backer
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SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The philanthropic funder has since rebranded itself as Coefficient Giving, and is a prolific backer of AI safety nonprofits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
China is a top economic partner of Iran that buys much of its oil output and is also a key diplomatic backer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
While his backers have argued that many of the problems the nation faces are inherited, Merz himself is deeply unpopular.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Founded in 2023 by two former a16z crypto executives, Bastion’s backers include Coinbase Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The war-torn country initially used its own revenues to pay for defence spending but has increasingly relied on foreign backers for these outlays.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In Asia, tech investor Softbank Group, one of OpenAI’s biggest backers, closed 11% lower Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Another challenge for Jim and Paul was to remain in close contact with core PIH backers.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
