Sentences with phrase «of public donations»

Since 1982, the charity have created nearly 2000 partnerships between hearing dogs and deaf people, and rely solely on the generosity of public donations to continue their life - changing work.

Not exact matches

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone chairman and CEO, talks about why he gave a $ 25 million donation to his suburban public high school, and the need to prepare students for the workplace of the future.

While donation - based crowdfunding has blossomed on the public stage for getting arts and music projects funded, the majority of crowdfunding campaigns back social causes or startups.

Graduates are not only often the public face of a university, they also tend to be its biggest supporters, through their donations and volunteer efforts.

The startup toymaker has reached a settlement with the band, which includes a public apology and donation to charity on the part of GoldieBlox.

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.

Priscilla Chan, the wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, speaks with NBC's «Today» about the $ 120 million donation the couple made to San Francisco area public schools - and her rules on her husband's ubiquitous hoodie.

Google announced on its blog on Monday that it will match every dollar of donation with two dollars in a new public giving campaign against Ebola.

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.

Those considering current year charitable contributions who are also facing long - term capital gains tax on the sale of highly appreciated shares after an initial public offering may realize a much more favorable income tax result and charitable impact by making a timely donation of a portion of their IPO shares (either during or after the lock - up period) directly to charity.

Dogwood's criticism of B.C.'s lax donation system began in 2001 with the group's advocacy for public disclosure of campaign contributions.

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.

But if a donor contributes appreciated stock held for more than one year directly to a donor - advised fund account at Schwab Charitable ™ or another public charity, the donor can usually deduct the fair market value of the donation without realizing any capital gain.

By donating such assets to a public charity (including a donor - advised fund account), they can take a full, fair market value income tax deduction for the donation while potentially eliminating capital gains tax liability on the sale of real estate.

2014.03.28 RBC releases 2013 Global Corporate Responsibility Review and Public Accountability Statement Worldwide donations and sponsorships of $ 104 million support positive social and environmental change...

Unchecked corporate cash in the form of political donations and lobbying expenditures has the power to exert undue influence over public policy and regulatory systems and threaten our democracy.

A wave of recent scandals at the state - run Chinese Red Cross, which suggested a young staffer had bought luxuries such as a villa and lamborghini with donations, sparked public interest in greater regulation of the non-profit sector.

«RBC is proud to be a founding partner of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, and we are confident that with this donation, the Centre will strengthen our collective ability to mobilize private capital toward the public good,» says Gordon M. Nixon, president and CEO, RBC, and Chair, MaRS Discovery District.

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.

Its four - part series «Hunger in Africa» (November 27 - 30, 1984), which concluded with a list of relief agencies to which donations could be sent, and the recent series «Exiles Among Us: Poor and Black in America» (November 13 - 20, 1986) are instances in which it has contributed significantly to public understanding of social problems.

Published lists of donors, the announcement of pledges to the church building fund campaign, the insistence on a tax write - off for a donation - all these would seem to belong to the kind of public display that Jesus decried.

The issue comes to light in their public statements about inequality and hate speech against a specific group of people, as well as the millions of dollars in donations to actively block equal rights to those people.

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

Mr Bennett revealed that since the incident, donations made to the cafe by members of the public have enabled them to recover the money also stolen during the robbery.

The Policy subcommittee focuses on the public policies in various parts of the country that create incentives for food donation to those in need or that result in robust infrastructure for landfill alternatives, such as composting facilities.

But with his typical zeal and enthusiasm, Lord Harris «adopted» the gardens, finding a new director, William Purdie, and giving the garden many cash donations and other gifts like a Wardian Case (a portable miniature greenhouse) in 1854 and at one time a gift of «# 200 sterling, to be appropriated in prizes for the best specimens of native farming and garden produce brought forward at a public competition.»

«Smithfield has made more than 175 donations across the country under the company's Helping Hungry Homes program,» said Dennis Pittman, Smithfield Director of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs.

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.

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.

A friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting parenting blog called the Lactivist, «Supporting Breastfeeding in Public, Extended Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Bank Donations», written by Jennifer Laycock.

Board Commissioner Rob Nesvacil said the park board has always had fair, broadly - applied policies for the public to use the parks, though none that specifically addressed display donations or similar unattended uses for extended periods of time.

Members of the public who donate funds to aid agencies should be encouraged to ask the recipients of their donations if and how they are distributing infant formula or powdered milk and encourage them to act appropriately.

When you donate on behalf of a particular child, your name may appear as a donor in association with a particular bracelet if you choose to make that information public by checking the appropriate field in the donation form.

Cuomo unveiled a revised version of the legislation on Tuesday, which would provide $ 150 million in tax credits annually for donations that benefit public and private schools, and encourage low - income students to attend either a private school or a public school in another district.

Standards in public life are in the gutter when Tory activists, councillors and at least one MP, Tim Loughton, a juvenile former children's minister, are prepared to assert falsely that they «support the aims and values of the Labour Party» and are «not a supporter of any organisation opposed to it» to make an unwitting # 3 donation when they're rumbled as registered supporters.

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.

The measure creates a public matching system for donations of no more than $ 250 and participating candidates must raise at least $ 5,000 in eligible contributions.

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.

The passage of a bill meant to spur donations aimed at benefiting private and public schools remains problematic for the Democratic - led Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday told reporters.

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).

Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.

Norden emphasized that matching small donations with public funds in New York City has made candidacies independent of political machines and unbeholden to special interest donors possible.

Scharff says the $ 15,000 donation is just small part of the public policy funds $ 3 and a half million dollar budget.

In reality however, 72 percent of New York business leaders support campaign finance reform, including matching small donations with public funds.

Scharff in Buffalo News: Reduce Influence of Special Interests by Matching Small Donations With Public Funds

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

«What we're saying by contributing to her, is that we're encouraging her to maintain a strong voice in public life,» said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which recently gave her a maximum donation.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.