Mr. Stanley gave $65-million for mental-health research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 38: Madison (Al) and Lila Reetz Self
The couple left the bulk of their estate, $58-million, to the University of Kansas, where they met as students in 1943.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The former New York mayor gave $462-million to a variety of charities.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Perelman gave $56-million, most of it to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The couple gave more than $218-million to support education, criminal justice, public policy, and other causes.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Stryker gave more than $43-million to his foundation, which works to combat discrimination against gays and to preserve great apes and their habitat.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 28: Alfred and Judy Warrington
The couple pledged $75-million to the University of Florida’s business school.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Ms. Haury left a bequest of about $50-million to the University of Arizona Foundation to establish a program for the environment and social justice.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Kline pledged $50-million to Drexel University’s law school, which has been named for him.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 41: Gordon and Betty Moore
The couple pledged $50-million to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center for a new women’s hospital, which will be named for Ms. Moore.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 41: Norman and Irma Switzer
The couple left an unrestricted $50-million gift to the medical school at UCLA.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The former businessman and U.S. senator gave $100-million to build a sports arena for the Milwaukee Bucks, which he sold in 2014.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Jordan pledged $75-million to the University of Notre Dame for science and technology research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The founder of a chain or truck stops and his wife and three children pledged $50-million to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Haslam College of Business Administration.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 41: Ronald and Eileen Lappin Weiser
The couple pledged $50-million to the University of Michigan.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$100-Million Oregon Donor Flaunts Her Tough-Mother Reputation
The Columbia Sportswear chief decided to give her fortune to cancer research rather than have the money taxed and used to “buy bullets.”
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects