Prominent supporters and the US government donated funds for rebuilding after a fire in 1865.

The president's friends and supporters also donated $8 million to two of his legal defense funds.

Some supporters donated use of their bathrooms for showers and the sanitary needs of protesters.

Instead, they said, Mr. Giuliani's supporters donated the money at a recent fund-raiser.

A supporter of educational institutions, Tweedie personally donated academic prizes for students.

After Luke died in a small plane crash in 1965, friends and supporters donated funds to start the museum he envisioned.

Friends and supporters had donated cash to keep him going.

The method is simple: supporters donate things, and then they're auctioned off, with all proceeds going to charity.

For example, a supporter who might once have made a large cash contribution might now donate airline tickets.

These supporters had donated a total of more than $160,000.