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 museums and libraries in 2009
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| Wayne Alwill |
Danish Immigrant Museum (Elk Horn, Iowa) |
$1.3-millionBequest |
| Danish Immigrant Museum (Elk Horn, Iowa): $1.3-million bequest from Wayne Alwill, a farmer in Manning, Iowa. Mr. Alwill died in 2008. |
| Anonymous |
Springfield Museums (Mass.) |
$4.3-million |
| Springfield Museums (Mass.): $4.3-million pledge from an anonymous donor to support the organization's new history museum. The donor's name will be revealed in 2010. |
| Kenneth E. Behring |
National History Day (College Park, Md.) |
$1.9-million |
| National History Day (College Park, Md.): $1.9-million from Kenneth E. Behring, of Danville, Calif., to National History Day, to improve the teaching and learning of history at middle and high schools across the country. Mr. Behring, who is owner of the Blackhawk Corporation and former owner of the Seattle Seahawks football team. |
| William H. Gross |
National Postal Museum (Washington) |
$8-million |
| National Postal Museum (Washington): $8-million from William H. Gross, the founder of Pacific Investment Management Company, in Newport Beach, Calif., for a new gallery to be named for him. Mr. Gross is also loaning the museum three rare items: an envelope from the Pony Express service, an envelope with a 10-cent George Washington stamp from 1847, and four stamps from 1918 known as "Inverted Jennys." |
| Robert Kehl |
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Port of Dubuque, Iowa) |
$1-million |
| National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Port of Dubuque, Iowa): $1-million from Robert and Ruth Kehl, who own several businesses in Dubuque, including a restaurant and a riverboat-excursion company. The money will be used to expand the museum. |
| William W. McGuire |
Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville) |
$41-million |
| The Florida Museum of Natural History, in Gainesville, has received a collection of more than two million butterfly and moth specimens valued at $41-million from William W. McGuire, a former chief executive of UnitedHealthcare Group, in Minneapolis, and his wife, Nadine. The gift includes money to be used for research and to support the collection. |
| John Niblack |
Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Fla.) |
$3.5-million |
| Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Fla.): $3.5-million pledge from John Niblack and his wife, Heidi, for educational programs related to Chinese art, annual operating expenses, and the acquisition of Chinese paintings. Mr. Niblack is a retired vice chairman of Pfizer and is vice chairman of the museum's Board of Trustees. |
| Theodore G. Solomon |
National World War II Museum (New Orleans) |
$5.5-million |
| National World War II Museum (New Orleans): $5.5-million from Theodore G. Solomon, who owns Gulf States Theaters, a New Orleans chain of movie theaters, his wife, Doris, and their family, for the museum's new theater. |
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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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