This list covers gifts since 1967. Last updated on November 7, 2022. Supplements to earlier gifts are counted separately. Value of gifts is based on information from institutions or donors at the time the gifts were promised, and is not subsequently adjusted for inflation. In cases of stock, property, art, and other noncash donations, actual value may have increased or decreased since the gifts were pledged or received. Value of gifts to non-U.S. institutions, if not announced in U.S. dollars, is rendered in U.S. dollars according to the exchange rate prevailing when the gift was announced.
$101 MILLION AND ABOVE
Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $1.8 billion for student financial aid; nature of gift not disclosed; 2018
Stanford University: from John and Ann Doerr, $1.1 billion to establish School of Sustainability; nature of gift not disclosed; 2022*
Gates Millennium Scholars program: from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $1 billion over 20 years; cash; 1999*
Open Society University Network: from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, $1 billion to establish the network; nature of gift not disclosed; 2020*
Vedanta University (India): from the Anil Agarwal Foundation, $1 billion endowment to establish the university; cash; 2006*
California Institute of Technology: from Stewart and Lynda Resnick, $750 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2019*
The Broad Institute: from Ted Stanley, $650 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2014*
California Institute of Technology: from Gordon and Betty Moore and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, $600 million, consisting of $300 million over 5 years and $300 million over 10 years; cash and stock; 2001*
Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian: from Florence and Herbert Irving, $600 million; bequest; 2017*
Western Michigan University: from an anonymous donor, $550 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*
Harvard University: from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*
McPherson College: from an anonymous donor, $500 million; bequest; 2022*
Oregon Health & Science University: from Penny and Phil Knight, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2015
Schuler Access Initiative: from the Schuler Education Foundation, $500 million over 10 years to benefit 20 liberal-arts colleges; nature of gift not disclosed; 2021*
University of California at San Francisco: from the Helen Diller Foundation, $500 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 2017*
