Gifts Roundup: $25 Million for Northwestern Medicine; $17 Million to Ohio State
The gift to Northwestern is for a center where artificial intelligence and machine learning will be used to advance the study and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Other notable recent gifts include $20 million to Kalamazoo College and $17.5 million to Iona College.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Gives $100 Million to Expand ‘Emotional Learning’ Program for Kids
The gift from banker Denny Sanford supports a curriculum designed to help children identify connections among thoughts, emotions, and actions, among other things.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Personal Ties Guide L.A. Couple’s $190 Million in Giving to Schools and Hospitals
Investors Richard and Melanie Lundquist, part of the latest crop of Giving Pledge signers, have tapped business connections and teamed with Los Angeles’s former mayor to improve education and health care for thousands in the city.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Sesame Workshop and Gun-Violence Research Each Get $20 Million
In other news about recent gifts, the UCLA law school gets $4.3 million, and Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and his wife, Carol, commit $3 million for low-income college students.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Parkland Shootings Inspire Houston Philanthropists to Give $20 Million to Research Gun Violence
The donation from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will fund data-driven research into the causes of gun violence in the United States, including how youths are affected by their access to guns.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: 2 TV Celebrities and a Former Politician Give Millions for Scholarships
In other news about big gifts, Steve and Connie Ballmer gave $20 million to help first-generation college students, and former Price Is Right host Bob Barker gave $1 million to Drury University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
4 Ways to Ask Major Donors for Big Gifts
We asked successful big-gift fundraisers what techniques they use when requesting big gifts. Here’s what they say.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $20 Million for ACLU, and $12 Million for Wichita State
In other news about big gifts, Leonard and Emily Blavatnik donated $10 million to Mount Sinai Health System, and the University of Baltimore gets $10 million as well.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Behind the Scenes of Sloan’s $180 Million Effort to Connect Science and the Humanities
The documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, one of the foundation’s latest projects, tells the little-known story of how a famous actress invented technologies that helped change the world — and led to the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor