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i wondered about that. but i think the way it works is that the faculty can pool money and donate in the name of the school. so the donations are actually contributed by faculty rather than coming from the school's budget.

i may be wrong about that, it's kind of a tough topic to google.

i was also wondering if it's similar to the way corporations donate. i used to work at home depot corporate and they have this rule where all employees are required to weigh in before an election to say who they would want the company to support financially. seems fishy to me, that an employer can ask you your voting preference, but it literally is a mandatory thing. they then donate proportionately according to how the employee base weighs in. it's like you're putting in a voucher for a candidate. i'm fuzzy on why they do it this way but apparently it's how they get away with sending so much money to support campaigns, because they can point to the employee base and say they're funding according to the will of the people rather than the board of directors.