| Donor
| Donor State
| Recipient
| Recipient State
| Category
| Gift Amount
|
anonymous
|
N/A |
New World Symphony (Miami Beach) |
Florida |
Arts |
$90-million  |
| The New World Symphony, in Miami Beach, has received a pledge of $90-million from an anonymous donor for its capital campaign to build a new campus. The new facilities will include a 700-seat music hall, practice space, offices, and new equipment. |
Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum
Investments, Real estate |
Illinois |
Aspen Music Festival and School (Colo.) |
Colorado |
Arts |
$25-million |
| The Aspen Music Festival and School, in Colorado, has received $25-million from Matthew Bucksbaum, co-founder and chairman emeritus of General Growth Properties, a real-estate investment and management company in Chicago, and his wife, Kay, to help build a new campus and to support programs there. Mr. Bucksbaum is a trustee of the organization. |
John and Mary Pappajohn
Investments |
Iowa |
Des Moines Art Center |
Iowa |
Arts |
$20-million
Estimate |
| The Des Moines Art Center has received a pledge of 16 sculptures, in total worth at least $20-million, from John Pappajohn, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Des Moines, and his wife, Mary. The artworks will be displayed outside at Western Gateway Park, in Des Moines. The gift includes sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, Sir Anthony Caro, Willem de Kooning, Ellsworth Kelly, and Richard Serra, among others. |
Gerald L. Hanauer
Manufacturing |
Washington |
Seattle Opera |
Washington |
Arts |
$15-million |
| The Seattle Opera has received a pledge of $15-million from Gerard L. Hanauer, co-chairman of Pacific Coast Feather Company, a pillow and comforter manufacturer in Seattle. Most of the money---$10-million---will permanently endow the opera; of the remainder, $4-million will provide annual support for the next four years, and $1-million is a bequest. |
Nicholas and Jenny Taubman
Retail |
Virginia |
Art Museum of Western Virginia (Roanoke) |
Virginia |
Arts |
$15-million |
| The Art Museum of Western Virginia, in Roanoke, has received a pledge of $15-million from Nicholas Taubman, former chairman of Advance Auto Parts, in Roanoke, and his wife, Jenny, to help build its new facilities. Ms. Taubman is a member of the museum's Board of Trustees, and Mr. Taubman is the U.S. ambassador to Romania. |
anonymous
|
N/A |
Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento) |
California |
Arts |
$12-million |
| The Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento, has received $12-million from an anonymous donor to support its fund-raising effort, which aims to raise $100-million to expand its facilities. |
Lawrence K. and Kristina Dodge
Finance, Media and entertainment, Real estate |
California |
Orange County Performing Artscenter (Costa Mesa, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$10-million |
The Orange County Performing Arts Center, in Costa Mesa, Calif., has received a pledge of $10-million from Lawrence K. and Kristina Dodge for its new education center for families, teachers, and young artists.
The couple will donate the money if the center raises an additional $20-million. Mr. Dodge is the founding chairman and chief executive officer of American Sterling, a finance company in Foothill Ranch, Calif. |
Melvin and Bren Simon
Real estate |
Indiana |
Indianapolis Museum of Art |
Indiana |
Arts |
$10-million |
| Melvin Simon, co-founder and co-chairman of Simon Property Group, a real-estate investment company in Indianapolis, and his wife, Bren, have pledged $10-million to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to endow the position of director and chief executive officer. Ms. Simon is a trustee of the museum. |
Jay H. and Patty Baker
Retail |
Florida |
Naples Museum of Art (Fla.) |
Florida |
Arts |
$10-million |
| The Naples Museum of Art, in Florida, has received a pledge of $10-million from Jay Baker, retired president of the Kohl's Corporation, the retail chain, in Menomonee Falls, Wis., and his wife, Patty, to support its endowment. Mr. Baker is a member of the Board of Trustees. |
Dorothy McIlvain Scott
|
N/A |
Baltimore Museum of Art |
Maryland |
Arts |
$10-million |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art has received a $10-million pledge from Dorothy McIlvain Scott to endow operations and programs for its collection of American painting, decorative arts, and sculpture. In 1981, she donated much of her own art collection to the museum and supported the design of a new gallery space for those works. Ms. Scott, who inherited her fortune, has been a trustee of the museum since 1977. |
Nancy Welch Knowles
Manufacturing, Technology |
N/A |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
Illinois |
Arts |
$10-million
Bequest |
| The Lyric Opera of Chicago has received an unrestricted pledge of $10-million from Nancy Welch Knowles, chairman emeritus of Knowles Electronics, a manufacturing company in Chicago. The opera company will receive the gift upon Ms. Knowles's death, and will use the money for general operating support. Ms. Knowles, a member of the opera's Board of Directors, is also president of the Knowles Foundation, in Chicago. |
George and Julia Argyros
Real estate |
California |
South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$10-million |
| South Coast Repertory, in Costa Mesa, Calif., has received $10-million from George Argyros, chief executive officer of Arnel & Affiliates, a real-estate development and management company in Costa Mesa, and his wife, Julianne, to endow theater productions on the Julianne Argyros Stage. The couple gave $5-million in 2000 to support the theater's capital campaign. Mr. Argyros, a founding partner of Westar Capital, an investment firm, is a former ambassador to Spain. |
Nicholas and Athena Karabots
Media and entertainment, Real estate |
