San Diego Civic Organization Lands $20 Million From 95-Year-Old Sailing Great
Plus, Harvard received $300 million from hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin, Robert Smith donated $15 million for career-readiness programs for underserved high-school students, and Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault gave Bowdoin $2 million to honor a civil-rights leader.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Financier Kenneth Griffin Gives Harvard $300 Million
The new gift brings the Citadel founder’s lifetime support of his alma mater to more than $500 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Lauder Cosmetics Heirs Pledge $200 Million to Develop New Drugs to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
Plus, Jeff Bezos’s parents gave $21 million to a program to help infants and their families; and four other nonprofits landed big gifts from donors, including Byron Trott, a merchant banker to the uber-wealthy, who gave $20 million to help start a new national effort to help students from rural areas and small towns go to college.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Purdue U. Pharmacy College Gets $20 Million to Launch New Program
Plus, the University of New Hampshire landed $20 million to assist honors students, UVA got $10 million to develop more socially conscious business leaders, and a foundation that raises money for a veterans museum landed $10 million for a new building.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Cedars-Sinai Lands $170 Million From 2 Donors, Including Hollywood Producer Chuck Lorre
Plus, best-selling authors James and Susan Patterson gave $5 million to bolster the teaching work force in Wisconsin, and two higher-education institutions and a Baltimore area health-care system all received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Carole and Marcus Weinstein Give $25 Million to U. of Richmond for New Academic Services Center
Plus, Baltimore real-estate developer Sam Rose gave $2 million for full scholarships for students from Ukraine, and Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos, Steve Tisch, and a Campbell’s Soup heiress gave big to support scholarships and ocean research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Scientist Leaves $30 Million to University of Mary Washington to Back Undergraduate Research
Plus, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation landed $10 million to expand mental-health services for U.S. Olympic team athletes, and the Curtis Institute of Music received $10 million to bring renowned chamber-music groups to the school to teach and coach Curtis students.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Michael Jordan Celebrates His Birthday With a $10 Million Gift to Make-a-Wish Foundation
Plus, the University of Michigan landed a $50 million donation for its education school, and three other universities received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What’s Next for America’s Biggest Donors
This year’s Philanthropy 50 ranks tops donors by their giving in 2022. Here’s what some of these philanthropists plan to do in 2023 and beyond.
By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay
Meet the ‘Everyday Megadonor’: 2022’s List of Top Philanthropists Includes a Host of New Names
The number of people worth at least $50 million has nearly quadrupled in the past decade. Meet the big givers hiding in plain sight.
By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay