The Charlotte Observer ran exposes of PTL's finances and management practices.

Cerullo retained control of PTL's cable network, which at the time was known as " The Inspirational Network ", ultimately moving it to Charlotte, North Carolina and renaming it " The New Inspirational Network ".

Falwell argued that " PTL's Heritage USA complex in Fort Mill was competing unfairly against tax-paying tourist attractions, and that the tax-exempt ministry should be separated from the running of hotels and amusement parks.

A $ 279, 000 payoff for the silence of Jessica Hahn, a staff secretary at the church, was paid with PTL's funds to Hahn through Bakker associate Roe Messner, who later married Tammy Fay Bakker.

As a part of his agreement to purchase Heritage USA, the bankruptcy court also approved Cerullo's $ 7 million offer to purchase PTL's cable television network, The Inspirational Network, which was renamed INSP-The Inspiration Network and transferred into a new, separate entity, The Inspiration Networks.

George Simon, exec director of Danny Thomas A. L. S. A. C. ( Aiding Leukemia Stricken American Children ) fund raising group, filled me in on the low-down phonies who are using phones to solicit funds for Danny's St. Jude hospital in Memphis.

But he has shown a sixth-sense ability to spot, recruit and excite able researchers, and has developed unexpected talents in fund raising and speech-making.

U. S. law enforcement officials have identified an illegal multimillion-dollar cigarette-smuggling fund raising operation and a drug smuggling operation.

They contributed their own collections of books, conducted lengthy fund raising campaigns for buildings, and lobbied within their communities for financial support for libraries, as well as with legislatures and the Carnegie Library Endowment founded in the 20th century.

* Funding the " Final War " A Human Rights Watch report on LTTE's fund raising strategies

On October 7, the Afghan Women's Mission ( AWM ) organized a fund raising event for RAWA in Los Angeles, California.

However, the 2008 financial crisis and the instability of Iraq and Afghanistan made fund raising impossible.

The Supreme Court upheld provisions which barred the raising of soft money by national parties and the use of soft money by private organizations to fund certain advertisements related to elections.

* March 12 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, is shot in the back in Sydney, Australia, at a fund raising event for the Sydney Sailors Home by Irishman Henry James O ' Farrell.

The bill would impose strict controls for campaign fund raising.

Judd posed for a poster wearing only an ice hockey jersey for fund raising purposes for the University of Kentucky's hockey team.

Barbecue stalls selling sausages and fried onion on white bread with tomato or barbecue sauce are common in fund raising for schools or community groups.

* In July 1998, a number of 100 g ( 3. 5 oz ) milk chocolate bars being sold for fund raising events were recalled because they may have contained traces of almonds not listed in the ingredients.

Branson was the first celebrity guest for the popular charity fund raisers, Reserve Dinners, raising over $ 75, 000 in one evening towards his Virgin Unite charity.

However, after Cromwell's fall in 1540, Henry needed money quickly to fund his military ambitions in France and Scotland ; and so monastic property was sold off, usually at the market rate of twenty years ' income ; raising over £ 1, 400, 000 (£ as of ).

An increase in student numbers in the following years motivated fund raising efforts to move the college to greenfield land around Back Lane ( now University Road ) in the Highfield area of Southampton.

Very specifically, it will contribute to solving the problem by fund raising to finance rangers in the field.

*(( chama, East Africa Kenya )) A Swahili word meaning a group or organization for fund raising i. e. Merry-go-round fund raising group

* 1961: After more than a decade of funding difficulties, eminent science and business personalities ( including Sir Julian Huxley ) decide to set up a complementary fund ( the World Wildlife Fund ) to focus on fund raising, public relations, and increasing public support for nature conservation

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts throughout Vermont are currently raising money to fund their programs through the sale of popcorn.

All of these political and economic activities enabled him to fund his scientific research.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

Development of a funding mechanism similar to that of the Montreal Protocol ( developed nations contribute to a fund for developing nations ) could allow more funds for non-Secretariat activities.

Beyond this, the government was principally able to fund only short, educational films, the most notorious of which were the agitki-propaganda films intended to " agitate ", or energize and enthuse, the masses to participate fully in approved Soviet activities, and deal effectively with those who remained in opposition to the new order.

Hyperinflation results from a rapid and continuing increase in the supply of money, which occurs when a government prints money or creates credits in bank accounts, instead of collecting taxes to fund government activities.

The price increases that result from more government spending create a vicious circle, requiring ever growing amounts of money creation to fund government activities.

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the American government suspected that some hawala brokers may have helped terrorist organizations to transfer money to fund their activities.

A hedge fund is an investment fund that can undertake a wider range of investment and trading activities than other funds, but which is generally only open to certain types of investors specified by regulators.

A variety of measuring techniques and models may be used to calculate the risk incurred by a hedge fund's activities ; fund managers may use different models depending on their fund's structure and investment strategy.

In some countries there are specific restrictions on hedge fund activities, including controls on use of derivatives in Portugal, and limits on leverage in France.

Sarnoff Labs was put on a five-year plan whereby GE would fund all the labs ' activities for the first year, then reduce its support to near zero after the fifth year.

Proceeds from these enterprises help fund the organization's varied operations and activities.

According to most political philosophies, taxes are justified as they fund activities that are necessary and beneficial to society.

# Flexible Mechanisms: The " flexibility " mechanisms which the United States had strongly favored when the Protocol was initially put together, including emissions trading ; Joint Implementation ( JI ); and the Clean Development Mechanism ( CDM ) which allow industrialized countries to fund emissions reduction activities in developing countries as an alternative to domestic emission reductions.

The title established a fund for counter-terrorist activities and increased funding for the FBI's Technical Support Center.

The IFC fulfills a treasury role by borrowing international capital to fund lending activities.

In general, this money is used to fund the activities of the scientific societies that run such journals, or is invested in providing further scholarly resources for scientists ; thus, the money remains in and benefits the scientific sphere.

Property rates ( land taxes ) are used to fund both regional and territorial government activities.

This indulgence would be used again and again over the centuries to fund expansion and restoration activities.

Jehovah's Witnesses fund their activities, such as publishing, constructing and operating facilities, evangelism, and disaster relief via donations.

Because of a poor fund of knowledge, less intelligent persons sometimes mistake the conditions of the shadow world to be equivalent to those of the spiritual world, and thus they mistake the Lord and His pastimes in the material world to be one with the conditioned souls and their activities.

However, The Castroville Community Services District and its Board of Directors ( Ron Stefani-President ) are responsible for the water, sewer, storm drains, street lighting, street sweeping and helps fund some recreational activities in Castroville.

This activity is organized by the Osseo Band Boosters and funded with local donations, corporate sponsorships and fund raising activities.