anonymous donor
Secret gift-giver
An anonymous donor is someone who gives money, organs, blood, or other gifts without revealing their identity.
The anonymity may protect the donor from solicitation or public attention, or reflect a belief that true generosity needs no recognition: The scholarship fund was established by an anonymous donor.
In reproductive medicine, anonymous donors provide sperm or eggs without contact with recipients.
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- giftItem given freely
- no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
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- donorscord blood, giver, benefactor, patron, contributor
- Unsung Heroesvolunteer, caregiver, foster parent, hospice worker, food bank volunteer
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- campaign financecontributions, contribution, fundraising, fundraiser, fundraisers
- hidden thingssecrets, motives, agendas, subtext, undercurrents
- research subjectssubject, participant, test subject, experimental subject, volunteer
anonymous donorrecipient
One who receives something
beneficiary · grantee · charity case · donee · scholarship recipient
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