Three Gifts of $100-Million or More Go to Medical and Business Schools
Two universities have received three gifts of $100-million or more: New York University Langone Medical Center has received two pledges totaling $260-million, from Helen L. Kimmel, a member of the center’s Board of Trustees, and from a family that wished to remain anonymous. The University of…
By Maria Di Mento and LAWRENCE BIEMILLER
Co-Founder of Nike and His Wife Pledge $100-Million to Cancer Institute
Philip H. Knight, a co-founder of Nike, and his wife, Penny, have pledged $100-million to the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation for the university’s cancer institute. Mr. and Ms. Knight have made several other big gifts in recent years. They ranked No. 17 on The Chronicle of…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Good’: Promoting Corporate Responsibility
Leaders of nonprofit groups that run businesses to promote their causes offer their advice for success in Good magazine (November/December), which devotes a special section to “the power of business to do good.” Among them are Jessica Flannery, co-founder of Kiva, an organization that enables…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Portfolio’: Are Rich People Giving Enough?
Are the 50 wealthiest Americans giving enough money, relative to their wealth, to charity? That’s the question the editors of Condé Nast Portfolio magazine attempt to answer in the magazine’s “Generosity Index” (November). To compile its rankings, Portfolio relied on several sources of information,…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nike Co-Founder Pledges $100-Million to Oregon Cancer Institute
Nike co-founder pledges $100-million to Oregon cancer institute
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Businessmen Pledge Millions to Two Research Centers
Two donors have made major gifts to bolster the research operations of prominent universities: Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss-born engineer and businessman, has pledged $125-million to Harvard University to expand the university’s Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Lorry I. Lokey, the founder…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$125-Million Pledged to Harvard Engineering Program
$125-million pledged to Harvard engineering program
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropist Donates $42-Million to Stem-Cell Research
$42-million pledged to stem-cell research
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Biomedical Institute Receives $400-Million
Eli and Edythe L. Broad have announced that they are pledging $400-million to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, in Cambridge, Mass., a biomedical-research center that is jointly run by Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Whitehead Institute for…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$400-Million Committed to Science Institute by California Philanthropists
$400-million donated to biomedical institute
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor