Sentence examples for earmark donations from inspiring English sources

The association has insisted it does not earmark donations, even for Mr. Christie, who will be the group's chairman next year.

But politically active nonprofits organized under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5) and 501(c)(6) of the U.S. tax code need only identify funders who earmark donations for specific political ads.

A common example is when donors earmark donations for relief efforts in response to a recent natural disaster, like Typhoon Haiyan; though the intention is good, in practice it forces charities to spend their budgets according to donor preferences, rather than actual needs.

4. Earmarking donations guarantees that the money will be well spent.

Charities may still cover lawmakers' travel and lodging, but not with earmarked donations from corporate interests.

They must also be able to demonstrate that such earmarked donations do end up funding what has been specified.

Instead of earmarked donations, the group says, it collects membership dues and then decides, on its own, how to spend the money.

A spokesman for the UNODC acknowledges "a significant diversification of our portfolio over the previous years" but says that all projects fall within "clear and substantiated mandates" set out by its governing bodies.UN bigwigs deny that earmarked donations give countries more power to shape policy.

I think of a very small example of the possibilities: Thanks to earmarked donations by a single patron (the Rubins, of the Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea) the Bronx Museum of the Arts was able to begin a free admission program for several years that the museum continues today.

Matt Thornton, spokesman for House Majority PAC, said, "Unlike party committees, super PACs are allowed to accept earmarked donations".

An aid agency may know this, but an earmarked donation forces it to spend money where it may not be best suited.