MAJOR  GIFTS

National

Walmart announced a pledge of $250 million in cash and $1.75 billion worth of food over the next five years to fight hunger in the USA

$2 billion

New York

A windfall of works of art has been pledged to the Whitney Museum by Emily Fisher Landau, estimated value between $50 to $75 million

$50 - $75 million

Los Angles,
California

UCLA professor emeritus Paul Terasaki made a bequest, a new life sciences building will be named to recognize his gift

$50 million

Agusta,
Maine

Harold Alfond Foundation made a gift to MaineGeneral Health, the gift will go towards building a new hospital and a portion to the renovation of the existing facility in Waterville

$35 million

San Francisco,
California

The estate of Frances Brody has named the Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in the will

$28 million

New York

A gift from Betsy and Dick DeVos of Grand Rapids, Michigan to the Kennedy Center, where the DeVos Institute of Arts Management was named for their gift

$22 million

New York

The Friedman Brain Institute was established at Mount Sinai Hospital with a gift from Richard and Susan Friedman

$20 million

San Diego,
California

West Wireless Health Institute gift from namesake donors Gary and Mary West

$20 million

St. Louis,
Missouri

The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center was named at Washington University in St. Louis in appreciation of their gift

$15 million

New York

WNET Public Radio announced a gift from James S. Tisch, and his wife Merryl, he serves as chairman of the board of trustees

$15 million

Louisville,
Kentucky

The the KFC Yum! Center will adorn the new arena under construction at the University of Louisville, this is a 10 year naming rights agreement, home for the men’s and women’s basketball teams

$13.5 million

Fayetville,
Arkansas

A grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation for an addition to the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas

$10 million

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

Lehigh University received from Daniel E. Smith Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Riley, he is the chairman of the board of trustees at the university for fellowships to graduate and postdoctoral students

$10 million

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

John C. Haas made this gift to the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, he is the heir to the Rohm & Haas Co. fortune

$8 million

Boston,
Massachusetts

O’Connel Memorial Scholarship fund gets boost with gift from Ernestine O’Connel, daughter of the woman who set it up in 1961 at Boston University

$7.4 million

New England Region

Avon Walk for Breast Cancer event raised $5.6 million in donations that was distributed to  this group:

Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
$100,000

Community Servings, Jamaica Plain, NY
$100,000

Central Maine Medical Ctr, Lewiston, ME
$140,000

Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA
$150,000

LifeSpan Foundation, for Rhode Island and

Miriam Hospitals, Providence, RI
$150,000

Silent Spring Institute
$150,000

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
$200,000

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$285,000

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, NY
$300,000

Tufts University, Boston, MA

$300,000

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
$750,000

Georgetown University, Washington, DC

$950,000

$5.6 million

Royal Oak,
Michigan

Susan Cooper, long time board member and part of the capital campaign committee, made a gift to William Beaumont Hospitals Foundation to fund the Women’s Urology Center

$5 million

Naples,
Florida

Tom Golisano, the owner of the Buffalo Sabres and founder of Paychex, made a gift to the Children’s Museum of Naples

$5 million

Prince William County,
Virginia

A philanthropic gift to George Mason University bestowed naming rights to the Hylton family for the new multi-theater facility

$5 million

Washington,
D.C.

The Library of Congress’ National Book Festival received its largest gift ever from David M. Rubenstein

$5 million

University Park,
Pennsylvania

A gift from John and Willie Leone to Penn State University to endow the Dep’t of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

$5 million

Washington,
D.C.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition received a major gift from an anonymous donor

$5 million

Louisville,
Kentucky

The KFC Yum! Center at the University of Louisville, announced six new corporate sponsorships totaling $4.6 million in revenue from this group of sponsors:

• Brown-Forman Corp.’s Woodford Reserve Club has acquired 5 year naming rights for the arena’s largest meeting and event room, open to all ticket holders to any event

• Lexington Brewing Co.’s Kentucky Ale bought a 10 year sponsorship to name the sports bar on the arena’s main concourse the Kentucky Ale Tap Room

• OfficeWare Inc. signed a 7 year sponsorship deal to provide all of the arena’s copiers and printing equipment

• E.ON U.S. has a 10 year sponsorship to be the arena’s exclusive energy provider

• Klosterman’s Baking Co. signed a 5 year sponsorship to be “The Official Bread of the Arena”

• JBS Swift’s 3 year sponsorship gives the company signage on menu boards within the arena

