Major Private Gifts to Higher Education

$101 MILLION AND ABOVE

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $1.8 billion for student financial aid; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018

Stanford University: from John and Ann Doerr, $1.1 billion to establish School of Sustainability; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

Open Society University Network: from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, $1 billion to establish the network; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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

California Institute of Technology: from Stewart and Lynda Resnick, $750 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

The Broad Institute: from Ted Stanley, $650 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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*

Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian: from Florence and Herbert Irving, $600 million; bequest; 2017*

Western Michigan University: from an anonymous donor, $550 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Harvard University: from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Oregon Health & Science University: from Penny and Phil Knight, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015

Schuler Access Initiative: from the Schuler Education Foundation, $500 million over 10 years to benefit 20 liberal-arts colleges; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

University of California at San Francisco: from the Helen Diller Foundation, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Oregon: from Penny and Phil Knight, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

University of Oregon: from Penny and Phil Knight, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Northwestern University: from Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan, $480 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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*

University of Oregon: from Connie and Steve Ballmer, more than $425 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel): from the estate of Howard and Lottie Marcus to the university’s American fund-raising arm, $400 million; bequest; 2016

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*

Harvard University: from John A. Paulson, $400 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015

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

Stanford University: from Philip H. Knight, $400 million; cash; 2016*

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

Cornell University: from the Atlantic Philanthropies, $350 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Harvard University: from the Morningside Foundation (family foundation of the late T.H. Chan), $350 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $350 million for the Bloomberg Distinguished Scholars program; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Stephen A. Schwarzman, $350 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

National University: from T. Denny Sanford, $350 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $300 million for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Missouri University of Science and Technology: Fred and June Kummer, $300 million to create the Kummer Institute Foundation, which will benefit the university; securities; 2020

Princeton University: from William H. Scheide, collection of rare books and manuscripts valued at $300 million; 2015

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

University of Washington: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $279 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Carnegie Mellon University: from William S. Dietrich II, $265 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

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*

University of California at Berkeley: from an anonymous donor, $252 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons: from Diana and P. Roy Vagelos, $250 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Sanford I. and Joan Weill, $250 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007†

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

Yale University: from Charles B. Johnson, $250 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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

University of Pennsylvania: from Raymond G. and Ruth Perelman, $225 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Maryland at College Park: from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, $219 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Kansas State University Foundation, Oklahoma State University Foundation, and University of Oklahoma Foundation: from Dolese Bros. Company, $210 million, divided evenly among the three recipients; stock; 2013

University of Cambridge (England): from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $210 million to create Gates Cambridge Scholarship program; nature of gift not disclosed; 2000

University of Washington: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $210 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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

Baylor University: from an anonymous donor, estimated $200 million; pledged bequest; 2010*

Catawba College: from an anonymous donor, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021

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; nature of gift not disclosed; 2006*

Columbia University: from Mortimer B. Zuckerman, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

Harvard University: from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, $200 million for medical school; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine: from Jay Alix, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

University of California at Irvine: from Susan and Henry Samueli, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of California at Los Angeles: from the Lincy Foundation, $200 million; transfer of all assets; 2011*

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

University of California at Santa Barbara: from Charles T. Munger, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Stephen M. Ross, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013†

University of Southern California: from David and Dana Dornsife, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Southern California: from Lawrence J. Ellison, $200 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

University of Oxford (England): from Stephen A. Schwarzman, $188 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of California at San Francisco: from the Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill, $185 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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

Yale University: from Edward P. Bass, $160 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

McGill University (Canada): from John and Marcy McCall MacBain, $151.1 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Stanford University: from John Arrillaga, $151 million; cash; 2013

Cornell University: from H. Fisk Johnson and the S.C. Johnson company, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Harvard University: from Kenneth Griffin, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

Johns Hopkins University: from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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

State University of New York at Stony Brook: from the Simons Foundation, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of California at San Diego: from T. Denny Sanford, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: from Larry and Beth Gies, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Southern California: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: from the Khalifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan Foundation, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Utah: from the the Huntsman Foundation (Karen Huntsman and family), $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Wofford College: from Jerome J. Richardson, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Yale University: from Stephen A. Schwarzman, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Yale University: from David Geffen, $150 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Polytechnic Institute of New York University: from Donald and Mildred Topp Othmer, $144.2 million; cash; 1998

