In addition, two museums, Planned Parenthood, and the University of South Florida all received big gifts
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donors Demand Documents From Student Journalist Who Wrote About Gift Agreement Gone Bad
Euirim Choi, who wrote about efforts by Thomas and Timothy Pearson to reclaim a portion of a $100 million pledge they had paid to the University of Chicago, says the Pearsons subpoenaed his source materials.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Financiers Jim Simons and Russell Carson Join Forces to Give $125 Million for Genomic Research
The gift to the New York Genome Center will support work in genomic sequencing and computational analysis as well as research into a variety of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and cancers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Colgate Gets $25 Million for Residence Halls and Financial Aid (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Dartmouth and UW Madison land $10 million, and the Rochester Institute of Technology, American Academy in Rome, and University of Kansas receive millions.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Orlando Bravo Gives $100 Million for Entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico
San Francisco financier has been on a giving spree lately to benefit the island where he grew up.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Plus, Kansas State gets $20 million for its business school, and the American Cancer Society lands a $7.5 million gift to house patients and their caregivers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Benioffs Give $30 Million to Fight Homelessness (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a cannabis investor gave $9 million for marijuana research, Baylor University landed $100 million, and the University of Washington received $3.6 million from a 28-year-old alumnus and his partner.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Adrienne Arsht Gives $25 Million to Help Communities Cope With Climate Change and Other Disasters
Her gift marks the next chapter of 100 Resilient Cities, an ambitious Rockefeller Foundation program. The grant maker recently announced it was withdrawing support for program with a final $30 million grant.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Plus, four universities and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts all landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Tech Billionaires Give $200 Million to Mass. General Hospital
Phillip and Susan Ragon’s donation brings their total giving to the hospital to $400 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor