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 education in 2009
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| Anonymous |
Bush School (Seattle) |
$1.3-million |
| Bush School (Seattle): $1.3-million from an anonymous donor whose child attends the private school. The money will go toward the school's capital campaign. |
| Anonymous |
Bush School (Seattle) |
$2.5-million |
| Bush School (Seattle): $2.5-million from an anonymous donor whose child attends the private school. The money will go toward the school's capital campaign. |
| Anonymous |
Bush School (Seattle) |
$4.4-million |
| Bush School (Seattle): $4.4-million from an anonymous donor whose child attends the private school. The money will go toward the school's capital campaign. |
| Anonymous |
Episcopal Academy (Newton Square, Pa.) |
$1-million |
| Episcopal Academy (Newton Square, Pa.): $1-million pledge from an anonymous donor who graduated from the school in 1940. |
| Anonymous |
Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital (Washington) |
$5-million |
| Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital (Washington): $5-million pledge from an anonymous donor for renovations, the creation of an outdoor field and play area, scholarships, and programs. The school must raise a total of $1.8-million to receive the entire $5-million gift. |
| Anonymous |
Little Flower Catholic School (Springfield, Ill.) |
$1-million |
| Little Flower Catholic School (Springfield, Ill.): $1-million from an anonymous donor for scholarships. |
| Anonymous |
Saint Joseph School (Webster, Mass.) |
$1-million |
| Saint Joseph School (Webster, Mass.): $1-million from an anonymous donor for a construction project. The donor graduated from the school. |
| Anonymous |
St. Augustine Catholic High School (Tucson) |
$5-million |
| St. Augustine Catholic High School (Tucson): $5-million from an anonymous donor for a new gym and for programs. |
| Anonymous |
St. John the Evangelist School (Duluth, Minn.) |
$3-million |
| St. John the Evangelist School (Duluth, Minn.): $3-million from an anonymous donor for an addition to the school. |
| Anonymous |
United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.) |
$7-million |
| United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): $7-million from an anonymous donor for scholarships for minority college students. |
| Giorgio Armani |
Fund for Public Schools (New York) |
$1-million |
| Fund for Public Schools (New York): $1-million from Giorgio Armani, a well-known fashion designer, for a new arts center in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, and for arts programs at 10 elementary schools in the Bronx. |
| Irene Cummings |
Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, Calif.) |
$3-million |
| Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Avocado ranch worth approximately $3-million from Irene Cummings, an opera singer in Ventura, Calif. The academy will receive the property, which will endow opera productions, when Ms. Cummings dies. She attended the academy in 1951. |
| Shelly Ellig |
Oak Grove Lutheran School (Fargo, N.D.) |
$1.3-million |
| Oak Grove Lutheran School (Fargo, N.D.): $1.25-million pledge over five years from Shelly Ellig, owner of the Stop-N-Go convenience-store chain in Fargo. The money will go to the school's fund-raising campaign. |
| Gabriel Hammond |
Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) |
$1-million |
| Mercersburg Academy (Pa.): $1-million from Gabriel Hammond, founder of Alerian Capital Management, an asset-management firm, in Dallas, to endow scholarships. Mr. Hammond graduated from the school in 1997. |
| Jerry Jacobson |
Fork Union Military Academy (Va.) |
$10.1-million |
| Jerry Jacobson, former owner of the Ohio Central Railroad System, and his wife, Laura, have given $10.1-million to Fork Union Military Academy, in Fork Union, Va. The money will support the construction of a new barracks. The couple has two sons who attend the academy. Mr. Jacobson sold the railroad system to Genesee & Wyoming last year. |
| Bruce Karsh |
KIPP LA Schools (Los Angeles) |
$3-million |
| KIPP LA Schools (Los Angeles): $3-million pledge from Bruce Karsh, a co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a money-management firm in Los Angeles, and his wife, Martha, to help the organization establish 14 new charter schools in Los Angeles. Seven of the schools will be elementary schools and seven will be middle schools. |
| Edward C. Keller |
East Aurora Union Free School District (N.Y.) |
$3.4-millionBequest |
| East Aurora Union Free School District (N.Y.): $3.4-million bequest from Edward C. Keller, a businessman in East Aurora, N.Y., for scholarships. Mr. Keller died in 2006. His wife, Marie Keller, who died in 1998, taught for 41 years in the school district. The scholarships will be named for her. |
| Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen |
Chatham Hall (Va.) |
$31-millionBequest |
| Chatham Hall, in Virginia, a boarding school for girls, has received a $31-million bequest from Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen, who graduated from the school in 1931. Ms. Nilsen directed that her donation go toward the endowment. |
| Mildred Ohlander |
Beloit Memorial High School (Wis.) |
$1-millionBequest |
| Beloit Memorial High School (Wis.): $1-million bequest from Mildred (Lu) Ohlander, of Beloit, for the school's theater department. Ms. Ohlander's wealth was inherited. She died in 2008. Her sister, Elizabeth Reinholz, was the school's theater director and died in 2005. |
| Harvey Ordung |
Luverne Dollars for Scholars (Minn.) |
$2.9-millionBequest |
| Luverne Dollars for Scholars (Minn.): $2.9-million bequest from Harvey Ordung, a farmer in Luverne, Minn., who made his fortune investing in oil companies, for scholarships. Mr. Ordung died in 2007. |
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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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