Claremont McKenna College: from George R. Roberts, $140 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from anonymous donor, $140 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Wake Forest University, Queens University of Charlotte, and Wingate University: from Porter Byrum, $140 million (half to Wake Forest, a quarter each to Queens and Wingate); bequest; 2017

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

Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology: from Irwin Mark Jacobs and Joan Klein Jacobs, $133 million for Cornell-Technion campus in New York City; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Harvard University: from Hansjörg Wyss, $131 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of Cambridge (England): from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation, $131 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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

University of Miami: from an anonymous donor, $126 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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

Harvard University: from Hansjörg Wyss, $125 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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

University of Chicago: from the Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund, $125 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

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

University of Pennsylvania: from Leonard A. Lauder, $125 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of Pittsburgh: from William S. Dietrich II, $125 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

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

University of Wisconsin at Madison: John and Tashia Morgridge, $125 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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

Northwestern University: from Kimberly K. Querrey and the Louis Simpson Trust, $121 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville: from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, $120 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Rhodes Trust: from John H. and Marcy McCall MacBain, $120 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: from the Anschutz Foundation, $120 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

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

University of Virginia: from the Quantitative Foundation (Jaffray and Merrill Woodriff), $120 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Samuel Tak Lee, $118 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Nanyang Technological University (Singapore): from the Lee Foundation, $117 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Hawaii-Manoa: from Jay Shidler, $117 million; land, with promise of future earnings from long-term ground leases, and cash; 2017

University of Oxford (England): from Leonard Blavatnik, $117 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

University of Oxford (Britain): from Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman, $116 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

Boston University: from Rajen Kilachand, $115 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

California Institute of Technology: from Tanqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo, $115 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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

University of Cambridge (England): from the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund, $114.1 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017

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

California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo: from William and Linda Frost, $110 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Thomas Jefferson University: from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation, $110 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Charles T. Munger, $110 million; securities; 2013*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Richard and Susan Rogel, $110 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

University of Southern California: from John and Julie Mork, $110 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

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*

Ohio University: from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations, $105 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

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*

Virginia Commonwealth University: from R. Todd Stravitz and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation, $104 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of Oxford (England): from the Reuben Foundation, $102 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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

Montana State University: from Mark and Robyn Jones, $101 million for nursing school; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Northwestern University: from Roberta Buffett Elliott, $101 million; cash; 2015

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

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

Colby College: from Peter H. and Paula Crane Lunder, art collection with value of at least $100 million; 2017*

$100 MILLION

Amherst College: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; cash; 2009*

Amherst College: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; cash; 2018*

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

Bard College: from the Open Society Foundations, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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*

Baylor University: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Boston University: from Edward Avedisian, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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 Eli and Edythe L. Broad, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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*

Brown University: from Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

California Institute of Technology: from Gordon and Betty Moore, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

Columbia University: from Henry R. Kravis, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

Columbia University: from Ronald O. Perelman, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Cornell Tech: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Renée and Robert Belfer (names disclosed in 2011), $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007†

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 Sanford I. and Joan Weill and the Weill Family Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013†

Dartmouth College: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Florida State University: from Jan Moran and the Jim Moran Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Georgetown University: from Frank H. McCourt Jr., $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Georgetown University: from Frank H. McCourt Jr., $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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

Harvard University: from an anonymous donor and spouse, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Harvard University: from David E. and Stacey L. Goel, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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 Michael R. Bloomberg, $100 million; cash; 2001

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $100 million; cash; 2006

Kenyon College: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Loyola University Chicago: from John and Kathy Schreiber, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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*

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from from Gerald and Ronald Chan through their Morningside Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

National University: from T. Denny Sanford, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

New York University: from an anonymous donor, $100 million for the NYU Langone Medical Center; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008*

New York University: from Fiona and Stanley F. Druckenmiller for the NYU Langone Medical Center, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009*

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

New York University: from Kenneth G. Langone for the NYU Langone Medical Center, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2008*

New York University: from Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Northeastern University: from the Roux Family Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

