Major Private Gifts to Higher Education Since 1967

Gates Millennium Scholars program: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $1-billion over 20 years; cash; 1999^*

Vedanta University (India): from the Anil Agarwal Foundation, $1-billion endowment to establish the university; cash; 2006^*

California Institute of Technology: from Gordon and Betty Moore and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, $600-million, consisting of $300-million over 5 years and $300-million over 10 years; cash and stock; 2001^*

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: from the F.W. Olin Foundation, $460-million to establish the college; cash; 1997

National Taiwan University: from Terry Gou, $454.5-million, to establish a cancer-care clinic and to conduct cancer research; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

The Broad Institute: from Eli and Edythe L. Broad, $400-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Columbia University: from John W. Kluge, $400-million; bequest; 2007^*

Stanford University: from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, $400-million; cash; 2001^*

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: from an anonymous donor, $360-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2001 †

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Patrick J. and Lore Harp McGovern, estimated at $350-million over 20 years; cash; 2000^*

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville: from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, $300-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2002

University of Chicago: from the Booth Family Trust, $300-million; cash, income from stock, and stock; 2008^*

Emory University: from the Lettie Pate Evans, Joseph B. Whitehead, and Robert W. Woodruff Foundations, $295-million; stock; 1996

Emory University: from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, $261.5-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Jacobs University Bremen (Germany): from the Jacobs Foundation, $254-million (200 million euros); nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Sanford I. and Joan Weill, $250-million; bequest; 2007 ‡

New York University: from Sir Harold Acton, a 57-acre Italian estate, a collection of Renaissance art, and at least $25-million in cash with a value estimated by the university of at least $250-million and perhaps as much as $500-million; 1994

University of Colorado system: from William T. Coleman III and Claudia Coleman, $250-million; stock; 2001^*

University of Texas at Austin: from John A. (Jack) Jackson, $232-million; bequest; 2002

Ave Maria University: from Thomas S. Monaghan, $200-million to establish the university; cash and real estate; 2002

Claremont McKenna College: from Robert A. Day, $200-million; cash and securities; 2007 †

Columbia University: from Dawn M. Greene and the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, $200-million to establish a neuroscience center; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

New York University: from the Leon Levy Foundation, $200-million to create an institute on the ancient world; cash; 2006^*

University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine: from David Geffen, $200-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2002 †

Vanderbilt University: from the Ingram Charitable Fund, $178-million; stock; 1998

Fund for Wisconsin Scholars: from Tashia and John Morgridge, $175-million, to create the college-scholarship program for Wisconsin students; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Southern California: from George Lucas's Lucasfilm Foundation, $175-million, to establish a new film school; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Oklahoma State University: from T. Boone Pickens, $165-million; cash; 2006

Johns Hopkins University: from Sidney Kimmel, $150-million; cash and bequest; 2001^*

New York University: from Julius Silver, $150-million; bequest; 2002

New York University: from Helen L. Kimmel, $150-million for the NYU Langone Medical Center; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

University of California at San Francisco: from an anonymous donor, $150-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Polytechnic University: from Donald and Mildred Topp Othmer, $144.2-million; cash; 1998

Lesley University: from trusts created by Frank C. Doble, $136-million; cash; 2008

Tufts University: from trusts created by Frank C. Doble, $136-million; cash; 2008

DePauw University: from Ruth Clark and Philip Forbes Holton, $128-million; stock; 1997

Harvard University: from Hansjörg Wyss, $125-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Louisiana State University: from Claude B. (Doc) Pennington, $125-million; stock and gas-and-oil royalties; 1981

University of Nebraska: from Mildred Topp Othmer, $125-million; cash; 1998

University of Utah: from Jon M. Huntsman, $125-million; cash; 2000

LaGrange College and Mercer University: from Remer H. and Emily Fisher Crum, $123-million; real estate; 2000^*

University of Pennsylvania: from Walter H. Annenberg, $120-million; cash; 1993

University of Southern California: from Walter H. Annenberg, $120-million; cash; 1993

Furman University: from the estate of John D. Hollingsworth Jr., $115-million; real estate and other assets; 2001

University of California at Berkeley: from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, $113-million; cash; 2007^*

University of Southern California: from Alfred E. Mann, $112.5-million; stock and cash; 1998

New York University: from an anonymous donor, $110-million for the NYU Langone Medical Center; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

University of California at San Diego: from Irwin M. and Joan Jacobs, $110-million; cash and bequest; 2003^*

University of Southern California: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $110-million; cash; 1999^*

Rollins College: from George Cornell, $105.5-million; cash bequest; 2004

Emory University: from Robert W. Woodruff, $105-million; stock; 1979 Indiana University at Bloomington: from the Lilly Endowment, $105-million; cash; 2000

