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Major-Gift Fundraising

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No. 29: Alfred Mann

No. 29: Alfred Mann

Mr. Mann pledged $70-million to the Nevada Community Foundation.

No. 40: Arthur and Rebecca Samberg

No. 40: Arthur and Rebecca Samberg

The Sambergs pledged $25-million to Columbia Business School for its new Manhattanville campus.

No. 1: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

No. 1: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

The couple gave 18 million shares of Facebook, valued at about $992.2-million, to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

No. 49: William Ridgway

No. 49: William Ridgway

Dr. Ridgway, who was 92 when he died last year, left $39-million (the bulk of his estate) to endow the University of Evansville.

No. 39: Richard and Susan Rogel

No. 39: Richard and Susan Rogel

The couple pledged $50.1 million to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

No. 32: Harold Harrison (bequest)

No. 32: Harold Harrison (bequest)

Dr. Harrison left about $66-million to the Medical College of Georgia Foundation at Georgia Regents University.

No. 15: Eli and Edythe Broad

No. 15: Eli and Edythe Broad

The Broads gave $157-million to their Broad Foundations last year.

No. 26: Lawrence Ellison

No. 26: Lawrence Ellison

Mr. Ellison gave a total of $72.2-million to the Lawrence Ellison Foundation.

No. 2: George Mitchell (bequest)

No. 2: George Mitchell (bequest)

Mr. Mitchell left an estimated $750-million to the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, which he and his late wife established in 1978.

No. 37: Dale and Sarah Ann Fowler

No. 37: Dale and Sarah Ann Fowler

The couple pledged $55-million to Mr. Fowler’s alma mater, Chapman University.

No. 31: Stephen and Nancy Grand

No. 31: Stephen and Nancy Grand

The Grands pledged $50-million last year to the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science.

No. 45: Richard Herman (bequest)

No. 45: Richard Herman (bequest)

Mr. Herman, who was 100 when he died last year, left the bulk of his estate to two Washington organizations.

No. 46: Raymond and Kathryn Harbert

No. 46: Raymond and Kathryn Harbert

Mr. and Ms. Harbert pledged $40-million to Auburn University’s College of Business.

No. 10: Jeffrey Carlton (bequest)

No. 10: Jeffrey Carlton (bequest)

Mr. Carlton left about $212-million to a trust that will eventually become the Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation.

No. 36: James Clark

No. 36: James Clark

Mr. Clark pledged $60-million to Stanford University’s James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, which he helped the university found in 1999 by providing $90-million.

No. 35: Lyda Hill

No. 35: Lyda Hill

Ms. Hill pledged $50-million over five years to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.