New Major Gifts Research

Major Gift Report for May 1 to 15, 2010

2010-05-17T17:05:42Z

Major Gifts - $2.386 billion + in the USA
International Major Gifts - $14 million +
May 1 to May 16, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
researched by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

	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

Contributing research provided by Terry Burton, of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on emerging trends & strategies for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts

Major Gift Report, April 16 to 30, 2010

2010-04-30T19:44:24Z

Major Gifts - $ 2.4 billion + in the USA
International Major Gifts - $954 million +
April 16 to April 30, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
researched by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

	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

Contributing research provided by Terry Burton, of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on ASK Amounts for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts

Major Gift Research, April 1 to 15, 2010

2010-04-17T01:06:04Z

Major Gifts - $267 million +
April 1 to April 15, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
researched by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

	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

Contributing research supplied by Terry Burton, of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on emerging trends & strategies for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts

Major Gift Report for March 15 to 31, 2010

2010-04-01T14:27:34Z

Major Gifts - $ 349.4 million +
March 15th to March 31^st, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

	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

Contributing research supplied by Terry Burton, of Dig In Research. the leading independent researcher on Major Gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts

Major Gift Report, March 1 to 15, 2010

2010-03-15T15:07:21Z

Major Gifts - $ 275.3million +
March 1^st to March 15^th, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

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

Major Gift Report, March 1, 2010

2010-02-28T16:22:42Z

Major Gifts - $154 million $305 million +
February 15^th to February 26^th, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