New York University: from Jan T. Vilcek, $105-million; future royalties on drug, cash and trust; 2005^*

Stanford University: from Philip H. Knight, $105-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

University of Washington: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $105-million; cash; 2007^*

University of California at San Francisco: from Catellus Development Corporation, $101.3-million; land; 1999

Princeton University: from Peter B. Lewis, $101-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2005 †

$100-million

Arizona State University: from Ira A. and Mary Lou Fulton, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2005 †

Baylor College of Medicine: from Dan L. Duncan, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Baylor College of Medicine: from the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

The Broad Institute: from Eli and Edythe L. Broad, $100-million to establish the biomedical-research institute; nature of gift not disclosed; 2003^*

The Broad Institute: from Eli and Edythe L. Broad, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2005^*

The Broad Institute: from the Stanley Medical Research Institute, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Brown University: from Sidney E. Frank, $100-million; trust; 2004

Brown University: from the Warren Alpert Foundation, $100-million; cash; 2007^*

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University: from Alfred and Norma Lerner, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2002^*

Colby College: from Peter H. and Paula Crane Lunder, art collection with value of at least $100-million; 2007^*

Cornell University: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Sanford I. and Joan Weill, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1998†

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Sanford I. and Joan Weill, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2002†

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007†

Harvard University: from David M. Rockefeller, $100-million; bequest; 2008^*

Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital: from the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute Foundation, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009^*

John Motley Morehead Foundation: from the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation, $100-million for scholarships at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; securities; 2007

Johns Hopkins University: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; cash; 2001

Johns Hopkins University: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; cash; 2006

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Kenan E. Sahin, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999^*

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from David H. Koch, $100-million; cash; 2007^*

New York University: from Kenneth G. Langone, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999

New York University: from Kenneth G. Langone, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Oklahoma State University: from T. Boone Pickens, $100-million; cash; 2008

Oregon Health & Science University: from Philip H. and Penny Knight, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Princeton University: from Gordon Y.S. Wu, $100-million; cash and securities; 1995

Princeton University: from Gerhard R. Andlinger, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Regent University: from the Christian Broadcasting Network, $100-million; interest-bearing note convertible to stock; 1992

Rockefeller University: from David Rockefeller Sr., $100-million; bequest; 2005^*

Rowan University: from Henry M. and Betty L. Rowan, $100-million; stock and cash; 1992

Scripps Research Institute: from L. Samuel and Aline W. Skaggs, $100-million; cash; 1996

Stanford University, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital: from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, $100-million; cash; 2001

Stanford University: from John Arrillaga, $100-million; cash; 2006

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology: from Alfred E. Mann, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2004^*

Tufts University: from Pierre and Pam Omidyar, $100-million; stock; 2005

University of California at Davis: from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, $100-million over 11 years, to establish a new nursing school; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Chicago: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007 †

University of Illinois: from Thomas M. Siebel, $100-million; bequest; 2007^*

University of Miami: from family of the late Leonard M. Miller, $100-million; mostly cash; 2004^*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Stephen M. Ross, $100-million; cash and bequest; 2004^*

University of Mississippi School of Education, Barksdale Reading Institute: from James L. and Sally Barksdale, $100-million; stock; 2000^*

University of North Dakota: from Ralph and Betty Engelstad, $100-million; cash, stock, and other assets; 1998

University of Oregon: from Philip H. and Penny Knight, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Pennsylvania: from the Abramson Family Foundation, $100-million; cash; 1997

University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication: from the Annenberg Foundation, $100-million; cash; 2002

University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication: from the Annenberg Foundation, $100-million; cash; 2002

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: from William P. Clements, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009^*

University of the Pacific: from Robert C. and Jeannette Powell, $100-million; bequest; 2007^*

University of Virginia: from Frank Batten Sr., $100-million; cash; 2007^*

Washington and Lee University: from an anonymous donor, $100-million; cash and stock; 2007^*

Washington University in St. Louis: from the Danforth Foundation, $100-million; stock; 1986

Washington University in St. Louis: from the Danforth Foundation, $100-million; stock; 1997

Yale University: from an anonymous donor, $100-million for the School of Music; nature of gift not disclosed; 2005 †

Yeshiva University: Ronald P. Stanton, $100-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006

$99.9-million to $50.1-million

Ohio University: from Delores and Fritz Russ, estimated at $91.8-million; bequest; 2008^*

Stanford University: from James H. Clark, $90-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999

University of Fribourg (Switzerland): from the Adolphe Merkle Foundation, $90-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Utah: from Jon M. Huntsman, $90-million; cash; 1995

Yale University: from the estate of Paul Mellon, $90-million; cash, 155 artworks and historical and personal objects; 1999

University of Arizona College of Law: from James E. Rogers, $87.5-million; cash and other assets; 1998

