Former ALSCW President, poet Greg Delanty, was asked to write a brief memoir of Seamus Heaney for the Atlantic online. Seamus donated money more than once to the ALSCW; the last time was for the Meringoff matching grant during Greg Delanty’s presidency, and it was for the matching amount.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/09/Seamus-Heaneys-Extraordinary-Generosity/279559/