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At first glance, the $1 billion fundraising campaign that Stanford Hospital officially launched Monday sounds audacious, even by Silicon Valley standards. But in one more example of the valley’s mind-boggling wealth and Stanford’s ability to tap into it, half the goal — $500 million — has already been committed. The donors are a who’s who [...]
Stanford’s announcement that it has raised $6.2-billion in a campaign with a goal of $4.3-billion seems all the more remarkable given that the drive took place amid a severe recession. Martin Shell, Stanford’s vice president of development, says that the university has received more than 80 percent, or about $5-billion, of the money pledged by [...]
In a five-year fund-raising campaign that concluded December 31, Stanford University raised $6.2-billion, the largest sum ever collected in a single campaign by a higher-education institution, the university announced on Wednesday. The money will go toward a variety of university projects, including 38 new or renovated campus buildings, $250-million in need-based scholarships for undergraduate students, [...]
Como Park Zoo just received one of its biggest Christmas gifts ever. Four years after launching a $19 million fundraising campaign, the zoo wrapped up its work this month. The polar bears are particularly happy. They were the first beneficiaries of the campaign designed to fund a more suitable home for them and to improve [...]
The child-molestation scandal at Pennsylvania State University isn’t just affecting the institution’s reputation, but is scaring away donors and alumni, who are either delaying contributing to Penn State or aren’t planning to give to their alma mater at all. Last month, Diane DiPiero, a freelance writer from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, received a solicitation call from [...]
New York philanthropists Robert and Renee Belfer have been identified as the donors behind a previously anonymous $100-million gift to Weill Cornell Medical College, The Wall Street Journal writes. Mr. Belfer, a former Enron director who now runs an investment firm, and his wife made the contribution in April 2007 as part of the New York [...]
Yale Tomorrow, the University’s five-year comprehensive fundraising campaign, concluded June 30 having raised $3.881 billion — the largest such total in Yale history.The sum includes alumni, parent, corporate and foundation gifts to the University end…
Tufts University has completed its $1.2 billion Beyond Boundaries campaign, the largest fundraising effort in the university’s 159-year history, despite the most challenging economic environment in decades. Successful completion of the campaign comes a…
Henry Ford Health System says it has raised more than $176 million towards its $250 million Envision Campaign — including $2 million from the health system’s CEO, Nancy Schlichting.The health system said last week the money raised in the capital campa…
Purdue University has announced new gifts totaling nearly $11 million that will help educate teachers, engineers and veterinarians.”Purdue is fortunate to have such generous benefactors,” said President France A. Cordova. “These gifts are a key resourc…
