Sentences with phrase «on big donations»

Reform political party funding, rely less on big donations, and the issue of who does or doesn't meet up with super-wealthy Russians is immaterial.

Not exact matches

The Frederictoncampus continues tooffer its Activator program, in which studentswork with anentrepreneur to cultivate a business idea.Meanwhile, a new entrepreneurship streamis available to students on the Saint John campus, which also added skills developmentcourses and a social entrepreneurship course.Big changes have come to the Saint John campusthrough some big donations recently.The Pond - Deshpande Centre for Innovationand Entrepreneurship offers courses andmentorship opportunities for students, whilea donation from the Irving family helped funda new library facility.

The Berkshire Hathaway CEO and legendary investor made the single biggest charitable donation this year, giving $ 2.1 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the form of 16.6 million shares of his company, according to Wealth - X's ranking of the 10 largest philanthropic donations of 2014 published on Wednesday.

During recent years, Werklund has been focusing on philanthropy — in March he donated $ 16 million to Olds College, the biggest single donation in Alberta colleges» history — after stepping down from executive control of his company Canadian Crude Separators in 2010.

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

«At some schools, sometimes when you give a big donation, you get your name on a building,» a touched Shaw told the Edmonton Journal.

The donation puts the billionaire investor high on a very short list of big Trump contributors.

In one of the biggest donations, Park Heights Roofing gave 100 buckets — one of the cleaning items on the Baltimore donation drive's list.

There are a few horror stories out there of nonprofits that have squandered donations on big bonuses for CEOs or fancy advertising.

To be honest, I chose Vogelbach as both a vote of confidence for him since he had such a bad spring last season and because I figured it would be on the more conservative side since I really couldn't afford a big donation.

cavani probably wont happen not wenger type of striker (wont play on the wings, non flexible non starter for wenger) like unless some one else said on here if it was on our terms and price (or if the big russian was willing to make a one off donation to cover all expenses then maybe also while we use the rest of funds to get players we need) then and only then it would happen maybe the growing consensus is a d / m who covers at c / h (it would have been mbia for free if we got cavani how scary is that) and maybe one more marquee signing for a reasonable price i would bet my house on it (if i had one of course lol) if we were to offer bvb # 45 million for reus this week or at the start of next and offered him # 130,000 in wages he would be ours injury or not at 25 years old worth the risk every time.

As an organization that relies on donations to keep up with the growing demand of families looking to use cloth diapers but who can't afford that start - up cost, your ONE diaper will add up with the other donations to make a BIG impact!

Next, the fact that mobile fundraising will be available through volunteers is a big deal — with tens / hundreds of thousands of people canvassing their neighborhoods for the campaign in the upcoming year, the ability to take donations on the spot should expand the universe of donors significantly.

First up on the target list were Sens. Dave Valesky, John DeFrancisco and Steve Saland, all of whom rely on big dollar donations, many of which come from outside their respective districts, to feather their campaign nests.

Likewise, engaging users might get fewer donations, but it will garner bigger ones as you focus on those who care and want to engage.

The reality is the way our system is currently set up, the reliance on private donation — and big donations — is a deterrent to people getting involved.»

If reform legislation can be passed that allows small donations to be matched with public funds, then candidates would become less dependent on big donors and more so on their constituents.

It turns out that the organization is sitting on a big, fat email list of 400,000 Tea Party enthusiasts willing to cough up enough individual donations for the group to bankroll advertising for Joe Miller in Alaska and O'Donnell in Delaware to the tune of close to a million dollars.

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.»

The coalition has promised to reach «detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding in order to remove big money from politics».

For example, when commission investigators sought to review political donations and communications by the Real Estate Board of New York — a trade group whose members include some of Cuomo's biggest donors — in an effort to connect the dots on a valuable housing tax break, the governor's secretary reportedly instructed commissioners not to subpoena the organization.

