Head of family put away small gifts (7)
I believe the answer is:
donates
'gifts' is the definition.
(donating is a kind of gifting)
'head of family put away small' is the wordplay.
'head of family' becomes 'don' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'put away' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in other clues).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'don'+'ate'+'s'='DONATES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for donates that I've seen before include "Gives to good cause" , "gifts" , "Offers free" .)