$4.6 million

San Diego,
California

Robin and Charles Luby, both alum of San Diego State University, pledged a bequest to the Malcolm A. Love Library

$4 million

Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania

A gift of $2 million to Point Park University's new student and convocation center and a pledge of $2 million matching award toward the project from the Richard King Mellon Foundation

$4 million

Davis,
California

The William and Inez Mabie Family Foundation pledged to support the Center for Equine Health at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis

$3 million

Greensboro,
South Carolina

A bequest from alumna Louise Sparrer to Greensboro College

$2.5 million

Reno,
Nevada

Newmont, Goldcorp & Barrick Gold make joint gift of $2.4 million to the University of Nevada’s engineering program for two endowed professorships

$2.4 million

San Antonio,
Texas

Bill Greehey made a gift to Our Lady of the Lake University, he is the chairman of NuStar Energy, $2 million gift

Greehey is reported to have given $100 million to charity since 2005

H-E-B for scholarships in social work gift of $1 million to the university

$2 million

$1 million

Washington,
D.C.

The Pearson Foundation’s gift to the Smithsonian for innovative education programs for teens and teachers

$2.2 million

St. Louis,
Missouri

St. Louis Zoo named the Monsanto Education Gallery in appreciation of the sponsorship gift

$2 million

Lexington,
Kentucky

University of Tennessee Research Fnd. got a grant from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation aimed at reducing infant mortality rates

$1.7 million

Urbana,
Illinois

A gift to the University of Illinois for a new film studies center received from an anonymous donor

$1.5 million

Atlanta,
Georgia

University of Georgia Terry College received a gift from corporate supporter BB&T over the next 10 years

$1.5 million

Warrensburg,
Missouri

A gift from Audrey J. Walton for a new clubhouse at the University of Central Missouri’s Keth Memorial Golf Course

$1.5 million

Des Moines,
Iowa

A gift from alum Fred Turner to Drake University Jazz Center

$1.5 million

Columbus,
Ohio

A gift from William and Sarah Ross Soter to the Columbus Museum of Art

$1.5 million

Emporia,
Kansas

The William J. and Aloha Preston Trust made a gift to Emporia State University for scholarships in accounting and women’s athletics

$1.2 million

Dallas,
Texas

Gift from Mary Alice Shepherd on behalf of her late husband, Texas Instruments Mark Shepherd Jr. to Southern Methodist University’s atrium in engineering building

$1 million

Stony Brook,
New York

A gift from Richard Gelfond to Stony Brook University for mercury related research

$1 million

Lincoln,
Nebraska

University of Nebraska received a gift from John Morgan

$1 million

Denver,
Colorado

The Embrey Family Foundation made a grant to the American Indian College

$1 million

San Diego,
California

The PETCO Foundation made a grant to the San Diego Humane Society

$1 million

Madison,
South Dakota

The Glen & Caren Straatmeyer Auditorium named at Dakota State University in recognition of their gift

$1 million

Orlando,
Florida

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts gift from Judson & Joyce Green

$1 million

College Park,
Maryland

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business grant from the Henry & Elaine Kaufman Foundation

$1 million

Des Moines,
Iowa

Fred and Charlotte Hubbell have offered a matching gift to Simpson College and the Des Moines Metro Opera

$500,000

Dallas,
Texas

The Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel was named for their gift to Dallas Baptist University, cumulative giving by the couple of $3.3 million over 40 years

$500,000

Charlotte,
South Carolina

A gift from Jenny Sanford to the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina

$100,000

Dayton,
Ohio

Kettering Health Network has named its hospital here in honor of a private gift from Indu and Raj Soin, reportedly above $10 million

Private Gift

Burlington,
Vermont

The Holly and Robert Miller Caring for Nurses Initiative established at the University of Vermont with a private gift

Private Gift

                           International

Sydney,
Australia

Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art received a gift from Simon Mordant, he increased his previous gift of $5 million to $15 million

$10 million

Toronto,
Ontario
Canada

Walk for Kids Help Phone raised $2.5 million in early May during its annual walk, 15,000 Canadians supported the effort

Bell Canada, founding sponsor

Other sponsors in 2010:

Air Miles, BMO Financial Group, Boston Pizza, Empire Theatre, G4S, Motorola, Nestlé Canada Inc., Parmalat, and WestJet

$2.5 million

Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada

Rogers Communications made a gift to the University of British Columbia and established the Rogers Communications Multicultural Film Production Project

$1 million

Toronto,
Ontario
Canada

The Royal Bank of Canada made a gift to Healthy Minds Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation

