Weekly Major Gift summary, Oct. 5 to 9, 2009

Major Gifts & Named Gifts Highlights in the USA - $58 million
Week of October 5 to 9, 2009

Davis, CA – The grand opening of Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. Hall, the new home of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis celebrating the gift . The gift came from Maurice Gallagher, Jr.  and his wife Marcia. He is a Las Vegas airline executive. Gallagher earned his undergraduate degree in history from UC Davis in 1971.	$10 million
New York, NY - Anonymous gift to The Miami Project, organized by NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc hosted a full house of 1,300 guests at the 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, held at the Waldorf Astoria, to benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis	$10 million
Philadelphia, PA - The Rajendra and Neera Singh Program in Market and Social Systems Engineering was dedicated and named for the donors to the University of Pennsylvania	$8 million
Indianapolis, IN - Marian University has received an anonymous gift to support student scholarships	$5 million
Louisville, MO - The Speed Art Museum received a grant from the James Graham Brown Foundation for renovation and expansion capital campaign	$5 million
Engelwood, NJ - The Kaplen Pavilion, a new two- story building at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, dedicated in honor of the gift from Maggie and Bill Kaplen	$5 million
New Haven, CT - Norman Foster and his family have donated $3 million to Yale School of Architecture to fund a visiting professorship in his name. Foster is a Pritzker-Prize laureate and Yale School of Architecture alumnus.	$3 million
Arlington, TX – An anonymous gift to the University of Texas, Arlington to support the UTA College of Business Goolsby Leadership Academy. Lockeed Martin made a $40.000 scholarship gift to the same campaign	$2 million + $40,000
Bozeman, MT - Montana State University President Geoff Gamble and his wife, Patricia, will leave their estate to the school. Patricia Gamble will also leave MSU an endowment created in honor of her parents - Florence and Monty Moneyhan.	$2 million
Houston, TX – A gift to Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston from alum Houston-based hotel developer and president of American Liberty Hospitality, Nick Massad Jr. for the library archives	$1.5 million
St. Louis, MO - Owsley Brown Frazier gift to create a new endowed chair in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Frazier Rehab Institute and University of Louisville’s School of Medicine	$1.5 million
Little Rock, AR - The Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation announced a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, given in honor of Barbara H. Hanna, for her years of service as a trustee of the Reynolds Foundation	$1.4 million
Hattiesburg, PA - Joel McKenzie of Foxworth named William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in his trust, and created an endowed professorship	$1 million
Wilmington, NC - H. David Swain and his wife Diane presented their check to support economic research and business development at the University of North Carolina, Willmington	$1 million
University Park, PA – A gift from William and Lee Beard as the lead gift for a new facility for the Nittany Lion softball team at Penn State named the facility the Beard Field	$500,000
Wellesville, UT – Gift from the ALSAM Foundation, an organization named in honor of food and drug store magnates Aline and L.S. “Sam” Skaggs to the University of Utah, recognized by naming the Sam Skaggs Family Stable	$400,000
Kent, OH - Kent State alumnus Ron Zoeller, who played on the varsity team while attending university there, made a gift to the varsity soccer program.	$125,000
Middleton, CT - The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, which occupies the renovated Davenport Campus Center at Wesleyan University, dedicated on behalf of Robert ’92 and Elena ’93 Allbritton. Robert Allbritton is serving as a Wesleyan Board-Elected Trustee through 2015.	Private Gift
Dallas, TX - AT&T Performing Arts Center dedicated with a private gift. According to Bruce Thibodeau, president of Los Angeles-based Arts Consulting Group Inc., who did not work on this project, this is the first time there have been more than 100 $1 million donors on an arts campaign.	Private Gift
Detroit, MI - Ben Roethlisberger Foundation grant to Detroit Police to buy two new canines that will replace two other dogs who are retiring at the end of this year	Private Gift
Northampton, MA - Ford Hall named at Smith College, a gift from Ford Motor Company	Private Gift
Belfast, ME – University of Maine celebrated the of facilities with the naming the new wing  the Edward J. Walsh wing after the grandfather of MBNA founder Charles Cawley	Private Gift
International
Saskatoon, SK, Canada - Irene and Leslie Dube gift to the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital capital campaign. When the new hospital is built, the entrance and core areas will be named the Leslie and Irene Dube Centre of Care for Children.	$6.5 million
Kingston, ON, Canada - Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University, dedicated last week	Private Gift

 

Weekly Major Gift editorial, October 12, 2009

Major gift trends continue to move forward. Last week that trend continued as more than $58 million in public major gift announcements celebrated philanthropy. There were six dedication ceremonies of private gifts last week, including the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. According to one source the Dallas fundraising effort was the first time there have been more than 100 $1 million donors to an arts campaign.

