donate
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Children across Staffordshire who might otherwise go without a Christmas present are set to receive gift-filled shoeboxes through a new appeal encouraging residents to donate locally.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
For donors aged 70 1⁄2 or older with traditional IRAs, making gifts of IRA funds via QCDs is often the most tax-efficient way to donate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Individuals are welcome to donate funds to the Alzheimer’s Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In the provincial capital Karak, dozens of people visited Prince Ali Military Hospital, where most of the wounded were taken, to donate blood or express solidarity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
He also announces that Mr. Gage has graciously agreed to donate his famous tamping iron to the Harvard Medical College.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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He donates the venison to food pantries because he has alpha-gal and his son “almost died from anaphylactic shock from two Advil gel caps,” he told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 to anyone who donates to a nonprofit organization that grants scholarships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Plus, BlackRock donates $100 million to train trade workers and a billion-dollar AI startup founded by teenagers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
During the year, Bet365 donated £130m to the Denise Coates Foundation, which donates to charities covering education, arts and culture and health.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
“I read them in the hospital sometimes, when there’s nothing else. It’s so dumb. They think all kids read comics, so they have them in the ward. Somebody donates them.”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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The National Gallery of Art acquired some of his collection in 2023 and he has donated other images to the exhibition.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The total included 396 players who donated their brains and National Death Index records of 1,966 deceased players who didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
To investigate this possibility, Salta and her colleagues examined donated human brain tissue obtained through the Netherlands Brain Bank, a research resource that collects and preserves brain samples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
America’s 50 biggest philanthropists donated $22.4 billion to charity in 2025, according to a report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
We’d found cheap office space in a building on Michigan Avenue and managed to get a load of donated secondhand chairs and tables from a corporate consulting firm that was redecorating its offices.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Busted star James Bourne has said his brother "saved my life" by donating a kidney, after doctors had given him "a few years left to live".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Kao and Hartman struck a similar bargain with Wilson, Kao told the FBI, at a private lunch he secured by donating to his campaign.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Fidelity notes that doing so can potentially increase an individuals’ gift and tax donation compared to donating cash.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Such agents help reactions proceed by accepting or donating electrons, but some can be hazardous to handle and generate unwanted waste.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
He aided the Osage before they were flush with oil money, donating to charities and schools and a hospital.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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