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the original gift that asks for nothing and keeps no receipt
means A person who gives something — money, blood, an organ, time — to another person or cause, usually without expecting payment in return.
from From Latin 'donare,' to give, built on 'donum,' a gift — itself rooted in the Proto-Indo-European 'do-,' to give, the same ancient root that grows into 'donate,' 'dose,' 'pardon,' and even 'dowry.' It reached English through Old French 'donour,' the one who does the giving.
- organ math
- one donor can save up to eight lives
- blood clock
- someone needs blood every two seconds somewhere
- anonymous kings
- sperm donors fathered hundreds of unknowing siblings
- galactic gift
- NASA studies donated bodies for spaceflight injury research
- living loss
- people donate kidneys to total strangers, voluntarily
bill gates foundation — donated $36.7 billion to global health and development causes since 2000
warren buffett — pledged $50 billion to the bill & melinda gates foundation in 2022
macarthur foundation — distributed $300 million annually in 2023 across arts, science, and social justice