He initially gave an impressive £ 1, 000 (£ today ) and pledged to gather the needed money from like-minded sponsors.

The tradition of the Last Night speech dates from 1941, when Sir Henry Wood gave the first such speech at the close of that Proms season, the first at the Royal Albert Hall, where he thanked colleagues and sponsors.

This gave 90 minutes of cleared time a week and syndicated feature films to 110 non-interconnected stations for sale to national sponsors.

Cleared to race again in 1993 and upon Earnhardt's suggestion, Childress gave Bonnett a ride for the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway which was numbered 31 and sponsored by Mom and Pop's, one of Earnhardt's associate sponsors.

On December 9, 2008 the IRS gave 403 ( b ) plan sponsors a one-year reprieve for adopting a written plan document.

The custom of patrons and the élite of visiting the academies during the varnishing day prior to the formal opening of the exhibition gave rise to the tradition of celebrating the completion of an art work or a series of art works with friends and sponsors.

Congressman Mann was one of the sponsors of the Mann-Elkins Act, which gave more power to the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroad rates.

California State University Long Beach sponsors KJAZZ 88. 1, which has a fairly significant online listenership as well.

The Bank requires significant equity contributions from the sponsors, which must

The Act's sponsors, Representative Jack Kemp of New York and Senator William V. Roth, Jr. of Delaware, had hoped for more significant tax cuts, but settled on this bill after a great debate in Congress.

MACC covers the provision of unarmed military assistance to prevent or deal with the aftermath of a natural disaster or a major incident or, to assist civil sponsors either by carrying out special projects of significant social value to the community or by attaching individual volunteers to specific projects.

The museum also sponsors the Corvette Hall of Fame for individuals who have been involved with the Corvette automobile and made significant contributions in their respective fields.

Paley changed broadcasting's business model not only by developing successful and lucrative programming but also by viewing the advertisers ( sponsors ) as the most significant element of the broadcasting equation.

In addition to the usual media including television, radio, and newspaper ads, the company makes significant use of billboards and signage, sponsors sporting events ranging from Little League to the Olympic Games, and makes coolers of orange drink with their logo available for local events of all kinds.

From roughly 1985-2005, Little Martha, along with Stevie Ray Vaughan's " Stang's Swang ", was played on Kentucky Educational Television during a scroll of significant sponsors at the end of the broadcast day.

The fact that several of the forum's sponsors had significant stakes in the arms industry further exacerbated protests.

Although there are team sponsors, the sport is still an amateur sport financed by a mixture of private funding and commercial sponsors.

Plans of sponsors experiencing financial difficulties, sometimes have funding problems.

There must be additional funding from the sponsors, other co-financiers or generated through the EBRD ’ s syndications programme.

For initial funding, Gunnison served as treasurer and sought donations from the national homophile organizations and sponsors, while Sargeant solicited donations via the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop customer mailing list and Nixon worked to gain financial support from GLF in his position as treasurer for that organization.

Other entertainment includes radio and television with TVN ( Television Nacional de Chile ) owned but not paid by the government but funding comes from commercial sponsors by private companies and media productions.

This will be through a simplified streamlined process which will not require the sponsors to provide capital funding.

Gillison secured increased funding from the Arts Council, the City of London Corporation and commercial sponsors, enabling the orchestra to set up a system of joint principals, attracting top musicians who could play in the LSO without having to give up their solo or chamber careers.

Separately, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sponsors the creation of several organizations to coordinate federal funding of science for the purposes of war, including the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development.

Tesch — like Schmidt — kept on trying to persuade sponsors to give more funding for expeditions.

Public radio organizations receive funding from corporate sponsors, public ( e. g. Corporation for Public Broadcasting ) and private foundation grants as well as donations and gifts from individuals.

The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors and approximately 10, 000 members nationally.

Rather than accepting funding on a per-project or per-group basis, the Media Lab asks sponsors to fund general themes of the Lab ; sponsor companies can then connect with Media Lab research in a way that is more spontaneous, but at the same time companies are guided by structured relationships with specific members of the Lab's faculty and research staff, who assist the sponsor companies in deriving the greatest benefit possible from their sponsorship of the Media Lab.

The final cost of construction was approximately A $ 467 million ( over four times the original estimate ) and funding came primarily from the state government with small contributions from the City of Melbourne, federal government, private operators and sponsors.

In an editorial, the National Post called for both the City of Toronto and Corporate sponsors to halt all funding to Pride Week, arguing that: " Anti-Israel bigots are free to have their own parade – but not on the public dime.

Pride Toronto executive director Tracey Sandilands stated in an interview that " the fact that we might not be able to count on city funding next year, and existing sponsors who have given us notice in writing to say that unless we resolve the issues to their satisfaction, they will no longer be sponsoring us next year.

After one too many disgraces and longing for the reputation he once had, Booster quits the League to found the Conglomerate, a superhero team whose funding is derived from corporate sponsors.

Thirdly, grants and sponsorship of around £ 5m are obtained from various sources, including National Lottery funding grants, private sponsors and through donations ( J. Paul Getty, Jr. donated around £ 1m in his will following his death in 2003 ).

The team continued thanks to funding solely from the team owner Bob Stapleton, as the team did not have enough time to gather sponsors for the new year.

Participating in unit exercises may incur extra charges, although any costs outside of government funding are often subsidised by sponsors.

* 1974: Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( ERISA ) – imposed reporting and disclosure obligations and minimum standards for participation, vesting, accrual and funding on U. S. plan sponsors, established fiduciary standards applicable to plan administrators and asset managers, established the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to ensure benefits for participants in terminated defined benefit plans, updated the Internal revenue Code rules for tax qualification, and authorized Employee Stock Ownership Plans (" ESOPs ") and Individual Retirement Accounts (" IRAs ").

It receives no funding from the Government or the Crown, depending on the support of visitors, members, donors, volunteers and sponsors.

He identified funding from regionally differentiated payroll tax ( DA-funds ), public grants and funding for sponsors as the main sources of financing.

CRS also identifies national and international experts with whom Members and staff may consult about whatever issues concern them and sponsors programs at which Members meet with experts to discuss issues of broad interest to Congress.

Located on a former tree farm near Stanwood, Washington, Pilchuck sponsors one, two and three-week classes each summer in a broad spectrum of glass techniques as well as residencies for emerging and established artists working in all media.

NGOs active in education, volunteering, human rights, environmental and other issues are given an opportunity to present their activities to the broad public, establish new partnerships, address potential sponsors and volunteers, and gain valuable know-how needed for successful NGO-management.