Mr Abraham said he «gifted» the money to his two acquaintances because he did not want to be «hounded»
over donations made in his name.»
OkCupid played a big part in the downfall of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich,
over a donation he made against gay marriage, but now the dating site's own CEO, Sam Yagan, is under...
Back in 2015, an Oregon man goaded the Federal Government to come and arrest
him over a donation made to Edward Snowden's Legal Defense Fund.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, BHP has
made a $ 20 million
donation over the next five years to the Telethon Kids Institute, with the first annual instalment of $ 4 million to kick - start Telethon tomorrow night.
If you're
over 70 1/2 years old,
make your charitable
donations directly from your IRA — whether you itemize deductions or not.
To get ahead of that, he said, consider accelerating your charitable
donations to capture the current tax benefit or use a donor - advised fund, which lets you
make a charitable contribution and receive an immediate tax break but then distribute the funds
over time.
For instance, on his blog Baseline Scenario, University of Connecticut law professor James Kwak
makes many of the same points as Quittner — the Zuckerberg - Chan
donation isn't really a
donation at all but a newly formed LLC that will have significant tax benefits for the couple, who will retain almost complete control
over their money.
For
donations over $ 250,
make sure you get an acknowledgment from the organization with all the pertinent information.
Affiliating your company with a charity and building campaigns around it goes a long way to winning people
over with your altruistic nature — but you have to go the whole way to be convincing, which mean not just
making a
donation once or twice a year — for real impact
make yourself the true champion of a cause instead.
A
donation of
over 35 Million USD has already been
made so far to various organizations such as Wiki Edu, ACLU, MAPS, The Water Project, etc..
The CEO of the Red Cross
makes over $ 500K a year and often «re-allocates»
donations to other areas as they see fit.
Head
over to Charity: Water to
make a
donation.
, and so if you have appreciated all the free posts and free podcasts which the readers have read
over the years, would you please consider
making a
donation of any amount to help defray the costs of the blog.
If you suck at bowling or aren't in the area, but are interested in
making a
donation to this wonderful organization head
over to their online
donation form!
Unlike me, most people can not afford the luxury of eating whatever they want — so if you can, just head
over to the Lunchbox Fund and
make a
donation.
And remember, join the conversation
over at The Million Moms Challenge and you will be entered to win an exclusive Million Moms Challenge Gift Pack, which includes an iPad2, a custom -
made Million Moms Challenge pendant and a $ 50
donation in your name to Global Giving!
It has been speculated that Nestle's
donation to the Zero Hunger Program was only
made to encourage the country's Administrative Council of Economic Defense to allow the company to take
over the Garoto Chocolate company, located in Brazil.
Donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure ® have surpassed $ 406,000 since 2010, and
Make - A-Wish ® has received
over $ 61,000 from Prolacta since 2011.
Over the past few months, we've
made a bigger effort to help build families through egg
donation.
Over the next two months, I
made one - time
donations to a pregnant woman who had had a double mastectomy and to a woman who had adopted her daughter.
Fundraising pros are even switching high - dollar donors online, often walking them through the process
over the phone, which both guarantees that the
donation will actually be
made and also cuts back on the administrative work needed to process checks.
Well, «bribery» of a sort:
over the past couple of days, two different organizations have tried an interesting tack to build their Facebook followings, promising to
make a
donation to a cause if people «like» their Facebook pages.
Over the internet —
making digital
donations key to the Obama campaign, just as they were in 2008.
23:48 - Have some Lib Dem stats:
Over the course of the campaign Liberal Democrats: averaged 250 volunteers a day with more than 700 people campaigning on the last weekend,
made more than 135,000 phone calls, that's more than 3,000 hours of calling, knocked on more than 70,000 doors, received more than 2,000 individual
donations, delivered hundreds of thousands of leaflets and received more than 100 kg of cake from volunteers at the campaign HQ.
Loeb has apologized, but advocates are pointing to the millions in political
donations he's
made over the years, which has included supporting Senate Republicans.
Glenwood gave $ 1.01 million in 2013, an amount consistent with most years
over the past decade, but brought in more in returned checks ($ 12,900) last year than it
made in
donations ($ 5,000).