Emory University School of Theology: from the estates of W.I.H. and Lula Pitts, $83.3-millon; trust; 1999

Young Harris College: from the estates of W.I.H. and Lula Pitts and Margaret Adger Pitts, $82-million; trust; 1999

Iowa State University: from an anonymous donor, $80-million; stock; 1999

Stanford University: from William R. Hewlett and David Packard, $77-million; cash and securities; 1994

Florida International University: from Mitchell Wolfson, a museum and its collection; with a value estimated by the university of $75.5-million; 1997

Claremont McKenna College: from Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation, $75-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008 †

Duke University: from the Duke Endowment, $75-million; cash; 2005 †

Georgetown University: from the estate of Robert L. McDevitt, $75-million; bequest; 2008

Mount Sinai School of Medicine: from the Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund, $75-million; cash and securities; 1999^*

Northwestern University Medical School: from the Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation, $75-million; cash; 2002

Stanford University: from Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki, $75-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Westmont College: from an anonymous donor, $75-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006

University of Oregon: from Lorry I. Lokey, $74.5-million; cash; 2007^*

Duke University: from Peter M. and Ruth Virginia Lilly Nicholas, $72-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2004

California Institute of Technology: from Rea and Lela Axline, $71-million; cash; 1999

Harvard University: from John L. and Frances Lehman Loeb, $70.5-million; cash; 1995

California Institute of Technology: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $70-million; cash; 1985

Indiana University system: from Gene Cox, $70-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2005^*

Liberty University: from Arthur and Angela Williams, $70-million; cash; 1997

Oral Roberts University: from Mart Green, $70-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Stanford University: from David and Lucile Packard, $70-million; stock and cash; 1986

University of Cincinnati Medical Center: from the estate of William A. French, $70-million; trust; 1999

University of Washington: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $70-million; cash; 2003

California Institute of Technology: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $65.3-million; cash; 1991

University of Virginia: from the estate of David A. Harrison III and Mary Harrison, $64-million; cash; 2002

Oklahoma State University: from T. Boone Pickens, $63-million; cash; 2008

University of Iowa: from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, $63-million; cash; 2002^*

University of Virginia: from Frank Batten Sr., $62-million; stock; 1999

California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo: from an anonymous donor, $60-million; bequest; 2007^*

College of Charleston: from Guy E. Beatty Jr., $60-million; estate trust; 2008^*

Columbia University: from John W. Kluge, $60-million; cash, stock, and bonds; 1993

Georgetown University Medical Center: from the estate of Harry A. Toulmin Jr., $60-million; charitable trust; 1997^*

Gordon College (Mass.): from Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler, $60-million; bequest; 2007^*

Harvard University Medical School: from Isabelle and Leonard Goldenson, $60-million; planned gifts of an undisclosed nature; 1994 †

Illinois Institute of Technology: from Robert W. Galvin, $60-million; cash; 1996

Illinois Institute of Technology: from Robert A. Pritzker, $60-million; cash; 1996

Stanford University: from the estate of Richard W. (Ric) Weiland, $60-million; bequest; 2008

State University of New York at Stony Brook: from the Simons Foundation, $60-million; cash; 2008^*

Thunderbird School of Global Management: from Samuel S. and Rita Garvin, $60-million; liquid assets; 2004^*

University of Mississippi: from the Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational Fund, $60-million; trust; 1997

University of Saint Thomas (Minn.): from Lee and Penny Anderson, $60-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007 †

University of Southern California: from Jane Anne Nohl, $60-million; bequest; 2007

Washington University in St. Louis: from the Danforth Foundation, $60-million; cash and stock; 1977

University of Cambridge (England): from Ros and Steve Edwards, $58.7-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

Johns Hopkins University: from an anonymous donor, $58.5-million; cash; 2001

Asbury Theological Seminary: from Ralph Waldo Beeson, $58-million; stock and bonds; 1990

Gates Millennium Scholars program: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $58-million; cash; 2006

Oklahoma State University: from Amy and Malone Mitchell III, $57.2-million; stock; 2008^*

Berry College: from J. Bulow Campbell, $55-million; charitable trust; 1995

Carnegie Mellon University: from David A. and Marlene Tepper, $55-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2004^*

Columbia Theological Seminary: from J. Bulow Campbell, $55-million; charitable trust; 1995

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $55-million; cash; 1995

Oklahoma State University: from T. Boone Pickens, $55-million; trust and planned bequest; 2003^*

Princeton University: from Peter B. Lewis, $55-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999 †

University of Texas at Austin: from Ernest and Sarah Butler, $55-million; cash and planned bequest; 2008^*

Washington University in St. Louis: from the Danforth Foundation, $55-million; stock; 1986

Samford University: from Ralph Waldo Beeson, $54.8-million; stock and bonds; 1990

Carnegie Mellon University: from an anonymous donor, $54-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1997