Houston, Texas	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center launched the public phase of the Billion dollar campaign	$1 Billion
Auburn, Alabama	Auburn University has reduced the ASK Amounts on many of its’ naming opportunities	----------
Louisville, Kentucky	The Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation reported a record setting fundraising year in 2009	$9.6 million
Roanoke, Virginia	The United Way of the Roanoke Valley reporting surpassing the 2008 goal in its 2009 campaign	$6.1 million
	MAJOR GIFTS
Tulsa, Oklahoma	T. Boone Pickens offered a $100 million challenge grant to Oklahoma State University to fund an endowment for scholarships	$100 Million
Boston, Massachusetts	The Barr Foundation, with assets of approximately $1 billion, has pledged to support Boston-area nonprofits and efforts that fight climate change from a $50 million fund	$50 million
Mount Vernon, Virginia	A grant from the Reynolds Foundation of Los Angeles to the George Washington Library	$38 million
Miami, Florida	Norton Herrick, chairman of Herrick Entertainment, made a gift of silent films of Charlie Chaplin, valued at $32 million to the University of Miami, School of Communication	$32 million
Bloomington, Indiana	A gift from Bill & Gayle Cook to Indiana University basketball program, IU Trustees voted to name Cook Hall in recognition of their support	$15 million
Washington, D.C.	A grant from the Leavey Foundation to Georgetown University to create three named programs to enrich the Catholic and Jesuit heritage	$6.9 million
Charlotte, North Carolina	Carolinas Kids Cancer Research Coalition, a group of eight philanthropic organizations pooled their resources to make a gift o Kids Cancer Research at Levine Children's Hospital	$5.7 million
Cambridge, Massachusetts	A gift from Glenn Dubin, co-founder and CEO of Highbridge Capital Management to Harvard University, Kennedy School of Gov’t	$5 million
Thousand Oaks, California	A gift from Ventura County real estate developer William Rolland to California Lutheran University for a new 3,000 seat football stadium Largest single gift to the school	$5 million
University Heights, Ohio	John Carroll University received a bequest from an anonymous donor directed towards student scholarships	$4.45 million
Greenville, North Carolina	East Carolina University has named the dental school building after Dr. Ledyard Ross in recognition of his gift	$4 million
St. Louis, Missouri	A corporate gift from Emerson, based in nearby Ferguson, MO, to the St. Louis Public Library helped to expand the north side of the facility into an atrium	$4 million
New York	The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announced $3.5 million in awards	$3.5 million
Detroit, Michigan	Gretchen Valade, CEO of Mack Avenue Records and chair of Dearborn-based Carhartt Inc., has come forward as the donor of an anonymous $3 million gift made to St. John Hospital and Medical Center	$3 million
St. Louis, Missouri	A grant from the William T. Kemper Foundation to Washington University in St. Louis, split between support for the Kemper Art Museum, the Sam Fox School of Visual Arts and the Hope Ctr for Neurological Disorders	$3 million
Sioux City, South Dakota	Avera McKennan Hospital received a grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support health care in South Dakota	$2.5 million
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania grant from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Gov’t of India, to support Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India	$2 million
San Francisco, California	Google’s gift to support Wikipedia, matches the largest gift yet received by the online reference site	$2 million
Florence, South Carolina	Francis Marion University received a gift from the PSARAS Foundation to support outreach programs	$2 million
West Lafayette, Indiana	Purdue University College of Engineering received two scholarship gifts, both of $1 million; one an estate gift from Robert L. Turner and his wife, Catherine and the second from an anonymous donor	$1 million + $1 million
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	Wilson College celebrated the launch of its campaign with the naming of the C.Q. Smith Auditorium in recognition of the gift from the local businessman	$1.5 million
Raeford, Arkansas	An estate gift by Dr. Doris Chambers, to the Hospice Foundation of Hoke County, a nonprofit with an annual budge of just $50,000	$1,185,000
San Antonio, Texas	H-E-B gift to Witt Museum to support H-E-B Science Treehouse into an interactive center that focuses on the body and ways to live a healthy lifestyle	$1 million
Hartford, Connecticut	The Hartford Hospital received a gift from an anonymous donor, funds to be used for the new Clinical Center	$1 million
Bloomington Illinois	Illinois Wesleyan University recently opened the Joslin Atrium of the Memorial Center on campus, made possible by a gift from Roger and Stephany Joslin	$1 million
New York, New York	Sumner Redstone made a gift to Autism Speaks	$1 million
Las Vegas, Nevada	The Harrah's Foundation announced a gift to the William J. Clinton Foundation	$1 million
Provo, Utah	A gift from Marc and Debbie Bingham to Utah Valley University to match money raised for a new science building	$1 million
Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia College & State University received an estate gift from 1942 alum Martha Daniel Newell	$1 million
St. Joseph, Michigan	A gift from Thomas Yeager to the Lakeland Health Foundations for the new cancer treatment center	$1 million
Black Hills, Minnesota	Lloyd Paulson made a gift to the Black Hills Community Foundation as a challenge grant	$1 million
Beaumont, Texas	Education First Federal Credit Union has signed on as a sponsor of Lamar University athletics with this gift	$1 million
Charlotte, North Carolina	Bank of America announced two gifts of $500,000 each, one to United Way of Central Carolinas and the other to the Critical Need Response Fund administered by Foundation For The Carolinas	$500,000 + $500,000
Moorehead, Minnesota	An estate gift from Julien Burkness ’35, to Minnesota State University Moorhead for student scholarships	$860,000
Alma, Michigan	Alma Colleges named The Charlie and Marion McIntyre Court in appreciation of their gift to Alma College athletics, the new facility opens this winter	$250,000
Apex, North Carolina	A grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to start the development of a virtual hospital on campus of Johnston Community College	$200,000
	INTERNATIONAL MAJOR GIFTS
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CANADA	Karim (Kay) Nasser, his wife Dora, and their five children have donated $12-million worth of property to the University of Saskatchewan	$12 million
Zambia	BARCLAYS Bank Zambia made a gift of K40 million to the University of Zambia to settle arrears owed by students from 2009	$8.4 million US
Victoria, British Columbia CANADA	A pledge from an anonymous donor to The Land Conservancy to buy land between Jordan River and Sooke on Vancouver Island	$250,000

Major Gifts Report for February 1 to 14th, 2010

2010-02-15T16:40:13Z

Major Gifts in the USA - $154 million +
February 1^st to February 14^th, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
research provided by Terry Burton, Dig In Research

