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$150 million to reinvent a city: Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman open their checkbook to San Francisco
$26 million newest climate bet by Eric Schmidt targets the hardest part of the energy transition
$50 million new donation, no name attached: MacKenzie Scott’s discreet gift to Native Forward scholars
$25 million new scholarship investment from Mary Reisher and family, delivered to 27 Colorado colleges and universities, raises their giving to education well over $45 million
$1.42 billion in philanthropic giving to date, Stephen M. Ross isn’t slowing down
$25 million gift from Alvarez family elevates their giving to the $60 million level- and opens a new chapter at university
$50 million new challenge gift to zoo from Diane Smith and family continues the extraordinary philanthropic legacy of FedEx founder Fred Smith
$20 million: a new gift to UNC Lineberger’s cellular immunotherapy program carries the fingerprints of the scientists who built it
$200 million new funding: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Leonardo DiCaprio, Wes Sechrest, Dax Dasilva and Todd Graves unite to save 100 species from extinction
$180 million: Sealy & Smith gives university medical branch largest-ever gift for a new heart institute, raising their total giving to school to $1.2 billion
$800 million mega-gift after years of quiet, patient, unglamorous behind-the-scenes work by philanthropist Chris Hohn saves lives in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria
$10.8 million now, $83 million raised overall — how a homecoming win capped the charity golf classic’s best year yet for Iowa youth
$10 Million Commitment from Edelman Financial Engines Establishes New School of Financial Planning at Rowan University
$100 million gift from third-generation philanthropist George E. Norcross III to Cooper University Health Care/MD Anderson Cancer Center in honor of his parents
$1 billion philanthropic commitment from Dustin Moskovitz and Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject Cari Tuna’s Good Ventures to GiveWell’s global health programs in 2026
$10 million latest classroom gift to university from the Walton family reflects a long record of quiet, extraordinary generosity: their four decades of giving now tops $6 billion
$1 billion raised, and the Mannings, Harrisons, Cooks and a handful of anonymous believers behind it: inside the remarkable philanthropic campaign remaking UVA Health
$10 million naming gift from Laurene and Scott Sperling creates center for Jewish studies at universtiy
$33 million new commitment: how Donald E. Aldrich turned one fraternity’s handshake with Danny Thomas into a children’s research hospital’s biggest windfall
$40 million from Anthropic, guided by Dario Amodei, strengthens public education and much-needed safeguards for advanced AI
$260 million from philanthropists Bill Ackman and Neri Oxman creates an extraordinary brain research institute in Manhattan
$57.5 million latest gift from Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence’s exclusive cover subject, philanthropist Bernard Arnault launches Math & Basic Sciences Institute
$50 million new bet from billionaire David Einhorn on the science of human connection
$30 million latest gift: the Goldrich family’s extraordinary legacy of survival becomes a gift of prevention
$125 million gift from philanthropists Jonathan and Mindy Gray reflects a lifetime of generous giving to health and opportunity