Post by Oscar Knight on Nov 23, 2013 11:34:16 GMT -6
Biggest Gifts Announced by Individuals in 2012
Amount Donor Purpose or beneficiary
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett Howard G. Buffett Foundation
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett NoVo Foundation (Peter Buffett's fund)
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett Sherwood Foundation (Susan Buffett's fund)
$498.8-million Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder, and his wife, Priscilla Chan Silicon Valley Community Foundation, to support education and health
$300-million (pledge) Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder Allen Institute for Brain Science, so it can expand its staff and programs
$200-million (pledge) The publisher and real-estate executive Mortimer Zuckerman Columbia University's Mind Brain Behavior Institute
$150-million (bequest) Fred Fields, who headed Coe Manufacturing Company Oregon Community Foundation, to support arts and education
$150-million (pledge) The financier Carl Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, for medical research
$140-million (bequest) David Gundlach, founder of an insurance company Elkhart County Community Foundation
$125-million (pledge) Phil Knight, Nike's chairman, and his wife, Penelope Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, for a cardiovascular institute
$116.4-million (pledge) The venture capitalist Michael Moritz and his wife, Harriet Heyman, a writer University of Oxford, for undergraduate scholarships
$100-million (pledge) The entertainment executive David Geffen University of California at Los Angeles's medical school, for scholarships
$100-million (pledge) The financier John Paulson and his wife, Jenny Central Park Conservancy, for endowment and park-restoration programs
$60-million (pledge) The businessman David Koch Metropolitan Museum of Art, for renovations of its outdoor plaza
$60-million (pledge) James Simons, a technology entrepreneur, and his wife, Marilyn University of California at Berkeley, for a new computing institute
Note: Does not include gifts of artwork or other noncash donations or gifts from anonymous donors.
The biggest gifts of the year show one slice of American philanthropy. In February, The Chronicle will release a more comprehensive tally of donations by America’s wealthy. The Philanthropy 50 will show who gave the most to all kinds of charities.
Amount Donor Purpose or beneficiary
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett Howard G. Buffett Foundation
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett NoVo Foundation (Peter Buffett's fund)
$1.03-billion (pledge) The investor Warren Buffett Sherwood Foundation (Susan Buffett's fund)
$498.8-million Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder, and his wife, Priscilla Chan Silicon Valley Community Foundation, to support education and health
$300-million (pledge) Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder Allen Institute for Brain Science, so it can expand its staff and programs
$200-million (pledge) The publisher and real-estate executive Mortimer Zuckerman Columbia University's Mind Brain Behavior Institute
$150-million (bequest) Fred Fields, who headed Coe Manufacturing Company Oregon Community Foundation, to support arts and education
$150-million (pledge) The financier Carl Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, for medical research
$140-million (bequest) David Gundlach, founder of an insurance company Elkhart County Community Foundation
$125-million (pledge) Phil Knight, Nike's chairman, and his wife, Penelope Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, for a cardiovascular institute
$116.4-million (pledge) The venture capitalist Michael Moritz and his wife, Harriet Heyman, a writer University of Oxford, for undergraduate scholarships
$100-million (pledge) The entertainment executive David Geffen University of California at Los Angeles's medical school, for scholarships
$100-million (pledge) The financier John Paulson and his wife, Jenny Central Park Conservancy, for endowment and park-restoration programs
$60-million (pledge) The businessman David Koch Metropolitan Museum of Art, for renovations of its outdoor plaza
$60-million (pledge) James Simons, a technology entrepreneur, and his wife, Marilyn University of California at Berkeley, for a new computing institute
Note: Does not include gifts of artwork or other noncash donations or gifts from anonymous donors.
The biggest gifts of the year show one slice of American philanthropy. In February, The Chronicle will release a more comprehensive tally of donations by America’s wealthy. The Philanthropy 50 will show who gave the most to all kinds of charities.