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$100 million gift from Mark and Kimbra Walter to support wildfire recovery efforts in Southern California
$50 million latest gift to graduate campus brings Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject mega philanthropist Stephen M. Ross’s gifts to higher education near the half a billion mark
$125 million joint gift for genomic science from Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject Caitlin Heising’s family and Russell L. Carson family
$101 million Healthspan competition, headed by Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject, philanthropist Anousheh Ansari is a global, seven-year effort that aims to solve humanity’s grand challenges through innovation
$10 million gift from Ajit Prabhu to polytechnic institute
$30 million naming gift from David and Patricia Atkinson powers opening of research hub
$15 million gift to advance physician assistant initiative from Mary Lou and James B. Hawkes
$10 million gift from Mario Giannini to establish master’s degree program in translation, interpreting
Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject Miami philanthropists Jorge M. Pérez and wife Darlene donate Joan Mitchell masterpiece to Tate Modern, sparks renewed call for British arts giving
$10 million to heart and stroke critical care center from Jay and Patty Baker
$500 million new gift announced: Jacklyn and Mike Bezos give to UNICEF’s Child Nutrition Fund
$15 million donation from Avram “Avie” and Jill Glazer helps revive landmark performing arts hall
$50 million latest gift from Joan and Sanford I. Weill launches Weill Cancer Hub East, elevating their philanthropic giving well beyond the billion-dollar mark
$38 million gift from Chrissy Taylor and family to Healthy Kids Express pediatric outreach program
$27 million gift from Nancy and Rich Kinder anchors $57.5 million park transformation, elevating their philanthropy past $500 million
$10 million latest gift fuels science at museum as Dr. Irwin Jacobs’ philanthropic giving tops over $700 million to date
$1 billion initiative supports researchers from 40 countries who are leaders in interdisciplinary science: scientists receive funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt
$20 million naming gift from Ross W. Lampe Jr. to department of biomedical engineering
$50 million new gift to liberal arts college from Reed Hastings to launch new initiative for AI and humanity
$25 million gift from Michael and Tanya Polsky for energy transition, innovation studies at university
$10 million donation to university from Jordan Schnitzer followed by his similarly substantial new gift to art museum
$15 million donation from Denis and Britta Nayden for student-athlete academic center
$50 million recent initiative by Marie Dageville fuels disaster relief, bringing her total giving to date to well over $250 million
$100 million donor to medical school, holder of nearly one thousand medical patents, self-made billionaire philanthropist Dr. Gary Michelson receives the Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award
$71.5 million gift to 282-year-old university from Robert L. Siegfried, Jr. and Kathleen Marie (Horgan) Siegfried