Honorable Mentions
110 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1999.

Introduction

The 1999 Slate 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1999.

Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1999
$1 million and above

Honorable Mentions
110 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1999.

67. DIANNE FEINSTEIN and RICHARD BLUM—$5 million to the ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO to help build a new theater. Feinstein is California's senior U.S. senator. Blum, her husband, is an investment banker and a consul-general to Nepal. He also is founder of the American Himalayan Foundation.

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67. JOHN D. and BETTE GARBER—$5 million to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY to endow a venture capital program at the Smeal College of Business Administration. John Garber is retired corporate manager of industrial research and development at the CPC International, a food company division of Bestfoods.

67. CHRISTOPHER "KIT" GOLDSBURY—$5 million over five years to CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL in San Antonio, Texas, the largest known individual gift to an area hospital. Goldsbury is an entrepreneur who made his fortune from the sale of salsa-maker Pace Foods to Campbell Soup Co.

67. RICHARD GOLDMAN—$5 million to the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (Washington, D.C.) from the family fund created by Goldman and his late wife, Rhoda, for the Sustainable Seas Expeditions project, which includes undersea exploration, scientific research, and public education.

67. NANCY HALL GREEN—$5 million over five years to SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE (Va.) toward the construction of a student center. Green is a 1964 graduate of the college and a member of its board of directors. Her husband, Holcombe, is chairman of WestPoint Stevens, a textile company.

67. JEROME L. GREENE—$5 million to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY to complete renovations on the main building at Columbia Law School. Jerome Greene was an attorney and real-estate investor. The gift was made shortly before his death.

67. WILLIAM R. HEWLETT—$5 million to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY from the co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, to endow a president's discretionary fund to support leadership programs.

67. WALTER C. KLEIN—a second $5 million to HARVARD UNIVERSITY to underwrite the Klein Scholarship Fund for undergraduates whose primary course of study is the humanities. In 1990, Klein is chairman and CEO emeritus at Bunge Corp.

67. THOMAS J. KLUTZNICK—a $5 million pledge to OBERLIN COLLEGE (Ohio). He is president of Thomas J. Klutznick Co., a privately held real-estate investment and development firm in Chicago.

67. R. KIRK LANDON—$5 million to BARRY UNIVERSITY (Fla.) to construct a student center from the chairman of American Bankers Insurance Group in Miami.

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