Gifts Roundup: UVA Gets $25 Million, USC and Maryland Get $20 Million Each
In other major gift news, Southwestern University, Yale, and the University of Southern Indiana got $15 million each,
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Dartmouth Gets $20 Million; Children’s Hospital Receives $10 Million
Also, the University of Florida gets $10 million to develop strategies for coping with climate change, and a $5 million donation boosts Virginia Tech programs to help first-generation students.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Couple Leaves Surprise $100 Million Gift to Small Wisc. Community Foundation
Historic preservation, education, and health care are among the causes that will get a big boost from the estate of media executive David Nelson and his wife, Rita.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Houston Couple Gives $70 Million for Park; Calif. Music School Gets $46 Million
Plus, a charter-school nonprofit and four universities receive big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Study Tallies 260,000 Foundations Worldwide, With Education as Top Cause
Nearly three-quarters of grant makers were established in the last 25 years, according to the report by the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Brown U. Gets $100 Million Donation for Brain Research
Also, the Art Institute of Chicago got two contributions totaling $70 million, and Birthright Israel received $70 million from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Smithsonian’s $1.9 Billion Capital Campaign Unleashes Lasting Change
The institution faced many challenges getting its far-flung operations geared up for the first comprehensive capital campaign since its founding in 1846.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Big Donations Go to Nonprofits That Fight Crime and Resolve Conflicts
Also, a hospital in Boca Raton, Fla., gets $25 million, while Vanderbilt U. receives $20 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: 6 Universities Get a Total of $90 Million
The raft of big higher-education donations includes $30 million for scholarships at Miami University in Ohio and $20 million for the New York University School of Law’s international programs.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Wins $20 Million; UCLA and U. of Michigan Land Large Gifts
Other big contributions went to Denison University and the University of Central Florida.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor