Biggest Gifts and Pledges Announced by Individuals in 2004
Amount Donor Purpose or beneficiary $3.35-billion Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft (Seattle), and his wife, Melinda F. Gates To the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) $100-million Sidney E. Frank, head of the Sidney Frank Importing Company (New Rochelle, N.Y.). To Brown University…
Photo Essay: Innovation –Â and a Personal Touch –Â Get Priority at New Charities
ELIZABETH GRIVAS Benjamin Levy, who founded the Levy Dance Company in 2003, was named by Dance magazine to its “25 to watch” list. Critics have described his works as athletic and lyrical, brainy and sexy. Here, Cambria Garell, a dancer in Mr. Levy’s San Francisco troupe, strikes a pose.
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Tex.) Jan. 1997 Dec. 2005 $83,500,000 $67,900,000 To construct a two-building complex and plaza Institute of…
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Nepal Trek Leads to New Path for Former Microsoft Executive
When I was growing up in a small Pennsylvania town, the library was a sacred place for me. I’d frequently leave with armloads of books, many of which I’d devour late into the night in my bedroom. My grandmother, mother, and sister always read to me. Books and learning were deeply woven into our…