Northwestern University: from J.B. and M.K. Pritzker, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Ohio State University: from Leslie Wexner and the Limited Brands Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Ohio University: from Dolores H. and Fritz J. Russ, $100 million; bequest; 2008*

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

Oklahoma State University: from T. Boone Pickens, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

Oregon Health & Science University: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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*

Rockefeller University: from Henry R. and Marie-Josée Kravis, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

Samford University: from Marvin Mann, $100 million; bequest; 2022

Santa Clara University: from Susan and John A. Sobrato, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

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

Stanford University: from Robert and Dorothy King, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology: from Alfred E. Mann, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Tsinghua University (China): from Stephen A. Schwarzman, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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

United World College System: from Shelby Davis, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

University of California at Los Angeles: from Meyer and Renee Luskin, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of California at Los Angeles: from David Geffen, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

University of California at Los Angeles: from David Geffen, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of California at Los Angeles: from Marion Anderson, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of California at Los Angeles: from Henry and Susan Samueli, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of California at San Diego: from T. Denny Sanford, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013

University of California at San Diego: from Evelyn and Ernest Rady and the Rady Family Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of California at San Diego: from T. Denny Sanford, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of California at San Francisco: from Marc and Lynne Benioff, $100 million over 10 years, to establish a children’s hospital; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

University of California at San Francisco: from Charles F. Feeney, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

University of Chicago: from Thomas L. Pearson and Pearson Family Members Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of Chicago: from Craig and Janet Duchossois and the Duchossois Family Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Florida: from the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation, $100 million for Scripps Institute for the Biomedical Innovation and Technology; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: from the Grainger Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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

University of Miami: from Phillip and Patricia Frost, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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 Carolina at Chapel Hill: from Fred Eshelman, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

University of Notre Dame: from Kenneth Ricci, $100 million; bequest; 2017*

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 at Austin: from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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*

University of Virginia: from David and Jane Walentas, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of Wisconsin at Madison: from John and Tashia Morgridge, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

Western Michigan University: from Ronda Stryker and William Johnston, $100 million; cash; 2011*

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

Yale University: from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, $100 million for the School of Management; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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

$99.9 MILLION to $50.1 MILLION

University of Alabama at Birmingham: from Marnix E. Heersink, $95 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Iowa State University: from Frank Ferguson, $93 million; equity stake in company to be sold; 2017*

Northwestern University: from Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey, $92 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of Calgary (Canada): from Geoffrey Cumming, about $92 million (100 million Canadian dollars); nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Ohio University: from Dolores 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 Miami: from Allan and Patti Herbert, $89 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Pennsylvania State University at University Park: from Terrence and Kim Pegula, $88 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

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

Georgetown University: from Virginia and Harry J. Toulmin, $87 million; bequest; 2010

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

Cornell University: from David R. and Patricia Atkinson, $80 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

Duke University: from the Duke Endowment, $80 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

George Washington University: from the Milken Institute, the Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation, and the Milken Family Foundation, $80 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

West Texas A&M University: from Paul Engler and the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation, $80 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Western State Colorado University: from Paul M. Rady, $80 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

Gordon College: from an anonymous donor; $75.5 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Boston College: from Joyce L. and E. Paul Robsham, $75 million; bequest; 2021

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

Cornell University Weill Medical College: from Sandra and Edward Meyer and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Foundation, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

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

Hollins University: from an anonymous donor, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Johns Hopkins University: from William H. Miller, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Kenyon College: from an anonymous donor, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Marist College: from the estate of Raymond A. Rich, approximately $75 million; mansion, surrounding property, and cash; 2009

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

Rockefeller University: from David Rockefeller, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

University of California at San Diego: from Taner Halicioglu, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Chicago: from Amy and Richard Wallman, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Chicago: from James and Paula Crown and their family, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

University of Florida: from Al Warrington IV and Judy Warrington, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Notre Dame: from John W. (Jay) Jordan, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Toronto (Canada): from the Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation, $75 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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

Thomas Jefferson University: from Sidney and Caroline Kimmel, $70 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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

University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire: from John and Carolyn Sonnentag, $70 milllion; cash and land; 2021*

University of Hawaii: from Jay H. Shidler, $69 million; cash, securities, and commercial-property ownership interests and lease fees; 2014*

University of Virginia: from Frank M. Sands Sr., $68 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Carnegie Mellon University: from the David A. Tepper Charitable Foundation, $67 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Medical College of Georgia Foundation: from the estate and foundation of J. Harold Harrison, $66 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Vermont College of Medicine: from Robert and Helen Larner, $66 million; bequest commitment; 2016*

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

Purdue University: from an anonymous bequest, $65 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of California at Santa Barbara: from Charlie Munger, $65 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

Hofstra University and Northwell Health: from Donald and Barbara Hrbek Zucker, $61 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Bard College: from the Open Society Foundation, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Binghamton University (State University of New York): from an anonymous donor, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

California Institute of Technology: from Allen V.C. Davis, $60 million; bequest; 2017

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

Clemson University: from Wilbur O. (Billy) and Ann Powers, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

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

Indiana University at Bloomington: from Fred Luddy, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Kansas State University: from the Jack Vanier family, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Northeastern University: from Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

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 California at Berkeley: from the Simons Foundation, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

University of Dubuque: from Edward and Shirley Babka, $60 million; bequest; 2017*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from the Zell Family Foundation, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

University of Southern California: from Suzanne Dworak-Peck, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016

University of Texas at Austin: from the Mulva Family Foundation, $60 million; cash; 2014*

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

Washington University in St. Louis: from John F. McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust, $60 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

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

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $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

University of Kansas: from Madison (Al) and Lila Self, $58 million; bequest; 2014

University of California at Irvine: from the estate of Audrey Steele Burnand, $57.75 million; bequest; 2022

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

Auburn University: from John and Rosemary Brown, $57 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from A. Alfred Taubman, $56 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Barnard College: from Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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*

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law: from Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler, $55 million; real estate; 2013*

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

Curtis Institute of Music: from Nina von Maltzahn, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Gonzaga University: from Myrtle Woldson, $55 million; bequest; 2015

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†

Stanford University: from John Arrillaga, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

University of Miami: from Stuart Miller and family, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of Pennsylvania: from Mindy and Jon Gray, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

Colorado State University at Fort Collins: from Walter Scott Jr., $53.3 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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 Cambridge (England): from Ray Dolby, $52.6 million; bequest; 2015

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

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

Australian National University: from Graham and Louise Tuckwell, $52.1 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Dartmouth College: from an anonymous donor, $52.1 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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*

Stanford University: from Dudley Chambers, $51 million; bequest; 2006

Union College (N.Y.): from Rich and Mary Templeton, $51 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

$50 MILLION

American Technion Society: from Andrew Viterbi, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Amherst College: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

Bates College: from Michael and Alison Grott Bonney, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Boston University: from Allen and Kelli Questrom, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Brandeis University: from Rosaline and Marcia Cohn, $50 million; bequest; 2017*

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

Brown University: from Samuel M. and Ann S. Mencoff, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018

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

California Institute of Technology: from Ronald and Maxine Linde, at least $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Carleton College: from Wally and Barbara Weitz and family, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Carnegie Mellon University: from Cindy and Tod Johnson, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Claremont McKenna College: from George R. Roberts, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: from the Simons Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014

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

College of William & Mary: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Columbia University Medical Center: from P. Roy and Diana Vagelos, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

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: from Einhorn Family Charitable Trust (David and Cheryl Strauss Einhorn), $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Cornell University: from Peter and Nancy Meinig and family, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Cornell University: from Robert F. Smith’s Fund II Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Cornell University: Peter and Stephanie Nolan, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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*

Drexel University: from Thomas R. Kline, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

Duke University: from Bruce and Martha Karsh, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Duquesne University: from Thomas R. Kline, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

George Mason University: from the estate of Allison M. and Dorothy Rouse, $50 million; bequest; 2019

Georgetown University: from Peter and Susan Cooper, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Harvard University: from the Tata Group (India), $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

Harvard University: from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

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†

Iowa State University: from Debbie and Jerry Ivy, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

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*

Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Johns Hopkins University: from Sidney Kimmel, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Johns Hopkins University: from William H. Miller III, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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

Loyola University Chicago: from the Cuneo Foundation, $50 million; a mansion, furnishings, artwork, land, and cash; 2009

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*

Montana State University: from Norm Asbjornson, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

