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$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
$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
$10.5 million in new SCI research grants announced by Ray Neilsen
$500 million for cancer research: V Foundation and Susanna Greer and team honor Jim Valvano’s “Don’t Ever Give Up” legacy
$64.5 million gift: Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo leads earthquake relief effort
$3.3 billion: how Peter Thiel’s unconventional philanthropy turned a college dropout into a billionaire at 25
$27 million donation from Doug Mercer will redefine electrical, computer, and systems engineering
$31 million latest gift to medical center by Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg lifts their giving to institution to over $60 million
$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
$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
Jason and Keely Krantz: writing multimillion-dollar gifts for medical research where other donors still see only risk
$35 million gift from the family of Liz and Dick Uihlein to university intended for “holistic football success”
$86 billion in philanthropy in the making: a lifetime of generosity and giving from Dario and Daniela Amodei
$75 million new donation from Jensen Huang to university pushes his giving past $300 million
$50 million gift to university from Dr. Marcy McCall MacBain and her husband, John McCall MacBain, aims to advance global leadership in health span research and raises their overall philanthropy to $560 million