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Weekly Major Gift summary Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 2009

Major Gifts & Named Gifts - $171.95 million
Week of September 21 to 25, 2009

Santa Monica, CA - Patrick Soon-Shiong, a pharmaceuticals executive, and his wife Michele B. Chan, an actress, have pledged $65 million to Saint John’s Health Center. This is the second mega gift, the previous one $35 million in 2007 to renovate the hospital and establish a center for translational sciences.

Philadelphia, PA - Jaharis Family Foundation pledge of $10 million to Haverford College dorm

Urbana, IL - Wayne Koonce Endowment for Liberal Arts and Sciences announced during campaign results, $10 million gift. University of Indiana raises record $221.4 million in fiscal year 2009.

Grand Forks, ND - The University of North Dakota College of Business and Public Administration received a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor.

New York, NY - David M. Rubenstein’s gift of $10 million to the Lincoln Center. Managing director of the Carlyle Group, the heavyweight private equity concern that he helped found in 1987, he currently serves on the boards of about 30 major institutions and says he donates generously to all of them.

West Lafayette, IN – Purdue University named the Lyles-Porter Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences facility for a gift of $10 million from Marybeth Lyles Higuera, a former speech pathologist and Purdue university alumna.

New York, NY – An estate gift of $10 million from Michael H. Dunn to the Museum of Modern Art from the retired stockbroker who lived in Derby, VT.

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown Medical Center recently received a $6.75 million gift to do research on colon, pancreatic and other gastrointestinal cancers from Jeanne Ruesch, whose husband, local businessman and philanthropist Otto Ruesch, died of pancreatic cancer in 2004.

West Lafayette, IN - Purdue names Wayne & Mary Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, $5.3 million gift for the study of structural biology, vaccines and new treatments.

San Mateo, CA - TERI Inc. received a $5 million gift from Charles Cono and named the center for him. It will mean a more secure future for people with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Urbana, IL - Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson University Library Deanship named gift announced during University of Illinois campaign, $5 million.

Chapel Hill, NC – A gift from the estate of alum Reese Felts of $3.5 million to the University of North Carolina for a Student Newsroom.

Cedar Falls, IA – The Richard O. Jacobson Human Performance Complex was dedicated last week at the University of Northern Iowa for a gift in excess of $3 million. Named for the Des Moines businessman, the complex is 9,136 square feet in size and includes training facilities, offices and change rooms for the athletes.

Belmont, NC - W. Duke Kimbrell Family Foundation gift to Gaston Memorial Hospital to establish an endowed scholarship in the name of Wayne Shovelin in the amount of $2.5 million.

Tulsa, OK - George Kaiser Family Foundation endowed chair University of Tulsa, $2.5 million grant

Palo Alto, CA - Google Inc. gift to Stanford University of $2.5 million to create an endowed chair in honor of Rajeev Motwani, computer science professor who mentored Google's founders and died this past summer.

Genessee County, NY - Charles L. “Bud” VanArsdale of Castile, former president of the Bank of Castile, gift to Geneseo State College of $2.5 million to establish the college's first endowed professorship.

Cedar Falls, IA - Russell and Connie Wasendorf have pledged $2 million to the University of Northern Iowa Panther athletics.

Cedar Falls, IA – A gift of $1.5 million established the Pauline R. Barrett Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University of Northern Iowa. Barrett of Waterloo, Iowa, already has donated to the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, the McLeod Center and Russell Hall, where the Barrett Wing is named in her honor.

Urbana, IL – Gift of $1.3 million from June Michael of St. Louis to fund need-based scholarships in the University of Illinois College of Law and create a law professorship named for her cousin, John D. Columbo.

Brooklyn, NY - The Arnold Goldman Center for Assistive Technology named for $1 million gift to Helen Hayes Hospital

Springfield, MO - The Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks announced an estate gift of $1 million from Nadia and Howard Cavner.

West Volusia, NH – Salvation Army announced an anonymous gift of $1 million to bring service to the community and build a 12,000 square foot center.

Alexandria, MN – Bud Peterson of Alexandria made the final payment of $600,000 on his $1.5 million pledge to the local YMCA.

Urbana, IL - Kimiyo and Chinoree T. Enta Japan House Endowment named for a private gift of seven figures to support fellowships in chemistry and biology, and provide funds for the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Urbana, IL – The Chez Family Scholars Program, to support academically gifted but economically disadvantaged Chicago Public Schools graduates, named for a private bequest of seven figures to the University of Illinois.

International

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – The Seymour Schulich Law School named at Dalhousie University for his gift of $20 million.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - HSBC Bank Canada gift of $2.17 million to University of British Columbia.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – Frank & Beverley MacInnis, gift of $2.5 million to University of Alberta Law School, named classroom in their honour. MacInnes is grew up in Canmore, Alberta and currently resides in Connecticut, where he is the chief executive at Emcor Group, the world's largest specialty construction and facilities services company.

