A directory of top contributors and their beneficiaries
This directory shows recent gifts of $1-million or more made by individuals to
charitable institutions. New gifts are added regularly.
In coming weeks, The Chronicle will expand its historical archive to
include additional gifts of $1-million or more that have been made by individual
donors.
| Hansjorg WyssHealth care, Manufacturing
| Harvard U. |
Colleges and universities |
$125.0-million |
| Hansjorg Wyss, chairman of Synthes, an international medical-device company, whose North American headquarters are in West Chester, Pa., has pledged $125-million to Harvard University to expand its Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. The money will be paid out over the next five years and will endow seven professorships at the institution and support its operations. Mr. Wyss earned an MBA from the university's business school in 1965. He gave the business school $25-million in 2004 for its Ph.D. program. |
| Guy E. Beatty Jr.Real estate
| College of Charleston |
Colleges and universities |
$60.0-million |
| Guy E. Beatty Jr., the retired founder of Beatty Companies, a McLean, Va., firm that develops commercial real estate, has pledged $60-million to the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. Mr. Beatty has set up a trust that will allow the college to receive the money in $2-million yearly installments once he dies. Of the annual $2-million payments, Mr. Beatty has stipulated that $1-million must be used for scholarships, and $1-million should support campus facilities and infrastructure. Mr. Beatty serves on the Board of Governors of the college's School of Business and Economics. One of his children is a 1985 graduate of the college, and a grandson graduated in 2006. |
| Lorry I. LokeyMedia and entertainment
| Stanford U. School of Medicine |
Colleges and universities |
$42.0-million |
| Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire, a San Francisco company that distributes press releases, has pledged $42-million to Stanford University School of Medicine for a new center for stem-cell research. The money comes on top of a $33-million commitment Mr. Lokey made to support the center last year. The research center, which the university plans to name for Mr. Lokey, is scheduled to open in 2010. Mr. Lokey graduated from Stanford in 1949. |
| Andrew H. and Ann TischFinance, Oil, Real estate
| Cornell U. |
Colleges and universities |
$35.0-million |
| Andrew H. Tisch, the co-chairman of the Loews Corporation, in New York, and his wife, Ann, a former reporter for NBC, have pledged $35-million to Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y. The money will endow professorships across academic departments. Mr. Tisch graduated from the university in 1971. |
| Stewart and Lynda ResnickAgriculture, Food and beverage
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Arts |
$30.0-million |
| Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who own Paramount Farming Companies, Pom Wonderful, Fiji Water, and Teleflora, all in Los Angeles, have given $20-million in cash and pledged artwork valued at approximately $10-million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The cash gift will help pay for one of the museum complex's new buildings. The museum will receive the artworks upon the Resnicks' deaths. Ms. Resnick serves on the museum's Board of Trustees, and is chairwoman of its acquisitions committee. |
| David RockefellerFamily wealth, Finance
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture |
Conservation and the environment |
$25.0-million |
| David Rockefeller, a retired chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, and the only living child of John D. Rockefeller Jr., has pledge $25-million to the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. The money -- which the center will receive upon Mr. Rockefeller's death -- will be used for endowment. Mr. Rockefeller and his daughter, Peggy Dulany, founded the 80-acre farm and agricultural-education center in 2004. |
| A. Alfred TaubmanReal estate, Retail
| U. of Michigan Health System |
Colleges and universities |
$22.0-million |
| A. Alfred Taubman pledged $22-million to the University of Michigan Health System, in Ann Arbor, to endow a medical research institute. Mr. Taubman is founder of Taubman Centers, a mall-and-retail-design company, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Katharine E. WelshHealth care
| Goucher College |
Colleges and universities |
$6.2-millionBequest |
| Goucher College (Baltimore): $6.2-million bequest from the estate of Katharine E. Welsh, a retired director of the laboratory division at the Baltimore City Health Department, for unrestricted use. Ms. Welsh, who died in 1996, graduated from the college in 1930. |
| Dorrance H. HamiltonFamily wealth
| Please Touch Museum |
Arts |
$5.0-million |
| Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia): $5-million pledge from Dorrance H. Hamilton, an heir to the Campbell Soup Company fortune, to restore Memorial Hall Fairmount Park, a historic Philadelphia building that will become the museum's new home. The museum must raise $10-million from other donors to receive Ms. Hamilton's donation. |
| Richard O. JacobsonIndustry
| Iowa State U. Athletics Department |
Colleges and universities |
$5.0-million |
| Iowa State U. Athletics Department (Ames): $5-milion from Richard O. Jacobson, founder of Jacobson Companies, a warehouse- and freight-services corporation, in Des Moines, to renovate Jack Trice Stadium. |
Top donors year to date
Photograph of Richard W. (Ric) Weiland by Stanford University Archives; Photograph of David Rockefeller by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; Photograph of Stephen A. Schwarzman by Jori Klein; Photograph of Stephen A. Schwarzman by Jori Klein; Photograph of David Rockefeller by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; Photograph of David H. Koch by Rob Rich/Getty Images.
About These Data
The giving figures listed for each individual are based on donations announced to date by the donors or their beneficiaries. In cases of bequests, most of the figures are estimates because the wills have not been settled.
If you know about a recent gift of $1-million or more that should be added
to this directory, please send a message to
gifts@philanthropy.com.
James LeVoy SorensonInvention, Investments
Peter G. PetersonFinance
Richard W. (Ric) WeilandTechnology
David RockefellerFamily wealth, Finance
Stephen A. and Christine Hearst SchwarzmanInvestments
David H. KochOil