The phrase "a direct beneficiary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone or something that receives benefits or advantages directly from a particular action, event, or situation.
Example: "In this case, the charity is a direct beneficiary of the fundraising event, receiving all proceeds to support its programs."
Alternatives: "an immediate beneficiary" or "a primary beneficiary".
It was also hard, however, not to notice that Pimco was a direct beneficiary of the Treasury Department's actions.
Mr. Obama is a direct beneficiary of the civil rights movement, a point he has made in past speeches.
"Now that the price of oil is increasing, it will be a direct beneficiary of equipment purchasing by the major international oil companies".
Democrats pounced, gleeful at the prospect of portraying the leading Republican candidate as a direct beneficiary of tax policies that favor the wealthy over the middle class.
Legal arguments filed by Graiseley in 2013 stated that the Ricardo fund "was a direct beneficiary of the manipulation … of sterling Libor".
Obama came of age after the dust settled and, like many members of his generation, he is unscarred by the decade's political and cultural wars, yet a direct beneficiary of them.
And Microsoft stands to become a more direct beneficiary of the Facebook I.P.O. because of an investment it made in the social network in 2007, when the company was valued at a mere $15 billion.
He maintains that one is the direct beneficiary of having a positive intent towards others -- not just psychologically and physiologically, but professionally as well.
I am the direct beneficiary of such contributions, as an Angier B. Duke scholar.
Highclere Castle, where Downton has been filmed, is the obvious direct beneficiary, since the show has provided a huge financial boost, but Neame says there could also be a ripple effect.
The direct beneficiary presumably could be the owner, whether a resident or an outside investor, or it could be resident-owners only and lessees of the apartments, whether a corporation or an individual, in the case of nonresident owners.
