Sentences with phrase «raised by donations»

The research for the paper was done by a team of unpaid non-specialist volunteers of students and industrial and academic scientists, along with other enthusiasts and the funding for its publication was raised by donations from Skeptical Science readers.

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But such relationships raise potential conflicts of interest by creating an incentive for funeral homes to encourage grieving relatives to consider body donation, sometimes without fully understanding what might happen to the remains.

The group said any money raised during the event through donations, which begins today at 5 PM EST, will go to the Houston Food Bank to help it distribute food and supplies for those impacted by the hurricane's devastating toll.

Another way we keep our employees engaged is by inviting them to take part in company events, like the Virgin Mobile Live Freefest, a free music festival we hold every year to raise money (through donations) for homeless young people.

[1][2] Fundraising Fundraising or fund raising (also known as «development») is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions of money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies (see also crowd funding).

The level of spending by some candidates in the last municipal election was described as «insane» by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, after some Calgary city council candidates raised more than $ 270,000 largely through corporate donations.

Its employees then raised $ 57,000 for refugee programs, with donations matched by the Air Canada Foundation.

GFI is entirely supported by grants and donations.79 Their three largest donors provided a total of around 25 - 40 % of their funding in 2016, and we would expect those donors to provide a similar, perhaps slightly larger, amount of funding in 2017 — though GFI's intention is to raise significantly more money overall.80, 81 GFI's fiscal management strategy is to spend each year what it raised the prior year; this enables them to budget on a rolling 12 - month timeframe.82, 83 Overall, we think that while their funding sources are not especially diverse, they do rely on a relatively broad donor base and take a responsible and sustainable approach to their finances.

Aihtsham Rashid, 39, a businessman from Leeds, led a fundraising drive for the mosque, which in a day alone surpassed its # 50,000 target by raising more than # 63,000 through donations from across the world.

Green City Market is funded by individual donations, corporation sponsorships, grants and fund raising events.

Tottenham Hotspur is making a donation to the Burns Unit and the Premier League will be matching funds raised by fans collecting before the game outside White Hart Lane.

Thanks to the fundraising efforts by Camp Mighty attendees, plus a donation from the Ace Hotel (amazing, btw, if you find yourself in Palm Springs), we raised $ 25,000 for charity: water, which translates to clean water for 1,250 people.

It is sometimes difficult to associate donations with a particular birder, so if you raised more than $ 500 and your name is missing, please let us know by emailing [email protected].

encouraged Janet, stressing that the winners are not determined by the total amount raised, but the total number of donations as a percentage of your membership.

Questions are being raised about the British National party (BNP) after a mysterious # 5,000 donation was not declared by the leadership.

In 2004, the Howard Dean campaign made electoral history by harnessing the power of the internet to raise more than any other Democratic contender: more than $ 25m raised, largely in small - money donations averaging $ 80 — a marked contrast to the usual way of doing things, which involves raising titanic sums from rich people whom you then owe a lot of favours to, whether or not you take office.

«From day one, we said this campaign to repeal and replace John Faso would be fueled by a grassroots effort, and with nearly $ 135,000 raised in less than eight weeks from nearly 700 donations — many of whom contributed $ 19 to flip NY - 19 — we have shown that we can stand up to Trump and repeal and replace Faso by relying on overwhelming grassroots energy, excitement and support,» Rhodes said in a statement.

• And now some Luxenberg text messages, obtained by Government Watch and confirmed by Luxenberg as genuine, raise questions about Drew's recent denial that Luxenberg made donations to Democrats around the state on his behalf, as the mayor seeks support for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

A lobbying group closely allied with the policies of Governor Andrew Cuomo has been in the news a lot in the past couple of days, in articles raising questions about multi-million dollar donations to the group known as the Committee to Save New York, and policies later advocated by the governor.

While the development of alternative sources of income has allowed the parties to offset the decline in subscriptions, the growing dependence on donations raises questions about the political system being captured by powerful interests.

If the RNC can out raise the DNC by orders of magnitude by taking huge donations from companies the system is useless.

online fundraising powerful here because of quirks in the U.S. political funding system (individual donations, individual campaigns, money = speech, campaigns are driven by need to raise money)

In fundraising, Obama followed in the footsteps of Howard Dean's 2004 bid by regularly soliciting small donations from a wide swath of voters, raising record amounts online by federal filing deadlines.

