A look at the donors
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Corporations, foundations and lobbying groups donating to the International Republican Institute over the past two years include:
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Bloomberg - July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney has attracted more donations from President George W. Bush&#39;s top fund-raisers than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Federal Election Commission records show.
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Charities that raise money through vehicle-donation programs are seeing a small but steady increase in donations ahead of a Jan. 1 change in tax laws that will limit the deductions taxpayers can take for such gifts.
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CHRIS CLARK: There&#39;s no end in sight to the soaring tally of health funding promises in the election campaign. In the latest, Mark Latham has come up with a $1 billion dollar parcel for hospitals, and the signs are there&#39;s more to come.
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At issue is whether scientists using DNA from aboriginal populations are underselling the risks to donors.
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There are two ways to think about the staggering amounts of money given by special interest groups to politicians -- the type of contributions that were detailed for the last quarter in reports filed yesterday by presidential candidates and members of Congress.
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Here's a novel way to be a philanthropist.
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It is important that potential donors know about possible complications before they make this life-saving sacrifice.
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In the world of political fundraising, a calendar year is roughly divided into four three-month quarters. And political party leaders like to end each quarter with a bang, with big money numbers that show off their fundraising prowess Ã¢ÂÂ and, they hope, raise confidence among their partyÃ¢ÂÂs supporters and encourage them to pour even more cash into the coffers during the next quarter.
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As the world&#39;s first successful kidney transplant celebrates its 50th birthday, medical organisations are warning there is a critical shortage of donors.
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In the next few weeks leading up to Election Day, money will pour into candidates' coffers and voters will be able to see which lobby groups are trying hardest to buy their lawmakers' favor. The Sunlight Network is offering cash to citizens who do what it thinks is the "right thing." The nonprofit...
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
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Most of the nation's charities are attempting to raise additional funds by selling the names of donors to marketing organizations or swapping mailing lists with other nonprofits, a charity watchdog group said yesterday.
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There's a temptation to gauge the generosity of a community by the number of million-dollar donations made to the local symphony or university, or the number of fundraising records set by the annual cancer ball or school auction. And until recently, thanks to a booming economy and real estate mar...
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Financial contributors to the campaigns of the Democratic presidential hopefuls number in the hundreds of thousands, but the names of celebrities and other public figures who opened their checkbooks naturally stand out stronger than those of the masses of rank-and-file supporters.
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In a political fundraising world traditionally dominated by lobbyists and wealthy business executives, small-dollar donor Hrishi Karthikeyan found a way to make his own splash, right from his desk.
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Philanthropic work by players in recent years is a counterpoint to recent scandals.