Cash payments, checks, or money orders to a third party on behalf of your spouse under the terms of your divorce or separation instrument can be alimony, if they otherwise qualify. (irs.gov)
You can buy a life insurance policy on behalf of your spouse or partner. (lifeinsurance.org)
Alternatively, institutions such as the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan will sometimes network on behalf of the spouse of a potential recruit at other universities or industrial research labs in the same geographic location. (sciencemag.org)