An additional $660 million would go to flood-control projects, funded with a bond measure approved by voters a decade ago and scheduled to expire next year.
Both were privately funded with a small public contribution.
It is normally funded with a combination of cash, stock and possibly real estate.
It has made an initial approach worth 780p a share, to be funded with a mixture of cash and shares.
Interest would have to be paid on the bonds of course, but it could be funded with a slice of these companies' profits.
It was partly funded with a $1 million donation from Sanjay Kumar, the chief executive of Computer Associates, the Islandia software giant, and his wife, Sylvia.
That was YC Research, a nonprofit, initially funded with a ten-million-dollar personal gift, to conduct pure research into moon-shot ideas.
After three years, I managed to persuade the board to take part in a development programme, funded with a grant (even though we could afford it).
This could be funded with a slowly rising carbon tax (giving businesses an incentive to cut emissions but not telling them how to do it).
The voluntary savings and loans associations (VSLA) programme, funded with a separate grant by Barclays Bank, is a rapidly expanding, highly systematic approach to saving and financial planning.
The deal was funded with a healthy 40percentt equity stake, and Gale and Vornado were looking for $400 million in financing.