Las Vegas	UNLV raised $537 million in the just completed first ever capital campaign	$537 million campaign
Haiti Relief	The American Red Cross updated the giving from mobile donors who committed $10 at a time to relief efforts in Haiti, creating a new plateau of philanthropy	$32 million
	Philanthropy & Sponsorship
Columbus, Georgia	NASA has donated parts from the space shuttle to Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center	$17 million
Los Angeles, California	UnitedHealth Group purchased Children’s Institute’s tax-exempt revenue bonds through the California Health Care Investment Program	$14.3 million
Simi Valley, California	The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation made a gift to the Ronald Regan Presidential Library and Museum	$12.75 million
Edmonds, Washington	An estate gift from Hazel Miller has established the nonprofit Hazel Miller Foundation, goal to support local nonprofits	$12 million
Dallas, Texas	An anonymous donor has issued a $10 million challenge grant to the Dallas Opera to help the new fundraising campaign of $20 million	$10 million
Denver, Colorado	The Denver Museum of Nature & Science received a gift from the Morgridge Family Foundation to help build a new three storey addition	$8 million
Columbia, Missouri	Leo Journagan and his family gift of the family ranch including ,3300 acres, 1,000 head of cattle and other ranch assets to Missouri State University, Darr School of Agriculture	$7 million +
Berea, Ohio	A bequest from Arthur and Helen Telfer to Baldwin-Wallace College for the science building	$7 million
Tulsa, Oklahoma	A gift from Chapman Charitable Trusts to establish the Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair for the College of Law at the University of Tulsa	$5 million
Tucson, Arizona	A Fenton L. Maynard estate gift to the University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center	$5 million
Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia State University received an estate gift from namesake donor Ernest G. Welch to the Welch School of Art	$4 million
Pasadena, California	A gift from the estate of Edward and Ruth Hughes to the California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering	$3.9 million
San Antonio, Texas	Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc. donation to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for the Nursing program	$3.9 million
Seattle, Washington	Safeco Insurance announced it is donating 840 pieces from its art collection to a consortium of museums in Washington state	$3.5 million
Salt Lake City, Utah	C.R. England, the trucking company that works throughout the western states, announced a gift to the University of Utah's new David S. Eccles School of Business, for a new student pavilion, named for Chester Rodney England	$3.5 million
Dallas, Texas	The JP Morgan Promenade was named after a sponsorship gift to the city of Dallas Woodall Rogers Deck Park	$3 million
Caledonia, Michigan	The M.E. Davenport Foundation made a gift towards the Robert W. Sneden Center of Davenport University	$2.5 million
Raleigh, North Carolina	Stephen Zelnak, chairman of the board and recently retired CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, announced his pledge to the Salvation Army, his gift was acknowledged with the naming of the Zelnak Center of Hope, a new headquarters and homeless shelter, $12 million campaign	$2.5 million
San Diego, California	A gift from Pauline Foster of San Diego to endow MBA student fellowships at the University of San Diego, Rady School of Business	$2.5 million
Washington County, Wisconsin	An estate gift from a private donor to build a community arts center at East Ridge High School	$2 million
Adair Village, Oregon	A gift from an anonymous donor to Santiam Christian Schools where the funds will be used for a new library, science and community building, it is the largest gift ever received by the school	$2 million
Greensboro, North Carolina	A pledge gift was given by Mark and Rena Norcross to Immaculate Heart of Mary campus	$2 million
Columbus, Ohio	A gift from the Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation to Ohio State University, split between OSU Medical Center and the Fisher College of Business	$2 million
