donate
v.v. to give money, clothes, or food to help a person or an organization. You usually do this for free to support a good cause.
v. to provide money, goods, or services to a charitable cause or public institution without expecting payment in return. Transitive — requires a direct object.
I donate clothes to the local charity shop every year.
Many local businesses donate a percentage of their profits to the community food bank during the winter.
The philanthropist chose to donate his entire private art collection to the national gallery to ensure the public could enjoy the works for generations.
Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; it often pairs with the preposition 'to' for the recipient.
I donated the charity some moneyI donated some money to the charityUnlike 'give', 'donate' does not allow the indirect object (the recipient) to come before the direct object.