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Maria Di Mento

Senior Editor

Maria directs the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual Philanthropy 50, a comprehensive report on America’s most generous donors. She writes about wealthy philanthropists, family and legacy foundations, next generation philanthropy, arts organizations, key trends and insights related to high-net-worth donors, and other topics.

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Inventor of the UV Coating on Sunglasses Gave $100 Million to U. of Florida Scripps Biomedical Research

Plus, Jackie and Mike Bezos gave $710 million to Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital got $50 million to expand sickle cell disease research and to support other programs.

Wealthy Donors Want Their Giving to Be Different Than Their Parents’, New Study Says

Wealthy Donors Want Their Giving to Be Different Than Their Parents’, New Study Says

But 82 percent of parents who give believe their children share their philanthropic goals.

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N.J. Entrepreneurs Give U. Penn $50 Million for Autoimmune Research Center

Plus, MacKenzie Scott gave $30 million to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Sheryl Sandberg gave $3 million to the ACLU to fight abortion bans, and three medical centers received big gifts for medical research programs.

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How to Talk to Big Donors About Mental-Health Programs

Advice from nonprofit and development leaders who have figured out how to engage donors on the topic and even persuade some to publicly share their experiences to win support from other donors.

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More Big Donors Are Supporting — and Talking About — Mental Health

Wealthy donors publicly gave more to mental health last year than in any other year over the past decade, according to a Chronicle tally.

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Retired Boston Pops Musician Gives Boston U. $100 Million for Medical School

Plus, an extensive public parks effort in Houston receives $100 million, Bard College lands $25 million for Indigenous studies, and a health-care nonprofit receives a big gift from MacKenzie Scott.

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Lululemon Founders Give Nearly $76 Million to Conserve and Expand Canadian Parkland

Plus, MacKenzie Scott gave $15 million to a clean-water charity, and five universities landed big gifts.

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Billionaire Khan Family Gives $15 Million for Veterinary Oncology

Plus, Hoag Hospital receives a $106 million bequest, and City of Hope, Centre College, and the American Academy in Berlin received big gifts.

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Seattle Couple Gives $78 Million to Cancer Center

Plus, South Dakota billionaire Denny Sanford pledged $150 million to UC San Diego, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and four additional nonprofits received big gifts.

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Denny Sanford Gives $150 Million to Fund Stem-Cell Research in Space

The gift will go to the University of California at San Diego. With this latest donation, Sanford has given the university at least $380 million.