Bismark, North Dakota	Sanford Health-MeritCare made a gift to establish the Dr. Roger Gilbertson Endowed Chair of Neurology at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, matched by the University’s Foundation	$1.5 million
Rochester, New York	A gift from William B. and Sheila Konar created an endowed professorship for support clinical research into memory loss at the University of Rochester	$1.5 million
Charlotte, South Carolina	A gift from alumna Patricia Whetstone Carter and her husband Ray Carter to Winthrop University	$1.5 million
Fort Worth, Texas	Thanks to contributions of its customers during the holidays, RadioShack announced a donation to Livestrong, an organization that helps people with cancer	$1.3 million
Cortland, New York	A bequest pledged to create the Michael J. O'Reilly '58 Scholarship in Science Teacher Education announced by SUNY - Cortland	$1.24 million
Fort Wayne, Indiana	Ivy Tech Community College Northeast dedicated The Steel Dynamics Inc. Keith E. Busse Technology Center in appreciation of Keith Busse’s gift to the college	$1.2 million
Waverly, New Jersey	A gift from David Bolger, president of the Bolger Foundation to the Bartels Retirement Community to help fund an expansion of the facility	$1.2 million
Minot, North Dakota	A gift from alumnus Clint Severson and his wife, Conni Ahart to Minot State University to start an academy of entrepreneurship and to develop business leaders	$1 million
Sterling, Kansas	Dr. Colin Bailey and his wife, Joan Bailey, have committed an irrevocable legacy gift to Sterling College to fund an Endowed Chair of Theatre	$1 million
Bettendorf, Iowa	A gift from a 1944 alumnus to Rivermont Collegiate that replaced her own school of St. Katherine’s School in Davenport, Iowa	$1 million
Cleveland, Ohio	A gift from insurance company owner Hoyt C. Murray and his family to University Hospitals to expand audiology programs at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital that are part of the UH system	$1 million
Corvallis, Oregon	A gift from Indie Hops to Oregon State University, Nor’wester Professorship in Fermentation Science	$1 million
Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania	Hospice of Central Pennsylvania received support for its capital campaign with the gift from Dorotha Kitlinski of Susquehanna Township	$1 million
Bloomington, Indiana	3M has made a gift to Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to support the new sales and communications lab	$1 million
Salt Lake City, Utah	Westminster College announced it will name the third floor of the new Meldrum Science Center for the gift received from The Sorenson Legacy Foundation	$833,000
Canandaigua, New York	The Wood Library in Canandaigua will get an expanded children’s room thanks to a gift from William B. Rayburn, retired president and chief executive officer of the tool company, Snap-On Tool, of $500,000 an estate gift from George Ewing, the former publisher of the Canandaigua Daily Messenger of $100,000 a gift from George Ewing’s son & daughter-in-law, George Jr. and Meg Ewing a gift from Barbara and Stephen Hamlin	$500,000 $100,000 $250,000 $100,00
Louisville, Tennessee	A new computer lab named the Scripps Convergence Lab was dedicated at the University of Tennessee, a gift from the Scripps Howard Foundation	$500,000
	International Gifts
Victoria, British Columbia	United Way campaign raises record $6.7 million in the just completed efforts	$6.75 million
Kamloops, British Columbia	A gift from Mark and Ellen Brown made a historic pledge to Thompson Rivers University, the largest gift ever to the university	$2 million
Halifax, Nova Scotia	An estate gift from John Walker of Crapaud to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation	$1 million
England	The National Trust now counts 3.8 million members, up 300,000 in the last three years, that pay annual membership fees of between £35.63 for a single adult to £61.50 for a family 55,000 of volunteers spend time caring for the 600,000 acres of countryside, 700 miles of coastline and over 350-historic houses and gardens	+ 300,000 members since 2007

