| Donor
| Donor State
| Recipient
| Recipient State
| Category
| Gift Amount
|
Michael Feinstein and Terrence Flannery
Entertainment |
New York |
Center for the Performing Arts (Carmel, Ind.) |
Indiana |
Arts |
$1-million  |
| Center for the Performing Arts (Carmel, Ind.): $1-million from the entertainer Michael Feinstein and his husband, Terrence Flannery, for its Great American Songbook Initiative, to expose young people to classic American songs. Mr. Feinstein is the center's artistic director. |
Meryl Streep
Entertainment |
Connecticut |
Public Theater (New York) |
New York |
Arts |
$1-million |
| Public Theater (New York): $1-million from the actress Meryl Streep for renovations. |
Oscar S. and Didi Schafer
Investments |
New York |
New York Philharmonnic |
New York |
Arts |
$1-million |
| New York Philharmonnic: $1-million from Oscar S. and Didi Schafer for its free Concerts in the Parks series. Mr. Schafer is co-founder and managing partner of OSS Capital Management, a private investment firm in New York. He is a board member. |
Wat and Jane Tyler
Manufacturing |
Massachusetts |
Handel and Haydn Society (Boston) |
Massachusetts |
Arts |
$1-million |
| Handel and Haydn Society (Boston): $1-million gift from Wat and Jane Tyler to endow the organization's chorus. Mr. Tyler is a retired chief executive officer and chairman of IPS Corporation, a manufacturer of plumbing and roofing products in Compton, Calif. He has served on the organization's Board of Governors for 15 years. |
Karen S. Levy
|
N/A |
Handel and Haydn Society (Boston) |
Massachusetts |
Arts |
$1-million |
| Handel and Haydn Society (Boston): $1-million gift from Karen S. Levy to fund the organization's education and outreach programs. Ms. Levy is the vice-chair of the organization's Board of Governors. |
Peggy Bergmann
Investments |
California |
Pico Youth and Family Center (Santa Monica, Calif.) |
California |
Children and youths |
$1.6-million
Bequest |
| Pico Youth and Family Center (Santa Monica, Calif.): $1.615-million bequest from Peggy Bergmann to establish an endowment fund. She died in December 2011. |
Stefani (Lady Gaga) Germanotta
Entertainment |
New York |
Born This Way Foundation (Culver City, Calif.) |
California |
Children and youths |
$1.2-million |
| Born This Way Foundation (Culver City, Calif.): $1.2-million from Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) to create this foundation, which aims to build young people's self-esteem. |
Bonnie and Bill Strittmatter
Finance |
Connecticut |
Westport Weston Family Y (Conn.) |
Connecticut |
Children and youths |
$1-million |
| Westport Weston Family Y (Conn.): $1-million pledge from Bonnie and Bill Strittmatter to construct a new facility. Ms. Strittmatter retired from GE Capital. She is president of the organization's Board of Directors. |
Fred W. Fields
Manufacturing |
California |
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington (Portland) |
Oregon |
Children and youths |
$1-million
Bequest |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington (Portland): $1-million bequest from Fred W. Fields, former owner and president of Coe Manufacturing Company, in Tigard, Ore. |
Joe and Linda Aliberti
|
California |
Boys & Girls Club of the Valleys (Scotts Valley, Calif.) |
California |
Children and youths |
$1-million |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Valleys (Scotts Valley, Calif.): $1-million from Joe and Linda Aliberti to purchase land that will be the future site of the club. |
Martin Alloy
Construction |
Virginia |
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington |
District of Columbia |
Children and youths |
$1-million |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington: $1-million challenge gift from Martin Alloy, chairman of Stanley Martin Homes, a luxury home building company in Arlington, Va. The organization must raise an additional $1-million. |
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Media and entertainment, Real estate |
New York |
Columbia U. (New York) |
New York |
Colleges and universities |
$200-million |
| Columbia U. (New York) has received a $200-million pledge from Mortimer B. Zuckerman, chairman and editor-in-chief of U.S. News and World Report and New York Daily News, and chairman and chief executive officer of Boston Properties, to endow the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at the university. The gift will also support interdisciplinary research in the field of neuroscience. |
Carl C. Icahn
Investments |
New York |
Mount Sinal School of Medicine (New York) |
New York |
Colleges and universities |
$150-million |
| Mount Sinal School of Medicine (New York) has received a pledge of $150-million from the investor Carl C. Icahn for medical research. Mr. Icahn has been a trustee of the school since 2000 and previously gave $50-million in total to Mount Sinai. The school will be renamed after him. |
Philip H. and Penelope Knight
Manufacturing |
Oregon |
Oregon Health & Science U. (Portland) |
Oregon |
Colleges and universities |
$125-million |
| Oregon Health & Science U. (Portland) has received a pledge of $125-million over five years to establish an institute for cardiovascular research and care. Mr. Knight is a co-founder and the chairman of Nike, in Beaverton, Ore. The Knights pledged $100-million for the university's cancer institute in 2008. |
Harriet Heyman and Michael Moritz
Finance, Technology |
California |
U. of Oxford (England) |
N/A |
Colleges and universities |
$116.4-million |
| U. of Oxford (England) has received a challenge grant of $116.4-million from Harriet Heyman and Michael Moritz to provide tuition assistance to students whose families makes less than $25,000 annually. The gift will be made in three installments, with each portion matched by the university's investment returns from its endowment and followed by a challenge for donors to contribute equal amounts to reach a goal of $467-million. Mr. Moritz is chairman of Sequoia Capital, a venture-capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif., that was an early investor in Google, Yahoo, and PayPal. He earned a master of arts degree in history from Oxford in 1976. His father also attended the university. The couple donated $50-million to Oxford in 2008. |
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. |
Ernest Scheller Jr.
Family wealth, Manufacturing |
Pennsylvania |
Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) |
Georgia |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) has received a gift of $50-million from Ernest Scheller Jr., chairman emeritus of Silberline Manufacturing, a supplier of pigments in Tamaqua, Pa., to support the endowment of the College of Business. Mr. Scheller graduated from the university in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in industrial management. Before this gift, Mr. Scheller had given $2.9-million to Georgia Tech. |
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. |
Eugene M. Lang
Manufacturing, Technology |
New York |
Swarthmore College (Pa.) |
Pennsylvania |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| Swarthmore College (Pa.) has received a pledge of $50-million from Eugene M. Lang, founder of patenting firm Refac Technology Development, in New York, for new engineering and science facilities. Mr. Lang graduated from Swarthmore with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1938. |
Leon and Debra Black
Finance |
New York |
Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) |
New Hampshire |
Colleges and universities |
$48-million |
| Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) has received a pledge of $48-million from Leon and Debra Black to construct a new visual-arts center. Mr. Black is the founder and chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management, an investment firm in New York. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and history. |
Mica Ertegun
Entertainment |
New York |
U. of Oxford (England) |
N/A |
Colleges and universities |
$41-million |
| Oxford U. (England) has received a pledge of $41-million from Mica Ertegun, widow of Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, to establish the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Program in the Humanities. The gift will also support a mentor for scholarship recipients and programs. |
Michael R. Quinlan
Food and beverage |
Illinois |
Loyola U. Chicago |
Illinois |
Colleges and universities |
$40-million |
| Loyola U. Chicago has received $40-million from Michael R. Quinlan, former chief executive officer and chairman of McDonald's Corporation, for the School of Business. The gift is unrestricted and will be used for the business school's endowment. Mr. Quinlan is chairman of the university's Board of Trustees. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology in 1967 and a master's degree in business administration from the university in 1970. |
