as in donators
one that helps another with gifts or money
a list of donors in the charitable foundation's annual report
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Recent Examples of donors
This already happened, as Mayor Adams used straw donors to benefit from New York City’s public financing program.
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Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
This system was designed to empower small-dollar donors by matching the donations up to $250.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Some donors dig around in their purses or open up their wallets to look for spare change to drop into the kettles.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Thanks to generous donors, the rescue group reached its goal of $300,000.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The few mega-donors who give millions are keeping charities afloat, yet the vast majority of American households have been giving less and less for two decades.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Legacy admissions banned Beginning in September 2025, all colleges and universities are banned from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to family members of alumni and donors.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
Claudine Gay The former Harvard University president announced her resignation on January 2nd after facing mounting pressure from lawmakers and university donors to step down or be fired.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The former president rallied public health experts, billionaire donors, African heads of state and thousands of volunteer villagers to work toward eliminating a human disease for only the second time in history.
—Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
This system was designed to empower small-dollar donors by matching the donations up to $250.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Some donors dig around in their purses or open up their wallets to look for spare change to drop into the kettles.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Thanks to generous donors, the rescue group reached its goal of $300,000.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The few mega-donors who give millions are keeping charities afloat, yet the vast majority of American households have been giving less and less for two decades.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Legacy admissions banned Beginning in September 2025, all colleges and universities are banned from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to family members of alumni and donors.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
Claudine Gay The former Harvard University president announced her resignation on January 2nd after facing mounting pressure from lawmakers and university donors to step down or be fired.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The former president rallied public health experts, billionaire donors, African heads of state and thousands of volunteer villagers to work toward eliminating a human disease for only the second time in history.
—Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Donors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donors. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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