Major Gift Report January 16 to 31, 2010

2010-02-01T12:52:52Z

Major Gifts - $316 million +
January 15^th to January 31^st, 2010

Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders
researched by Terry Burton / Dig In Research

Rochester, Minnesota	Mayo Clinic’s philanthropy campaign topped the $1 billion mark two years ahead of schedule; over 286,000 people donated to the campaign	$1.35 billion Campaign success
Montgomery, Maryland	Montgomery College Foundation raised $25 million in its just completed campaign, a record for Maryland community colleges	$25 million Campaign success
Bowling Green, Kentucky	Western Kentucky University had a record-breaking six months over the last half of 2009 taking in cash gifts	$12.5 million
Hershey, Pennsylvania	Hershey Medical Center at Penn State received over $10 million in donations in the month of December 2009, the largest amount ever for the center in the month of December	$10 million +
	GIFTS Received
Trenton, New Jersey	The Lawrenceville School received a bequest from Henry C. Woods Jr., who had been a teacher at the school	$60 million
La Jolla, California	Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute re-named in recognition of a five year pledge from T. Denny Sanford ( two days after the announcement the organization’s web site featured the name change )	$50 million
Los Angeles, California	Trustee and alumnus Herman Ostrow made a gift to the USC School of Dentistry that has been re-named the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California	$35 million
St. Louis, Missouri	A gift by Alvin Siteman to the Washington University in St. Louis that will generate $1 million per year, estimated gift of $30 – 35 million, awaiting confirmation of actual amount	$30 - $35 million
University Park, Pennsylvani	University of Pennsylvania received a gift from George Weiss, a Penn alum and trustee, designated for faculty support	$20 million
Tempe, Arizona	T. Denny Sanford made another gift last week, this to Arizona State University and Teach for America that named the Sanford Education Project designed to improve public education	$18.5 million
Marion, Ohio	An estate gift from Robert M. and Dorothy C. Wopat, longtime Marion residents to the local Community Foundation, doubled the size of the funds	$16 million
Athens, Ohio	Ohio University named the Violet L. Patton Center for Arts Education in appreciation for her gift	$13 million
Charlotte, North Carolina	A gift from Carlos Alvarez and his wife, Malu, to Davidson University with $6.5 million given to date and the balance pledged by 2012	$10 million
Charlotte, North Carolin	Queen’s University received a gift from to create a College of Health	$7 million
Terre Haute, Indiana	Indiana State University Foundation received a gift from Lilly Endowment in support of Networks Financial Institute and the Donald W. Scott College of Business	$6 million
Indianapolis, Indiana	A grant from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation to the Indianapolis Convention and Visitor Bureau, continues the trend of municipal major gift asks	$5.4 million
Los Angeles, California	UCLA has established the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, named in appreciation for a gift from UCLA alumnus Morton La Kretz	$5 million
Chicago, IL	Charles Ashby Lewis and wife Penny Bender Sebring have donated another major gift to the University of Chicago's research into urban education; this brings to $15 million Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation has given to the Urban Education Institute	$5 million
Eau Clair, Wisconsin	Mayo Clinic and Luther Midelfort Hospital announced a gift from Albert and Judith Dunlap of Ocala, Florida	$5 million
New York	A gift to the New York Historical Society lead to the naming of the DiMenna Children’s History Museum in appreciation for their gift	$5 million
Claremont, California	Two gifts from Joan Lincoln and her husband, David, one to Scripps College to fund of $3.5 million to fund the new ceramics building and $500,000 endowment gift to Claremount Graduate University	$3.5 million + $500,000
Rochester, New York	The Sands Family Foundation and Constellation Brands both made a $2 million gift to F.F. Thompson Hospital, a nonprofit they have both supported previously	$2 million + $2 million
