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fund-raise

v. raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research" [syn: fund raise, fundraise]

Usage examples of "fund-raise".

The time was ripe for the First Reformed Church of the American Huguenot Society to launch a major fund-raising drive.

They know who he is, they touch him big when they got a fund-raising drive, he gets service, he pays his bills, he's a good solid citizen.

They know who he is, they touch him big when they got a fund-raising drive, he gets service, he pays his bills, hes a good solid citizen.

They know who he is, they touch him big when they got a fund-raising drive, he gets service, he pays his bills, he’.

A flimsy thing that had come in the mail from the Grace Baptist Church as part of a fund-raising drive.

The church had organized a permanent fund-raising drive for the orphans of Asia.

Yale was in the midst of the $370 million capital fund-raising drive at the time, so the news was not well received at Woodbridge Hall.

She'd been president of the PTO twice, worked every fund-raising drive and fair and could always be counted on as a chaperone on a school trip.

She dialed the number of every problem case in the parish she could think of, tried the vestrymen, the church secretary, the three co-chairmen of the fund-raising drive, and even the organist, a piano­.

Then she pulled herself together and smiled, quipping, If this is a fund-raising drive, I gave at the office.

On Saturday there was a bazaar being held in the Trades Hall, a Women's Union fund-raising drive for building the new church.

Our big fund-raising drive's not on until next week, no need for follow-up phone calls, the envelopes are all stuffed and in the mail .

He was an honored guest a while back at a party Amex threw to kick off the fund-raising effort for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty.

Financed by the same fund-raising effort that went into purchasing and delivering all those inventory goods.

We have just been to a fund-raising party at some rich liberal Jew's house in Beverly Hills.