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Aidan Heavey

In July 2013, Heavey was dragged in to a political row over whether a donation he made to the Conservatives before the general election in 2010 was connected to William Hague’s intervention in Tullow Oil’s Ugandan tax dispute.

Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria, USA Inc.

As part of the School of Excellence program; the donation of 3 soccer trophies to Akwa Ibom State government for soccer tournaments among all post primary institutions in the state, the institution of the first youth challenge competition where the winner was crowned at the 2008 Convention, the restart of Mbuk Akwa Ibom newsletter publication and the commissioning of infrastructure design for the building of Akwa Ibom Learning Center in Uyo.

American University of Tirana

The book collection of the library is a donation by the US-based, not-for-profit organisation International Book Project.

Amir Dossal

One of Dossal’s many responsibilities was as the UN's Representative for the partnership with media mogul Ted Turner's $1 billion donation, through the UN Foundation, supporting over 450 programmes and projects for women and children’s health, population, climate change, and biodiversity.

Anzhong Science and Technology Promotion Fund

The fund is based on the donation from the famous Hong Kong-based industralist Zhao Anzhong (趙安中 / 赵安中), who was a Zhejiang native (birthplace Ningbo).

Boshamer Stadium

The entrance courtyard of the rebuilt stadium is named for the Steinbrenner family, as the result of a $1 million donation by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, whose daughter graduated from UNC.

Charles De Geer

The Leufsta library was acquired by Uppsala University Library in 1986 after a donation by Katarina Crafoord (one of the daughters of Holger Crafoord, the founder of Gambro).

Church of St. Anne, Kraków

The church was first mentioned in 1381 in the deed of donation of Sulisław I Nawoja of Grodziec.

Classical Theatre of Harlem

In 2005, the theater was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Dublin Christian Academy

The school came into being through the donation of Staghead Farm by F. Nelson Blount and family to establish a Christian school.

East African Breweries

Its ongoing projects include the construction of an optical center in Moshi, Tanzania, the support of the Sickle Cell Association of Uganda and the donation of an Ultra Sound Machine to Kirwara Hospital in Thika, Kenya.

Eberhard von Brauchitsch

In his work for Flick KG, he was responsible for the donation of about 26 million Deutsche Mark to all the major German political parties and their associated foundations between 1969 and 1981.

Farnham, Dorset

Following his donation of some 20,000 antiquities to the University of Oxford in 1884, forming the nucleus of the Pitt Rivers Museum, he continued to collect archaeological and ethnological specimens for his personal collection at Tollard Farnham, about a half-mile from Farnham village centre.

Friedrich Christian Flick Collection

This donation includes works of the last forty years, including main works by artists like Marcel Broodthaers, John Cage, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Martin Kippenberger, Bruce Nauman, Raymond Pettibon, Jason Rhoades, and Wolfgang Tillmans.

Gary A. Tanaka

Tanaka was perhaps best known for his donation of £27m to Imperial College, which resulted in construction of the Tanaka Building in 2004, designed by the international architecture, planning and design studio Foster and Partners.

Gary Herbert

Peter Corroon's campaign questioned whether this was related to a $87,500 donation made by PRC to Herbert's campaign.

Gildan Activewear

Homeboy Industries, which provides employment and services for at-risk and formerly gang-affiliated youth, received a donation of $100,000 as a result of Gildan’s first “I Support... Charity” campaign.

Gustav Landauer Library

Foundation of the collection was a big book donation on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian writer and anarcho-pacifist Leo Tolstoy in 2010.

Gutierre Vermúdez

By a charter dated 30 October 1130, his last known public act, Gutierre made a donation of the monastery of San Salvador de Villafrío to the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Lugo, then under construction under the master builder Raimundo de Monforte.

Houston Football Stadium

On August 18, 2011, the University of Houston announced that they had received the largest single donation for the stadium when co-CEOs and co-founders of Austin-based Data Foundry, Ron and Carolyn Yokubaitis donated $10 million USD to the project.

Hugh III of Lusignan

He confirmed the donation by one of his vassals of the church of Mezeaux to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien and himself granted the abbey the woodland and the public road between Lusignan and Poitiers.

Inclusive capitalism

Allen Hammond is Vice President of Special Projects and Innovation at the World Resources Institute: a Washington, DC-based, non-profit, environmental, think tank created in 1982 through a $15 million donation by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago (World Resources Institute website 2008).

Kaduna Museum

The museum was opened in 1975 following the donation of the old Northern People's Congress (NPC) building by the North Central State Government.

Kentucky Derby Museum

Much of its early funding came from a donation from the estate of James Graham Brown.

