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A directory of top contributors and their beneficiaries

A directory of top contributors and their beneficiaries. This directory shows recent gifts of $1-million or more made by individuals to charitable institutions. New gifts are added regularly.

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Donor	Donor State	Recipient	Recipient State	Category	Gift Amount
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Family wealth, Investments	N/A	Georgetown U. (Washington)	District of Columbia	Colleges and universities	$20-million
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a global investor and the nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, has made a gift of $20-million to Georgetown University, in Washington, to support and expand its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which is housed at the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Family wealth, Investments	N/A	Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.)	Massachusetts	Colleges and universities	$20-million
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a global investor and the nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, has made a gift of $20-million to Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., to increase the number of faculty members who focus on Islamic studies, support graduate students, and make rare Islamic texts available in digital format.
Ulla Searing	N/A	New College of Florida (Sarasota)	Florida	Colleges and universities	$2.7-million
New College of Florida (Sarasota): $2.7-million from Ulla Searing, widow of Arthur Searing, who was vice president of finance at the American International Group, an international insurance company headquartered in New York, to endow scholarships and student research and to provide faculty support. Mr. Searing died in 1983.
Ulla Searing	N/A	Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.)	Florida	Colleges and universities	$4-million
Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.): $4-million pledge from Ulla Searing, widow of Arthur Searing, who was vice president of finance at the American International Group, an insurance company headquartered in New York. Ms. Searing, 94, has stipulated that the college will receive the gift upon her death; half will support scholarships, and the other $2-million is unrestricted.

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The giving figures listed for each individual are based on donations announced to date by the donors or their beneficiaries. In cases of bequests, most of the figures are estimates because the wills have not been settled.

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