Sentence examples for contribution announcements from inspiring English sources

In the midst of the hype, confusion, paranoia and the risk of left behind, the slew of open source contribution announcements from companies like Google, Facebook, Baidu, Microsoft (through projects such as Tensorflow, BigSur, Torch, SciKit, Caffe, CNTK, DMTK, Deeplearning4j, H2O, Mahout, MLLib, NuPIC, OpenNN etc).

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million contribution to Newark, N.J. public schools has lately drawn a reaction very different from the standing ovation received when the donation announcement was made on Oprah Winfrey's talk show last September.

"We are expecting significant announcements for contributions," Paul Hebert of the office said.

Whether it's the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announcement of a contribution of $50 million for AIDS prevention in Africa at Davos in 2002 or Negroponte's $100 One Laptop Per Child initiative in 2005, the Davos water cooler enters the boardrooms of chief executives consciously or unconsciously.

These announcements represent tangible contributions to peacekeeping.

Bill Gates' announcement of a $750 million contribution to the fund in Davos last week was welcome news — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been among the greatest supporters of the Global Fund since its inception — but will not change the board's decision.

As we explained when we looked at aid to the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, there's a big difference between pledges (a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution) and funding (received payments plus legal commitments).

As there is general agreement that the Global Initiative is an effective and well-run effort, Red participating companies would be wise to initiate a high-profile announcement of their annual contribution in the aggregate.

There has been much talk about Robin Gibb's contribution to popular music since the announcement of his death.

Also disquieting was the fact that the U.S. waited a full two weeks after the first announcement of U.K. funds for the latest Ebola outbreak to announce its own full contribution of $8 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The UN mission to Libya welcomed the announcement, calling it a "significant contribution" to the country's peace process.