$600,000

Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada

MTS Allstream increased its’ gift to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights from $1 million to $1.5 million announced in 2008

$500,000

Hong Kong,
China

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has donated another $2.1 million HK to Earthquake Relief in China bringing the total amount of charitable support for this cause to $18.3 million HK dollars ( $2.3 million US )

$269,718 US

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation gift to the Vancouver General Hospital & UBC Hospital Foundation

$250,000

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Rethink Communications donated their creative talent valued at $200,000 to create the "In Our Shoes" campaign for Family Services of Greater Vancouver's Directions Youth Services

$200,000

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Enbridge Gas Distribution made a gift of funding for the Fire Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council to deliver 2,700 combination smoke & carbon monoxide alarms to Ontario homes

$100,000

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Goldcorp Inc. gift to the Pacific Salmon Foundation for salmon conservation

$50,000

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Junior Achievement of British Columbia received a gift from the law firm of Fasken Martineau as the presenting sponsor of the 2010 Business Laureates of BC Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremonies

$30,000

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Tapestry Foundation for Health Care gift of $25,000 from the Legion Foundation

TB Vets Charitable Foundation gift of $7,000 to the Tapestry Foundation for Health Care that bought a new end tidal carbon dioxide monitor

$25,000



$7,000

Montreal, Quebec
Canada

Toronto Dominion Bank is the new presenting sponsor of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Title Sponsor

                              MAJOR  GIFTS

Minneapolis,
Minnesota

The estate of Cargill heiress Margaret Cargill established a new foundation.

During her lifetime, Margaret Cargill is said to have given over $200 million to charity; New foundation with 75 staff is not accepting grant applications, charities will be contacted directly according to a press release

$2.1 billion

Seattle,
Washington

Announcement from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support students that have fallen behind in school academically for remedial programs, an area the foundation has already committed $110 million

$57 million

Lincoln,
Nebraska

University of Nebraska received its largest gift ever from the Robert B. Daugherty Charitable Foundation to create an institute for studying the use of water for agriculture

$50 million

Seattle,
Washington

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed this gift to a global trust fund to help the world’s poorest farmers

$30 million

New York

AstraZeneca directed $25 million to its HealthCare Foundation to support improving cardiovascular health in the USA

$25 million

Charlotte,
North Carolina

A gift from Sandra and Leon Levine from their Levine Foundation to the Arts & Science Council’s Arts Endowment campaign

$15 million

New York

TV show American Idol raised $15 million for charity during a recent broadcast to Save The Children

$15 million

Los Angeles,
California

University of Southern California announced a gift from Walter G. & Marcia B. Kortschak, parents of a USC student, an endowment gift for the creation of the USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity

$10 million

Piscatway,
New Jersey

Rutgers University announced a gift from an anonymous donor for the new School of Business

$10 million

Lakeland,
Florida

Central Florida Aerospace Academy received the cash gift plus two airplanes and a commitment of future support from a WW II pilot from Naples, Florida

$8 million +

Charlotte,
North Carolina

A gift from Sandra and Leon Levine to Queens University for a wellness and recreation center, second major gift in a week

$7.5 million

Houston,
Texas

Scholarships were awarded to 300 graduating seniors by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

$6 million

St. Louis,
Missouri

A gift from the Alberici Foundation to establish the new Center for Sustainability to Saint Louis University

$5 million

Trenton,
New Jersey

Bristol-Meyers-Squibb Trauma Center named at Capital Health’s Trenton hospital in recognition of the corporate gift

$5 million

East Lansing,
Michigan

Michigan State University Medical School received a gift from DeVos Foundation

$5 million

University Park,
Pennsylvania

A gift to endow the Elizabeth L. and John P. Surma Jr. Dean’s Chair in the Penn State Smeal College of Business announced

$5 million

New York

NYU Langone Medical Center gift from Livia S. Wan, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and he husband, Francis Lui, named the Yung Hsia Women’s Pavilion in honor of their mothers

$5 million

Norman,
Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma's Zarrow School of Social Work named in appreciation of a gift from Henry Zarrow and his late wife Anne

$5 million

Bloomington,
Indiana

A private gift coordinated by The GEO Global Foundation to Indiana University, Kelley School of Business for an Institute for Global Organizational Effectiveness

$4.8 million

Tampa,
Florida

Alum Don Tapia, who earned his degree via online classes, made a gift to Saint Leo University, designated to a new building for the School of Business, to be named for Tapia

