fundraise

fundraising | Business English

fundraising
noun
uk /ˈfʌndˌreɪzɪŋ/us
[ C ] FINANCE
the process of getting money from investors to invest in particular companies, projects, etc.:
The bank is poised to buy its rival in a deal requiring an equity fundraising of up to $5.7 billion.
Accounts to be filed in the coming weeks will show revenues soared to £26m after a string of fundraisings and flotations.
[ U ] POLITICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
the process of collecting money for a particular purpose, especially for a political party, charity (= organization that gives money or help to those that need it), etc.:
a fundraising campaign/drive/event

Examples of fundraising

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Sibling participation ranged from helping patients to organize finances to becoming extensively involved in myeloma advocacy and fundraising work.
Individual politicians could set up two fundraising organizations to receive contributions.
They also agreed that each politician would be allowed to have one fundraising organization to receive political contributions from corporations.
Other sources of revenue for some markets include annual membership fees, promotional items, fundraising events, sponsorships, donations and grants.
Nonetheless, the respondents indicated that fundraising and recruitment were not central activities.
This led to intense intra-party competition and increased the importance of fundraising and personal campaign organizations.
Their experience was based on having had friends die there or donating to hospice fundraising activities.
Perhaps the amount of reported fundraising has declined even further if part of the current reduced amount is subsidy money.
On average, three quarters of funding comes from yearly dues, donations, profits on investments, fees for services, and fundraising parties or bazaars.
He combines thorough quantitative analyses of fundraising and spending data with several illuminative case studies to persuasively support his conclusions.
Corporations were restricted to solicitations of stockholders and executives; unions were restricted to fundraising among union members.
Thompson was extremely active during the winter of 1842-3, visiting many towns to attend anti-corn law meetings, deliver lectures, and assist in fundraising.
The era of the individualistic businessman was over, it concluded, 'but the insurance companies, contractors and impersonal property corporations will line up happily into faceless, fundraising consortia of the future'.
Back-up schools typically cover a range of topics including election law, approaches to campaigning, fundraising, policy making and public speaking, and often have inputs from women who have been elected.
There is also some use made by charities for fundraising, and by genealogists for research purposes.
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