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 foundations in 2009
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| Wanda Brunet |
Gerard and Wanda Brunet Foundation (Norwich, Conn.) |
$1.5-millionBequest |
| Gerard and Wanda Brunet Foundation (Norwich, Conn.): $1.5-million from Wanda Brunet, a former secretary, for scholarships for college-bound seniors from Griswold High School, in Connecticut. Ms. Brunet, who died in May, attended the high school in 1938 and 1939 but did not graduate. |
| Craig Silverstein |
Sebastian Ferrero Foundation (Gainesville, Fla.) |
$5-million |
| Sebastian Ferrero Foundation (Gainesville, Fla.): $5-million pledge from Craig Silverstein, director of technology at Google, in Mountain View, Calif., for a children's hospital. |
| Virginia Bernthal Toulmin |
Dayton Foundation (Ohio) |
$20-million |
| Virginia Bernthal Toulmin, a former nurse and businesswoman in Dayton, Ohio, has pledged approximately $20-million to the Dayton Foundation. The money will go into Ms. Toulmin's donor-advised fund, to support charitable programs in Dayton. Eventually it will endow the foundation. |
| Flora Cornelia Bullock Wilkins |
Cumberland Community Foundation (Fayetteville, N.C.) |
$2.7-millionBequest |
| Cumberland Community Foundation (Fayetteville, N.C.): $2.7-million bequest from Flora Cornelia Bullock Wilkins, who taught English at Alexander Graham Junior High School, in Fayetteville, to establish an endowment that will support programs for senior citizens, education, health care, and the Cape Fear Botanical Garden, also in Fayetteville. Ms. Bullock Wilkins 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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