| Donor
| Donor State
| Recipient
| Recipient State
| Category
| Gift Amount
|
Greg and Sally Alksnis
Industry |
Michigan |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
Michigan |
Colleges and universities |
$1.5-million  |
| Aquinas College (Mich.): $1.5-million from Greg and Sally Alksnis to construct a sports and fitness center. Mr. Alksnis is a co-owner of Magic Steel Sales, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He graduated from the college in 1971. |
Willard M. Cornelius Sr.
Industry |
Michigan |
Adrian College (Mich.) |
Michigan |
Colleges and universities |
$20-million
Bequest |
| Adrian College (Mich.) has received a bequest of $20-million from Willard M. Cornelius Sr., chairman of Parker Rust-Proof Company, in Detroit, for tuition assistance and to renovate its business and science buildings. Mr. Cornelius, a longtime trustee, died in 1957. |
Morton and Brigitte Harris
Manufacturing |
Michigan |
Wayne State U. (Detroit) |
Michigan |
Colleges and universities |
$5-million |
| Wayne State U. (Detroit): $5-million from Morton and Brigitte Harris to create scholarships for the School of Medicine and to endow its adult literacy program. Both projects will receive $2.5-million each. Mr. Harris is a co-founder of American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit. |
Mark and Nancy Hollis
Education |
Michigan |
Michigan State U. (East Lansing) |
Michigan |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Michigan State U. (East Lansing): $1-million from Mark and Nancy Hollis for an academic scholarship endowment, improvements to Spartan Stadium, and arts programs at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Mr. Hollis is the director of intercollegiate athletics at Michigan State U. |
Stephan Sharf
Transportation |
Michigan |
Oakland U. (Rochester, Mich.) |
Michigan |
Colleges and universities |
$21-million |
| Oakland U. (Rochester, Mich.) has received a pledge of $21-million from Stephan Sharf, retired executive vice president for the international business-development group at Chrysler. Most of the gift, $14-million, will benefit the School of Engineering and Computer Science, the William Beaumont School of Medicine, and the women's golf team. The remainder will go to campus operations and capital needs. |
Pete and Suzy Shields
Industry |
Michigan |
Saint Francis U. (Loretto, Pa.) |
Pennsylvania |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Saint Francis U. (Loretto, Pa.): $1-million from Pete and Suzy Shields for its capital campaign. Mr. Shields is chairman of Flat Rock Metal, a steel processor in Michigan. Mr. Shields's father graduated from the university and his mother was a former professor there. |
Alice C. Cox
Invention |
Minnesota |
Willmar Area Community Foundation (Minn.) |
Minnesota |
Community foundations |
$6-million
Bequest |
| Willmar Area Community Foundation (Minn.): $6-million unrestricted bequest from Alice C. Cox. Her late husband, Joe, invented the chain for the chainsaw. She died on December 2011. |
Kendrick Melrose
Industry |
Minnesota |
Orange County Library System (Orlando, Fla.) |
Florida |
Museums and libraries |
$1-million |
| Orange County Library System (Orlando, Fla.): $1-million from Kendrick Melrose, former chairman and chief executive officer of the Toro Company, a maker of turf and landscape-maintenance equipment in Bloomington, Minn., to create the Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center for Technology, Innovation & Creativity at the Orlando Public Library. |
Adrian Peterson
Professional Sports |
Minnesota |
U. of Oklahoma (Norman) |
Oklahoma |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| U. of Oklahoma (Norman): $1-million pledge from Adrian Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings professional football team, for new student housing and to endow football scholarships. He played football at the university. |
Lloyd family
Finance |
Mississippi |
UMAA Foundation (Oxford, Miss.) |
Mississippi |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| UMAA Foundation (Oxford, Miss.): $1-million from the Lloyd family for its athletics capital campaign. |
Seth Allcorn
Education |
Missouri |
U. of Missouri at Columbia |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| U. of Missouri at Columbia: $1-million pledge from Seth Allcorn for the Center for the Study of Organizational Change in its Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Mr. Allcorn is an associate of the center and is the former vice president for business and finance at the University of New England in Biddeford, Me. |
David Ault
Entertainment |
Missouri |
Jefferson College Foundation (Hillsboro, Mo.) |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Jefferson College Foundation (Hillsboro, Mo.): $1-million from David Ault, president and owner of Fox Run Golf Club, in Eureka, Mo. The gift comprises $500,000 and ownership of a house. |
Annette Bloch
Finance |
Missouri |
Desert AIDS Project (Palm Springs, Calif.) |
California |
Medical research |
$1-million |
| Desert AIDS Project (Palm Springs, Calif.): $1-million from Annette Bloch, whose late husband, Richard, co-founded H&R Block, a tax-preparation and financial-services firm in Kansas City, Mo., for AIDS research. |
George and Melna Bolm
Investments |
Missouri |
U. of Missouri at Columbia, School of Medicine |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$1.3-million
Bequest |
| U. of Missouri at Columbia, School of Medicine: $1.3-million bequest from George and Melna Bolm for professorships in cardiovascular health and ophthalmology. Mr. Bolm died in 2000 and Ms. Bolm died in 2011. |
Benny and Edith Lee
Energy, Manufacturing |
Missouri |
Foundation for Shawnee Mission Medical Center (Kan.) |
Kansas |
Foundations |
$1-million |
Foundation for Shawnee Mission Medical Center (Kan.): $1-million pledge from Benny and Edith Lee for its capital campaign. Mr. Lee is chairman and chief executive officer of DuraComm Corporation, a a manufacturer and distributor of power supplies, lighting, solar power and other energy conservation products, in Kansas City.