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Kohl's Department Stores announced a partnering with Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, pledged over the next three years to create a new interactive learning facility, the Kohl's Education Center	$3 million
Sweet Briar, Virginia	A gift from Margaret “Peggy” Jones Wyllie to Sweet Briar College engineering program, one of two woman’s colleges offering an engineering degree	$3 million
Jacksonville, Florida	Community Hospice of Northeast Florida received a gift from Neviaser Charitable Foundation	$2.5 million
East Lansing, Michigan	Michigan State University announced that billionaire alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have donated another major gift to the art Broad Museum yet to be built on campus. This brings their total giving to $28 million on the $40 million construction budget.	$2 million
Atlanta, Georgia	A gift from George A. Montgomery and his wife, Nancy to the University of Georgia, Richard B. Russell Library	$2 million
Chapel Hill, North Carolina	GlaxoSmithKline made a gift to the University of North Carolina to convert the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center's Star Theater from analog to digital	$1.5 million
Nanticoke, Pennsylvani	Luzerne County Community College named the new Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute for him, a local businessman	$1 million
Honolulu, Hawai	A gift to the American Cancer Society Hawaii Pacific for research to stop breast cancer from spreading from Dr. Lawrence Tseu, a retired dentist, largest ever gift to the organization	$720,000
Moab, Utah	An anonymous donor's gift to the Grand School District in southeast Utah	$700,000
Pembroke, North Carolina	BB&T Distinguished Endowed Professorship in the Morality of Capitalism announced at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke; the second endowed chair supported by the company	$500,000
Portland, Oregon	Concordia University received a pledge from Mr. & Mrs. Richard Paul Roe of Pasadena, CA and named the Richard Paul & Jane Roe Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre in appreciation of the gift	$300,000
Amherst, Massachusetts	An estate gift from Nathalie Woodbury to the Jones Library, unrestricted	$283,521
Kansas City, K	Anschutz Foundation grant to Spencer Museum of Art	$200,000
Lansing, Michigan	A grant from the Hurst Foundation to the Jackson Community Foundation in support of the Legacy Program	$200,000
Conway, Arkansas	University of Central Arkansas Foundation received a gift from Paul and Mary Cantrell of Little Rock in support of the football program	$100,000
Des Moines, Iowa	Highline Community College Foundation received a gift from Justine Richards to support emergency assistance to Highline students	$60,000
Trenton, NJ	New Jersey’s Science & Technology University received a gift from Vincent Naimoli ’62, Chairman and CEO Anchor Industries Int’l; Chairman Emeritus/Founder, Tampa Bay Rays, for a new athletic facility to be named after him	Private Gift
	International Gifts Received
Auckland, New Zealand	An estate gift from Arthur Henry Harrison to Canterbury Museum	$10 million
Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Toronto collector and former art dealer Ydessa Hendeles made a gift of 32 works of Canadian and international art to the Art Gallery of Ontario	$5 million
Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Runnymede Healthcare Centre received its largest gift ever from 90 year old supporter Gordon Gooder	$1 million
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	A gift from entrepreneur Sreedhar Natarajan to Queensway Carleton Hospital to help fund expansion of the hospital surgical and outpatient areas	$1 million
National in Canada	The PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada Foundation Leadership Grants program for 2010 has $160,000 set aside for grants up to $2,500 each	$160,000

Contributing researcher, Terry Burton, is President of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on emerging trends & strategies for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-438-8064. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts.