$4 million

San Antonio,
Texas

A gift from the J.A. Chapman and Leta M. Chapman Charitable Trust to Trinity University to endow a new professorship

$3 million

Lincoln,
Nebraska

Ndamukong Suh, the #2 pick in the recent NFL draft, made a gift to the University of Nebraska athletics program prior to the draft event

$2.6 million

San Diego,
California

A gift from the Rose Foundation to the Rady Hospital

$2.5 million

Norman,
Oklahoma

ConocoPhillips made a gift to the University of Oklahoma to support the Price College of Business, College of Engineering, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy and other programs

$2.5 million

Indianapolis,
Indiana

The Lily Endowment and a consortium of other local funders pooled their support for 186 summer programs for youth in the city of Indianapolis

$2.4 million

San Diego,
California

San Diego State University named the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism in appreciation of the gift from the namesake donor, he made an original gift of $1 million in 1999

$2.4 million

Kearney,
Nebraska

University of Nebraska, Kearney Department of Music and Performing Arts received a gift from an anonymous donor

$2 million

Worcester,
Massachusetts

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences got a gift from David L. Maher and his wife Marilyn, he was former Chairman of the Board of Trustees

$1.5 million

Wichita,
Kansas

A gift from Barry and Paula Downing to Botanica, Downing Children’s Gardens named

$1.5 million

Ogden,
Utah

Trapper Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America received a gift from a group of donors for their camp property

$1.25 million

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

A gift from the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation to Temple University to launch a new media center and TV station

$1.2 million

Madison,
Wisconsin

Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture established with a gift from Sherry Mayrent and Carol Master through an advised fund

$1 million

Palm Beach,
Florida

Local couple, Melvin and Claire Levine, made a gift to

$1 million

Houston,
Texas

Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy received a gift from attorney Joe Jamail

$1 million

Ames,
Iowa

A gift from the University of Iowa Dance Marathon to the U of Iowa Children’s Hospital for medical research

$1 million

Orlando,
Florida

A gift from Judson and Joyce Green, he is a former Disney executive, to a new performing arts center in Orlando

$1 million

St. Lucie County,
Florida

A gift from the Frances Langford Foundation to New Horizons for their mental health programs

$1 million

Canton,
Ohio

A surprise estate gift from Patricia Criqui was split between a local church and the Humane Society

$1 million

Newburyport,
Massachusetts

Anna Jaques Hospital received a gift from the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank

$1 million

Jonesboro,
Arkansas

A gift from Judd Hill Foundation to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Area Health Education Center

$1 million

Los Angeles,
California

Celebrity Hugh Hefner made a gift to support the iconic Hollywood sign campaign

$900,000

Blacksburg,
Virginia

The Fowler-Giovanni Fund established at Virginia Tech University includes planned gift of intellectual property from distinguished faculty member

$800,000

Conway,
Arkansas

An alum of University of Central Arkansas Wylena "Billye" Hayward, made an estate gift

$750,000

New York

Bank of America made a gift to YouthBuild USA to support green job training in low-income areas

$500,000

New York

A gift from Barbara and Donald Jonas to the     New York-Presbyterian Hospital to help provide mental-health services to patients admitted for non-psychiatric conditions

$500,000

Madison,
Wisconsin

A gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel to the University of Wisconsin, School of Nursing building project

$500,000

Raleigh,
North Carolina

Gold Leaf Foundation made a grant to
UNC-TV

$300,000

Jackson,
Mississippi

Deloitte Foundation Lectureship in Accountancy set up at Ole Miss as alumni and Deloitte set up endowment

$250,000

Bell County,
Texas

An estate gift from  E. A. Limmer, Jr. of Bartlett to the Bell County Museum

$200,000

Fort Wayne,
Indiana

Dr. John Crawford announced a gift to Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation

$27,000

Galveston,
Texas

A gift to Galveston College of property named the Galveston College Charlie Thomas Family Vocational-Technical Training Center in appreciation of the gift of land below market value

Private Gift

Thousand Oaks,
California

Carpenter Family Theater named after a gift from the celebrity family

Private Gift

Atlanta,
Georgia

Ford Motor Company and Zoo Atlanta celebrated the 25^th year anniversary of Ford’s sponsorship at the zoo

Private Sponsorship

Royal Oak,
Michigan

Arts, Beats and Eats 4 day event in Royal Oak Labor Day weekend, got a new title sponsor, Ford plus a program sponsor in Citizen’s Bank

