The phrase "a key patron" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an important supporter or benefactor of an organization, project, or cause.
Example: "The art gallery was able to host the exhibition thanks to a key patron who generously funded the event."
Alternatives: "a major supporter" or "an important benefactor."
The first eight stores opened in a 2007 ceremony attended by Agnès b., the French fashion mogul who is a key patron of Maisons de Mode.
Despite some flops — notably in her home state, where Lisa Murkowski has claimed victory in the contentious battle to keep her Senate seat against Ms. Palin's favored (male) candidate, Joe Miller — Ms. Palin proved she could be a key patron.
On May 7, Mamdouh Hamza, a renowned 63-year-old engineer and dissident who was a key patron for the Tahrir protesters, organized a huge conference aimed at electing a 65-member "national council" that would speak on the revolution's behalf.
However, Saatchi will always be best known for his connection with the Young British Artists of whom he was a key patron (part of his collection made up the infamous 1997 Sensation show at the Royal Academy): Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk.
Redzepi said the price would have been significantly lower — a couple of hundred dollars per customer — had a key patron not backed out at the last moment, uncertain about the future given the election results in the U.S. At that point, his team had a tough decision to make.
I'm eager to please that five percent of techie cognoscenti, but I'm pretty sure that the key patron of an interactive art piece is a seven-year-old. .
Isis has drawn extensive support from a Sunnis who have become increasingly disenfranchised over more than a decade, first by the invasion of Iraq, which toppled their key patron, Saddam Hussein, and then by a series of developments many perceive as having advanced the interests of Shia Iran.
Typically his tours are arranged by local foundations, key patrons of the arts.
Not what pays the overhead, but critical to some of your key patrons.
First, a key concern of facilitators and patrons of CoPKM in health policy will often be to ensure that the activities are in line with a wider process of mobilization of local, national and international resources for the achievement of the health care goals.
DSA members, some of whom had been patrons at House of Kava, played a key role in manning the picket line and promoting a boycott of the teahouse, said Marchena, who has since joined DSA.
