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Maria Di Mento

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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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Colgate U. Lands $105 Million for Student Housing Campus

Plus, the widow of the founder of Cintas gave the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra $60 million, and the Heinz History Center and two universities received big gifts.

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MIT and Other Institutions to Share $90 Million Gift

Plus, construction projects at three universities attracted more than $35 million from private donors, and nursing students at an HBCU will benefit from a $1 million windfall.

$50 Million Gift Launches New Women’s Health Program

$50 Million Gift Launches New Women’s Health Program

Plus, hedge fund investor Ken Griffin gave $10 million to NYU Langone Health to create a center that will offer programs focused on women’s health and well-being, and three other universities landed big gifts for health-care programs.

Houston Couple Gives $150 Million to Launch Pediatric Cancer Center

Houston Couple Gives $150 Million to Launch Pediatric Cancer Center

Plus, Georgetown University received $25 million for its nursing school, and the National Constitution Center got a $15 million donation to celebrate the founding of the United States, and the donor is loaning a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution and a document that led to the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights.

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N.Y. Couple Gives $125 Million to Help Israeli Medical Students

Plus, USC Shoah Foundation landed $30 million to endow the Holocaust remembrance organization’s efforts to collect and preserve thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies from around the world, and the Library of Congress received $20 million to purchase a rare 17th century viola for its collection.

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UCLA Lands $25 Million to Launch a Center for Digestive Health

Plus, the National Academy of Sciences received $20 million, Agnes Scott College got $15 million, and three other universities received eight-figure gifts.

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U. of South Carolina Students and Faculty to Benefit From $75 Million Windfall

Plus, a law school in Nebraska landed $2 million to enhance holocaust and international justice studies, and several other universities and a medical center in Hawaii received big gifts.

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Lands $25 Million for Pediatric Mental Health Program

Plus, the ArtCenter College of Design received a $17 million bequest from a long-time donor; and a hospital, three universities, and the education group Building African American Minds also received large gifts.

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Wayne State U. Gets $50 Million From Former Instructor Turned Auto Executive

Plus, Hollywood film producer Sidney Kimmel gave Temple University more than $27 million to support media and communications and the performing and cinematic arts, and three other universities received big gifts.

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Former Citigroup Boss Gives Weill Cornell Medicine $50 Million

Plus, Lyric Opera of Chicago landed a $25 million unrestricted gift from a long-time supporter, and a couple who are chemists and entrepreneurs gave USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute $15 million.