The Chronicle of Philanthropy

$52-Million Bequest Will Finance Education Fund; Other New Gifts

Four institutions have received big gifts:

The Arizona Community Foundation, in Phoenix, has received a $52-million bequest from John Ellis to endow the Ellis Center for Educational Excellence, a supporting organization that will focus on improving public education in the state. Mr. Ellis, who died in July, was an heir to the Browning gun-manufacturing...

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