Bloomberg Philanthropies gifting $1B to med school, others at Johns Hopkins
There have been only a handful of previous $1 billion donations to universities in the U.S., most coming in the past several years.
There have been only a handful of previous $1 billion donations to universities in the U.S., most coming in the past several years.
The foundation said the gift is believed to be the single largest donation to preK-12 Catholic education in the country’s history.
Melinda French Gates said the donations will go to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States.
The donation, which will be paid over five years, is a gift from local philanthropist Julie Wood, on behalf of the Tom & Julie Wood Family Foundation.
The University of Indianapolis on Thursday said it would use the donation from former banking executive Laura Strain for a major expansion of the Ron and Laura Strain Honors College.
The funding includes $150 million from a single donor, marking the largest gift ever given to the university.
The 2023 list of gifts from individuals or their foundations totaled more than $3.5 billion. Four universities received big gifts, along with four scientific research institutes and a health care system.
The second phase will provide funding for up to six public high schools in Marion County to develop their own plans to get more students into college.
The not-for-profit has already reached 95% of its fundraising campaign’s $7 million goal for the $37 million project, which is now set to be built at 5001 E. Raymond St.
As owner of Buckingham Cos., a real estate firm, gubernatorial candidate Brad Chambers made 51 contributions between 1997 and 2022, according to records from the Federal Election Commission, as well as nine additional donations detailed by the Indiana Secretary of State’s campaign finance portal.
Walther will provide a one-for-one match for donors who establish endowed children’s cancer research funds at Riley Children’s Foundation, a move that could result in at least $20 million for research of new treatments of children’s cancers.
More than a dozen major gifts have been made for the youth sports facilities project, with most coming from real estate companies and associated foundations whose leaders have connections to the organization.
Citing data from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Taylor said the $20 million gift is the largest ever received by a Christian college or university in the state.
Indiana’s state and local governments wouldn’t be able to require the public disclosure of not-for-profit donor data in many cases under a proposal that is nearing law.
The 47-acre parcel is owned by Will Shortz, a Crawfordsville native and longtime crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times, who grew up on the land he is donating for the project.
The donation comes from the former CEO of Santa Barbara Specialty Pharmacy, which services California and five nearby states.
The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation has committed $50 million for the undergraduate institute at the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business at Purdue University, the school announced Monday.
Some public interest groups say the rising tide of anonymous gifts to not-for-profits can lead to potential fraud or dark-money abuses, so the groups have pushed to require institutions to list their big givers.
Not-for-profit organizations in Indiana would be permitted to keep the identity of their members and donors secret under a bill now advancing through the Indiana General Assembly.
Indiana State University on Friday announced the largest individual donation in the school’s 157-year history after the board of trustees approved the naming of the Bailey College of Engineering and Technology on the Terre Haute campus.