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$360 million: “Giving Pledge” signatory Nicola Forrest’s philanthropy bets big on children and women
$10 million gift from Joe and Julie Serra puts family’s name behind the future of stadium-raises their giving to over $20 million
$10 million gift from Larry Ellison’s Oracle keeps the music playing at the Nashville Symphony
$450 million+ donor launches Wertheim Laureate Prize: Dr. Herbert Wertheim invites the world’s Nobel medicine laureates to direct his philanthropy
$15 million from Ellen Stirn Mavec carries a family’s century at university into its newest expansion—under her leadership, the foundation has directed more than $117 million to local arts organizations alone
$10 million Michael Jordan gift to UNC honors the woman who taught him the meaning of giving
$1 billion “Built for Us” hospital fundraising campaign unites behind leading philanthropic donors Peter Gilgan, Kris and Neelam Shah
$480 million Ryan Family gift becomes the $875 million Ryan Field, opening a Century to the day
$3 Billion from Ken Griffin sets a new record for higher education and brings Carnegie Mellon to Miami
$20 million gift from Richard Levy will launch Dartmouth Health at Home
$25 million gift from William Smilow aims to cure heart disease
$15 million gift from Carlos Peralta and family creates a new lung unit at hospital, where his own life was saved
$387 million latest gift from MacKenzie Scott supports eight historically Black colleges
From the cover of Lifestyles Magazine/Meaningful Influence to a Trillion dollars in two decades: Elon Musk’s night of two milestones, a Starship launch and his mother’s new book
$185 million in current gifts: Henry and Susan Samueli’s philanthropy is over the $1.1 billion mark
$20 million latest gift from Dwight and Martha Schar, largest in university’s history, transforms its residence halls and raises their philanthropic giving above $220 million
$10 million gift to university from Fred Burke brings an engineer’s education full circle
$100 million in latest gifts for cancer research follows her hundreds of millions given to causes and a pledge to give it all away- Philanthropist Lyda Hill receives 2026 Pride of Texas Award
$10 million donation from George and Sylvia Melville will help build new digestive health center
$55 million: billionaire philanthropist Tom Secunda’s return to his alma mater and the AI center he wants the public to own
$400 million gift to ease the pain: Walter Schroeder’s extraordinary gift to patients
$950 million for Delaware’s children: Thomas G. Kuntz announces a new fund to carry Alfred I. duPont’s promise forward
$25 million from Carolyn Perot Rathjen and the Perot Foundation moves Dallas closer to Harold Simmons Park
$13 million gift gives Jennifer Galambos and Kent Place School a defining moment
$11 million: Damián J. Fernández leads college’s largest gift into the laboratory