This list covers gifts since 1967. Last updated on October 20, 2022. Supplements to earlier gifts are counted separately. Value of gifts is based on information from institutions or donors at the time the gifts were promised, and is not subsequently adjusted for inflation. In cases of stock, property, art, and other noncash donations, actual value may have increased or decreased since the gifts were pledged or received. Value of gifts to non-U.S. institutions, if not announced in U.S. dollars, is rendered in U.S. dollars according to the exchange rate prevailing when the gift was announced.
$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
