Donates

Donates is the third-person singular present tense of the verb donate. Donate means to give something—such as money, goods, or time—to a person, organization, or cause, without receiving something of equal value in return. The form donates is used with singular subjects: for example, "The charity donates meals to the shelter."

The word donate derives from Latin donare, via Old French donner, into English. The sense of giving for charitable purposes emerged in Middle English and evolved into the broader modern use of offering money or resources to support a cause.

Donates appears across charitable and volunteer contexts, and in medical language as well when describing blood or organ donation: "He donates blood" or "She donates an organ." It is related to donation, the act or instance of giving, and to donor, the person who gives.

Grammatical notes: donate, donates, donating, donated; donation as the noun; donors as plural form for people who give.