The initial gift was made to start a foundation for education.

They gave an initial gift of $5 million to establish the center in her name.

I didn't ask Jack Benaroya for his initial gift to build the new hall.

Mrs. Diamond's initial gift, of $250,000, has been maintained or increased since 1992.

He provided the initial gift to found Vanderbilt University, which is named in his honor.

He donated the initial $10 million gift that started the center in 2005.

Each auto maker made an initial gift of $1 million.

Their initial gift of $45 million in 1998 was, at the time, the largest private donation ever made to international education.

Fleet and his family made the initial gift which established the Science Center.

From that initial gift, the amount grew by several millions more through employee, agent and additional corporate donations.