Private Sponsorships

                          International

Shenzen,
China

Chinese billionaire, Yu Pengnian, known as a real estate and hotel tycoon, announced a $470 million gift to his namesake the Yu Pengnian Foundation, total assets approx. $1.2 billion

$470 million

London,
England

Bart Becht, the chief executive of cleaning products giant Reckitt Benckiser who last year pocketed £90m, transferred £110m of shares to a charitable trust which supports organizations such as Save the Children

£110 million

or

$167.9 million

Israel

Lord Jacob Rothschild and the Rothschild Family pledged a gift to building a new national library in Israel

$150 million

Panama

An international estate of Wilson Lucom battle was resolved and the disposition of funds with be split between two Panamian entities, Fundacion De Apoyo a Los Ninos Pobres de Panama and the Ministry of Social Development

$50 million

Moscow
Russia

Oleg Deripaska, the billionaire chief executive officer of United Co. Rusal, has pledged $40 million in stock to charity

$40 million

Calgary, Alberta
Canada

A namesake gift created the establish the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology at the University of Calgary

$28 million

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

A group of 170 alumni pooled their donation to the University of Alberta, School of Business to NOT NAME the School on an

In Perpetuity basis, first ever in Canada

$20.5 million

Calgary, Alberta
Canada

A gift from John & Cheryl Aldred to SAIT, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, was recognized by naming the Aldred Centre, largest gift ever to a community college in the country

$15 million

Guatemala

Japan made a gift to build a conservation and research center at Tikal in northern Guatemala to preserve Mayan relics and historical artifacts, gift came through the Japanese embassy

$6 million

China

Geely Holding Group made a gift of 22 million Yuan to the disaster relief efforts for earthquake victims in China

$3.2 million

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

A gift from Irving (Ike) Barber to Kwantlen Polytechnic University for student scholarships

$2.5 million

Waterloo, Ontario
Canada

Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated the newly named Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research

$1 million

Ottawa,Ontario
Canada

IBM Analytics Research Centre named at the University of Ottawa after receiving a corporate gift to the Telfer School of Management

$1 million

Kingston, Ontario
Canada

A gift from Linda Ann Daly and Walter Fenlon
to Kingston General hospital

$100,000

Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

Toyota is sponsoring the Farm Fresh Program at the Green Living Show this weekend in Toronto

Private

Sponsor

Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

Scotiabank announced as new title sponsor for the television program and online marketing campaign from Environmental Defence

Private

Sponsor

England

Lexus is the new title sponsor for the Great British Bike Ride

Private Sponsor

                                     MAJOR  GIFTS

New York

The Ford Foundation announced $100 million in grants over the next 10 years to build community arts spaces

$100 million

San Diego,

California

A gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs to the University of California, San Diego, recognized with the naming of the Jacobs Medical Center, a 10 story specialty hospital next to the Thornton medical center

$75 million

Raleigh,
North Carolina

The Golden LEAF Foundation grant to MCNC in support of the Broadband Technologies program for the state of North Carolina

$24 million

Columbus, Ohio

Huntington National Bank and Limited Brands Foundation, both of Columbus, and Richard and Peggy Santulli of Red Bank, N.J. each pledged $2.5 million over five years to the Pelotonia bicycle tour at Ohio State University for cancer research

$7.5 million

Chicago, Illinois

The ASCO Cancer Foundation will present more than $7.1 million in grants and awards to 289 researchers at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 46th Annual Meeting

$7.1 million

Indianapolis, Indiana

A gift from Bill and Gayle Cook to the Old Centrum, a performing arts venue to assist in the historic preservation of the facility

$7 million

Colorado Springs, Colorado

A gift from Bart Holaday, Class of 1965, and his wife, Lynn, to the U. S. Air Force Academy for a new indoor athletic training facility

$5 million

Cape Girandeau, Missouri

Southeast Missouri State University received an estate gift from Christene Merick, an unrestricted gift

$4 million

Chicago, Illinois

A gift from U.S. Bank to to Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School

$4 million

Windsor, CT

Loomis Chaffee School received a gift from an anonymous donor towards the financial aid campaign currently underway

$3.3 million

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Foundation received a gift from 89 year old John Demer that will go toward construction of the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center

$3 million

Hartford,

Connecticut

An anonymos grateful patient made a gift to St. Francis Hospital, unrestricted

$2.5 million

Fountain Valley,

California

A gift from Hyundai Motor America to launch the 2010 Hyundai Hope on Wheels tour for research into Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

$2.1 million

Davis, California

An gift from the estate of Charlie Soderquist to University of California, Davis, has established two new endowed chairs

$2 million

Magnolia, Arkansas

Southern Arkansas University has received a gift from a local couple for a rodeo arena

$2 million

Woods Hole,

Massachusetts

The Marine Biological Laboratory received a gift from Charles Rosenthal

$2 million

New York

Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation gift to Millenium Promise

$2 million

Edmond,

Oklahoma

An anonymous donor’s gift to Oklahoma Christian University’s College of Biblical Studies for a new endowed chair

$1.5 million

Virginia

Dominion Resources has pledged support to local environmental organizations in 11 states where it has operations

$1.1 million

Marin County, California

Marin Community Foundation offering more than $1.1 million in grants to local nonprofits that offer services to seniors

$1.1 million

Oakland, California

Chevron Products Company grants totaling $1 million to 15 South Bay Schools under the Energy for Learning program

$1 million

Providence,

Rhode Island

A gift from the Champlin Foundations to Brown University Alpert Medical School towards the new library

$1 million

Baltimore, Maryland

The Baltimore Community Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies and the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Foundation will contribute $1 million over three years to draw 1,200 volunteers expected to contribute 500,000 hours of work to local nonprofits

$1 million

Raleigh, North Carolina

A gift from Wes and Janet Chesson to the WakeMed Just for Kids campaign to honor long time friend Dr. Jerry Bernstein

$1 million

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville University received a trust gift to the Marine Science Research Institute

$1 million

West Lafayette, Indiana

A gift from the Fred Klipsch family to Purdue athletic complex where men’s & women’s basketball teams can review video, named space to recognize this gift

$1 million

Iowa City,
Iowa

Jim and Darlene McCord made a gift to University of Iowa football program, recognized by having the name the indoor club level of the Kinnick Press Box named the McCord Club

$1 million

Detroit, Michigan

TechTown grant from The Kresge Foundation to renovate new business incubator space

$800,000

Umpqua,
Oregon

A gift from attorney  Danny Lang to the Umpqua Community College in support of the Southern Oregon Wine Institute

$800,000

Astoria,

Washington

An estate gift from Don A. Goodall to Astoria High School Scholarships, largest gift ever to the fund

$794,543

Virginia

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities  grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for research on the lives of early Americans

$660,000

Banning,

California

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has made a grant to the nonprofit Dorothy Ramon Learning Center

$500,000

Raleigh, North Carolina

Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation grant to for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' new Nature Research Center

$250,000

                  International

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of Toronto named the new Munk School Global Affairs in recognition of a gift from Peter and Melanie Munk

$35 million

London,

England

Elaine and David Potter established a foundation to set up the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK

$3 million

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Seymour Schulich's gift will establish the Schulich Canada Smart Classroom Initiative at World ORT

$2 million

New Zealand

National grant from the Lion Foundation for family services, car seat rental program and other initiatives

$1 million

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

University of Calgary Department of Music got two $500,000 gifts, one from Dick Matthews, one of the founding members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and one from an anonymous donor

$500,000 +
$500,000

West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

An estate gift from Elizabeth “Beke” Pritchard Burne to the West Vancouver Community Foundation, designated to the West Vancouver Seawall Walking area

$208,000

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

IKEA Canada and customers made a gift to UNICEF Canada towards its Haiti donation program

$95,000

                                       MAJOR  GIFTS

University Park, Pennsylvania

Penn State has 100 % financial support from its Board of Trustees, total of $91.3 million, towards the upcoming campaign

$93.1 million

Long Island,
New York

The North Shore LIJ Children’s Hospital

re-named the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York named for the gift from the Cohen Foundation

$50 million

Cambridge,

Massachusetts

Harvard Law School’s Northwest Corner building received two major gift from alumni; alumnus Finn M. W. Caspersen gave $30 million, Caspersen Student Center named in recognition; alumnus Bruce J. Wasserstein gave $25 million, Wasserstein Hall named

$30 million +
$25 million

New York

Metropolitan Opera received a gift from Ann Ziff, largest gift ever, an unrestricted gift, no specific name recognition at this time

$30 million

Storrs, Connecticut

The campaign at the University of Connecticut received 28 gifts of $1 million or more

$28 million

Boston,

Massachusetts

Boston College named the Barbara and Patrick Roche Center for Catholic Education in recognition of their gift to the university

$20 million

Cleveland,
Ohio

Case Western Reserve University and The Temple – Tifereth Israel received a grant from the Maltz Family Foundation for the transformation of the Temple’s building into the Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center

$12 million

Milwaukee,

Wisconsin

The estate of Louise Salinsky was left to a group of local charities in Milwaukee and in Chicago

$12 million

Washington,

D.C.

