U. of Wisconsin Kicks Off $3.2-Billion Capital Campaign
The fund drive, nearly double the size of the university’s last major campaign, reflects growing pressure to cut costs and find new revenue streams amid deep cuts in state higher-education spending, the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel writes.
$55-Million Gonzaga Bequest Includes Valuable Seattle Land
The gift to Gonzaga University from real-estate investor Myrtle Woldson, who died last year at age 104, will help fund a performing-arts center on the Spokane campus. The gift could become larger as the waterfront Seattle properties she left to the university grow in value, The Spokesman-Review and KXLY radio of Spokane report.
$25-Million Emory U. Gift Bolsters ‘Patient-Centered’ Care
The five-year grant from the James M. Cox Foundation to the Atlanta university’s medical school aims to improve “patient-centered” treatment, an emerging health-care trend focused on better coordination among physicians, hospitals, and insurers, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Winners Receive Awards
Irwin and Joan Jacobs, prominent San Diego donors, are among the winners. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Atlantic Philanthropies founder Charles Feeney, and Huntsman Cancer Institute founder Jon Huntsman Sr., among others, also won.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$25-Million Gift to Pay Faculty Chairs at Northwestern U.
The donation from alumni Patrick and Shirley Ryan, announced Tuesday, includes a $10-million matching gift aimed at expanding the ranks of the college’s endowed professors, campus newspaper The Daily Northwestern reports.
Land-Rights Group Landesa Wins $2-Million Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The award recognizes an organization that has made extraordinary progress in alleviating human suffering.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Maine Locals Resist Donor’s $100-Million Offer to Fund Park
Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby’s proposal to establish a new national park in the region of Maine’s highest mountain is meeting opposition from area residents and officials who say it will bring unwanted federal intrusion in their lives, reports the Associated Press.
Notre Dame Alumni Give $20 Million for Investment Institute
The donation from 1996 graduates James Parsons, a financier, and Carrie Quinn, a pediatrician, will endow a center for investment and managing at the university’s Mendoza College of Business, the South Bend Tribune reports.
Gifts Roundup: $50 Million to Georgetown University to Develop Leadership Skills
Other recent donations include $25 million each to Duke University and the University of Missouri.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
NYU Engineering Students Protest Renaming for Big Donors
A student-led petition opposing the renaming of New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering for a couple who donated $100 million had drawn more than 1,000 signatures as of Thursday, writes The Wall Street Journal.
$25 Million for U. of Missouri and $20 Million for NYU Plastic Surgery
The University of Missouri announced a $25-million donation Thursday from energy executive Richard Kinder’s family foundation to expand a program for the study of democratic principles, The Kansas City Star and the Columbia Daily Tribune write, and the New York University School of Medicine received a $20-million contribution from medical entrepreneur Hansjӧrg Wyss to bolster its Department of Plastic Surgery, Becker’s Hospital Review reports.
$20-Million Bequest Creates Charity Fund at Va. Foundation
A retired tobacco executive has left $20 million to the Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia to establish a fund supporting a host of community groups and initiatives in the region, writes the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Calif. Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to L.A.-Area Nonprofits
Marking its 100th anniversary, the California Community Foundation announced a 10-year, $1-billion commitment Thursday to provide grants, loans, and scholarships to organizations in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Times writes.
N.Y. Judge Rejects Paul Smith’s College Request to Change Its Name
The college had sought to change its name to Joan Weill-Paul Smith’s College in exchange for a $20-million gift from Joan and Sanford Weill, The New York Times reports.
Calif. Couple Donates $50 Million for Georgetown U. Sports
The pledge from financier Peter Cooper and his wife, Susan, who sent five children to Georgetown, will fund both on-field facilities and off-field support, including a new leadership program for student athletes, writes The Washington Post.
Lilly Endowment Pledges $50 Million for Black Colleges
The Indianapolis-based foundation’s donation to the United Negro College Fund will help colleges and universities with predominantly African-American student bodies put a priority on career development, reports The Washington Post.