Montana State University at Bozeman: from the Gianforte Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

New York University: from the Hassenfeld family, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

North Carolina State University: from the Park Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013

Northeastern University: from Amin Khoury, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Northwestern University: from Jeff and Laurie Ubben, $50 million; estate pledge; 2019*

Nova Southeastern University: from Kiran and Pallavi Patel, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Oglethorpe University: from Q. William Hammack Jr. and Diane Hammack, $50 million; bequest; 2017*

Oklahoma State University: from the Ferguson Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

Oregon State University: from Gary R. Carlson, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Oregon State University: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

Pepperdine University: from Tina and Rick J. Caruso, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Prairie View A&M University: from MacKenzie Scott, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

Rice University: from Ann and John Doerr (Benificus Foundation), $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Rochester Institute of Technology: from Austin McChord, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

St. John’s College (Md. and N.M.): from the Winiarski Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Saint Joseph’s University (Pa.): from James J. and Frances Maguire, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

Saint Louis University: from Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

Smith College: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*

Southern Methodist University: from Carolyn L. and David B. Miller, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

Southern Methodist University: from the Garry Weber Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

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

Stanford University: from Steven and Roberta Denning, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016

Swarthmore College: from Eugene Lang, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

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*

Tulane University: from the Weatherhead Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2009*

Tulane University: from the Weatherhead Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

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 Arizona Foundation: from Agnese Nelms Haury, $50 million; bequest; 2014

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

University of California at Davis: from Lynda and Stewart Resnick, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of California at Los Angeles: from Paul I. Terasaki, $50 million; bequest; 2010*

University of California at Los Angeles: from Jonathan and Karen Fielding, $50 million; stock; 2012*

University of California at Los Angeles: from Norman and Irma Switzer, $50 million; bequest; 2014

University of California at San Diego: from Andrew Viterbi, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

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

University of California at San Francisco: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of California at San Francisco: from William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

University of California at Santa Barbara: from Jeff and Judy Henley, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2012*

University of Chicago: from Harriet Heyman and Michael Moritz, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

University of Chicago: from Arley D. Cathey, $50 million; bequest; 2021

University of Florida: from the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

University of Hawaii-Manoa: from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of Houston: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

University of Houston: from Tilman J. Fertitta and his family, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*

University of Kansas: from David Booth, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Massachusetts system: from Robert J. and Donna Manning, $50 million; cash; 2021*

University of Michigan: from the Samuel and Jean Frankel Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2007*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Helen Zell, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Richard Rogel, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Ronald and Eileen Weiser, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: from Stephen Ross, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

University of Nebraska at Lincoln: from Robert B. Daugherty Charitable Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

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

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: from John L. and Marree Townsend, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

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

University of Notre Dame: from Donald and Marilyn Keough, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Notre Dame: from Harry and Linda Fath, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

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 Oregon: from Steve and Connie Ballmer, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Oregon: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*

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 Pennsylvania: from Marc J. and Carolyn Rowan, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018*

University of Pennsylvania: from P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*

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 Southern California: from the Annenberg Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

University of Southern California: from Ming Hsieh, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

University of Southern California: from the Price Family Charitable Fund, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

University of Southern California: from Gary K. Michelson, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

University of Southern California: from Mark A. and Mary Stevens, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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

University of Tennessee at Knoxville: from James and Natalie Haslam and family, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*

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

University of Texas at Austin: from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, $50 million, to be paid over 10 years; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Texas at Austin: from the Moody Foundation, $50 million, to establish the Moody College of Communication; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School: from the Livestrong Foundation, $50 million; cash; 2014

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School: from the James and Miriam Mulva and the Mulva Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

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*

University of Virginia: from Martha and Bruce Karsh, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

University of Virginia: from Tessa Ader, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*

University of Wisconsin Foundation: from Albert and Nancy Nicholas, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

Villanova University: from the Davis Family Foundation, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel): from Nancy and Stephen Grand, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2013*

Wellesley College: from two anonymous alumnae, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015*

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*

Yale University: from Edward P. (Ned) Evans, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2010*

Yale University: from by John Malone, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2011*

Yale University: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2016*

Notes:

* Full amount of gift not yet received.

† Institution would not disclose payment status of gift.

Source: Chronicle reporting