| Donor
| Donor State
| Recipient
| Recipient State
| Category
| Gift Amount
|
Ruby S. Ansley
Industry |
Alabama |
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Ala.) |
Alabama |
Community foundations |
$9.3-million 
Bequest |
| Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Ala.): $9.3-million bequest from Ruby S. Ansley, founder of her own interior design firm in Mountain Brook, Ala. Most of the gift, $6.3-million, will go to a fund that supports health, human services, and the visual and performing arts. The remainder will support students and faculty salaries at Birmingham-Southern College, where Ms. Ansley and her late husband, John, began their undergraduate studies. Ms. Ansley died in 2012. |
Bill Propst Sr. and Eloise Propst
Pharmaceuticals |
Alabama |
Calhoun Community College (Decatur, Ala.) |
Alabama |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Calhoun Community College (Decatur, Ala.): $1-million from Bill Propst Sr. and Eloise Propst. Mr. Propst is former owner and president of Vintage Pharmaceuticals, in Huntsville, Ala. |
Linda J. Smith and the Mark C. Smith Family Foundation (Linda J. Smith)
Telecommunications |
Alabama |
Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Huntsville, Ala.) |
Alabama |
Education |
$1-million |
| Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Huntsville, Ala.): $1-million gift from Linda J. Smith and the Mark C. Smith Family Foundation (Linda J. Smith) for its capital campaign. Ms. Smith's late husband, Mark, founded Adtran Inc., a telecommunications company in Huntsville, Ala. |
anonymous
|
N/A |
U. of Alaska at Anchorage |
Alaska |
Colleges and universities |
$2-million |
| U. of Alaska at Anchorage: $2-million pledge from an anonymous donor to establish a scholarship for students who are the first in their families to attend college and to support an endowment. Approximately $500,000 has been received. The donor has supported student scholarships at the university since 2000. |
Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation (Catherine Ivy)
Finance |
Arizona |
Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix) |
Arizona |
Health |
$10-million |
| Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix)has received $10-million from the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation (the foundation of Catherine Ivy) to be evenly split between studying patients with the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme who live beyond 18 months and to support clinical trials of new drugs. Ms. Ivy owned a financial-planning and asset-management company in Palo Alto, Calif. Her husband, Ben, died in 2005 from brain cancer. |
John Breslow
Investments |
Arizona |
Arizona Animal Welfare League and the SPCA (Phoenix) |
Arizona |
Other groups |
$2-million |
| Arizona Animal Welfare League and the SPCA (Phoenix): $2-million from John Breslow, a businessman in Phoenix, to construct an adoption center. |
Nedra Lee Williams
|
Arizona |
Yuma Library Foundation (Ariz.) |
Arizona |
Museums and libraries |
$1.5-million
Bequest |
| Yuma Library Foundation (Ariz.): $1.5-million bequest from Nedra Lee Williams for its endowment fund. |
Jim and Joyce Faulkner
Investments, Media and entertainment |
Arkansas |
U. of Arkansas (Fayetteville) |
Arkansas |
Colleges and universities |
$6-million |
| U. of Arkansas (Fayetteville): $6-million from Jim and Joyce Faulkner for a new performing arts center. Mr. Faulkner is the former owner of Falcon Publications, a video publication, and an investor. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the university in 1954. |
F. O'Neil Griffin
Finance |
Texas |
Arkansas State U. (Jonesboro) |
Arkansas |
Colleges and universities |
$5-million |
| Arkansas State U. (Jonesboro): $5-million pledge from F. O'Neil Griffin, a former investment banker, to establish the Griffin Scholars Endowment Fund to provide scholarships for students. Mr. Griffin graduated from the university in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. |
anonymous
|
N/A |
John Brown U. (Siloam Springs, Ark.) |
Arkansas |
Colleges and universities |
$4-million |
| John Brown U. (Siloam Springs, Ark.): $4-million from an anonymous donor to build apartment buildings. |
Thomas Stephens
Investments, Engineering |
Arkansas |
Arkansas Children's Hospital (Little Rock) |
Arkansas |
Health |
$2.2-million
Bequest |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital (Little Rock): $2.2-million bequest from Thomas Stephens, a metallurgical engineer at Kaiser Engineers, for its vascular anomalies, dental, and ophthalmology programs. |
Sharon Bale and John Hardin Bale Jr.
