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.
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| Anonymous |
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles) |
$1-million |
| Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles): $1-million from an anonymous donor for general operations. |
| Adrienne Arsht |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington) |
$5-million |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington): $5-million from Adrienne Arsht, chairman emeritus of TotalBank, in Miami, for musical-theater programming. Ms. Arsht sold TotalBank to Banco Popular, with headquarters in Madrid, in November 2007. |
| Michael H. Dunn |
Museum of Modern Art (New York) |
$10-millionBequest |
| Michael H. Dunn, a retired stock broker and rare-books dealer, who lived in Derby, Vt., has bequeathed approximately $10-million to the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. The money will be used for endowment and acquisitions. Mr. Dunn died in 2007. |
| Robert Gumbiner |
Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach, Calif.) |
$25-millionBequest |
| Robert Gumbiner, a physician in southern California, bequeathed $25-million to the Museum of Latin American Art, in Long Beach, Calif., to establish an endowment. Dr. Gumbiner, who founded the museum in 1996, was 85 when he died in January. He stipulated that only the earnings from the endowment be used for operating expenses, and that 10 percent of the earnings be reinvested in the endowment. |
| Henry R. Kravis |
New York Philharmonnic |
$10-million |
| Henry R. Kravis, a founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, a New York banking firm, pledged $10-million to the New York Philharmonic to endow a composer-in-residence post, and to establish a prize for new music. Both will be named for Mr. Kravis's wife, Marie-Josee Kravis, an economist. |
| Hugh McColl |
Charlotte Symphony (N.C.) |
$1-million |
| Charlotte Symphony (N.C.): $1-million from Hugh McColl, a former head of Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., and his wife, Jane, for the orchestra's upcoming season. |
| John Pappajohn |
Des Moines Art Center |
$13-million |
| John Pappajohn, founder of Equity Dynamics and Pappajohn Capital Resources, venture capital firms in Des Moines, and his wife, Mary, have pledged eight sculptures valued at $13-million to the Des Moines Art Center. This is the couple's second pledge of sculptures to the museum. In 2008 they pledged 16 sculptures valued at about $25-million. The museum will receive all 24 pieces in the next five years. Ms. Pappajohn serves on the museum's Board of Trustees. |
| Julian H. Robertson Jr. |
Auckland Art Gallery (New Zealand) |
$69.5-million |
| Julian H. Robertson, who founded Tiger Management, a hedge fund in New York, and his wife, Josie, have pledged a collection of 15 works of art valued at approximately $69.5-million to the Auckland Art Gallery, in New Zealand. The collection includes paintings by Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, and other famous artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. and Ms. Robertson are American, but they have developed golf resorts and lodges in New Zealand and own two wineries there. |
| Rusty Rose |
U. of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture |
$1-million |
| U. of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture: $1-million pledge from Rusty Rose, founder of and partner at Cardinal Investment Company, in Dallas, and his wife, Deedie, for an endowed professorship and graduate fellowship, both in urban planning. Mr. Rose graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in engineering science in 1963. |
| David M. Rubenstein |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York) |
$10-million |
| David M. Rubenstein, a co-founder of the Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm in Bethesda, Md., has pledged $10-million to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York, for an atrium located across the street from the center. The atrium will be named for Mr. Rubenstein, who serves as a vice chairman of the performing-arts center's Board of Directors. |
| Fred C. Sands |
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles) |
$2-million |
| Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles): $2-million from Fred C. Sands, the founder of Vintage Capital Group, an investment firm in Los Angeles, for general operations. Mr. Sands serves on the museum's Board of Trustees. |
| John P. Singer |
All Stars Project (New York) |
$1-million |
| All Stars Project (New York): $1-million pledge from John P. Singer, director of systems at ART Advisors, a financial-services firm in New York, and his wife, Madlyn, for operating costs and programs. Mr. Singer serves on the group's Board of Directors. |
| Martin T. Sosnoff |
American Ballet Theater (New York) |
$5-million |
| American Ballet Theater (New York): $5-million from Martin T. Sosnoff, chairman of Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, an investment-management firm in New York, and his wife, Toni, to endow new ballet works the company commissions. Mr. Sosnoff serves on the dance company's Board of Governing Trustees. |
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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.
