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.
Gifts for community foundations in 2009
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| Steven L. Aaron |
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation |
$15-million |
| Steven L. Aaron, chairman of Stevens Transport, in Dallas, and his wife, Carol, have given $15-million to the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation for endowment. Ms. Aaron serves on the foundation's Board of Directors. |
| Anonymous |
Trinity Trust Foundation (Dallas) |
$10-million |
| An anonymous donor has given $10-million to the Trinity Trust Foundation, in Dallas, for a public-works project converting a Dallas-area bridge into a space suitable for pedestrians, cyclists, and others. |
| Melvina C. Killion |
Central Kansas Community Foundation (Newton) |
$1.6-millionBequest |
| Central Kansas Community Foundation (Newton): $1.6-million bequest from Melvina C. Killion, who along with her husband, Lyle, owned a chain of gas and service stations in Wichita, Kan. The money will support the Kansas Christian Home, an assisted-living center, in Newton, where Mr. Killion's parents lived; a public-television station associated with Arizona State University, in Tempe; the Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home, in Denver; and Family Time Training, in Littleton, Colo. Ms. Killion died in January and Mr. Killion died in 1998. |
| Pierre Omidyar |
Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu) |
$50-million |
| Pierre Omidyar, the founder and chairman of eBay, and his wife, Pam, the founder of HopeLab, in Palo Alto, Calif., which develops tools to assist chronically ill children, have pledged $50-million to the Hawaii Community Foundation, in Honolulu. The money will be paid over six years and will support various programs. Some of the money will go to the couple's donor-advised fund at the foundation. |
| Myrtle B. Quier |
Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.) |
$10-millionBequest |
| The Berks Community Foundation, in Reading, Pa., has received a $10-million bequest from Myrtle B. Quier. The money will support programs in animal welfare, the arts, education, and human services, and organizations that help needy women and children. Ms. Quier, who died in 2008, was chairwoman emeritus of the Reading Eagle Company, a newspaper company in Pennsylvania. She was the widow of Hawley Quier, the publisher of the Reading Eagle and Reading TImes newspapers. He died in 1977. |
| Lawrence E. Ruf |
Manatee Community Foundation (Bradenton, Fla.) |
$2.5-millionBequest |
| Manatee Community Foundation (Bradenton, Fla.): $2.5-million bequest from Lawrence E. Ruf, of Bradenton, Fla., to support 26 charities in Manatee County, Fla. Mr. Ruf, an accountant for Exxon Corporation, died in October. |
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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
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