Retail, Transportation |
Arkansas |
Arkansas Children's Hospital (Little Rock) |
Arkansas |
Health |
$1-million |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital (Little Rock): $1-million from Sharon and John Hardin Bale Jr., owners of the Bale Automotive Group in Little Rock, for its fetal heart program. |
Wallace and Jama Fowler
Finance |
Arkansas |
U. of Arkansas (Fayetteville) |
Arkansas |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| U. of Arkansas (Fayetteville): $1-million from Wallace and Jama Fowler to name a studio in the School of Architecture. Mr. Fowler is chairman and chief executive officer of Liberty Bank of Arkansas. |
Fowler family
Finance, Food and beverage |
Arkansas |
Arkansas State U. at Newport |
Arkansas |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Arkansas State U. at Newport: $1-million from the Fowler family for its hospitality program. Wallace Fowler is chairman and chief executive officer of Liberty Bank of Arkansas and Fowler Foods, a company that owns restaurant franchises. |
Chip and Shannon Wilson
Manufacturing, Retail |
British Columbia |
Kwantlen Polytechnic U. (Canada) |
British Columbia |
Colleges and universities |
$12.1-million |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic U. (Canada), in Vancouver, has received approximately $12.19-million from Chip and Shannon Wilson to build a new School of Design at its Richmond campus. The Wilsons are the founders of Lululemon Athletica, an athletic apparel company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Wilson was born in California. The amount of the gift is based on the exchange rate of the day the gift was announced. |
Mark Zuckerberg
Technology |
California |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.) |
California |
Community foundations |
$498.7-million |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.) has received a gift of 18 million shares of Facebook stock worth $498.8-million from Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of the online social network. On his Facebook page, Mr. Zuckerberg said the gift will go to health and education causes, but was not more specific. |
David Geffen Foundation (David Geffen)
Entertainment |
California |
U. of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine |
California |
Colleges and universities |
$100-million |
U. of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, in Los Angeles, has received $100-million from the David Geffen Foundation to establish a scholarship fund. The scholarships will be awarded based on merit and recipients will graduate debt free. Mr. Geffen is a co-founder of DreamWorks Studios SKG and founder of Geffen Records. In 2002, he donated $200-million to the school and it was named after him.
a co-founder of DreamWorks Studios SKG and founder of Geffen Records |
Simons Foundation (James and Marilyn Simons)
Finance |
New York |
U. of California at Berkeley |
California |
Colleges and universities |
$60-million |
| U. of California at Berkeley has received $60-million from the Simons Foundation, the personal foundation of James and Marilyn Simons, to establish the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Mr. Simons is the founder and chair of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund in East Setauket, N.Y. |
Fielding family
Investments |
California |
U. of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health |
California |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| U. of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health has received a pledge of $50-million from the Fielding family, to support faculty, students, and academic programs. One of these efforts will be to endow a chair in population health. Jonathan Fielding is director of public health at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and professor of health services and pediatrics at UCLA. He is making this gift along with his wife, Karin, and their sons, Andrew and Preston. The gift, worth about $50 million, is of stock associated with holdings in Dimensional Fund Advisors. The school will receive an income stream from the assets. |
Jeff and Judy Henley
Technology |
California |
U. of California at Santa Barbara |
California |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| U. of California at Santa Barbara has received a pledge of $50-million from Jeff and Judy Henley for its Institute for Energy Efficiency and the College of Engineering. Most of the gift, $30-million, will support Henley Hall---the future base of the IEE---and faculty recruitment for both the institute and the College of Engineering. The remainder will go to engineering programs. Mr. Henley is chairman of Oracle, the computer-software company in Redwood Shores, Calif. He graduated from the university in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in economics. |
George R. Roberts
Finance |
California |
Claremont McKenna College (Calif.) |
California |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| Claremont McKenna College (Calif.) has received a pledge of $50-million from George R. Roberts, co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, an international private-equity firm in New York, for its $600-million capital campaign. Mr. Roberts graduated from the college in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in economics and is a trustee. |
Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Giesberger
Health care, Investments |
California |
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and San Diego Museum of Art |
California |
Arts |
$45-million
Bequest |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the San Diego Museum of Art have received a bequest of approximately $45-million in artworks from Vance E. Kondon, who was an obstetrician and gynecologist in private practice in San Diego, and his wife, Elisabeth Giesberger. The Museum of Contemporary Art received 30 works of contemporary art from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The San Diego Museum of Art received 48 German Expressionist paintings, drawings, and prints. Dr. Kondon died in 1997 and Ms. Giesberger died in 2011. |
Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation (Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg)
Media and entertainment |
New York |
Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$30-million |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) has received a grant of $30-million from the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation (Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg) to provide health services and other support to entertainment-industry workers. Mr. DIller is chairman of IAC/InterActive Corp., an internet company, and Ms. von Furstenberg is a fashion designer. |
Stephen L. Bing
Entertainment, Family wealth |
California |
Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$30-million |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) has received a pledge of $30-million from Steve Bing, a film producer and real-estate developer, for its campaign to provide health services and other support to entertainment-industry workers. |
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Entertainment |
California |
Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) |
California |
Arts |
$30-million |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) has received a pledge of $30-million from Jeffrey Katzenberg Motion Picture & Television Fund (Woodland Hills, Calif.) has received a pledge of $30-million for its campaign to provide health services and other support to entertainment-industry workers. Mr. Katzenberg is a co-founder of DreamWorks Studios SKG and chief executive officer and director of DreamWorks Animation SKG, in Glendale, Calif. He is chairman of the fund's campaign. |
