'donors' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to people who have donated money, goods, or services to an organization or cause. Example sentence: Charitable organizations rely on generous donors to support their causes.
With this in mind, is it time for the charity sector to reconsider how it approaches donors, especially those who might struggle to say no?
One example is the Advanced Market Commitment tool, where donors pledge to purchase developing country disease-focused vaccines or medicines, giving companies a commercial buyer and thus a reason to risk their R&D investment and product development.
"I know for a fact that the people behind the report insisted the definition of rape be restricted to women," he says, adding that one of the RLP's donors, Dutch Oxfam, refused to provide any more funding unless he'd promise that 70% of his client base was female.
Donors have suspended pledged aid worth $150m until Banda, who came to power in 2012 following the sudden death of president Bingu wa Mutharika, "cleans up the mess" of corruption and speedily prosecutes all suspects.
Of the 301 Conservative donors listed by the party as attending Leader's Group events since March 2012, only six are women.
He said many donors had seen relatives or friends die through drug addiction.
In an effort to head off the mansion tax – a policy which would affect the top 0.5% of homeowners – the Tories sent a letter to donors with the heading "Don't Tax Our Homes".
The Tories have promoted fracking, undoubtedly to the great delight of Tory donors hoping to profit from it.
- Mona Sinha, founding board member of the Asian Women's Leadership University Both Carol and Mona committed themselves to being "all in for her" with incredible results, and now Women Moving Millions is inviting all donors to do the same.
Because anonymous gifts do little to inspire other donors.
A recent report from aid agencies Oxfam and Save the Children suggested that donors are reluctant to act until there is photographic evidence that a famine is occurring.
