"We hope to encourage people who give to the larger insitutions to consider donations to the smaller ones as well," he said.

The bridge money would be paid back from the proceeds of the bond sales, or considered donations if bonds cannot be issued.

Anything not collected within one month will be considered donations to NCT.

Gratuities are considered donations to the restaurant and college and are not directly given to student servers.

Mr. Golisano said he was no longer considering donations to the college.

"Excess funds" from the payments, it added, will be considered donations to the broadcasting corporation and to a Palestinian Academy for Science and Culture, which has not been formed yet.

When considering donations, it's important to make the distinction between individuals, Political Action Committees (PACs) and 527 groups.

Many Americans consider donations of clothes and household items for a charity to sell to be a painless way to do a good deed.

While those amounts would not be considered big donations from single corporations in national campaigns, at the state level, they are extraordinary.

When considering charitable donations, for example, many programs ask what "cash" contributions were made in the previous year.