Sentences with phrase «than donations from»

«Based on the source of donations, these seem more like investments with expected returns rather than donations from party faithful.»

Not exact matches

Sixty - five percent of those donations — more than $ 4.9 million — were from PACs associated with businesses.

While Miscavige and his organization have held up the media complex as a valuable tool for spreading the message of Scientology and recruiting new members to join, the new facilities have received criticism from opponents of the religion — including some former members — who claim the complex is nothing more than a propaganda machine and a ploy to attract donations.

The Mannix brothers share many things with their father (Fred Charles Mannix) and grandfather (Fred Stephen Mannix), whose empires they inherited: their names, obviously, but also their sharp business acumen, quiet - but - aggressive approaches to philanthropy (Calgary's brand new National Music Centre — which houses Canada's Music Hall of Fame — came to being thanks to more than $ 10 million in donations from the Mannix family business; the company also contributed $ 1 million to the National Gallery of Canada in 2015) and steadfast commitment to privacy.

U.S. Senator Dean Heller from Nevada, New York Representative Tom Reed and North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr — all vocal proponents of renewables — together accounted for more than 40 % of the Solar Energy Industries Association PAC's total federal campaign donations.

At Chicago, «Ted» Snyder oversaw the move to the school's new Hyde Park campus, brought in the largest donation to any business school in the world — a $ 300 million gift from alumnus David Booth and his family — tripled scholarship assistance to students, and more than doubled the school's endowment.

Donations of more than $ 250, however, require a written record from the organization outlining the amount, date, and whether any goods or services were given in exchange for the donation.

We found that more than half of them — 39 out of 69 — made money from ads, donations or other revenue streams facilitated by technology companies.

CBS Radio brings in more than a billion dollars in revenue from about 50 million listeners, Henn said, and the public radio universe generates about the same amount of money from pledges and donations, as well as advertising and grants.

There are caveats though, and the gifts almost always end up costing more than the charity gets from the increase in donations.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Charitable donations from the nonprofit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta total more than $ 164 million.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which is tracking corporate donations, had tallied more than $ 10.8 million in aid from dozens of firms as of Tuesday.

Christy Clark and her BC Liberal party collected more than $ 771,000 in campaign donations from the Texas pipeline company and its oil patch backers.

VICTORIA — After more than a century of unlimited donations, corporate cronyism and declining public faith in institutions, Big Money was finally banished from B.C. provincial and municipal elections today as bills 3 and 15 officially became law.

Many people will also want documentation describing their charitable donations, their medical expenses (if more than 7 percent of your income), and a 1099 - misc from payments collected as a non-employee.

From October 2007 through the July 2010 controversy, Target actually led Amazon consistently in consumer recommendation scores, but it seems the crisis cost Target much more than donation money in the two - plus years since then.

Once the political donation news broke in July 2010 and became a political flashpoint, the two brands took different paths: while Amazon went on to climb modestly from 53 to its current 56 score, Target's score fell for more than three months, from 53 down to 44 at the end of October.

The charge has also resulted in savings of # 60 million in litter clean - up costs and donations of more than # 29 million from retailers towards good causes including charities and community groups.

Obama received more donations from Wall Street than any other candidate.

We live in a generous country where last year more than $ 300 billion was given to charity from voluntary donations.

Tractor - trailers with supplies totaling more than $ 5 - million have dropped off donations from around the country.

Eboo Patel pays himself well ($ 120,000 / yr) from his Interfaith Youth Core «non-profit» group's receipts (donations etc.) which, based on the group's IRS Form 990, appears to be more of a stock holding company ($ 2,335,960 portfolio in 2008 - guidestar.org) for Mr. Patel than it is a non-profit.

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

They don't demand much more from us than giving a one - time donation out of guilt or sharing a hard - hitting photo on social media.

Mr. Patel pays himself well ($ 120,000 / yr) from his Interfaith Youth Core «non-profit» group's receipts (donations etc.) which, based on the group's IRS Form 990, appears to be more of a stock holding company ($ 2,335,960 portfolio in 2008 - guidestar.org) for Mr. Patel than it is a non-profit.

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.

charity: water is different than most, in that 100 percent of all donations go directly to fund water projects — from day one.

With a generous $ 50,000 donation from the IPC, RODS Racing was able to double the size of its team to more than 100 athletes who have each pledged to raise $ 1,000 to help find homes in the United States for orphaned children with Down syndrome.

Since 1992, our donations avoided generating more than 2 million metric tons of methane from food decomposition in landfills.

Proceeds from the concert, combined with industry donations and a $ 100,000 match from PMMI, generated more than $ 325,000 to support hurricane - relief efforts.

More than 300 military families have been assisted from donations of approximately $ 300,000 to Operation Homefront, which provides emergency financial assistance, counseling and recovery support to families of service members and wounded warriors.

Before that tragedy SurfAid had been a 10 - person operation, but after the tsunami the group received six - figure donations from Billabong, Quiksilver and Burton, and its staff was increased to more than 70.

In less than 24 hours almost $ 20,000 has been donated — including a $ 2,000 donation from comedian Patton Oswalt.

He said he has secured more than $ 1,000 in donations and a promise from a local company to donate the concrete.

E-mail sent out by Mass Audubon, other than donation and program registration confirmations, includes a link that enables the recipient to unsubscribe from future Mass Audubon e-mailings if they so choose.

4) Another unknown (for now, anyway) is whether or not a cord blood donation from a relative is any better or more effective than one from an unrelated donor, which happens successfully all the time.

Although expenses in the recently approved budget outstrip income by more than $ 106,000, the deficit will be made up by $ 200,000 in developer donations held in surplus from previous years.

Thanks to generous lead gifts from the Biber Foundation and Wharton Trust, and timely donations from more than 70 individuals, we met that deadline, and the land is now owned by Mass Audubon.

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.

We're also pleased to report that more than half of donations (51.4 percent) were from first - time donors, up from 14.3 percent in 2015.

The dollar amount of any journalist's donations to left - wing causes is probably less than their take - home pay from providing media value to causes which they despise.

The average online donation was $ 80, and the average Obama donor gave more than once... Obama also raised millions from traditional campaign bundlers — rich, well - connected fundraisers — but the bulk of the more than $ 600 million that Obama raised throughout the campaign was through the Internet, aides said.

Though much of the money came from large fundraising events in Hollywood and elsewhere, the average donation was less than $ 100 (most much lower) and came inonline, and the new donors have swelled the Obama list to some 3.1 million people.

Cuomo has proposed legislation that could create more than 2,000 new local government entities to accept charitable donations from residents who want to try to get around limits on state and local taxes in the new federal tax law.

Individual donors can give no more than $ 5000 per campaign under the current rules, for example, while direct donations from corporations and labor unions are banned altogether.

State Assemblywoman Ann - Margaret Carrozza (D - Bayside) said the struggling economy has not prevented residents in her district from being generous after a Veterans Day gift drive she organizes annually brought in more donations during the past few months than it had the past few years.

Mr. Cuomo's campaign raked in more than any single candidate who received donations from these 10 companies and stakeholders.

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.

Clinton raised significantly less in March — $ 29.5 million — and her campaign said more than half of that money «came in online from the grassroots donations,» though the Clinton campaign did not specify in its announcement what the average donation amounted to.

Indeed, # 250 million of the # 423 milliom donated to political parties between 2001 and mid 2010 was from single donations of more than # 100,000 made by individuals, companies or unions.