Major Gift Summary - January 4 to 15, 2010

2010-01-15T21:42:36Z

Major Gifts - $332.7 million
January 4th to 15th, 2010

Major Gifts newswire announcements from news wire announcements
provided by Terry Burton - Dig In Research

Dallas, Texas	Sammons Dallas Foundation donates total of $100 million to Dallas nonprofits: Baylor Health Care System…………………...$20 million Methodist Health System…………………..…$20 million Communities Foundation of Texas…………..$20 million UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas….$20 million Salvation Army, Dallas…………………………$15 million Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, educational trust fund…………………………..$5 million	$100 million
26 cities in USA	The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has promised $70 million to community foundations that serve the 26 cities where the Knight newspapers are found, a seven year program	$70 million
Marian, Ohio	Marian University will now develop Indiana's first college of osteopathic medicine thanks to the gift from an anonymous donor, largest in school history	$30 million
Cambridge, Massachusetts	The Rajawali Foundation, the charitable arm of the PT Rajawali Corporation, made a gift to Harvard to create a new Institute for Asia and an Indonesian program within the Kennedy School’s Ash Center	$20.5 million
Kansas City, KS	The Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City has pledged to the University of Kansas Cancer Center and the Midwest Cancer Alliance for the cancer center to meet its goal of designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.	$18 million
Chicago, Illinois	The Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation made a gift to the new Children’s Hospital to establish an emergency care center that will be named after the couple	$16 million
Athens, Ohio	Violet L. Patton who graduated in 1938 from Ohio University announced her gift for a new arts education center at the university	$13.3 million
Columbia, South Carolina	Solomon Jackson, Jr., winner of the Powerball Lottery, made a gift to his alma mater, Morris College, from his winnings	$10 million
New Haven, Connecticut	Lei Zhang, a 2002 grad of Yale School of Management and founder of the largest investment fund in China, made this gift for the school’s new campus	$8,888,888
Cortland, New York	SUNY Cortland alumnus John Fantauzzi '58, now living in Cape Coral, Florida, will bequest this gift to the university a scholarship he set up in 1990	$5.18 million
Los Angeles, California	Television celebrity Bob Barker announced a gift to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which named its new 1,200-ton anti-whaling ship The Bob Barker	$5 million
Tulsa, Okalahoma	University of Tulsa College of Law received a gift the Chapman Charitable Trusts to establish an endowed chair	$5 million
Provo, Utah	James Lee Sorenson Leadership Pavilion named for a gift from the Sorenson Legacy Foundation including James Lee Sorenson a1975 grad, at Univ. Utah	$4.3 million
Amherst, Massachusetts	National Yiddish Book Center received an unexpected estate gift from comedy writer Mickey Ross	$3 million
Cedar City, Utah	The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation made a gift to Southern Utah University for the construction of a building on campus for the Utah Shakespearean Festival	$3 million
Clemson, Alabama	The Cliffs Communities gift to Clemson includes the financial pledge plus all rights to the Zest Quest program and name to Clemson University	$3 million
Archbold, Ohio	Northwest State Community College has received an estate gift from Francis O. Fackler of Napoleon, Ohio	$2.9 million
Munci, Indiana	Ball Memorial Hospital gets John Fisher’s estate gift, served on the hospital board for 55 years	$2 million
Davis, California	Margaret Mondavi's donation to UC Davis Art Museum helped to launch the campaign	$2 million
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute received a 3 year grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation	$1.8 million
Little Rock, Arkansas	Dillard's, Inc. announced a gift from the sale of its Southern Living Christmas Cookbook to to Ronald McDonald House Charities	$1.4 million
Hollywood, California	Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donate to Haiti victims of the recent earthquake	$1 million
Boston, Massachusetts	Brandeis University received a three-year grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for experimental research into active matter	$1 million
Boulder, Colorado	Amgen’s gift to the University of Colorado at Boulder for the new Caruthers Biotechnology Building	$1 million
Rosemead, California	Southern California Edison has launched a Green Jobs Education Initiative to fund “green” education and job training at 10 California community colleges	$1 million
Princeton, New Jersey	JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, a hospital volunteer on campus, made her donation to the new University Medical Center at Princeton for the Infusion Suite in the Center for Cancer Care	$1 million
Indianapolis, Indiana	Lily Foundation announced a grant to St. John's youth ministry program	$875,000
Orlando, Florida	Orlando Magic Youth Fund, a fund of the McCormick Foundation, announced grant to 23 organizations from three counties in Central Florida	$700,000
New York, NY	GE Foundation made a grant to AmeriCares This is part of GE’s Developing Health program, 3 year, $25 million commitment that provides grant funding and employee engagement to selected healthcare centers across the USA	$650,000
Ann Arbor, Michigan	A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the University of Michigan Musical Society	$600,000
Leesburg, Virginia	Thomas Balch Library of History and Genealogy in Leesburg received a bequest from the estate of Virginia L. Bowie	$250,000
North Adams, Massaschusetts	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts received a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation of Falmouth, Maine for a campus wide assessment	$225,000
Chicago, Illinois	Advocate Condell Medical Center received a gift from Joe Nemmers Sr. of Libetyville, a grateful patient	$100,000
Portland, Oregon	Bienestar, a local non-profit housing provider, received a grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation	$25,000
Yawkey, Massachusetts	The Hannaford Charitable Foundation made a grant to Special Olympics Massachusetts	$25,000
	International
Kingston, Ontario, Canada	BMO Financial Group made a gift to Queen’s University for the expansion of the School of Business	$2 million
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Stanford computer science professor, David Cheriton, a mentor for the founders of Google, made a gift to the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia	$2 million
Essex, England	Essex lifeboat station celebrated after it was revealed an anonymous benefactor estate gift	£1 million ( approx. $1.6 million US)

