Student Housing Designed to Spur Camaraderie and More Enrollment
Donors seek to build complexes to increase enrollment and to house graduate students from varying disciplines together to avoid the isolation they sometimes feel.
By Maria Di Mento and HEATHER JOSLYN
Foundations Pour $370-Million Into Deal to Aid Detroit
As 10 foundations agree to help Detroit reduce its indebtedness, some observers say supporting pension-fund obligations sets a risky precedent.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
How The Chronicle Compiled the Philanthropy 50 List
The Chronicle’s report on the donors who gave the most money in 2013 is based on gifts and pledges of cash and stock to nonprofit organizations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donors Give to Inspire New Ideas in Biomedicine and Technology
Irwin Jacobs, co-founder of Qualcomm gave $133-million to a program to foster ventures between business and academe while Phil Knight of Nike gave $500-million to promote advances in fighting cancer.
By Maria Di Mento and Caroline Bermudez
Big Gifts to Universities Aim to Ease Tensions Between China and U.S.
Two financial executives are providing tens of millions of dollars to universities that will seek to encourage greater understanding among the two superpowers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Look at the 50 Most Generous Donors of 2013
Use our database to search giving by state of residence, age, and more and find giving totals for the Philanthropy 50 over the last decade.
No. 3: Phil and Penelope Knight
The couple gave $500-million to the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation.
By Maria Di Mento and Caroline Bermudez
Mr. Perelman pledged $100-million to Columbia Business School to help pay for the construction of new buildings.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Soros gave $40-million to the Open Society Foundations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 38: Richard and Melanie Lundquist
The Lundquists pledged $50-million to Torrance Memorial Medical Center to build a new main patient tower.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor