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.
| Anonymous
| Amherst College (Mass.) |
Colleges and universities |
$25-million |
| An anonymous donor has pledged $25-million to Amherst College, in Massachusetts, for endowment. The donor graduated from the college, and plans to pay off the pledge over five years. |
| Anonymous
| Amherst College (Mass.) |
Colleges and universities |
$100-million |
| Amherst College, in Massachusetts, has received a $100-million pledge from an anonymous donor who graduated from the college. The money will go toward endowment and will be paid out over five years. |
| George SorosFinance
| Central European U. (Hungary) |
Colleges and universities |
$50-million |
| George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, a New York firm that manages hedge funds, and founder of the Open Society Institute, in New York, has pledged $50-million to Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary. The money will be used to establish the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Mr. Soros, who helped establish the university, will pay $5-million annually over the next 10 years. |
| David M. RubensteinFinance, Investments
| Duke U., Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy (Durham, N.C.) |
Colleges and universities |
$5.8-million |
| Duke U., Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy (Durham, N.C.): $5.8-million from David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm in Bethesda, Md. Of the total, $3.5-million will endow the Program in Environmental and Energy Policy, $1.13-million will support a speakers series, and another $1.13-million will support an internship program. Mr. Rubenstein graduated from Duke in 1970 and serves on the university's Board of Trustees. |
| Pierre and Pam OmidyarTechnology
| Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu) |
Community foundations |
$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. |
| Anonymous
| Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital (Washington) |
Education |
$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. |
| George SorosFinance
| Open Society Institute, Baltimore |
Public affairs |
$5-million |
| Open Society Institute, Baltimore: $5-million from George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, a New York firm that manages hedge funds, and founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute, in New York. The money will support human-services groups in Baltimore. |
| Rick and Susan SontagInvestments
| Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) |
Colleges and universities |
$7.5-million |
| Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.): $7.5-million from Rick Sontag, a private investor in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and his wife, Susan, for a new residence hall. Ms. Sontag graduated from the college in 1964 and the couple's daughter, Cindy Sontag Hudgins, is a 1995 graduate. Mr. Sontag's uncle was a philosophy professor at the college for 50 years. |
| Anonymous
| Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Ind.) |
Colleges and universities |
$10-million |
| An anonymous donor, an alumnus, has pledged $10-million to Saint Joseph's College, in Rensselear, Ind., for scholarships and other programs. |
| Irwin M. and Joan K. JacobsTelecommunications
| U. of California at San Francisco |
Colleges and universities |
$6.5-million |
| U. of California at San Francisco: $6.5-million from Irwin M. Jacobs, a co-founder of Qualcomm, a wireless-communications company in San Diego, and his wife, Joan, for research into cancer of the head and neck. Mr. Jacobs was treated for such cancer at the university. |
| John and Mary PappajohnInvestments
| U. of Iowa Foundation (Iowa City) |
Colleges and universities |
$26.4-million |
| John Pappajohn, who founded Equity Dynamics and Pappajohn Capital Resources, venture-capital firms in Des Moines, and his wife, Mary, have pledged $26.4-million to the University of Iowa Foundation. The money will support the university's Institute for Biomedical Discovery, which will be named for the couple. Mr. Pappajohn graduated from the university in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in business. |
| Paul and Diane ManningMarketing
| U. of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville) |
Health |
$5-million |
| U. of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville): $5-million from Paul Manning, chief executive of PBM Products, a Gordonsville, Va., company that markets and distributes baby formula, and his wife, Diane, for diabetes research. The couple's two children have diabetes. |
| David A. CofrinFamily wealth, Health care
| U. of Wisconsin at Green Bay |
Colleges and universities |
$5.5-millionBequest |
| U. of Wisconsin at Green Bay: $5.5-million bequest from David A. Cofrin, a retired surgeon in Gainesville, Fla., to establish an endowment for academic programs in the business school, and to support a management professorship. Dr. Cofrin died in August. |
Top donors year to date
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.
Jay A. PrecourtOil
Pierre and Pam OmidyarTechnology
George SorosFinance