Biggest Gifts by Individuals, 2001
January 10, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute
| 1. | Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda | $2-billion |
| » To endow the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | ||
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| 2. | Jim Stowers, founder of American Century mutual-fund company, and his wife, Virginia | $1.11-billion |
| » To endow the Stowers Institute for Medical Research | ||
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| 3. | Gordon Moore, chairman emeritus of the Intel Corporation, and his wife, Betty | $300-million pledge |
| » For education and science programs at the California Institute of Technology | ||
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| 4. | Ted Turner, founder of Turner Broadcasting System and Cable News Network | $250-million pledge |
| » To establish the Nuclear Threat Initiative | ||
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| 5. | Anonymous donor | $230-million pledge |
| » For unrestricted use at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ||
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| 6. | John D. Hollingsworth Jr., who owned real estate and two companies in South Carolina | Estimated $180-million bequest |
| » To Furman University | ||
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| 7. | Lucille Stewart Beeson, whose husband was an insurance executive | $150-million bequest |
| » To endow a trust to support 13 Birmingham-area charities | ||
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| 7. | Sidney Kimmel, chairman of Jones Apparel Group | $150-million pledge |
| » For cancer research and treatment at the Johns Hopkins University Health System | ||
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| 8. | Anonymous donor | $100-million pledge |
| » To create a malaria institute at the Johns Hopkins University | ||
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| 9. | Jeanne Gaffé, of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, whose late husband, René, was a Belgian businessman | Bequest of artwork sold for $73.3-million |
| » To support Unicef, or the United Nations Children’s Fund | ||
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| 10. | Peter B. Lewis, chairman of the Progressive Corporation, an insurance company in Mayfield Village, Ohio | $60-million pledge |
| » To build and support a science library at Princeton University | ||
— Compiled by Laura Hruby