 

Major Gift editorial October 5, 2009

Weekly Named Gift Report editorial October 5th, 2009 by Terry Burton The health care sector had the largest public gift announcement last week as Patrick Soon-Shiang and his wife Michele Chan made their second mega gift to the Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Last week the gift was $65 million on top of their 2007 pledge of $35 million to the same organization. How cool is that. A $100 million commitment by Patrick and Michele.

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Major Gift summary week of Sept. 21 to 25, 2009

Major Gifts & Named Gifts - $276.9 million announced
Week of September 21 to 25, 2009

Worcester, MA	The Mass. Life Sciences Center pledge to the University of Massachusetts medical school $90 million to help build a new, $405 million research center in Worcester	$90 million
Poughkeepsie, NY	Raymond A. Rich has bequeathed a 60-acre estate valued at approximately $75-million to Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., along with a $10-million cash gift.	$85 million
Dallas, TX	Baylor Health Care System named the Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center for a corporate gift towards the $350 million new cancer complex. Dallas-based Sammons Enterprises is a privately held $40 billion company operating businesses across industries including insurance, finance, equipment distribution, hospitality and real estate. The company also manages an investment portfolio. Charles Sammons died in 1988.	$20 million
Falmouth, MA	Jim and Ruth Clark Oncology Center named at Cape Cod Healthcare facility	$10 million
Reno, NV	The William N. Pennington Foundation gift to the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation for the purpose of a new Health Sciences Building	$10 million
Dallas, TX	Anonymous gift to the Trinity River project for a pedestrian bridge in honor of Mary McDermott Cook, who chairs the Trinity Trust Foundation	$10 million
Washington, DC	William H. Gross gift to the Postal Museum will enable the museum to add a 12,000-square-foot gallery, named for Gross, to the 65,000-square-foot facility near Union Station	$8 million
Stonehill, MA	Stonehill Colleges named the 89,630 square feet Shields Science Center for a gift from Tom & Mary Shields. Shields, a Weymouth native, is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Shields Health Care Group, headquartered in Quincy. He and Mary, a Brockton native, began the family-owned business in 1972, when they opened the Madalawn Nursing Home in Brockton.	$7 million
Ada, OK	The Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center at East Central University dedicated September 25th,, a gift from the Hallie Brown Ford family.	$5.5 million
New Orleans, LA	The National World War II Museum received a gift of charity from T.G. Solomon and his family, who helped found the Gulf States Theatres organization of movie theaters. The museum’s theater will be named the Solomon Victory Theater	$5.5 million
Birmingham, AL	A gift from Jane Stephens Comer to the University of Alabama, Birmingham, to be used in partnership with the Alys Stephens Center, for a cultural arts education program for Birmingham-area children in pre-school through high school	$5 million
West Lafayette, IN	Perdue University dedicated the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building for a gift made in 2004 from transportation and logistics executive Scott Niswonger of Greeneville, Tennessee.	$4.6 million
Springfield, MA	Springfield Museum received an anonymous gift to support the History portion of the museum set to open in November 2009	$4.3 million
San Diego, CA	KPBS, public radio, received a gift from Joan and Irwin Jacobs to fund a remodeling of the newsroom to create interactive space	$2.5 million
Charlotte, NC	Carole & Marcus Weinstein gift to Davidson College in honor of former college president Sam Spencer and his wife Ava.	$2.2 million
Kansas City, MO	The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering gift from Andress Kernick for research into renewable energy	$1.7 million
Clinton, IA	Estate gift from Clair Adams to the Jesus Christ Prince of Peace parish	$1.4 million
Los Angeles, CA	The University of Southern California named the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, a gift from Leonard D. Schaeffer and his wife, Pamela Schaeffer. Leonard Schaeffer was the founding chairman and chief executive officer of WellPoint, the nation’s largest health insurance company, and a recognized expert in health policy and health economics.	$1.2 million
Dallas, NC	David Belk Health Institute named at Gaston College for gift of $1 million to the $13 million campaign to construct the 84,000 square foot building	$1 million
Indiana, PA	Indiana University of Pennsylvania named an athletic suite in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in honor of Edward K. and Joanne R. Bratton, of Indiana	$1 million
Casper, WY	Unrestricted estate gift to Casper College from long time employee Bob Durst, custodian	$1 million
Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh State University dedicated the Bryant Health Center for a private gift	Private Gift
Villanova, PA	Villanova University School of Law named an academic classroom in honor of Daniel P. Gibson, alum and capital campaign contributor	Private Gift
	International
London, ON, Canada	The Breast Cancer Society of Canada gift to the Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier research lab	$2.5 million
Saskatoon, SK, Canada	Shaw Centre sponsorship for the new arena in Saskatoon, a leisure facility with 10 lane Olympic calibre pool, an smaller warm up pool, 8 diving platforms, a waterslide, a 2 level gym, a 165 metre jogging track, and seating for 750 spectators	$1 million