Indiana University at Bloomington: from the Lilly Endowment, $53-million; cash; 2004

University of Arkansas system: from Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust, $53-million and lease to ranch; 2004^*

University of Virginia: from Ward Buchanan, $52.6-million; bequest; 2002

Purdue University: from William E. Bindley, $52.5-million; cash and bequest; 2002^*

Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School: from the estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat, $52-million; bequest; 2007

Texas A&M University: from Dwight Look, $52-million; land; 1992

University of Southern California: from Andrew J. and Erna Viterbi, $52-million; cash; 2004

Pepperdine University: from Blanche Ebert Seaver, $51.7-million; cash and stock; 1996

University of Houston: from John and Rebecca Moores, $51.4-million; stock; 1991

Marquette University: from Raymond A. and Kathryn A. Eckstein, $51-million; personal and private family foundation resources; 2007^*

Georgia Institute of Technology, athletics department: from the estate of Lee Edwards Candler, $50.5-million; stock; 1999

$50-million

Arizona State University: from William Polk Carey, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2003 †

Arizona State University: from Ira A. Fulton, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2003

Bard College: from Leon Levy, $50-million; cash; 2001

Brown University: from Walter H. Annenberg, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1993

California Institute of Technology: from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, $50-million; cash and stock; 1986

College for Creative Studies: from Josephine Ford, $50-million; bequest; 2006

College of Idaho: from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, $50-million; cash; 2007

Columbia University School of Public Health: from the William H. Gates Foundation, $50-million; cash; 1999

Cornell University: from Sanford I. and Joan Weill, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007 †

Cornell University Medical College: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; charitable trust; 1983

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Maurice R. and Corinne Greenberg, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2002 †

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2003

Creighton University: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2004^*

Dartmouth College: from an anonymous family, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009^*

Drake University: from Dwight D. Opperman, $50-million; cash and charitable remainder trust; 1997^*

Duke University: from the Duke Endowment, $50-million; cash; 2008 †

Emory University: from the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation and Grace Crum Rollins, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel): from the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009

Indiana University Medical Center: from Melvin and Bren Simon, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006 †

Johns Hopkins University: from the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund, $50-million; cash; 1992

Johns Hopkins University: from William Polk Carey, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $50-million; cash; 1997

Le Moyne College: from the estate of Robert and Catherine McDevitt, $50-million; bequest; 2008

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from the Jeffry M. and Barbara Picower Foundation, $50-million; cash; 2001

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Legatum, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

Middlebury College: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2004^*

New York University: from Constance and Martin Silver, $50-million; cash and bequest; 2007^*

Stanford University: from Helen and Peter Bing, $50-million, for a new concert hall; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006

Stanford University: from William R. Hewlett, $50-million; cash and stock; 1986

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso: from Paul L. Foster, $50-million; stock; 2007

Tufts University: from the Cummings Foundation, $50-million; cash; 2004^*

United Negro College Fund: from Walter H. Annenberg, $50-million; cash; 1990

University of Arizona College of Law: from James E. Rogers, $50-million; cash; 1998^*

University of Arkansas: from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, $50-million; cash; 1998

University of California at San Francisco: from the Atlantic Philanthropies, $50-million; cash; 2007^*

University of Michigan: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: from Dennis and Joan Gillings, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Notre Dame: from Joan B. Kroc, $50-million; bequest; 2003

University of Oklahoma: from Clara Weitzenhoffer, $50-million and art; bequest; 2000

University of Oklahoma at Tulsa: from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008

University of Oxford (England): from Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

University of Pennsylvania: from Jerome and Anne Fisher, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

University of Richmond: from E. Claiborne Robins, $50-million; stock; 1969

University of Saint Thomas (Minn.): from Richard M. and Sandra Schulze, $50-million; cash and stock; 2000

University of Saint Thomas (Minn.): from an anonymous donor, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008^*

University of San Diego: from Joan B. Kroc, $50-million; bequest; 2003

University of Tennessee at Knoxville: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; gift and bequest; 2006^*

University of Texas at Austin College of Business Administration: from B.J. (Red) McCombs, $50-million, to be paid over eight years; cash; 2000^*

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: from an anonymous donor, $50-million; cash; 2003^*

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: from Harold C. and Annette Simmons, $50-million; cash; 2005^*

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007^*

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: from Harold C. and Annette Simmons, $50-million; cash; 2008^*

University of Texas system: from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, $50-million, partly contingent on matching grants; cash and other assets; 2006^*

University of Virginia: from the estate of David A. Harrison III and Mary Harrison, in excess of $50-million; bequest; 2002^*

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: from John and Tashia Morgridge, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006^*

Yale University: from Paul Mellon, $50-million; artworks and historical documents; 1992

Yale University: from John W. and Susan G. Jackson, $50-million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009^*