Built on a tradition of partnership with all of MIT's donor constituencies, this past year's dramatic growth in gifts from alumni and friends, and continued support from corporations and foundations, provided a strong beginning for the first year of the silent phase of a new capital campaign.
This suggests GHIs operating in the role of principal vis-à-vis the Ugandan government, even if at the same time acting as 'agents' of their own 'principals' (for example their donor constituency-the US government, or President's office in the case of PEPFAR, a mix of bilateral and multilateral funding agencies in the case of the Global Fund).
Knowledge and a talent for lawmaking are important, but so is an ability to raise campaign cash and advance the interests of political parties that have grown increasingly polarized — in their ideologies, donor bases, constituency groups and election-year messages.
While Mr. Santorum and Newt Gingrich hunted for votes in Puerto Rico and Illinois, Mr. Romney traveled to New York City to raise money and reassure top Republican donors — a constituency that favors his candidacy, and one perhaps most rattled by his inability to win the confidence of the party's conservative base.
Dozens of Labour MPs on the front and back benches are leaning towards voting with the government, but they are under pressure to reject war from local Momentum groups, Unite, the party's biggest donor, and some constituency parties.
But the flare-up could thrust Mr. Bush into conflict with some of the most hawkish voices in his party, including some leading Republican donors, and a constituency determined to demonstrate its strength in the primary.
Within the Global Fund, participation and transparency mechanisms have formalised access for a greater number of actors to influence activities across the financial, programme and governance subfields, not only as donor, NGO or other constituencies, but also through cross-constituency coalitions allied through shared concerns.
While Central Park had a natural constituency of donors, including the wealthy residents who lived nearby and Manhattan's endless roster of corporate donors, Prospects Park's 585 acres bordered both affluent and low-income neighborhoods.
The opposition leader, Rosie (Roosevelt) Douglas, says there is a much better site elsewhere (which just happens to be in his constituency).Aid donors are sceptical, too.
New research highlights resource shifts on the U.S. right and the growing influence of the Koch network, a coordinated set of big donors, lobbying groups, and constituency organizations that now rivals America's political parties.