Contributing author, Terry Burton, is President of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on emerging trends & strategies for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts.

Major Gift Summary, December 28 to 31, 2009

2010-01-04T17:25:28Z

Major Gifts in the USA - $845 million & International - $38.5 million
Week of December 28 to December 31, 2009

The following list of donations is from newswire announcements over the last week.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	William Penn Foundation received $747 million from the Haas charitable trusts	$767,000,000
Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Foundation awarded grants to a wide range of Ohio nonprofits including: Cleveland Metropolitan School District - $1,000,000 + for the education initiative Cleveland Metropolitan School District - $750,000 to help implement its transformation plan Starting Point - $450,000 Youth Opportunities Unlimited - $300,000 Cuyahoga County Family and Children First Council - $270,000	$15,000,000
Baltimore, Maryland	A grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to four East Baltimore public schools in support of a redevelopment project the schools will become centers for providing health, social and employment services to students and their families under a four-year grant program	$12,000,000
Pasadena, California	OneWest Bank, FSB establishes new corporate foundation with this gift	$10,000,000
East River Area of New York	The Alphawood Foundation of Chicago grant to Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island to help fund the construction of this new park	$10,000,000
Palo Alto, California	The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation awarded research grants to four groups working to improve clinical care for patients with brain tumors and design new strategies to boost the efficiency of treatment development Ronald A. DePinho and Lynda Chin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute John H. Sampson and Joseph R. Nevins, Duke University Sanjiv Gambhir and Andrei Iagaru, Stanford University Michael Prados, University of California, San Francisco	$9,800,000
Madison, Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support studies to identify virus mutations that may serve as early warnings or pandemic influenza viruses	$9,500,000
Reston, Virginia	ASNE received a grant over five years from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to sustain the country's premier training opportunity for high school journalism advisers from 2010 through 2014	$4,646,100
Santa Paula, California	Thomas Aquinas College received a grant from the Dan Murphy Foundation lead gift to the college’s new capital campaign	$2,000,000
Cambridge, Massachusetts	Tufts Health Plan Foundation awarded grants to nonprofits in the state of Massachusetts including: Cambridge Community Foundation and Cambridge’s East End House – combined grant of $35,000 East End House - $25,000 Cambridge Community Foundation - $10,000	$2,000,000
Indianapolis, Indiana	A cash gift to Community Health Network Foundation from John W. "Jack" Heiney, a retired president and CEO of Indiana Gas Co. that later merged to become Vectren Corp.	$1,000,000
Uniontown, Pennsylvania	An estate gift from retired coal miner Joseph Raymond to Uniontown Church who was 90 years old when he died earlier this year	$1,000,000
Mankato, Minnesota	Al Annexstad’s gift to the St. Peter School District that he grew up in, a legacy gift	$500,000
Newark, New Jersey	The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey grants to eight New Jersey nonprofits to support health services and arts programs for local communities. New Jersey YMCA State Alliance in Trenton - $143,000 New Jersey Network Foundation in Trenton - $75,000 American Heart Association in Robbinsville - $50,000 Children's Futures in Trenton - $50,000 HiTOPS in Princeton - $25,000 Prevention Education in Lawrence - $15,000 Women's Heart Foundation in West Trenton - $15,000 The Arts Council of Princeton - $7,500 Thirty-eight charitable organizations received $936,500 during this fourth round of grant giving in 2009; the Horizon Foundation has awarded more than $1.9 million in grants to 96 organizations in 2009.	$380,500
Detroit, Michigan	DTE Energy employees and the DTE Energy Foundation raised more than $300,000 to help the hungry during their annual holiday fund-raising drive. DTE Energy employees gave $100,000 during the six-week drive and the Foundation, which for many years has matched employee gifts dollar-for-dollar, today announced it would double its match for an additional $200,000. 51 recipient nonprofit organizations included: Salvation Army, multiple locations - $56,321 Coalition on Temporary Shelter, Detroit - $36,074 Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit - $32,651 Gleaners Community Food Bank, multiple locations, - $27,738 St. Martin Lutheran Church, Port Huron - $11,120 Forgotten Harvest, Inc., Oak Park - $10,070 Macomb Food Program, Clinton Township - $5,570 Mel Trotter Ministries, Grand Rapids - $3,545 Family Counseling and Shelter Services of Monroe County, Monroe - $2,945	$300,000
Charlotte, North Carolina	United Family Services received a check from the Leon Levine Foundation to help expand a women’s shelter	$250,000
Athens, Georgia	Athens Community Foundation $150,000 in grants to 28 local nonprofit organizations	$150,000
Dover, Delaware	Delaware Does More, a nonprofit run by the United Way of Delaware and the Food Bank of Delaware received a corporate donation from AstraZeneca $50,000 allocated to the United Way of Delaware and $50,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware	$100,000
Sunman, Indiana	Sunman Rural Fire Department received a grant from the Dearborn Community Foundation for a new mobile air compressor	$90,651
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania	CSL Behring, a global leader in the plasma-protein biotherapies industry and a subsidiary of CSL Limited awarded four advocacy grants to patient organizations in the USA through the Local Empowerment for Advocacy Development	$87,000
Youngstown, Ohio	The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received a donation from JP Morgan Chase to help fund two projects for homeownership and the reuse of vacant land	$60,000
Topeka, Kansas	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation awarded six area school nurses grants	$53,000
Bakersfield, California	Ag Against Hunger has received a total of $34,590 in grants for equipment and operations from a group of donors: Community Foundation for Monterey County - $10,000 Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County - $10,000 Grower-Shipper Foundation - $5,000 Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop - $2,000 Hans & Elizabeth Wolf Foundation - $1,800 Logan Family Foundation - $400 Heal Family Charitable Trust - $2,890 Tom & Mary Gallagher Foundation - $2,000 Miller Family Trust - $500	$34,590
San Francisco, California	The San Francisco Foundation awarded a grant to Conard House, a one year grant, to continue implementation of a five-year strategic mental health education initiative	$30,000
Dedham, Massachusetts	Needham Bank sponsors new scoreboard at Dedham High School	Corporate Sponsor
	International
Paris, France	Constellation Energy Group announced a contribution by Electricite de France to the company's foundation The Constellation Energy Group Foundation supports programs and makes grants to nonprofit organizations in four focus areas: energy, education, economic growth and the environment.	$36,000,000
Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Michael J. Fox Foundation awards $2 million in grants to researchers: Jeffrey Hausdorff, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel Simon Lewis, MD, Parkinson's Disease Research Clinic, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia Colum MacKinnon, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Wayne Martin, MD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	$2,000,000
Paris, France	The French Hospital Medical Center Foundation has set up an endowment fund after receiving a donation from an anonymous donor	$500,000
Hampshire, England	Hampshire Autistic Society got a corporate gift from the Gannett Foundation	£3,300

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Contributing author, Terry Burton, is President of Dig In Research. Author, speaker and consultant on emerging trends & strategies for major gifts. For more information please visit my web site at http://diginresearch.biz or call 248-881-2323. Follow me on Twitter @Major_gifts.