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$100 million new donation to university from Heider family is largest single gift in school’s history- raises their philanthropic giving beyond $220 million
$150 million latest donation from the Moody family is the largest single gift ever given to a HBCU university
$1 trillion in global economic power converges with Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence’s 54 years of philanthropic leadership
$50 million new gift from Brad and Alys Smith powers university’s debt-free education push, raising their support to school to over $90 million
$120 million in two new gifts from MacKenzie Scott will advance educational equity for historically underfunded communities
$21 million new gift to institute of technology from Clark family announced by Courtney Clark Pastrick
$25 million new donation to university announced by philanthropist Celia Scott Weatherhead- gift follows her earlier $160 million gift to higher education
$20 million from John and Laura Arnold (a recent exclusive cover subject of Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence) advances Big Brothers Big Sisters and community college initiatives, extending their $5 billion of philanthropy to date
$60 million historic gift to business school from Bruce Jacobs funds new quantitative finance program, elevating his giving to school beyond $80 million
$50 million new gift from Daniel and Diane Riccio to university will support immediate and long-term initiatives, fuel innovative research, strengthen academic excellence, and expand access and opportunity for generations engineering students
$300 million gift from Gayle Benson for children’s hospital
$60 million gift from Stewart and Judy Colton launches new immunology research
$700 million mark was passed in the philanthropic giving of brothers 36-year-old Patrick and 35-year-old John Collison
$912 million in new funding to slow AIDS, TB, malaria deaths announced by Bill Gates at Goalkeepers event
$100 million gift from Larry and Beth Gies earns naming rights for university stadium
$25 million latest Taylor family gift propels emergency care—another milestone in $1.9 billion of their multigenerational philanthropy
$300 million latest gift to university athletics from longtime donor and alumnus David Booth
$20 million naming gift from Jennifer Leischner and Alec Litowitz to establish center preparing students to engage across differences
$500 million new commitment from the Allen family to accelerate scientific and technological solutions for global challenges
$10 million new gift from Lauren Bon, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, Charles Annenberg Weingarten, and Roger Weingarten expands work of the family’s foundation, advancing founder’s vision across signature initiatives
$25 million gift from Irving Kipnes ushers in a new era in medical discovery and patient care
$50 million gift from Allison & Roberto Mignone and family launches women’s health collaborative at medical center
$100 million new partnership helmed by Melinda French Gates aims to transform women’s health research
$60 million latest donation from Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject philanthropist Peter Gilgan follows his earlier gift of $225 million to healthcare institutions and his most recent donation of $100 million targeting climate change
$30 million new gift from Samuel Ginn establishes university’s largest-ever engineering scholarship program- follows his earlier $25 million donation to school