ALBANY — The National Rifle Association
makes few political
donations directly to politicians in heavily Democratic New York, but instead has spread more than $ 175,000 in contributions
over the past 10 years to political parties and more than $ 13,000 to the parties and politicians through its state affiliate, state records show.
If
donations cross
over to state candidates, that should, at minimum, be
made transparent.
The
donation, which was
made Monday and appeared in Oregon's campaign finance database Wednesday, propelled Buehler's total campaign funding to just
over $ 700,000.
In 2014, 62 % of parents that
made financial
donations to their child's school paid
over # 21 per year, a rise of 10 % on 2013.
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.
According to Melaye, the
donations were
made in response to his clarion call on his colleagues to assist in cushioning the effect of hardship the civil servants who were yet - to - be paid their salaries for
over 22 months
But it did
make a difference two years ago when an estimated $ 200,000 of late - breaking
donations propelled Tkaczyk to an 18 - vote victory
over Amedore at the wire.
The
donations were given discreetly
over the last two months but, due to be
made public in the normal way by the Electoral Commission shortly, are also intended to encourage voters to think, vote tactically and elect a reforming parliament with a «Labour - led government headed by Ed Miliband as prime minister».
The Democratic National Committee itself stopped short of promising a full giveaway of Weinstein cash, pledging to give «
over $ 30,000» of the more than $ 300,000
donations he
made to political groups that work to elect women.
Vote Leave is under investigation by the Electoral Commission
over whether it breached the # 7m EU referendum spending limit, with allegations being
made that it channelled funds for a social Brexit media campaign via # 625,000 in
donations to a student.
The spreadsheet of registered
donations on the Electoral Commission website only records six
donations,
made over 2013 and 2014, by two donors, all to the same Association, the Conservative donors the Trevelyan Campaign Fund.
At the rate the House Ethics Committee is receiving complaints —
over Mr. Rangel's real - estate problems, tax problems, his privately sponsored trips to the Caribbean, and
donations to his center in New York — this too will
make headlines for a while.
The
donation was one of dozens
made during the general election period, with political parties receiving
over # 50m in
donations in the first half of 2015.
New York's previous lobbying act requires nonprofits that fit under the 501 (C)(4) designation of the IRS tax code to disclose
donations of
over $ 5,000 and the personal information of those who
make such
donations if the group has spent more than $ 50,000 on lobbying in a calendar year.
Ms. Clinton
made no reference to the large
donations she and her husband received
over the past several decades from Mr. Trump.
so here's the question for you as a candidate... point blank: if a landlord or developer would
make a
donation to your campaign, maybe even a sizable one, and also get others to do so...
donations that could give you a distinct advantage
over your competition... would you still go after him and insist that he improve his properties to the point of even taking him to court, etc.?
However, trade unions do not just contribute to Labour through affiliation fees — they also
make donations — and cash
donations from trade unions declared to the Electoral Commission (which include affiliation payments) constituted
over 80 % of Labour's private
donations in 2012.
The
donations were
made to county party committees, including in Putnam and Ulster Counties in the Hudson Valley, where as much as
over $ 100,000 can be donated by a single entity.
Gary Barnett's Extell, for example,
made more than $ 300,000 in
donations since May 2012, when Cuomo was weighing a 421 - a tax abatement housing bill that would effectively save Extell $ 35 million
over a decade at One57, according to news reports.
Apparently not content with
making up
over 80 % of the party's
donations, the unions are intent on seizing direct control through selecting its own placemen (and placewomen, if that's a word), even to the point of signing up hundreds of new party members to pack out votes.
Mark Adams (@markadams321) has
made formal complaint to Electoral Commission
over dodgy foreign
donations.
«Because of the long history [and] the lack of influence any
donation made by Plesser has had
over the past two decades, I was advised that it was okay to accept,» explained Zimet.
It really stinks that Cameron's latest list of peerages includes so many Tory party donors like the Asian jewellery tycoon who either personally or through his company has
made 20
donations to the Tories in the last six years, and the Tory co-treasurer who has donated
over # 2.3 million to the party.
Scarborough will also admit that between January 2007 and March 2014, he stole from the «Friends of Bill Scarborough» campaign committee by
making over $ 38,000 in unauthorized cash withdrawals and transfers from his campaign account for his own personal use, and taking checks totaling $ 3,450 which were intended as
donations and instead depositing them directly into his personal bank.