The campaign raised funds from more than 727 donations given by 624 donors.

He would rather have greater and faster transparency of reporting donations, and would eliminate politicians» perpetual need to raise money by imposing eight year term limits.

The figures published by the watchdog cover the period from 1 February to 21 April, detailing money raised by campaigners spending more than # 10,000 and individual donations of more than # 7,500.

All donations raised locally will be used by the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier to promote the work of DIFD in our community and to offer scholarships for area sports coaches to become certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Under a Fair Elections system, candidates that abide by lower contribution limits and enhanced disclosure rules would receive public matching funds for every small donation they raise.

The leave side has raised # 8.18 m in donations and # 6m in loans, which is nearly double the # 7.54 m accrued by groups seeking to stay in the union, with # 7.46 m of that amount coming from donations.

By contrast, it took Foley and Malloy months to raise the $ 250,000 necessary to qualify for the state's voluntary public financing program, which bars donations in excess of $ 100.

A Queens lawmaker has been organizing out - of - state gambling trips for hundreds of seniors citizens, which has raised eyebrows among good government groups because the trips are funded by corporate donations.

The city Campaign Finance Board Wednesday found Mayor de Blasio broke no contribution limitation rules by raising unlimited donations through an outside fund — then immediately issued a de facto rebuke of the tactic.

Under the Citizens Election Program, the state's voluntary public financing system, gubernatorial candidates who raise $ 250,000 by collecting donations of $ 100 or less are eligible for a $ 6.5 million grant to spend in the general election.

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.

Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable raised Lord Ashcroft's donations by calling on the government to release papers relating to his case held by the Cabinet Office.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino on Monday said he has no plans to return donations generated by a grassroots organization that used images of the D - Day invasion to raise money for his campaign.

According to a May 13 report by the NY Times» Michael Barbaro and Nick Confessore, Singer coordinated much of the Republican fund - raising for the effort, donating $ 425,000 of his own money and personally soliciting an additional $ 500,000 in donations.

At least nine of the three dozen people from the New York City area questioned for jury service by Caproni raised concerns about corporate donations to politicians.

Part of the funds were raised through an anonymous donation of $ 10,000, and $ 7,000 was provided to the family by Univision X96.3 radio personality Luis Jimenez.

Scrutiny of Liu's fund - raising practices first surfaced in mid-September after The New York Times found his campaign account was flooded with large donations made by people who appeared unlikely to have the means to make such contributions.

A lobbying group closely allied with the policies of Governor Andrew Cuomo has been in the news a lot in the past couple of days, in articles raising questions about multi million dollar donations to the group known as the Committee to Save New York, and policies later advocated by the governor.

They maintain databases of lobbying contracts, campaign expenditures and donations that are publicly available, and as Horner noted, have been mined by good - government advocates and journalists to raise questions about lawmakers» motivations and potential conflicts of interest.

The contours of that fund - raising strategy have become familiar, as state prosecutors and F.B.I. agents are now investigating an effort led by Mayor Bill de Blasio to channel donations to a group of Democratic candidates around the state in 2014.

Sugarman had previously investigated a coordinated effort by de Blasio and his team to raise money for upstate Senate Democrats by taking advantage of significantly higher donation limits allowed for county committees.

The donation came less than two months after workers at certain busing companies, including one owned by Mr. Lodde's firm, had gotten an unprecedented windfall from New York City government: a $ 42 million grant pushed through by Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise wages at low - paying private bus companies with city contracts.

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

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

By comparison, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been mentioned as a potential 2018 primary challenger against Cuomo, is expected to report having raised about $ 2 million in donations since January, leaving him with $ 2.3 million in his coffers.

State Senator John Flanagan and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, who last year rose to lead their respective legislative chambers after their predecessors were popped by the feds for being in bed with developers, have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of the 2016 budget season, with donations from key real estate interests.

Hawkins favors the Clean Money system where candidates who opt in to public financing qualify by raising a reasonable number of $ 5 donations to demonstrate support.