Common Cause says the Moreland Commission should open a probe to see if there's a link between around $ 5 million spent by major pharmaceutical companies on lobbying and campaign donations to New York state politicians, and the failure to pass major consumer - friendly bills regulating Big Pharma.

This has led to calls by former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke for the party to sever its reliance on big money donations.

Labour may suffer the biggest headache from the review because of its heavy dependence on the trade unions, which provide about 80 per cent of its donations.

The Conservatives are too reliant on a relatively small pool of large donors, and Labour are too reliant on big union donations.

Finance has consistently been one of the biggest talking points from early on with Latimer painting Killian as the big money candidate and championing his larger number of small donations.

It also looks as if he's set on protecting big trade union donations whilst putting limits on everyone else.»

Can we increase lift on online and direct mail campaign with text to reinforce donation is a big questions.

Mayor de Blasio's team raised conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Cuomo one a day after the state put on hold a Brooklyn construction project because Cuomo ESDC appointees expressed similar concerns about the developer who made donations to a fund supporting the mayor.

The Conservatives are refusing to allow a donation cap as low as # 10,000 because they rely more than any other party on big - figure cheques.

We also agree to pursue a detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding in order to remove big money from politics.

Moskowitz has also relied on Loeb to help coordinate some of the network's biggest donations from his colleagues on Wall Street; fellow hedge fund billionaire Julian Robertson gave Success $ 25 million several years ago, and financier John Paulson has donated $ 8 million to the network.

Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

This would get past the big obstacle of the donation cap, which - depending on the level at which you set it - would leave either Labour or the Tories worse off.

The Administrator of the Tema Polyclinic, Madam Josephine Boateng on her part, was full of praise to Mr. Carlos Ahinkora for the donation, saying it is the biggest form of donation made to the hospital since it was established some 50 years ago.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have been picked up by media across the world.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have prompted questions in parliament.

Hedge funder Simons, whose money to the state Democrats made him the third - largest donor of the 2014 election cycle, arguably had his biggest influence on state politics when he made a $ 150 million donation to Stony Brook University contingent on the Legislature agreeing to a SUNY - wide raising of tuition.

But BBC political correspondent James Hardy said Sir Hayden would «risk Labour fury» by recommending a legally binding limit on individual donations, whether they are from private donors, big business or trade unions.

The report found that Altria, formerly known as Philip Morris, was the biggest spender, dropping more than $ 4 million on lobbying and $ 300,000 in political donations.

Big donations from business people have largely dried up since Ed Miliband became leader, increasing the party's dependence on the unions.

For every cup sampled on their #donthesitaste tour, Sweet»N Low will be making a donation * to Big Brothers Big Sisters to help support their vision to help all children achieve success in life.

Donations can range from $ 10 (good for 100 raffle entries) to $ 2,500 (25,000 entries) and, depending on the amount, also can include an iron - on «Slick» decal, a custom Charlie Hustle Big Slick tee and autographed poster.

Besides, while bigger library donations from Bill Gates would be wonderful, should these civic institutions rely so heavily on just one man and his circle?

Hardcover sales are great for your big fans, since they are a great product (if you have the space) that lasts a long time (although I don't know if this is a good example, since I don't know how much extra you make off hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy - proof!

So if you are looking for a big, smart, lovable, eager - to - please boy please set aside $ 325 for his adoption donation and fill out the adoption application on our website.

Muttville relies solely on individual donations, which is also one of their biggest challenges.

We'll have the computers up and running so people can come in to make their Big Day of Giving donations, our Board of Directors and lots of volunteers and fosters will be available to give tours and to provide information on our programs, and we plan on having some of our available dogs there as well (no adoptions on that day though).

We had donations of just shy of $ 240 placed in our donation box on the table and, the kisses plus smooches that BHRR's Kaos gave in thanks, made his pooch smooch red carpet sessions a big hit!

We learned on Facebook that the donation from Big O Tires will be used for the rescue's Clyde Fund, a special needs dog fund that helps injured animals and animals with special needs.