Financier David Rubenstein Announces Big Gift to Lincoln Memorial
The donation is one in a long list of contributions Mr. Rubenstein has made to public institutions in and around the nation’s capital.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Bequests Put Conservative Billionaire Richard Scaife Atop List of America’s 50 Biggest Donors
The banking and oil heir left bequests totaling more than $750 million. A little-known theater owner came in second, with $605 million in donations. Read about the trends and some of the most interesting donors.
By Drew Lindsay and Maria Di Mento
How The Chronicle Compiled Its List of the Top 50 Donors
The Philanthropy 50 shows how much wealthy Americans contributed to charitable organizations last year.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Find out how many of the people on the Philanthropy 50 are also on the Forbes 400 and how many are Giving Pledge signers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Big Gifts That Didn’t Make the List
The Philanthropy 50 counted contributions only to charitable groups and includes pledges but not payments on those pledges.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
6 Graphics to Tell You More About the 2016 Philanthropy 50
Learn where the money went, which states have the most big donors, which got the most in contributions in 2015, and more.
By Maria Di Mento and Nidhi Singh
Gifts Roundup: $100 Million to U. of Miami and $20 Million to Bucknell
Other gifts include $5 million for a new student center at Tulane University and $4 million for a U.S.C./Brookings Institution health policy effort.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $50 Million to Cornell U. and $70 Million to Barnard College
Other notable gifts include $2 million from Robert and Penny Fox to Drexel University for a center for historic costume exhibition and research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $100 Million for Genome Center and $75 Million for Hospital
Other notable recent gifts include $25 million to the Villanova University law school and $15 million to establish a new cybersecurity program at Harvard.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Facebook’s Sandberg Donates $31 Million; Netflix Founder Creates Education Fund
Other notable gifts include $1.7 million to the Detroit Institute of Arts from a former volunteer and public-school teacher.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor