When one family didn't have enough money to provide for themselves, neighbors would anonymously donate food.

Eventually he might anonymously donate the collection to a great museum.

Months later, he anonymously donated $300,000 to build a public library for the city of Holland.

Nearly 20 years later, another parent anonymously donated renovation funds.

But he said that his usual practice, anonymously donating them to other couples, was in conflict.

The largest previous private gift to the school was $17 million, which was donated anonymously in 1996.

Over the years the museum built up a trove of 1,300 objects, some donated anonymously through the mail.

Upon turning professional and signing his first contract, he anonymously donated C$10,000 to the local minor hockey association for families who could not afford equipment.

Where once the club donated anonymously, it now requests that beneficiaries put the club's name and insignia on new buildings.