contributions

What donors provide

Contributions are things given or done to help a common effort.

You make contributions to a retirement fund, to a charity, or to a group project.

The word covers money, effort, ideas, or creative work: Her contributions to the field were groundbreaking.

In online contexts, contributions often means user-generated content—edits, comments, or donations to platforms and creators.

donations

fundraising

Soliciting money for organizations

pledge · endowment · bequest · alms · benefaction · tithe · zakat · offering · patronage · subsidy

participation

involvement

State of being engaged

role · collaboration · teamwork · partnership · cooperation · commitment · partaking · inclusion · voice · stakeholding

support

backing

Aid or sponsorship

help · reinforcement · championing · promotion · investment · resources · sustenance · encouragement · bolstering · uplift

ideas

innovation

Creating something original

brainstorming · originality · invention · breakthrough · discovery · perspective · theory · concept · proposal · suggestion

service

volunteerism

Unpaid community assistance

unpaid · nonprofit · activism · outreach · mentorship · social · helping · empowerment · grassroots · charitable

Categories
Opposites
giving vs. taking

contributionswithdrawals

Removal of deposited funds

extractions · takings · removals · deductions · seizures

addition vs. subtraction

contributionswithdrawals

Removal of deposited funds

subtractions · deductions · reductions · diminutions · depletions

participation vs. non-participation

contributionsabstentions

Formal refusals to vote

non-participation · inaction · disengagement · apathy · indifference

Phrases
Family

contribution

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G