It's presented to people after a party (8)
I believe the answer is:
donation
'a party' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'it's presented to people after' is the wordplay.
'it's presented to' becomes 'do' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'people' becomes 'nation'.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'do'+'nation'='DONATION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for donation that I've seen before include "present" , "Do anoint by way of a gift" , "Gift or contribution" , "An offering or charitable gift" , "presentation" .)