foreign donations

Money from abroad

Foreign donations are monetary or material contributions originating from outside a country's borders, typically given to political campaigns, charitable organizations, or nonprofit groups.

The term appears most often in political contexts, where foreign donations to candidates or parties are heavily regulated or prohibited in many democracies: The campaign was accused of accepting foreign donations.

Laws restricting such contributions aim to prevent outside influence on domestic elections.

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source origin

foreign donationsself-funding

Paying one's own way

direction of financial flow

foreign donationsforeign aid

Cross-border governmental help

foreign assistance

Family

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