Sentence examples for a significant benefactor from inspiring English sources

Mr. Harron was a significant benefactor to the school and to many other charitable causes.

Mr. Evans was a significant benefactor and friend who helped advance The Institute's research in diabetes and cancer.

Gill was a significant benefactor and founder of Leicester Academy, and supported the congregational church in Princeton, where the family had a large estate.

Another significant benefactor was McCarter & English, whose lawyers gave about $10,000.

The $50 million project, which includes an endowment, already has significant benefactors: Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, New York philanthropists who have given $10 million toward the new galleries that will be devoted to Safavid and later Persian art.

The Trustees of the American Fund for the Tate Gallery mourn the passing of Founding Benefactor Sir Edwin Manton who, with his late wife Gretchen, became one of the most significant benefactors in Tate's history.

He was a student, a teacher, a benefactor and a mentor.

A significant number of schoolteachers studied, with the financial backing of their merchant benefactors, in the universities of western Europe, particularly those of Italy and the German states.

But the crisis has also had a significant impact on charities, with many seeing government funding dry up, and leaving potential benefactors with the decision of whether or not they want to step in and replace that funding.

Having alienated their base at home, and with their benefactors largely overwhelmed, the experts now say the group does not appear to be a significant regional threat.

Dan Jones, a Deloitte partner, said, "Whilst some clubs seek to break even on a consistent basis, the emerging norm for many Premier League and Championship (second-tier) clubs appears to require significant ongoing benefactor support.