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Santorum also told CNN his campaign raised almost $4.5 million in January in what he called a fund-raising surge.
CNN.com 2012
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Nonprofits, too, are often focused on short-term fund-raising to such an extent that they struggle to make long-term commitments to solving deep social problems.
Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009
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Nonprofits, too, are often focused on short-term fund-raising to such an extent that they struggle to make long-term commitments to solving deep social problems.
Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009
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Nonprofits, too, are often focused on short-term fund-raising to such an extent that they struggle to make long-term commitments to solving deep social problems.
Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009
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Cory Fritz, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, said the money from the coal industry represented a small fraction of the roughly $30 million the speaker has raised for the Republican Party this year, a total that includes money he has helped raise by headlining fund-raisers for other Republicans or signing his name to fund-raising pitches.
Coal Industry Backs Boehner Brody Mullins 2011
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She decided to call her fund-raising effort Mimi's Building Blocks.
Octogenarian's Heavy Lifting Melanie Grayce West 2011
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The caption referred to a fund-raising event—“Woodside Heights mayor Dan Rossi greets contributors at weekend fund-raiser”—but gave no clue as to the identity of either of the other men in the picture.
A Different Light Mariah Stewart 2010
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The term was used at an NIH retreat held in December 2001 for a session organized by Eric Green, and had been discussed by other institute officials, including Mark Guyer and Jeffrey Schloss, a few months beforehand.2 In the UK, former Solexa CEO Nick McCooke recalls that he started talking about the $1,000 genome in 2000 and used the phrase in fund-raising proposals in 2001—although he stops short of claiming he first used it.3
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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His aides said that he has sufficient resources to compete heavily in Iowa, but that he is increasingly turning to donors in Texas to make up for a falloff in national fund-raising.
NYT > Global Home By JEFF ZELENY 2011
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Initially, de Blasio reported he had five so-called fund-raising "bundlers" in his money hunt for the 2013 mayoral race - but that number is actually 21.
NYDN Rss TINA MOORE 2011
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