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.
In coming weeks, The Chronicle will expand its historical archive to
include additional gifts of $1-million or more that have been made by individual
donors.
| Anonymous
| Spelman College |
Colleges and universities |
$17.0-million |
| Spelman College, in Atlanta, has received $17-million from an anonymous donor. The money will be used to endow international programs, including a professorship in the study of the African diaspora, and travel for the college's model United Nations team. |
| Anonymous
| California State U. at Northridge |
Colleges and universities |
$5.0-million |
| California State U. at Northridge: $5-million from an anonymous donor to endow scholarships and other financial aid. |
| William J. and Donna BerryManufacturing
| John Brown U. |
Colleges and universities |
$5.0-million |
| John Brown U. (Siloam Springs, Ark.): $5-million pledge from William J. Berry, former president of the Titan Group, a Pampa, Tex., company that manufactures equipment for oil-drilling corporations, and his wife, Donna. The money, which will be paid out over two years, will go toward a new performing-arts center. Mr. Berry graduated from the university in 1956 and serves on its Board of Trustees. Ms. Berry attended the university but did not graduate. |
| Forrest E. Mars Jr. and Deborah Clarke MarsFood and beverage
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
Historic preservation |
$5.0-million |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Va.): $5-million pledge from Forrest E. Mars Jr., retired chief executive officer of Mars Incorporated, the McLean, Va., snack-food company, and his wife, Deborah Clarke Mars, to rebuild an 18th-century coffeehouse. |
| Warren and Barbara WiniarskiFood and beverage
| St. John's College |
Colleges and universities |
$5.0-million |
| St. John's College (Santa Fe, N.M.): $5-million from Warren and Barbara Winiarski, founders of Stag Leap Wine Cellars, in Napa, Calif., for a new dorm, classrooms, and offices. Mr. and Ms. Winiarski graduated from the college in 1952 and 1955, respectively. |
| Barry and Virginia WeinmanFinance
| U. of Hawaii Foundation |
Colleges and universities |
$3.0-million |
| U. of Hawaii Foundation (Manoa): $3-million from Barry and Virginia Weinman, to establish a professorship in medicine at the university's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Mr. Weinman is a cofounder of Allegis Capital and of Associated Venture Investors, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ms. Weinman is a cofounder of Interactive Applications, a software company that merged with Boole & Babbage, in Palo Alto. Mr. Weinman serves on the foundation's Board of Trustees. |
| Arthur KuckesManufacturing, Oil
| Tompkins Cortland Community College |
Colleges and universities |
$2.0-million |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College (Dryden, N.Y.): $2-million from Arthur Kuckes, a retired Cornell University physics professor who founded Vector Magnetics, an Ithaca, N.Y., company that develops electromagnetic tools for the oil-drilling industry. The money will support scholarships for older students without a college degree. |
| John H. and Elizabeth S. MasseyInvestments
| U. of Texas School of Law |
Colleges and universities |
$2.0-million |
| U. of Texas School of Law (Austin): $2-million pledge from John H. Massey, a private investor in Dallas, and his wife, Elizabeth, to endow the Massey Fund for the Study of Law, Innovation, and Capital Markets. The pledge will be paid over five years. Mr. Massey is a 1966 graduate of the law school, and Ms. Massey graduated from the university in 1961. |
| F. Stansbury and Carman N. YoungInvestments
| Lawrence U. |
Colleges and universities |
$1.6-millionBequest |
| Lawrence U. (Appleton, Wis.): $1.6-million bequest from the estate of F. Stansbury and Carmen Young, of Scottsdale, Ariz., for scholarships. Mr. Young graduated from the university in 1936 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and worked as a general purchasing agent for the Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company, in Kaukauna, Wis. He died in 2003; his wife died in 1994. |
| Robert F. NaganHealth care
| St. Vincent Foundation |
Health |
$1.4-millionBequest |
| St. Vincent Foundation (Indianapolis): $1.4-million bequest from Robert F. Nagan, an Indianapolis surgeon who died last year. Of the total, $375,000 will support a nursery at St. Vincent Women's Hospital, and the remainder will go to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital and to an intensive-care unit at the women's hospital. |
Top donors year to date
Photograph of Richard W. (Ric) Weiland by Stanford University Archives; Photograph of David Rockefeller by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; Photograph of Stephen A. Schwarzman by Jori Klein; Photograph of Stephen A. Schwarzman by Jori Klein; Photograph of David Rockefeller by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; Photograph of David H. Koch by Rob Rich/Getty Images.
About These Data
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.
If you know about a recent gift of $1-million or more that should be added
to this directory, please send a message to
gifts@philanthropy.com.
James LeVoy SorensonInvention, Investments
Peter G. PetersonFinance
Richard W. (Ric) WeilandInvestments, Technology
David RockefellerFamily wealth, Finance
Stephen A. and Christine Hearst SchwarzmanInvestments
David H. KochOil