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$2.4 billion: recent signatories of The Giving Pledge, 41-year-old Drew Houston and his wife, Erin, are focusing their philanthropic efforts on supporting education and entrepreneurship
$75 million gift from David Werklund and his family sets stage for arts and community renaissance
$10 million donation from David and Marion Mussafer to transform undergrad experience
$12 million gift announced by Alexander Spear earmarked for permanent fund supporting museum’s education programs
$1 billion in quiet giving by Brian and Tegan Acton focuses on meeting basic needs for low-income area families; supports empathy-building through cultural and reproductive equity grants; and targets systemic justice issues nationally
$80 million in two new gifts to college from Harold and Betsy Katz and Louise Strauss
$15 million latest gift by Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject, billionaire entrepreneur, and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to support Space Camp programs brings his contributions to the institution to $25 million
$105 million in alumni gifts to university from Peter Kellner, Jean-Pierre L. Conte, Becky and Christopher Hurley, Robert Fox, and Stephen Sprague fuels transformative student housing project
$20 million gift from Daniel & Pamella DeVos to university
$58 million naming gift from Mike Curb powers music business school’s next chapter
$125 million joint gift for genomic science from Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject Caitlin Heising’s family and Russell L. Carson family
$25 million naming gift from the Duncan family to transform Department of Medicine
$10 million new gift from 46 year old emigré Alex Gerko boosts AI math- raises his donations to math education and research to near $400 million
$50 million donation supercharges university football with state-of-the-art facility from Ronald H. and Lois Bloom
$36 million gift from Jane Hamlyn and family funds new centre for emerging minds research focused on young people’s mental health
$35 million gift to university from Fred and Ruth Waugh
$33 million gift from Roger and Vicki Musick promises to shape the future of school’s educational system
$10 million gift to hospital from philanthropist Dick Wolf
$25 million gift from James “Jim” Clayton and his family for expansion of museum
$250 million commitment from philanthropist Alice Walton opens groundbreaking medical school to redefine healthcare education, and an additional $350 million to support the region’s broader health infrastructure, including new specialty care facilities
$20 million gift to university wrestling program from Dave Pottruck former student-athlete
$20 million James V. Tigani Jr. gift earmarked to upgrade to school’s creative arts programs
$40 million donation to acute care hospital earns naming rights for Fancsy family
$16 million gift from David H. Kellogg propels research in philosophy, politics, and economics
$75 million gift to medical center from Dr. Joan Noble honors the legacy of her late son, Dr. Douglas M. Noble, a respected neuroradiologist