Laurence Higgins

He led fund-raising efforts for local high school communities as well, including a donation from his friend George Steinbrenner for the building of a new football field at Tampa Catholic.

Leicester Abbey

Prior to the 9th Earl of Dysart's donation of the abbey precinct, another attempt was undertaken, but again, no trace of the abbey was found.

Mackenzie Rosman

Rosman is an active supporter of fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and wishes to educate the public about the need for organ donation.

Maritime museum

Ship modellers often have a close association with maritime museums; not only does the museum have items that help the modeller achieve better accuracy, but the museum provides a display space for models larger than will comfortably fit in a modeller's home; and of course the museum is happy to take a ship model as a donation.

Martín Flaínez

At an unknown date when his son Rodrigo was young, he made a donation of a meadow, some money and candles to the Benedictine house of Santa Eugenia de Cordovilla, whose monks, he claimed, had exorcised a demon from his son.

McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine

The McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine was established at University Health Network in Toronto in 2003, with a donation from Rob and Cheryl McEwen, which they matched in 2006 with a second donation.

Monte Cassino

In 744, a donation of Gisulf II of Benevento created the Terra Sancti Benedicti, the secular lands of the abbacy, which were subject to the abbot and nobody else save the Pope.

Nelly Bay, Queensland

It was later alleged that the developer made an unrecorded donation to Townsville Mayor Tony Mooney's election campaign.

Nelson C. Brown

In his first administration, Brown secured the gift of the Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest and a cash donation for the forest's preliminary development.

Norra Dryckesgränd

While this order, founded in the French valley Chartreuse in 1084 and introduced in Sweden by a royal land donation at Gripsholm in 1490, is known as one of the strictest of the Catholic Church, it was however thrown out of the kingdom by King Gustav Vasa in the 1520s together with many other abbeys, and it is since mostly remembered for the liqueur, Chartreuse, produced by the monks in France.

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2004

Satrom called for North Dakota to introduce a one thousand dollar donation limit, for individuals and political action committees, to avoid any perception of conflict of interest.

Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Chapel

In 1992, the Jesus and the Children and the Holy Spirit stained-glass windows were restored, with a $22,000 donation from Esso Standard Oil Company.

Odhavram

Manji Jeram took the leadership to build Kutchi Ashram in Haridwar and started with a large personal donation and roamed whole India to collect monies from rich families of his community as well Patidar, Bhanushali, Mistri and other communities of Kutch.

Office of Education

On Monday, February 1, 1858, a petition of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture was presented to the Senate "praying that a donation of land be made to each of the States for the establishment of agricultural colleges." Neither of the proposals was accepted until the time of the Lincoln administration (1861–65), after which it became necessary to gather information on the many schools already in existence, as well as on those being built.

Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art

The construction of the museum was made possible by a donation from alumnus and co-founder of Texas Instruments, Inc., Patrick E. Haggerty, and his wife, Beatrice, for whom the museum is named.

Pippa Passes, Kentucky

A donation from the Browning Society led to the post office's being named after Robert Browning's Pippa Passes, a verse drama which coined the phrase "God's in His heaven, all's right with the world".

Ponce de Minerva

This document, dated 13 March 1207, records a pesquisa (inquest) carried out by orders of Alfonso IX to determine what was owed by the village of Quintanilla to the convent in light of a donation made by Ponce.

Prashant Tamang

In Pokhara (Nepal), Radio Annapurna (93.4 MHz) campaigned for collecting donation and the collected sum of NRs.

Publicolor

In 2005, it was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Red Defender

The Red Defender character was created in 2006 by animator J. J. Sedelmaier (known for his work on Saturday Night Live’s TV Funhouse) for the Advertising Council's blood donation campaign.

Rochester school

Among its key figures were William H. Riker and Kenneth Shepsle, who popularised the study of public choice following a large donation from Xerox, a company based in the same city as the university.

Shmuel Yanai

The site commemorates Ha'apala operations and was built with a donation by Sir Ronald Cohen and his wife Lady Sharon Harel-Cohen, in memory of Sir Ronald's father, Michael Cohen.

Strotzbüsch

On 11 June 1097, Strotzbüsch had its first documentary mention in a donation document in which Archbishop of Trier Egilbert confirmed the Saint Simeon Monastery’s holdings in Strouadesbusch (Strotzbüsch) and Lutzenroda (Lutzerath).

Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital

Through a donation by M.N. Desai Topiwala the college was upgraded in 1946 and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu.

William Link

The William Link Theatre on the campus of California State University, Long Beach is named for Link in honor of his work and donation of plays.

Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou

The present building was rebuilt in 1997 with a donation of US$0.84 million from Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, Penang.


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