| 1. | Walter Annenberg, publishing executive and philanthropist who died in October | $375-million bequest* |
| » To augment the endowment of the Annenberg Foundation, in St. Davids, Pa. |
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| 2. | Eli Broad, chairman of SunAmerica, a financial-services company in Los Angeles, and his wife, Edythe | $300-million |
| » To augment the endowment of the Broad Foundation, in Los Angeles |
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| 3. | Thomas Monaghan, founder of the Domino's Pizza chain | $220-million pledge |
| » To create Ave Maria University, in Florida |
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| 4. | David Geffen, a principal partner in the DreamWorks entertainment corporation | $200-million pledge |
| » To endow the School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles |
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| 5. | Ruth Lilly, an heiress to the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical fortune | $200-million pledge |
| » To create the Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation, in Indianapolis. |
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| 6. | John A. Jackson, a retired oil and gas executive in Dallas | $150-million pledge |
| » For the endowment of the University of Texas at Austin |
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| 7. | Irwin Jacobs, president of QualComm, a telecommunications company in San Diego, and his wife, Joan | $120-million pledge |
| » To endow and provide operating support to the San Diego Symphony |
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| 8. | David A. Harrison III, a retired lawyer, investment banker, and farmer in Hopewell, Va., who died in June | $114-million bequest |
| » To endow the law and medical schools at the University of Virginia |
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| 9. | Alfred Lerner, former president of the MBNA Corporation, a financial-services company, and his wife, Norma | $100-million pledge** |
| » To establish the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, at Case Western Reserve University |
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| 9. | Sanford I. Weill, chief executive officer of Citigroup, a financial-services company, and his wife, Joan | $100-million pledge |
| » For the capital campaign at Cornell University's medical school |
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| * Estimate based on Mr. Annenberg's will; precise amount could be as much as $425-million and will be determined when the money is distributed to the foundation. |
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| ** Mr. Lerner made the gift in June; he died in October. |
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