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$50 million new gift from Daniel and Diane Riccio to university will support immediate and long-term initiatives, fuel innovative research, strengthen academic excellence, and expand access and opportunity for generations engineering students
$60 million gift from Stewart and Judy Colton launches new immunology research
$700 million mark was passed in the philanthropic giving of brothers 36-year-old Patrick and 35-year-old John Collison
$25 million challenge gift, initiated by William T. Solomon and the O’Donnell Foundation to benefit opera
$912 million in new funding to slow AIDS, TB, malaria deaths announced by Bill Gates at Goalkeepers event
$100 million gift from Larry and Beth Gies earns naming rights for university stadium
$70 million philanthropic effort led by Grant Oliphant, Robert Price and Mark Stuart will support access to housing, food, and health care
$240 million Stephen A. Schwarzman gift launches university’s new Humanities Hub with major cultural program
$25 million new gift from Doris L. Bass family to support new pediatric campus
$1 billion mark surpassed as Henry and Susan Samueli deepen their giving
$25 million latest Taylor family gift propels emergency care—another milestone in $1.9 billion of their multigenerational philanthropy
$300 million latest gift to university athletics from longtime donor and alumnus David Booth
$14 million to university from David and Christy Cottrell aims to prepare students for meaningful careers and leadership roles
95% of Larry Ellison’s extraordinary fortune-nearing $400 billion-is earmarked for philanthropy
$20 million naming gift from Jennifer Leischner and Alec Litowitz to establish center preparing students to engage across differences
$50 million gift for Alzheimer’s research from Cardinal Family
$15 million gift from David Koch Jr. Foundation to Stanford Medicine launches landmark kidney health initiative
$500 million new commitment from the Allen family to accelerate scientific and technological solutions for global challenges
$10 Million Gift from Wallis Annenberg Legacy Foundation Expands Founder’s Vision Across Signature Initiatives
$25 million gift from Irving Kipnes ushers in a new era in medical discovery and patient care
$100 million new partnership helmed by Melinda French Gates aims to transform women’s health research
$60 million latest donation from Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence cover subject philanthropist Peter Gilgan follows his earlier gift of $225 million to healthcare institutions and his most recent donation of $100 million targeting climate change
$30 million new gift from Samuel Ginn establishes university’s largest-ever engineering scholarship program- follows his earlier $25 million donation to school
$10 million gift from Bruce and Tracy Berkowitz to expand university nursing
$10 million new gift from billion-dollar donor Dr. Ruth L. Gottesman aims to strengthen youth education through support of public library