Boy Scouts of America in Fall of 2009 sold  trail mix and Trails-End popcorn that became their donation to SupportOurTroops.Org (not included in the Total Gifts for March 2010)

$10 million

Durham,
North Carolina

The Robertson Foundation made a grant to establish a Translational Cell Therapy Center at Duke University

$10 million

Fairbanks,

Alaska

Alaska Communications Systems made a gift to the University of Alaska with a backup data center in December 2009 (not included in the Total Gifts for March 2010)

$6.8 million

Owing Mills,

Maryland

University of Maryland, McDonogh School got a gift from Irvin Naylor, ’54 alum and the Naylor Family Foundation, for a new technology, engineering and math building to be constructed, will be named the Naylor Building

$6 million

Royal Oak,

Michigan

Susan E. Cooper, a board member of Beaumont Hospital, made a gift to the hospital to establish a Women’s Urology Center

$5 million

Houston,

Texas

A secondary namesake gift from the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation to  support The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Bioinformatics Research and Imaging for Neurosciences at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

$5 million

Claremont,

California

The Joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer colleges got a gift from the Sidney J. Weinberg foundation for the endowment of the new Dean’s position

$5 million

Chapel Hill,
North Carolina

UNC, Chapel Hill got an estate gift from Journalism alumnus Reese Felts and will use the funds to create a research center within the school of Journalism

$3.5 million

New York

Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Studio and Broadcast Suite named at Jazz at Lincoln Center in appreciation for their gift

$3 million

Savannah,

Georgia

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute named at Memorial University for their gift to the campaign

$2.5 million

Fort Wayne,

Indiana

Indiana Tech received a gift from Wilfred Uytengsu Sr., a 1951 graduate towards renovation of the administration center

$2 million

Central New York State

An estate gift from Bernard Rosen to the 33 libraries of the Finger Lakes Library System for youth materials and programming

$2 million

Storrs, Connecticut

UConn alum Gary Gladstein’s gift for the Human Rights Institute

$1.5 million

Salt Lake City,

Utah

L.S. Skaggs Presidential Endowed Chair for Pharmacy named at the University of Utah

$1.5 million

Oakland,

California

Techbridge Girls Go science and engineering program with Girl Scouts received a grant from the Noyce Foundation

$1.28 million

Cleveland,
Ohio

A gift from the Callahan Family Foundation to Case Western Reserve University to endow the Francis Callahan Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series

$1.25 million

College Station,

Texas

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas gift to Texas A&M University to support cancer research

$1.1 million

Jacksonville,

Florida

Former soldier Marvin Metheny III, who lost his sight made a gift to University of North Florida for first generation scholarships

$1 million

Ithaca,

New York

Cornell School of Hotel Administration established the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation Scholarship for undergrads

$1 million

Cortland,

New York

Bequest from SUNY Cortland board member Louise Conley, Phd to the university to create its first endowed chair

$1 million

Detroit, Michigan

A gift from ITC Holdings Corp., an independent electric transmission company, to The Henry Ford

$1 million

Fairbanks,

Alaska

University of Alaska, Fairbanks received an estate gift from alum Calvin J. Lensink to support an endowment for grad students and wildlife research

$650,000

Helena,

Montana

Greater Montana Foundation has pledged $600,000 over six years to new Montana Heritage Center

$600,000

Buffalo,

New York

First Niagara Financial Group made a gift to underwrite the 2010 Empire State Games this summer

$500,000

Honolulu,

Hawaii

In honor of her father, Robert Cushing, Susan Chamberlin, and her husband Steve Chamberlin, have added $200,000 to his endowed fund set up in 1999 at the Lyon Arboretum

$200,000

Detroit,

Michigan

Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School named for a collection of private gifts from the Henry Ford II Fund, the Edsel B. Ford II Fund, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other university friends

Private Gifts

International

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Peter Gustavson made a gift to the University of Victoria, School of Business

$10 million

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Moncton Hospital received leadership gifts, the Irving Ambulatory Care Centre named for a gift from Robert K. Irving and two $1 million gifts from Jon and Leslie Manship

