Excludes appropriations above the minimum from schools' funding base.

Gradually, the Institute's research and funding base broadened.

These assets should play a part in any funding base.

Smithers' applied approach and funding base has meant he is regularly directed to the educational issues that are uppermost in people's minds.

"But as we look to the future, we'll have to diversify our funding base while we seek long-term stability," he said.

And there wasn't the funding base.

We need a bigger audience and a broader funding base.

The magazine also uses advertising to supplement its funding base.

The annual funding base was about $3 million.

Since that time, the agency has grown into an organization with a diverse funding base, offering a comprehensive array of social services through several programs.