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$20 million naming gift from Jennifer Leischner and Alec Litowitz to establish center preparing students to engage across differences
$10 million latest gift from Amy Rollins Kreisler and family opens new doors to advanced medical care, extending their philanthropic impact to $293.1 million
$12 million new gift from Larry Leinweber to school raises his most recent donations to $130 million in support of theoretical physics research
$50 million latest gift to cancer center follows $50 million donation from Jane and Daniel Och and $125 million gift from Ken Griffin- gives impetus to $6 billion campaign goal
$20 million gift to health center from Patty and Jay Baker extends their giving to well over $200 million
$700 million mark was passed in the philanthropic giving of brothers 36-year-old Patrick and 35-year-old John Collison
$40 million gift from Arnie Bellini launches AI and Cybersecurity College
$138 million in landmark philanthropy to children’s hospital, led by Aileen and Brian Roberts family’s $125 million gift, joined by the McCausland and Culpeper families
$10 million gift to university from Jerry and Judy Kent to strengthen school’s leadership and advance its growing focus on health-care innovation
$15 million donated to wildfire relief and recovery from Steve and Connie Ballmer who have given away more than $4 billion in philanthropic gifts
$60 million gift transforms zoo & botanical garden thanks to philanthropist Hugh Hoffman
$180 million gift to medical center from successful investor Dr. Shmuel Harlap
$20 million dollar gift from Denny Sanford for new track facility raises his philanthropic gifts way past the billion dollar mark
$300 million gift from Gayle Benson for children’s hospital
$20 million gift to university from Wallach family will preserve memory and inspire learning
$50 million new gift from philanthropist Tom Golisano to children’s hospital raises his giving past the $860 million mark
$30 million lead gift from John and Lorraine Charman enables groundbreaking for university library
$100 million gift to school of mechanical engineering from alumnus John W. Durstine
$1 billion bet by Jed McCaleb and Dr. Seemay Chou on AI and open science: Navigation Fund’s radical model aims to redefine large-scale philanthropy
$21.9 million donation from King J. Richter aims to transform university and its students’ futures
$30 million Sealy gift launches heart & vascular institute
$16.5 million gift from Courtney Clark Pastrick and family to university school of engineering
$2 billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight becomes largest in U.S. university history, poised to transform cancer care — boosting their philanthropy beyond $5.6 billion
$300 million latest gift to university athletics from longtime donor and alumnus David Booth
$30 million new gift from Samuel Ginn establishes university’s largest-ever engineering scholarship program- follows his earlier $25 million donation to school