$40-Million Donated to Oregon University for Medical School; Other Recent Gifts
Five institutions have received big gifts: The Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, has received $40-million from an anonymous donor to help build a new medical school on the university’s planned campus near Portland’s South Waterfront. The Des Moines Art Center has received a pledge of…
Additional donors and a knack for teamwork have helped Ted Turner’s U.N. charity thrive Last fall, the United Nations Foundation, an organization here that supports United Nations humanitarian efforts worldwide, ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous DonorsARTICLE: Record-Breaking…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Five years later, a charity begun with a big gift and a wish to aid Africa measures its growth One night in 1984, Donna Berber sat in her London flat watching a news program featuring ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous DonorsARTICLE: Record-Breaking GivingARTICLE: How The Chronicle’s Survey…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Washington-Area Donors Support Struggling Wisconsin Towns
Most of Gilbert D. and Jaylee M. Mead’s giving is in the arts. Just last year, the couple pledged $35-million to a Washington theater. But their love of ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous DonorsARTICLE: Record-Breaking GivingARTICLE: How The Chronicle’s Survey of Last Year’s Top Donors Was…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A pair of retired scientists indulge a love for theater with their philanthropy When Gilbert D. and Jaylee M. Mead first went to see shows at Arena Stage, a nonprofit theater in Washington, they were looking ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous Donors ARTICLE: Record-Breaking Giving ARTICLE:…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
An oil-company founder places a bet on Denver’s needy students Tim Marquez co-founded an oil company, Venoco, with $3,000 in 1992, and turned that investment into ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous Donors ARTICLE: Record-Breaking Giving ARTICLE: How The Chronicle’s Survey of Last Year’s…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
More than 20 Americans contributed at least $100-million to charity last year, a Chronicle survey findsTwenty-one Americans gave at least $100-million to charitable causes last year, breaking a new record in philanthropic giving, according ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous Donors ARTICLE:…
By Maria Di Mento and nicole lewis
THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPYHealing Waters
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By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. February 2007 5.6% January 5.6% December 2006 5.8% November 5.6% October 5.8%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Cleveland Clinic May 2006 Dec. 2010 $1,250,000,000 $828,700,000 For buildings, education, patient care, and research College of William and Mary…