Sentence examples for a large funder from inspiring English sources

Corporations have resisted regulations on formaldehyde for decades, however, and Koch Industries has been a large funder of members of Congress who have stymied the E.P.A., requiring it to defer new regulations until more studies are completed.

Unions have traditionally been a large funder of Democratic campaigns.

Miss Hall's brought a range of women philanthropists to the table, from Hali Lee, Founder of the Asian Women's Giving Circle, a meaningful but relatively small funder, to Jennifer Buffett, Co-President of the Novo Foundation, a really large funder.

Diana Aviv, president and chief executive of the Independent Sector, a trade association representing nonprofits and foundations, said many charitable organizations were "making an effort to diversify their funding bases and not depend on a few large funders, whether they be foundations or individuals".

This suggests an important role for large funders to kick-start health technologies.

and they have social scientists So you know it's got in there, you know qualitative researchers have sort of infiltrated these large funders, and I think that's a good thing.

The leaders of other large funders, such as Jeremy Farrar at the Wellcome Trust, are talking in similarly ambitious and holistic terms about the need for collaboration across the natural and social sciences in improving global health.

"For large funders it can be very difficult to work with southern organisations because they don't know enough about them and are not able to assess their quality," said Ploumen, who confirmed the Dutch government had pledged an initial €4.8m to the fund for two years, with a view to adding more if it proved successful.

He has support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the few large funders to have truly grasped the urgency of the situation and who are "very much in the mood for elimination".

As a 501(c)(4) organization not required to disclose its general donors, NOM offered, in its own words, "donor protection," and advertised itself as the way for large funders to contribute to ballot measures anonymously.

Third, efficiency and sustainability would be enhanced by coordination with other large funders and partners.