Sentence examples for paid pledges from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kunetka hesitated to call that a turnaround because he said some donors had paid pledges early, increasing gifts beyond what they might have been.

In January 2011 a newspaper article detailing small scale grantee/implementer corruption led some high income states to delay paying pledged funds to the Global Fund.

Their 2010 donations of $46.4 million and $1.9 billion paid off pledges announced in previous years.

But he refuses to say which companies have paid or pledged.

"We've seen decreased contributions and decreased membership," he said, while capital campaigns and expansions have been postponed and donors have been asking for more time to pay their pledges.

And in June, the White House announced its Equal Pay Pledge, calling on American companies to commit to paying the same salaries to women and men.

It would encourage big businesses to adopt the 10 Day Pay Pledge, and it would create a Web site that would rate big businesses on their treatment of small  vendors.

Next, Glassdoor suggests employers take its equal pay pledge to signal to employees the company's commitment, making equitable offers, ensuring performance reviews are as unbiased as possible and encouraging employees to honestly review and post their salaries on Glassdoor.

Some of the companies that joined the Equal Pay Pledge say they've lived up to their promises anyway.

My bet is that the Equal Pay Pledge will have more widespread success than the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Yet for me, the most exciting, kick-off news was this: The White House made visible its "Equal Pay Pledge".