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Foundation Survey

Foundations Remain Cautious Despite Modest Asset Gains Premium Link

With assets recovering slowly, the nation's largest grant makers look to tighten the purse strings in 2010, a new Chronicle survey finds.

Find Big Donors: Search Gifts of $1-Million or More

 

T. Denny Sanford, the South Dakota philanthropist, recently gave $50-million to the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, Calif.

 

 

Find out where his gift stacks up against other 2010 gifts and browse our extensive database that includes all individual gifts of $1-million or more made to charities since 2003.

America's Biggest Givers: 2009

Stanley F. and Fiona B. Druckenmiller, No. 1 on The Chronicle's list of America's most-generous donors, gave $705-million to their foundation.

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Video: Warren Buffett's Battle Against Poverty

Follow the philanthropist Warren E. Buffett on his recent trip to New Orleans to work with Purpose-Built Communities, a nonprofit advisory group that is helping cities across the country fight poverty.

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