The only way to get that number is by including "small businesses" like some major law firms, investment funds, actors and athletes — hardly Main Street.
PqTec-SJC has support from companies, such as Embraer, besides the traditional research funding actors, like the São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP).
From the point of view of program evaluation, this means that PON R&C has been successful in creating (or intersecting) a network of close relationships between the funded actors.
These two GHIs became very prominent, significantly funding actors in the country.
But they wield unmistakable power behind the scenes, by deciding which projects get funded, which actors get cast — and which stories get ignored.
And just the prospect of greater competition for funding pushes actors in the science base to make short-term decisions that can have long-term impacts.
SHEEN BACKS REDS FUND The actor Charlie Sheen, a Reds fan, pledged $50,000 to the team's Community Fund, matching the amount the broadcaster Marty Brennaman raised for having his head shaved on the field.
Advertisers commit to avoiding (and support their partners in the avoidance of) the funding of actors seeking to influence division or seeking to inflict reputational harm on business or society and politics at large through content that appears false and/or misleading.
A luxury charter company has also said it will put up $54,000 to help fund the actor's trip, and ensure he is kept in the manner to which he is accustomed while surveying the severe damage that climate change has inflicted upon what was once one of the world's most beautiful natural phenomena.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Actor's Fund of America, Actor's Home, Englewood, NJ, Career Transitions for Dancers or the Friars Foundation.
Today BioBeats announced $650,000 in seed funding from actor Will Smith, music manager Scooter Braun, angel Kevin Colleran, and more.