$2 million +
$1 million

Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada

NAIT received a corporate gift from Ledcor Industrial Group towards an applied research chair in oil sands environmental sustainability

$1.5 million

Peterborough,

Ontario, Canada

Trent University received an estate gift from Mrs. Fern Rahmel in support of women pursuing higher education

$1.2 million

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

McMaster University's part-time students made a thank you gift to the university in tribute to outgoing president Peter George

$1 million

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Etobicoke School of the Arts gets $25,000 grant from filmmaker Christina Jennings, CEO of Shaftesbury Films

$25,000

Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania

Lehigh University campaign success wraps up 10 year fundraising effort

$500 million +

St. Louis,

Missouri

St. Louis seminary exceeded their capital campaign goal, raised $60.8 million

$60.8 million

Lansing,
Michigan

Thomas M. Cooley Law School agrees to buy naming rights to local ball park for 11 year term

$16 million

Toronto,
Ontario

Toronto Zoo launched a $250 million capital campaign

New campaign

MAJOR  GIFTS

Houston,

Texas

Baylor University received an anonymous estate gift that will support medical research in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Social Work

$200 million

Chicago,

Illinois

Jump Trading Simulation & Conf Center named at the St. Francis Hospital and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, a joint gift

$25 million

Salt Lake City,
Utah

A gift from Ann S. and Gary L. Crocker to the University of Utah’s College of Science

$10 million

Lake Forest,
Illinois

Lake Forest College estate gift from 100 yr old alum Grace Groner

$7 million

Seattle,

Washington

Institute for Systems Biology gets big gift from
an anonymous gift

$6 million

St. Louis,
Missouri

St. Louis College of Pharmacy receives largest gift ever from trust of Laura Whelpley

$5.9 million

Fort Worth,
Texas

Sarah & Ross Perot Jr. Foundation gift to Texas Christian University for scholarships

$2.5 million

Pullman,

Washington

A gift from alumnus Mark & Wuotila and his wife Gail to the College of Business at Washington State University

$2 million

West Lafayette, Indiana

A gift from the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation to Purdue University, School of Eng.  to name head of school of engineering

$2 million

Tucson,
Arizona

Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation pledge  to the Arizona Assurance Scholarship Endowment at the University of Arizona

$2 million

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

Waldron Mercy Academy gets $1.85 million estate gift from former RCA Chairman Edgar Griffiths Jr. and Mary R. Griffiths, to support the school’s endowment

$1.85 million

Washington,
D.C.

Noyce Foundation grant to the 4-H Council towards its science, engineering and technology programs

$1.7 million

Sarasota,
Florida

David F. Bolger, President of the Bolger Foundation of Ridgewood, NJ and Longboat Key, FL gift to waterfront landscaping at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

$1.105 million

Hartford,
Connecticut

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford received a gift from the estate of Isadore Gershman of Hartford

$1 million

Atlanta,
Georgia

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta gift from the Herman J. Russell family for expansion of the at Hughes Spalding facility

$1 million

Raleigh,
North Carolina

Hospice of Wake County received a gift from Reid S. Towler, the largest gift ever

$1 million

Kansas City,
Kansas

University of Kansas Cancer Center received a gift from Burns & McDonnell, a leading engineering and design firm

$1 million

Boulder, Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder alumna Jane Butcher made a gift toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building

$1 million

Los Angeles,
California

USC Marshall School's Center for Global Innovation received a gift from Resources Global Professionals CEO Don Murray and his wife, Carol

$1 million

West Palm Beach, Florida

Carl E. Hirsch, who co-founded NextMedia Group, gift to the Cleveland Clinic Florida Health and Wellness Center

$1 million

Charleston,
West Virginia

A gift from Maier Foundation of $1 million to be matched by the West Virginia Research Trust Fund to endow a chair of research at West Virginia University's Charleston Division School of Medicine

$1 million

Galesburg,
Illinois

Galesburg YMCA names soccer field for foundation gift from BNSF Foundation

$250,000

                  International

Geneva,

Switzerland

Jean Claude Gandur's pledge to Geneva museums

Gandur is the founder of the Addax and Oryx energy and mining group, which sold Addax Petroleum to China's Sinopec for $7.2 billion dollars last year

$18.6 million

Queensland,

Australia

A donation by Graeme Wood, a founder of Wotif.com, when she launched the Global Change Institute

$15 million

Singapore

Koh Boon Hwee, Chairman of DBS Group holdings and Nanyang Technological University's  Board of Trustees, gift to the university

$2.5 million