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Bloomberg's Giving to Johns Hopkins U. Tops $800-Million
The university tallied the total as part of the unveiling of a children's hospital center to which the New York mayor contributed $120-million.
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College Benefactors Lead 'Philanthropy 50' Ranking of 2011's Top Donors
Nineteen of the donors gave to colleges, more than the number who supported any other cause, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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Cornell's New York City Bid Got Help From a Low-Key Billionaire
Charles Feeney, known for living modestly, pledged $350-million to help his alma mater win the competition to build a new applied-science campus in New York.
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$150-Million Gift to Stony Brook Is a Record for Any SUNY Campus
The gift, from the foundation of a former professor turned financier and his wife, is also one of the largest ever to any public university.
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Penn State Deals With Angry Donors
The child-molestation scandal is scaring away donors and alumni, who either are delaying contributing or aren't planning to give at all.
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For Cash-Strapped Colleges, Handling Donors' Conditions Can Be a Delicate Dance
When deciding how to balance fiscal realities with academic autonomy, provosts and fundraisers should work to reconcile their viewpoints, speakers said.
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$150-Million Gift to Stanford Seeks to Alleviate Poverty in Developing World
The money will be used to create a multidisciplinary institute that will develop and disseminate innovations to solve problems in areas like health care and transportation.
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Top Fund-Raising Groups Expect an Uptick in Giving but Still Face Struggles
Colleges, which account for one in four of the nonprofit organizations on The Philanthropy 400 list, saw a 1-percent drop in donations in 2010.
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Experts Are Skeptical of Legal Impact of Releasing Brown U. Donor's Documents
Lawyers say a federal-court decision that ordered the university to release an individual donor's fund-raising records is not likely to set a precedent.
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Brown U. Is Ordered to Hand Over Donor Records to Lawyers of Former Student
The former student is suing Brown over his suspension following a sexual-misconduct inquiry. He says his accuser's father, a Brown donor, exerted sway in the case.
