Sentences with phrase «of small dollar donations»

The campaign did not respond to an email seeking a breakdown of the number of individual donors, how many of from are from within the district and the amount of small dollar donations under $ 200.

I believe the bridge is with lots of small dollar donations, build a big online campaign, engage new people.»

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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.

«People are already mobilizing in New York — there's a major rally today with some of the state's leading unions and health care advocates,» Cuomo wrote in an email accompanying the video's release that also sought small - dollar donations for the state committee's effort.

As the Obama campaign found, online fundraising also lets a campaign tap the vast number of politically interested people who can't donate hundreds or thousands of dollars at time but whose smaller donations can add up to a princely sum.

Becker is trying to harness the power of the Internet to raise copious amounts of campaign cash, urging supporters to create a «chain connection» through social media and urge like - minded conservatives across the country to make a small dollar donation to his cause.

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).

Clinton had an aggressive small - dollar donor operation as well, but her biggest source was larger donations, many of which came via the networks of her hundreds of bundlers.

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

Rhodes said that he was proud of his fundraising efforts reliance on small - dollar donations.

These small - dollar donations compose the majority of online fundraising — for example, the DCCC's average online gift was $ 31 last cycle.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R - Willsboro, ranked eighth among House freshman in so - called «small dollar» donations, individual contributions of less than $ 200 that are unitemized, in the third quarter, according to a Post-Star analysis of campaign finance reports.

Obama's fundraising over the same period relied on plenty of big - dollar donors as well, but even then his campaign noted the advantage that a much larger base of small - dollar donors gave them: «Obama spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki repeated the campaign's emphasis on the 98 percent of its donations that were $ 250 or less — meaning that those donors are under the limit and can continue to contribute.»

On Thursday, Cuomo told a reporter in the Bronx who asked about his lack of small - dollar donations: «I'm going to go back and work on the budget and then we'll answer your small questions.»

WORKED Small - dollar Democratic email fundraising As of late September, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had raised $ 41 million more in donations under $ 200 than the National Republican Congressional Committee, per National Journal.

Healy, the former Republican chairman, blamed the glut of candidates on the state's public campaign financing system, where candidates collect $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations to receive millions in taxpayer - funded election grants.

We've had an amazing first 10 days, with hundreds of new volunteers and over 3,000 new small dollar donations, and Congressman Maloney's support is a great end to a great beginning.»

By contrast, 49.5 percent of the $ 4.5 million raised by Bill Thompson, another Democratic candidate in the race, came from small dollar donations.

Fundraising totals revealed donations largely came from outside of the district — just 7 percent of contributions came from district residents in the final quarter of 2017 — and just a fraction of the total haul, 12 percent, were from small dollar donations of under $ 200, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

When he was a dark horse candidate in the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary, 62 percent of the $ 4.6 million he raised came from small - dollar donations.

Republican Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, has surpassed $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations, putting him in position to qualify for public campaign financing as he seeks his party's gubernatorial nomination.

«Because of your enthusiasm and support we were able to raise more small dollar donations in one day than Gov. Cuomo raised in 7 years!»

The gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon is touting her success in the first week of fundraising from small - dollar donors, saying she has raised more money in modest donations than Gov. Andrew Cuomo has over the last seven years.

Nixon will likely be the beneficiary of small - dollar donations — something that has not really been tried at a statewide level in New York, where contribution limits are far higher than the federal cap.

Fundraising in the form of small - dollar donations is critical for candidates planning to participate in the state's Citizens» Election Program, which offers millions in taxpayer - funded election grants to gubernatorial candidates who raise at least $ 250,000 in qualified contributions.

The DCCC has outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee by about $ 33 million this cycle, thanks in part to $ 50 million in small - dollar donations from the party faithful — most of them collected online.

Enneking's campaign report wasn't as top heavy — just 14 max checks were among her 242 contributions, including more than 200 small - dollar donations of $ 250 or less.

A review of its Federal Election Commission filing shows that many of its donations have come from ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising site, as well as from repeat individual donors writing multiple small - dollar checks.

Without a public campaign finance system that matches private donations and encourages small - dollar contributions, outsider legislative candidates have little to no chance of raising enough cash to stage a significant challenge without strong name recognition or support of established organizations, unions, and local political figures.

A matching fund for state offices could be like that in New York City, where candidates must raise a lot of small donations to qualify for a larger pool of matching tax dollars, with low ceilings on overall spending.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

If you check the small box to the right of the dollar amount, you can make your donation reoccurring, which will help us save even more companion animals like Briar.

Every dollar we generate through donations or adoption fees goes toward the care of our dogs - primarily for veterinary expenses, plus a small amount for grooming, board, and occasional shelter fees.

Every dollar we generate through donations or adoption fees goes toward the care of our dogs - primarily for veterinary expenses, plus a small amount for grooming, boarding, and occasional shelter fees.

They claim that senior and mid-level Greenpeace managers have formed a «Worker Elite,» and that Greenpeace's vast network of managers are paid well enough that street - level canvassers, who collect names, small - dollar donations and multi-month donation commitments from San Diego residents should be given a «fair share.»