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- $25M Gift Creates Applied Economics School at Cornell
From the Cornell Chronicle, June 8, 2010: "One of Cornell's gems just became a little more visible. Cornell President David Skorton June 8 announced that $25 million from the family of John Dyson '65 will establish a new school -- the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management -- in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). The school is named for Dyson's father to recognize his contributions to American business. The event took place in Mann Library on the Ithaca campus.
- Giving USA 2010: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009
As a longstanding supporter of Giving USA and a member of Giving USA Foundation, Grenzebach Glier and Associates (GG+A) is pleased to join with our partners in announcing the release of Giving USA 2010: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009.
- Cash Gifts to Universities top £500 million for the First Time
From The Times (UK), May 26, 2010: "Donations of money to British universities have exceeded £500 million for the first time as more graduates and philanthropists respond to campus fundraising campaigns.
- Washington University Receives $60 Million Gift
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 21, 2010: "Washington University will announce today a $60 million gift at a time when charitable giving to schools nationwide has fallen dramatically. The donation is being made by John F. McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust, with the bulk of the money — $48 million — having no particular strings attached.
- Donations in 2010’s First Quarter Show Healthy Signs for Charities
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 16, 2010: "Donations to the nation’s biggest charities are growing rapidly in the first quarter of 2010, compared with the same time in 2009, a sign that many nonprofit groups are making a strong recovery from the fund-raising troubles they suffered last year, according to a new Chronicle survey." Read more [subscription required]
- DePaul University Launches $250 Million Many Dreams, One Mission Campaign - $100 Million To Be Raised For New Scholarship Funds
DePaul University Press Release, May 20,2010: "DePaul University will announce the public launch of its $250 million Many Dreams, One Mission Campaign – the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign in almost 40 years and its largest ever...The cornerstone of the campaign is a goal to raise $100 million for scholarships by the campaign’s conclusion on June 30, 2014, helping to ensure that a college education is available to future generations of talented DePaul students." Read more
- Paul Terasaki donates $50 million to UCLA's Life Sciences
UCLA Press Release, May 13, 2010: "Paul Ichiro Terasaki, who as a teenager and young adult worked as a busboy, gardener and handyman and who spent three years interned with his family in a Japanese American relocation camp during World War II, has given $50 million to the Division of Life Sciences in the UCLA College of Letters and Science." Read more
- Fordham Law Receives $6.5 Million in Gifts
From Philanthropy News Digest, May 11, 2010: "Fordham University School of Law has announced gifts totaling $6.5 million from alumni Paul R. Brenner and Paul P. Tanico. The gifts bring to $98 million the total raised through the school's $100 million fundraising campaign, one of the largest in the history of American legal education." Read more
- Gift Shows China Philanthropy Has Reached the Big Leagues
From the Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2010: "Philanthropy in mainland China has been on a tear, rising in line with the country's overall wealth, and the net worth of its richest individuals. According to Hurun, the top 50 most generous people in China donated 8.21 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) in 2009, more than double the 3.89 billion yuan the top 50 donated in 2008." Read more [subscription required]
- Passing the Funding Test; Despite the recession, schools bring in record contributions
From Crain's New York Business, April 25, 2010: "In 2009, a year in which university endowments lost nearly one quarter of their value and college fundraising posted its steepest drop on record, Fordham Law School had its best year ever. The school raked in $17.5 million in donor gifts and came within reach of its $100 million campaign goal. 'Our fundraising has increased 500% over the past five years,' says William Treanor, dean of Fordham Law." Read more