| In the beginning, her major benefaction to him was simply financial — she gave him money, she paid his rent. |
| The Neighborhood Playhouse was opened in connection with the settlement in 1915 through the benefaction of Irene Lewisohn. |
| Poor people could not always afford candles, and one of the cathedral deans, Andrew Kilkenny, came to their rescue with a benefaction. |
| Many museums were founded through private benefaction, and a few have endowments that help to support their routine operation. |
| Occasionally, a great private patron with local connections might favour the town with a benefaction or by acting as friend at court. |
| My second example is the recent establishment of a professorship of Modern Arabic, made possible by a benefaction from the Sultan of Oman. |
