endows
Gifts money permanently
Endows means to provide with a quality, ability, or asset.
Nature or circumstance endows someone with talents: She was endowed with a beautiful singing voice.
To endow an institution is to give it a permanent fund or property: The philanthropist endowed the university with fifty million dollars.
An endowed professorship is funded by such a gift.
Item given freely
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- talentInborn aptitude
- qualityStandard or attribute
- attributeQuality assigned to something
grace · virtue · ability · confers · imparts · grants · furnishes · provides
Voluntary charitable gift
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- benefactorOne who gives aid
patronage · contribution · giving · altruism · benevolence · generosity · humanitarianism · aid
Supplying monetary resources
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- stipendFixed regular payment
- awardHonor given for merit
allocation · subsidy · bursary · grantmaking · underwriting · recipient · tuition · merit
What's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
testament · beneficiary · heir · executor · probate · patrimony · succession · heirloom
gift
Item given freely
attribute · grace · virtue · ability · confers · imparts · grants · furnishes · provides · equips
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
benefactor · patronage · contribution · giving · altruism · benevolence · generosity · humanitarianism · aid · relief
funding
Supplying monetary resources
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- stipendFixed regular payment
award · allocation · subsidy · bursary · grantmaking · underwriting · recipient · tuition · merit · research
legacy
What's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
will · testament · beneficiary · heir · executor · probate · patrimony · succession · heirloom · trustee
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
capital · assets · resources · opulence · holdings · funds · revenue · investment · solvency · treasure
endowsdeprives
Takes something away
strips · divests · robs · dispossesses · denies
endowsdrains
Pipes removing wastewater
depletes · impoverishes · exhausts · empties · diminishes
- endowed chairPermanently funded faculty position
- endowment fundPermanent capital pool for institutions