Sentences with phrase «private donations to fund»

CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), which primarily rely on private donations to fund their operations.

We rely entirely on private donations to fund the many programs we provide.

We rely on private donations to fund our programs and achieve our mission.

As a non-profit, private philanthropic organisation, they rely on private donations to fund their work — currently being undertaken by 140 scientists.

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Najib has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, claiming the funds were a private donation from Middle Eastern country he has declined to name.

Under pressure from the WSJ report, Najib said in August that the funds were a private donation from Middle Eastern country, which he declined to name.

According to Tim Draimin, executive director of Social Innovation Generation National, social enterprise provides non-profits with the third, stabilizing leg of a three - legged funding stool (the other two legs being government and private donations).

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.

Through private funding and the small donations of supporters, we will give away 365 books this year (for FREE) and hope to double that number next year.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

As a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit, the Institute relies on private donations, corporate sponsors, and various grant funding agencies and foundations interested in sports safety education and awareness, to fund our operations.

The money comes from private donations, not taxpayer funds, and everyone who donated did so specifically to buy sports hijabs for Muslim athletes.

The seven - mile trail linked east and west Aurora.In 1981, the Fox Valley Park District Foundation was created to serve as a trust fund for private donations.

With limited tax funds available for park improvements, the Park District increasingly has become dependent on private donations to raise the millions of dollars necessary for new park projects.

The $ 2.84 million purchase price was met, thanks to financial support from state appropriations and grants, town funding, and more than $ 700,000 in private donations from individuals and foundations.

The creative sector - from not - for - profit art trusts to high - end commercial outfits - depends on an interconnected web of public funding, private donations, market dynamics, legislation and a free flow of people and information.

This foundation, which is funded by private donations, hires consultants to study the operations of the NYPD and make recommendations; in some cases, these consultants have been hired by the police department.

In a statement Tuesday, when Cuomo announced the new legislation, he downplayed the incentives for donations to private school scholarship funds.

ALBANY — Unlike past proposals, Governor Andrew Cuomo's new legislation establishing an education tax credit offers more incentives for donations to private school scholarship funds than public schools.

Cuomo's proposal is more restrictive than the legislation, which is designed to incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

A similar policy has been implemented already in New York City with the same ratio of private donations to public funds.

* At one private fundraiser, Cuomo took $ 125,000 from five limited liability companies connected to Cor Development, the Syracuse company that saw its state - funded projects soar after it began making the donations and hired a now - disgraced former lobbyist, Todd Howe.

The Tories» two biggest donations, each worth # 150,000, came from Investors In Private Capital Ltd, and Andrew C Green, an investment adviser to equity funds.

Astorino has said he supports the growth of charter schools in New York and blames Cuomo for the failure of a tax credit proposal that would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

Cuomo said his plans to extend public tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — the Dream Act — and a plan proposed tax credit offsetting donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds (as well as public schools) were «highly likely» to fall out of talks because the State Senate and Assembly were «dug in» in their respective opposition.

The lack of central funding to hospices was also raised, with much of their funding coming from private donations.

Astorino in Albany on Tuesday said he supported a version of the Dream Fund, which would solicit private donations to provide tuition assistance to the children of undocumented workers.

UFT members participate in a protest on March 21 in front of the Bay Ridge office of state Sen. Marty Golden, who sponsored a bill making its way through the Legislature that would grant sizable tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for religious and other private schools in New York State.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his 2016 - 17 executive budget proposed establishing a $ 150 million credit for donations made to public schools, local education funds, school improvement organizations or private education scholarship organizations.

That meant that when the Glenwood donations to his legal defense fund arrived in the wake of his indictment in early 2009, Bruno was a private citizen.

The commission also singled out matching small private donations with public funds for election campaigns as an effective strategy to generate greater citizen participation.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, inserted the Dream Act into his $ 141.6 billion executive budget, and linked it to a new tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

A proposal that would link a tax credit for donations to public schools and fund private - school scholarships to the Dream Act is not «viable» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Monday after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Ukip was funded to the tune of # 286,151 in the final quarter of 2015, including # 196,282 in private donations altogether and # 89,869 in Electoral Commission funds.

In his initial budget proposal, Cuomo linked the Dream Act to the education tax credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

Their manifesto includes the following commitment: «End the corrupting effects of big private and Trade Union donations to political parties, and bring in a fair system of state funding.»

He has also proposed extending college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — a proposal known as the Dream Act — as well as creating a new tax credit to offset donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds and public schools.

Regulation of the private funding of political parties, such as caps on political donations, can also help promote gender equality because women usually have less access to private campaign money.

Cuomo's proposal would establish a $ 150 million credit providing incentives for donations made to public schools, local education funds, school improvement organizations or private education scholarship organizations.

Magarelli is leading a drive to solicit private donations that would supplement available town funds and possible bonding for the project's estimated cost of less than $ 1 million.

If it were to proceed, the project might be financed by a combination of private donations and funds from a municipal reserve account.]

The billionaire hedge fund managers who give million - dollar donations to elite private schools and privatized charter systems want new taxpayer - funded subsidies for their private donations — tax breaks even bigger than they get now.

The tax credit would allow credits for donations to scholarship funds that could be spent at private schools.

Indeed, the project took 20 years to complete, fueled by the Environmental Protection Fund as well as small grants secured by local legislators as well as private donations.

With government funds scarce, an economist aims to support firearm study through private donations

Her next job will be as the head of «the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit created by the 2014 Farm Bill that has federal funding and will aim to match it with private donations for [U.S. Department of Agriculture] research,» Kaiser wrote in a Thursday ScienceInsider.

Any AAD efforts to offset lost government funding with private donations could be difficult, predicts Will Howard, deputy chair of the academy's National Committee for Antarctic Research.

The money for the study came from a donation of around $ 3 million to the WHO from the Sasakawa Health Trust Fund, a private foundation with nationalistic leanings.

Its costs, estimated to be around $ 1 - 2 billion, were hoped to be mostly covered by private donations, while commercial space companies like SpaceX were mentioned as possible providers for the needed hardware.Yet, during a hearing of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee in November, Tito stressed that Inspiration Mars should essentially be a NASA mission, calling for Congress to provide most of the funding.

The Summit4StemCell initiative aims to fund a trial of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS)- derived DA neurons in persons in the early stages of PD through private charitable donations.