|
David Lewis
Investments |
Missouri |
Ozarks Technical Community College Foundation (Springfield, Mo.) |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million
Bequest |
| Ozarks Technical Community College Foundation (Springfield, Mo.): $1-million bequest from David Lewis for student scholarships. He died in 2009. |
John K. Pruellage
Law |
Missouri |
Saint Louis U. |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$1.1-million
Bequest |
| Saint Louis U.: $1.1-million bequest from John K. Pruellage, who was chairman of Lewis, Rice and Fingersh, a law firm in St. Louis, to construct a new building for its law school. Mr. Pruellage was a former chairman of the university's Board of Trustees and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the university in 1962. He died in May, 2012. |
Andrew and Barbara Taylor
Retail |
Missouri |
Washington U. in St. Louis |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$10-million |
| Washington U. in St. Louis has received a gift of $10-million from Andrew and Barbara Taylor to establish the Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research. The institute will develop therapies for mental illnesses. Mr. Taylor is chairman and chief executive officer of Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent A Car. |
Andrew and Barbara Taylor
Retail |
Missouri |
U. of Denver |
Colorado |
Colleges and universities |
$5-million |
| U. of Denver: $5-million from Andy and Barbara Taylor to establish the Taylor Family Undergraduate Career Services Center. Mr. Taylor is the chairman and chief executive officer of Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent A Car. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the university in 1970. |
Crawford Taylor Foundation (Jack C. Taylor)
Retail |
Missouri |
Washington U. in St. Louis |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$10-million |
| Washington U. in St. Louis has received a $10-million gift from the Crawford Taylor Foundation to establish the Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research. The institute will develop therapies for mental illnesses. Jack C. Taylor is the founder of Enterprise Holdings in St. Louis, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent A Car. He attended the university until 1940, when he left to join the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II. To date, the Taylor family has donated more than $70-million to the university. |
Mary Jane and Russell Street
Invention |
Montana |
Whitefish Community Foundation (Mont.) |
Montana |
Community foundations |
$1.1-million
Bequest |
| Whitefish Community Foundation (Mont.): $1.1-million bequest from Mary Jane and Russell Street for its endowment fund. They developed and marketed a spice product called Alpine Touch. Mr. Street died in 1995; Ms. Street died this year. |
Warren E. Buffett
Investments |
Nebraska |
NoVo Foundation (New York) |
New York |
Foundations |
$1.2-billion |
| Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, an insurance and investment company in Omaha, pledged shares of Berkshire Hathaway class "B" stock worth $1,027,773,653 to each of his three children's foundations: the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which fights poverty; Susan Buffett's Sherwood Foundation, which supports social justice and early-childhood education; and Peter Buffett's NoVo Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of women and girls. These new pledges are being made on top of the $1-billion he previously donated to each foundation in 2006. Mr. Buffett said he would pay the three foundations 5 percent of the remaining balance of the shares every year until his death. The amount of the pledges is based on the value of the stock on the day Mr. Buffett announced them. |
Warren E. Buffett
Investments |
Nebraska |
Howard G. Buffett Foundation (Decatur, Ill.) |
Illinois |
Foundations |
$1.2-billion |
| Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, an insurance and investment company in Omaha, pledged shares of Berkshire Hathaway class "B" stock worth $1,027,773,653 to each of his three children's foundations: the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which fights poverty; Susan Buffett's Sherwood Foundation, which supports social justice and early-childhood education; and Peter Buffett's NoVo Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of women and girls. These new pledges are being made on top of the $1-billion he previously donated to each foundation in 2006. Mr. Buffett said he would pay the three foundations 5 percent of the remaining balance of the shares every year until his death. The amount of the pledges is based on the value of the stock on the day Mr. Buffett announced them. |
Warren E. Buffett
Investments |
Nebraska |
Sherwood Foundation (Omaha) |
Nebraska |
Foundations |
$1.2-billion |
| Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, an insurance and investment company in Omaha, pledged shares of Berkshire Hathaway class "B" stock worth $1,027,773,653 to each of his three children's foundations: the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which fights poverty; Susan Buffett's Sherwood Foundation, which supports social justice and early-childhood education; and Peter Buffett's NoVo Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of women and girls. These new pledges are being made on top of the $1-billion he previously donated to each foundation in 2006. Mr. Buffett said he would pay the three foundations 5 percent of the remaining balance of the shares every year until his death. The amount of the pledges is based on the value of the stock on the day Mr. Buffett announced them. |
Leona Belle Kipp
Agriculture |
Nebraska |
Phelps County Community Foundation (Holdredge, Neb.) |
Nebraska |
Community foundations |
$2.3-million
Bequest |
| Phelps County Community Foundation (Holdredge, Neb.): A bequest of land valued at $2.3-million from Leona Belle Kipp, of Loomis, Neb., for endowment. Ms. Kipp, who ran a cattle ranch with her husband, Ivan, died in 2011. |
