"I hope that it will encourage donors old and new to make this year's drive the most successful ever."

The creation of the Foundation was intended to encourage other donors to also support the UN in its activities.

The university also still encourages donors to contribute stock.

The study was used to encourage governments, corporations and other donors to support the arts as a matter of enlightened self-interest.

"Coed schools have never made a concerted effort to encourage female donors; the system just doesn't work that way," she says.

We will continue to work together to improve international responses and to encourage other donors to bear their share of responsibility.

In so doing, we will help individuals understand the results being achieved, provide developing countries a stronger voice, and encourage other donors to follow our lead.

Instead, he said, it would encourage private donors elsewhere.

"Not only does it legitimize their request, but it encourages donors who see there are others who buy the idea," he said.

Indeed, I feel that some flexibility is necessary in order to encourage donors.