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 other groups in 2009
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| Lee Abend |
Community Television Foundation of South Florida (Miami) |
$1.6-millionBequest |
| Community Television Foundation of South Florida (Miami): $1.6-million bequest from Lee Abend, a retired hornist for the U.S. Marine Band, in Washington, and his wife, Mildred, to endow classical-music programming at WPBT2, a public-television station in Miami. |
| Donna (Muffy) Christen |
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation (S.D.) |
$5-million |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation (S.D.): $5-million pledge from Donna (Muffy) Christen, who co-owns First Western Agency, an insurance company in Hot Springs, S.D., and is chairwoman of the Christen Group, a holding company in Huron, S.D. The money will endow the construction of the Crazy Horse Memorial. |
| Irwin M. Jacobs |
KPBS (San Diego) |
$2.5-million |
| KPBS (San Diego): $2.5-million from Irwin M. Jacobs, a co-founder of Qualcomm, a wireless-communications company in San Diego, and his wife, Joan, to support the public radio and television station. |
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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.
