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donation

[doh-nay-shuhn] / doʊˈneɪ ʃən /


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So far, only one donor has announced a major stock donation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The combination of auto-enrollment and stock donation opens up possibilities that weren’t previously imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

That includes the $6.25 billion donation from Michael and Susan Dell that will send $250 each to 250 million children 10 and younger who live in certain areas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

She also led campaigns on safety. organ donation and bullying, and later in life became a prominent campaigner for the legalisation of assisted dying.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She couldn't understand what anyone was saying or doing, but she still wanted to observe and even dropped five dollars in the donation basket.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Treasury officials argue that the prohibition doesn’t apply to stock donations because account funds aren’t used to purchase the stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Philanthropists such as Michael and Susan Dell were making cash donations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

However, police concluded that Archer, in fact, had received very little of the donations himself.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mark Iwry, a former senior Treasury official who led national retirement policy in the Clinton and Obama administrations, said auto-enrollment marks a major improvement but that stock donations raise potential concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I mean, give me all the peonies you want when I’m alive, but once I’m dead, better to give donations on my behalf to a good charity like Doctors Without Borders.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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