The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Recession Prompts Two Big Donors to Pay Charitable Pledges Early

Three of the country's top philanthropists have paid off big pledges much earlier than expected.

T. Denny Sanford completed payment six years early on a $400-million pledge he made in 2007.

Sanford I. and Joan Weill have given $170-million in cash to Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York, and to Cornell...

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