The change was intended to encourage small contributions.

As governor, Pleasant encouraged volunteers and contributions for the war effort.

This educates the public about the project goals and encourages contributions to the community.

The tax code should encourage personal and employer contributions.

It would also encourage big contributions by raising the current ceiling on tax deductibility.

In order to improve the quality of higher education, the government encourages contributions by students and companies.

So they concentrated on trying to encourage small contributions and prohibiting the use of soft money.

It encouraged investment, charitable contributions, and energy conservation and, most important, was easy to understand.

It encourages contributions from newer members of the philosophical community.

Part of Ms. Kennedy's mandate is to encourage private contributions to the city's arts programs.