benefactor (law)

{{Short description|Person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization}}

{{Wiktionary|benefactor}}A benefactor ({{etymology|la|bene|good||factor|maker}}) is a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization (the beneficiary), often gifting a monetary contribution in the form of an endowment to help a cause. Benefactors are humanitarian leaders and charitable patrons providing assistance in many forms, such as an alumnus from a university giving back to a college or an individual providing assistance to others.{{Cite web |title=Benefactor: What it is, How it Works, Examples |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/benefactor.asp |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Investopedia |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bansal |first=Malti |url= |title=Louis Pasteur: Meet the Glorious Scientists |publisher=Mind Melodies |isbn=978-93-80849-88-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |title=Interpersonal processes |date=2003 |publisher=Blackwell |isbn=978-0-631-21228-7 |editor-last=Fletcher |editor-first=Garth J. |edition=1. publ. in paperback |series=Blackwell handbook of social psychology / series ed.: Miles Hewstone |location=Malden, Mass.}}{{Cite book |last=Joubert |first=Stephan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm44856569 |title=Paul as benefactor: reciprocity, strategy and theological reflection in Paul's collection |date=2000 |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |isbn=978-3-16-147346-3 |series=Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |location=Tübingen |oclc=ocm44856569}}{{Citation |last=Piliavin |first=Jane Allyn |title=Doing well by doing good: Benefits for the benefactor. |date=2003 |work=Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived. |pages=227–247 |editor-last=Keyes |editor-first=Corey L. M. |url=https://content.apa.org/books/10594-010 |access-date=2024-10-31 |place=Washington |publisher=American Psychological Association |language=en |doi=10.1037/10594-010 |isbn=978-1-55798-930-7 |editor2-last=Haidt |editor2-first=Jonathan|url-access=subscription }}