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MacKenzie Scott’s $38 million unrestricted gift to Alabama State University is a powerful example of how philanthropy can strengthen institutional capacity and advance equity.
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MacKenzie Scott Tops $300 Million In Recent Higher Education Gifts In just the span of one month billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $300 million to various colleges and higher scholarship funds.

$1 billion Gift from Phil &Penny Knight to University of Oregon: Largest Transformational Gifts Made by Alumni Since 2000.

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives record $2 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight The largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college or academic health center will transform cancer care.

$1 billion gift from alumnus Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University for graduate financial aid and medical education: Largest Transformational Gifts Made by Alumni Since 2000.

$1 billion gift to make medical school free for most Johns Hopkins students A $1 billion donation from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University will make medical school free for nearly all students at his alma mater. The donation, which Bloomberg Philanthropies announ…

Largest Transformational Gifts Made by Alumni since 2000: Case of $360 million unrestricted gift from alumnus Curtis R. Priem, co-founder of NVIDIA to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). ...

About Curtis R. Priem In March 2001, RPI announced that it was receiving the largest donation made to any school until that time: a record-breaking $360 million from an anonymous donor. For three years the mystery per…

Giving landscape: Biggest Private Gifts to higher Education in 2025 ...

A Review Of Higher Education’s Biggest Private Gifts For 2025 The past year saw the largest private gift for U.S. higher education in history, along with $100+ million donations to more than a dozen other colleges and universities.

Giving landscape: Biggest Private Gifts For Higher Education in 2024 ...

Reviewing 2024’s Biggest Private Gifts For Higher Education Led by two $1 billion gifts for medical education, 2024 saw more than a dozen colleges & universities receive donations of $100 million or more. Here's a quick review.

Alum, billionaire Mark Cuban donates to athletic program at Indiana University ...

Indiana football gets big Mark Cuban NIL donation as transfer portal heats up Mark Cuban opened up the wallet for an NIL donation to Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers