative party's fundraising success is built not on the depth of our donors» pockets but on the breadth of our donor base and that is what the other parties do not understand and why they are lagging behind.»

When you're trying to fund a project with invested money, you need to ensure you're doing everything you can to enlist the most help from the most donors so that your project gets the funding it needs and can proceed on time as planned.

Spoiler alert: she does not go into detail about how fentanyl dealers used the real estate market to launder drug money or how B.C. casinos (also big donors to her party) helped international high rollers convert duffel bags of dirty cash into down payments on luxury homes.

Contributing such assets may enable the donor to enjoy a current year tax deduction and potentially eliminate capital gains tax liability on the sale of the asset while allowing the charities they support to receive the most money possible.

Had the $ 100,000 goal not been met, the donors would get their money back and everyone goes on their merry way.

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

Donating such assets may enable the donor to enjoy a current year tax deduction and potentially eliminate capital gains tax liability on the sale of the asset while allowing the charities they support to receive the most money possible.

Last week, I reported on an obscure yet powerful group called Donors Trust, a dark - money ATM funding the conservative movement with hundreds of millions of dollars in mostly anonymous money.

, who was indicted by federal authorities in 2011 on charges that he used money from wealthy donors to hide an extramarital affair.

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.

The California Assembly passed a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker that supporters, including the League of Women Voters, say will shine a light on «dark money» in politics, requiring that top donors be listed on campaign ads.

Each country would negotiate a long - term, mutually binding compact to integrate domestic and international action, and on that basis receive an «investment entitlement» from one consolidated pot of money channeled through independent local foundations with cross-country representation of donors and recipients.

The Republicans during their negotiations on the bill that was PASSED by Congress insisted that their big money donors the insurance corporations were not cut out of Obamacare.

Just being able to sign big money world class players is what has papered over their cracks, but the likes if Arsenal don't have a donor who will lose # 50 million on a flop player and take it as nothing.

For instance, if you're running a candidate's site, be sure you have the kind of resources that potential voters and donors are looking for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give money.

This strategy looks to be focused on the general election because its goal is long - term support - building rather than short - term persuasion or fundraising — the move of a candidate who's willing to invest at least some online money in expanding the pool of supporters, volunteers and (ultimately) donors for the Fall rather than in trying to win Ohio and Texas in a couple of weeks.

The biggest critique that I have is that in resent political cycles there have been concerted efforts to bring in small donors on the left while the right has relied mostly on the traditional big money contributions.

I'm sure that quite a few of those potential donors, volunteers and voters are already on her own list, but many won't be — and now she can hit them up directly for money and time.

And, adding those new donors to the list is probably more important than the actual money they give in the moment, since once they're on the list, they're subject to all the inducements to give again that a modern campaign can offer.

Casale said Cox is also working on raising money from some «very big» donors, and asking members of the party's finance committee to recommit.

Over the next few weeks I will be providing a statement of accounts for all my donors, and in - keeping with my money pledge on my website, I will be giving them the choice as to what happens with the remainder of the money they donated.

Also published on HuffingtonPost This week's news that Obama's 2012 campaign has already assembled a powerful army of small online donors — more than a million people have given him money so far, only half of whom did so in 2008 — provided just one of many recent glimpses...

But if the donor community and the establishment of old New York Democratic money is on Cuomo's side in this campaign, it could suck up a lot of the oxygen, which is why Nixon's team is so critical.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

Mostly they could justify these sums by stressing that they wanted the best people for important missions, but that would have made little sense to many of their donors, on low incomes, who had given some of their hard - earned income on a charitable instinct, only to find that the money was funding a salary they would never come close to achieving themselves.

As a result, not only do they risk burning out their donors, but the emphasis on fundraising leaves online staff able to do little else with their time BUT beg for money.

Here's what I'm getting at: in a Citizens United world, one in which individual wealthy people can poor billions of dollars into our political process at will, digital campaigners (particularly on the Left) feel immense pressure to raise money from small donors.

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple Limited Liability Companies.

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).

A bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly this year would have secured Medicaid dollars for mothers who can't nurse their premature infants and choose to feed their babies donor breast milk; the legislation argues it will save New York taxpayers the money Medicaid currently spends on the complications that arise during neonatal care.

Malliotakis sought to focus attention on recent testimony of de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, in which Rechnitz said he donated large amounts of money to Mayor de Blasio in exchange for special treatment.

The mayor told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Friday that his 2017 re-election campaign will rely on small amounts of money from a large group of donors, rather than wealthy individuals who can donate the maximum amount.

In May, Pence formed a leadership PAC to raise money for Trump's re-election and for other Republican candidates, aiming to capitalize on his deep ties to party activists and donors.

As part of an article on Democratic presidential fundraising and Barak Obama's difficulty in turning money into poll numbers, Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk note in today's Post that Hillary Clinton in particular has a problem: 70 % of her campaign's donors have already given her the maximum $ 2300 they can contribute during the primary season.

People - Powered - Politics, with a focus on how digital organizing can help us counter the wave of big - donor money that's flowing into the 2012 elections.

It's money House Republicans feared might not come this cycle, with many donors focused on Senate races instead.

The records do not say who attended the fundraiser, just that donors from the Syracuse area gave money to the governor's campaign on the day after it occurred.

«The Board of Elections was just ensuring that everyone that spends money on our elections, whether it's a super PAC, a 501 (c) 4 or a wealthy individual, discloses information about its donors to public,» said David Earley of N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center for Justice.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

«Government can't succeed and can't really work for ordinary New Yorkers until we do restore the public trust,» said Scharff, who believes that can only happen if there's less reliance on big money donors and more on small donors.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.