N/A |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Pennsylvania |
Arts |
$7-million |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art: $7-million from Nicholas Karabots, director of Amrep, a magazine-services and real-estate development company in Princeton, N.J., and his wife, Athena, for the museum's Fund for Eakins' Masterpiece, which is collecting money to purchase the Thomas Eakins painting "The Gross Clinic" from Thomas Jefferson U., in Philadelphia. |
Helen Farr Sloan
|
N/A |
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington) |
Delaware |
Arts |
$6.9-million
Bequest |
| Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington): $6.9-million bequest of cash and artworks from the estate of Helen Farr Sloan, a painter, to endow the curation and educational programs. Her late husband, John, was a prominent painter who died in 1951. Ms. Farr Sloan died in 2005 at the age of 94. |
Oscar S. and Didi Schafer
Investments |
New York |
New York Philharmonic |
New York |
Arts |
$5-million |
| New York Philharmonic: $5-million pledge from Oscar S. Schafer, co-founder and managing partner of OSS Capital Management, a private investment firm in New York, and his wife, Didi, to support Concerts in the Parks, a series of outdoor orchestral performances in the city's public parks. |
Mort and Marcy Freidman
Real estate |
California |
Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento) |
California |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento): $5-million from Mort and Marcy Friedman, owners of Arden Fair Mall Associates, a real-estate company in Sacramento, for the museum's capital campaign to help expand its facilities. The Friedmans are also co-chairs of the campaign. |
anonymous
|
N/A |
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences (Charleston, W.Va.) |
West Virginia |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences (Charleston, W.Va.): $5-million anonymous pledge to endow a fund to support music lessons for children and adults. |
Tom Petrie
Finance |
N/A |
Denver Art Museum |
Colorado |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Denver Art Museum: $5-million pledge from Tom Petrie, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Petrie Parkman & Company, an investment bank in Denver that was sold in 2006 to Merrill Lynch, to endow its Institute of Western American Art and to support exhibitions, staffing, educational programs, and conservation. The museum has received $3-million already but must raise an additional $2-million from other donors to receive the remainder of Mr. Petrie's gift. The donor, who is now a vice chairman at Merrill Lynch, in New York, has also lent the museum several artworks by Charles M. Russell, a painter and sculptor. |
anonymous
|
N/A |
Baltimore Museum of Art |
Maryland |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Baltimore Museum of Art: $5-million from an anonymous donor to endow the position of museum director, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the appointment of Doreen Bolger to that position. |
Christopher Seton Abele
Family wealth, Health products |
Wisconsin |
Royal Shakespeare Company America (Washington) |
District of Columbia |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Royal Shakespeare Company America (Washington): $5-million from Christopher Seton Abele, president of the theater company and of the Argosy Foundation, in Milwaukee, to support the capital campaign of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the group's counterpart in England. Mr. Abele's father, John, founded Boston Scientific, a medical-device developer and manufacturer in Natick, Mass. |
Richard C. and Virginia A. Hunsaker
Real estate |
N/A |
Orange County Performing Artscenter (Costa Mesa, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$5-million |
| Orange County Performing Artscenter (Costa Mesa, Calif.): $5-million matching gift from Richard C. and Virginia A. Hunsaker, owners of Hunsaker Management, a real-estate company in Irvine, Calif., to help finance the design and construction of the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and Samueli Theater. The Hunsakers gave $1.6-million to the center in 1982, and $1-million in 2003. |
Frances B. Bunzl
Family wealth, Industry, Manufacturing |
Georgia |
High Museum of Art (Atlanta) |
Georgia |
Arts |
$4-million |
| High Museum of Art (Atlanta): $4-million from Frances B. Bunzl, whose late husband's family founded Textile & Paper Supply Company, in Atlanta, to support the museum's expansion. |
Jane and Jim Driscoll
Finance |
California |
Orange County Performing Artscenter (Costa Mesa, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$4-million |
| Orange County Performing Artscenter (Costa Mesa, Calif.): $4-million from Jane Driscoll, co-founder and managing director of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, a hedge-fund investment firm in Irvine, Calif., and her husband, Jim, for its capital campaign. In 2006 the Driscolls gave $1-million toward the campaign. |
Rusty and Deedie Rose
|
N/A |
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts |
Texas |
Arts |
$4-million |
| Dallas Center for the Performing Arts: $4-million from Rusty Rose, founder and partner at Cardinal Investment Company, in Dallas, and his wife, Deedie, a charter member of the center's Board of Directors, to help build the center. The Roses previously donated $6-million toward construction of the new venue, which is slated to open in 2009. |
Leon G. and Toby Cooperman
Finance |
New Jersey |
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark) |
New Jersey |
Arts |
$3.5-million |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark): $3.5-million from Leon Cooperman, chairman of Omega Advisors and former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, both in New York, and his wife, Toby, to support efforts to engage inner-city children with the arts center. |
